Language and Cultural Heritage
Principal investigators: Prof. Dr. Guido Hausmann and Prof. Dr. Mirja Lecke
This research area explores Ukraine's cultural heritage in its regional context as well as Ukrainian language and culture, their political significance, and the challenges they are facing. It embeds Regensburg’s regional connections with Ukraine into broader international perspectives.
As part of this focus area, Ukrainian Language Courses have been established at the University of Regensburg. Learn more >
Research projects
Sponsor:
EU in the framework of ERASMUS+-Action Jean Monnet Policy Debate
Management:
Prof. Dr. Mirja Lecke, Prof. Dr. Guido Hausmann
Runtime:
2023-2026
The project HER-UKR: Challenges and opportunities for EU heritage diplomacy in Ukraine addresses the role of cultural heritage in the EU’s external action. The Regensburg team, among others, endeavors to illuminate the complex dilemma faced by literary museums founded in Soviet times who grapple with a Russia-centric narrative amidst the quest for post-Soviet nation-building and sovereignty affirmation. Secondly, it examines the manifestations and changes in the political cult of the dead in Ukraine since 2022 using a number of examples and, thirdly, investigates the threat to and handling of the cultural heritage of minority groups in Ukraine in more detail, also in comparison with Georgia.
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Sponsor:
project EURIZON, funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 87107
Management:
Prof. Dr. Taras Vintskovskii, Dr. Olena Syniavska
Scientific Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Guido Hausmann
Runtime:
2024-2025
During the First World War, the south of Ukraine was in the zone of geopolitical interests of the world powers, which considered the northern Black Sea region as an area of potential armed confrontation and economic preferences. The study presents archival documents and materials in Ukrainian and German, mainly kept in the Odesa archives, reflecting the presence of the Central Powers' troops in southern Ukraine, especially in Odesa and the surrounding areas.