UzhNU Vice-Rector Myroslava Lendel Took Part in the “Spatial Turns in Ukrainian Studies” Conference in Regensburg
On September 21–22, 2026, the annual conference “Spatial Turns in Ukrainian Studies” was held in Regensburg, Germany. It was organized by the “Denkraum Ukraine” Centre for Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies at the University of Regensburg in cooperation with the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS). Myroslava Lendel, Vice-Rector of Uzhhorod National University, took part in the conference.
The conference brought together more than 30 participants from Ukraine, Germany, Canada, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. The focus was on the development of international Ukrainian studies, the dissemination of knowledge about Ukraine in wartime, regional interactions, the future of research on national minorities, and international academic dialogue.
The conference program included a number of thematic panels and round tables dedicated to intellectual biographies within Ukrainian studies, regions of conflict and interaction, research on the Black Sea region, the transfer of knowledge about Ukraine, and contemporary approaches to the study of Ukrainian regions.
Myroslava Lendel spoke as part of the panel “Regions in Conflict and Entanglement: Carpathian-Ukraine, Hungary and Ukraine” with the presentation “Zakarpattia: Historical Legacies. Cross-Border Interactions and Ukrainian-Hungarian Relations”. In her presentation, she offered a research perspective on the development of Zakarpattia in the context of Ukrainian-Hungarian relations, Russian aggression, and European integration.
The panel also brought together researchers who examined Zakarpattia and Ukrainian-Hungarian relations from different academic perspectives. Among the participants were Csilla Fedinec from the Centre for Social Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, who presented a paper on rethinking the historical development of Zakarpattia in the context of Ukrainian-Hungarian relations, and Dmytro Tuzhanskyi, who works as a diplomat at the Embassy of Ukraine in Hungary. He focused on Ukrainian-Hungarian agreements concerning the rights of the Hungarian national minority in Ukraine.
Particular attention during the conference was paid to the role of Ukrainian studies in the international academic space. Representatives of universities and research institutions from different countries discussed approaches to shaping knowledge about Ukraine, opportunities for international cooperation, and the importance of academic dialogue for a deeper understanding of Ukrainian society, its history, and contemporary processes.
The participation of a representative of UzhNU in such an international academic event provided an opportunity to present research on Zakarpattia in a broader European academic context, contribute to professional discussion of regional processes, and continue professional dialogue with researchers from Ukraine and Europe.
Anastasiya Lendel
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