International Institute for Ethics and Contemporary Issues Ukrainian Catholic University
Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
International Conference
Ukrainian Reconciliation Projects and the Future of Europe April 21-22, 2015 Kyiv, Ukraine
April 21-22, 2015 Kyiv, Ukraine
International Conference
Ukrainian Reconciliation Projects and the Future of Europe
April 21 | 2015 Venue: Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine 16:30-17:00 17:00-17:30
Registration Opening of the Conference
• Pavlo Klimkin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
• Mykola Kulinych, Rector of the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine
• Rev. Bohdan Prach, Rector of Ukrainian Catholic University
17:30-20:30 Keynote Talks and Discussion PEACE AND RECONCILIATION: THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OF A WAR IN UKRAINE 17:30-18:30
Keynote Talks
Moderator: Volodymyr Turchynovskyy, Director of the International Institute for Ethics and Contemporary Issues
Keynote Speakers: • José Casanova, Professor at the Department of Sociology at Georgetown University, Senior Fellow at Georgetown’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs (USA)
• Yaroslav Hrytsak, Professor of Modern History, Ukrainian Catholic University
• Bishop Borys Gudziak, St. Volodymyr the Great Eparchy in Paris for Ukrainians of the Byzantine Rite in France, Switzerland, and the Benelux
18:30-19:00
Coffee Break
19:00-20:30
Discussion
Participants: • Wolfgang Schüssel, Former Federal Chancellor of Austria
• Jan Tombiński, EU Ambassador to Ukraine
• Archbishop Major Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Head of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
• Roman Waschuk, Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine
• Shigeki Sumi, Ambassador of Japan to Ukraine
• Archbishop Thomas Gullickson, Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine
• Viktor Yelenskyy, Deputy Head of the Parliamentary Committee on Culture and Spirituality, Ukrainian Parliament
• Pavlo Sheremeta, Dean of School of Public Administration, UCU, Former Minister of Economical Development and Trade
April 21-22, 2015 Kyiv, Ukraine
International Conference
Ukrainian Reconciliation Projects and the Future of Europe
April 22 | 2015 Venue: Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine 9:00-10:40 1st Panel EASTERN EUROPEAN TRAUMA OF COMMUNISM: REFLECTING ANEW WITH A VIEW TOWARDS THE FUTURE Moderator: Oleh Turiy, Vice Rector for Program Development, Ukrainian Catholic University
Panelists: • Mykhailo Minakov, Associate Professor of Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of KyivMohyla Academy
• Ingeborg Gabriel, Head of the Institute for Social Ethics, Member of the Ethics Commission of the University of Vienna
• Myroslav Marynovych, Vice-Rector for University Mission, Ukrainian Catholic University
10:40-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-12:40 2nd Panel IDENTIFYING THE RECONCILIATION AGENDA, STRATEGIES, AND CHALLENGES: A VIEW FROM UKRAINE Moderator: Taras Dobko, Senior Vice Rector, Ukrainian Catholic University
Panelists: • Refat Chubarov, Leader of the Mejlis, the ExecutiveRepresentative Body of Crimean Tatars
• Olena Styazhkina, Рrofessor at Donetsk National University
• Mykhailo Cherenkov, Professor of the Department of Philosophy, Ukrainian Catholic University
12:40-13:40
Lunch
13.40-15.20 3rd Panel RECONCILIATION AS A CASE STUDY: VALUES, COMMON GOOD, AND THE PRICE OF FREEDOM Moderator: Myroslav Marynovych, Vice-Rector for University Mission, Ukrainian Catholic University
Panelists: • Gennadiy Druzenko, Government Commissioner for Ethnic Policies, Ukraine
• Czesław Porębski, Professor, Jagiellonian University and Tischner European University in Krakow
• Edward Alam, Professor, Notre Dame University in Louaize (Lebanon), Director (for the Middle East) of the Council for Research in Values and Philosophy
15:20-15:40
Coffee Break
April 21-22, 2015 Kyiv, Ukraine
International Conference
Ukrainian Reconciliation Projects and the Future of Europe
15:40-17:40 Concluding Round Table UKRAINIAN RECONCILIATION EFFORTS AND ITS INTERNATIONAL IMPACT Moderator: Bishop Borys Gudziak, St. Volodymyr the Great Eparchy in Paris for Ukrainians of the Byzantine Rite in France, Switzerland, and the Benelux
Participants: • Peter McCormick, Permanent Member, L’Institut international de philosophie, Paris, France Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
• Yuriy Yekhanurov, Professor of Economics, Taras Shevchenko National University in Kyiv, Former Prime Minister of Ukraine
• Eugeniusz Sakowicz, Head of the Department of Intercultural Education and Pedagogy of Culture, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyńskiego University in Warsaw, Poland
• Aloys Buch, Professor of Moral Theology, Dean, St. Lambert Interdiocesan, Major Seminary, Lantershofen, Germany
• Luc Jacobs, Ambassador of Belgium to Ukraine
• Olena Lytvynenko, Deputy Head of the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine
• Olesya Ostrovska-Lyuta, Member of Pro-Mova Expert Company, Former Deputy Minister of Culture in Ukraine
17:45
Closing of the Conference