INTERNATIONAL SCHOLAR AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE “UNITY IN DIVERSITY”: HISTORICAL, SOCIO-CULTURAL AND GEOPOLITICAL DIMENSION OF THE MAIN IDEA OF THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR UKRAINE”
On May 14-15, 2026, the International Scientific and Practical Conference “”Unity in Diversity”: Historical, Socio-Cultural and Geopolitical Dimension of the Main Idea of the European Union for Ukraine” was held at the O. Honchar Dnipro National University
The conference was held within the framework of the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Project Module “European multiculturalism as an experience and a path for Ukraine’s European integration” with the financial support of the European Union.
During conference
The conference was attended by well-known Ukrainian and foreign historians, philosophers, and political scientists. The leading researcher of the Department of Ethnopolitical Science of our institute, Candidate of Historical Sciences Anatolii Podolskyi (member of the conference organizing committee), delivered a scientific report at the conference. The report was devoted to the current state of research and educational activities in the field of Holocaust Studies & Teaching, the fate of the Jews of Ukraine during the World War II, as well as the state of research in the field of modern history of Ukrainian Jewry. The speaker noted in his speech that during the Russian war against Ukraine, the development of Jewish studies did not stop, and was and is a component of research into multicultural modern Ukrainian society.
Anatolii Podolskyi speech
The following research areas were discussed during the conference:
- historical dimension of “Unity in Diversity”: European experience for Ukraine (genesis of the idea, historical lessons and challenges of overcoming national, ethnic and other antagonisms and forming a European community, the role of cultural heritage and common historical memory in the formation of European identity; Ukraine in the historical context of European diversity: Ukraine’s multicultural past as a basis for integration into the EU, historical parallels and differences between the Ukrainian path to unification and the European experience; rethinking national history and identity in the context of European values.
- socio-cultural dimension of “Unity in Diversity”: the impact of the idea on society, culture, education, minority rights and domestic policy of Ukraine on the path to the EU; cultural, linguistic and ethnic diversity of Ukraine as a resource and challenge for the implementation of the main idea of the EU (practical implementation by the state of EU principles, ensuring the rights of national minorities of Ukraine in accordance with EU standards, the impact of migration processes and internally displaced persons on the socio-cultural structure of Ukraine, etc.)
- the geopolitical dimension of “Unity in Diversity” for Ukraine: the strategic significance of the idea in Ukraine’s foreign policy, security and European integration process.