INTERNATIONAL FORUM
15th Ecumenical Social Week
Wandering Identity: Considering Meanings and Values
October, 3-7, 2022
Hybrid format (Lviv, online)
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Organizers: Institute of Ecumenical Studies of UCU, Ukrainian Catholic University, Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung Ukraine
Partners and experts: Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland; Higher Institute of Ecumenical Studies of the Catholic University in Paris, France; Faculty of Catholic Theology, Vienna University, Austria; International Institute of Education, Culture and Diaspora Relations of the Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine; Church History Institute of UCU; Protestant Theology Department, Institute of Education, Work and Society, Hohenheim University, Stuttgart, Germany.
Media partners:
General media partner: media-hub Tvoe Misto
Exclusive media partner: internet platform Religious Information Service of Ukraine
Other media partners: Religious internet platform Spiritual Greatness of Lviv; platform Dyvensvit; website “Espresso”; radio Voskresinnia; Zhyve Radio; radio Maria”
Part І. Edges of Identity: Religious, National, Ethnical, Cultural, Political
Part ІІ. Identity, War and Migration
Part ІІІ. The Role and Impact of Social Institutions on the Formation of Identity
More information:www.esweek.org.ua
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All times are listed in program according to Kyiv time zone
October 3, Monday
16.00-18.00 Forum Opening - 15th Ecumenical Social Week
International Panel: Wandering Identity: Considering Meanings and Values
Venue:
Offline:UCU Philosophy and Theology Faculty, Conference Hall, 35а, St. Ivan Pavlo II Avenue
Online: ZOOM, Facebook and YouTube livestreams
Languages: Ukrainian, English (simultaneous interpreting)
Moderators: Dr. Pavlo Smytsnyuk, Director of the UCU Institute of Ecumenical Studies, Dr. Iryna Starovoyt, Associate Professor, Ph.D. in Philology, UCU Department of Cultural Studies of the Humanities Faculty
Opening address: Archbishop Borys Gudziak, UGCC Metropolitan-Archbishop of Philadelphia, President of UCU, Rev. Dr. Bohdan Prakh, Rector of UCU, Rev. Dr. Yuriy Shchurko, Dean of the UCU Faculty of Philosophy and Theology, Rev. Dr. Iwan Dacko, President of IES UCU, Andriy Sadovyi, City Mayor of Lviv,Dr. Martin Illert, Head of the Central, Southeast and Eastern Europe Department in the EKD Сhurch office, Prof. Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering, Former President of the European Parliament, Chairman of Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung (2010-2017)
Panelists:
Prof. Myroslav Marynovych, Vice-Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University
Dr. Jörg Lüer, Head of the German Justice and Peace Commission, Representative of the German Roman-Catholic Bishops’ Conference
Prof. Gerard Delanty, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Sussex, UK
17:05-17:15 Break
17:15-18:00 Questions and answers, discussion. Closing.
October 4, Tuesday
11.30-13.00 Discussion: European and Ukrainian Identity. Who Are We?
Venue:
Offline:UCU Philosophy and Theology Faculty, Conference Hall, 35а, St. Ivan Pavlo II Avenue
Online: ZOOM, Facebook and YouTube livestreams
Languages: Ukrainian, French, English (simultaneous interpreting)
Moderator: Dr. Yurii Pidlisnyi, Head of the Political Science Department, Head of the UCU Ethics-Politics-Economics Bachelor’s Degree Program
Participants:
Dr. Yaroslav Hrytsak, Ukrainian Scholar, Historian and Publicist
Dr.Olivier Abel, Protestant Theology Institute, France
Dr. Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian Philosopher, Writer, Journalist
Dr. Gerard Delanty, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Sussex, UK
16.00-17.30 Discussion: Political identities, Christianity and Democracy
Event Partner: Department of Protestant Theology, Institute of Education, Work and Society, Hohenheim University, Stuttgart, Germany
Venue:
Online: ZOOM, Facebook and YouTube livestreams
Languages: Ukrainian, English (simultaneous interpreting)
Moderator: Dr. Volodymyr Turchynovskyi, Dean of the UCU Faculty of Social Sciences
Participants:
Dr. Aristotle Papanikolaou, Professor of Theology, Co-Director,Orthodox Christian Studies Center, Fordham University, USA
Dr. Paul Silas Peterson, Protestant Theology Department, Institute of Education, Work and Society, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Dr. Marko Veković, Assistant Professor of Religion and Politics, University of Belgrade, Serbia
17.30-19.30 Discussion: Cultural Identity in the Time of War
Venue:
Online: ZOOM, Facebook and YouTube livestreams
Languages: Ukrainian, English (simultaneous interpreting)
Moderator: Dr. Iryna Starovoyt, Associate Professor, Ph.D. in Philology, UCU Department of Cultural Studies of the Humanities Faculty
Dr. Patrick Boulte, Honorary President of the Solidarité France-Poland Association of the Responsible Investment Forum
Dr. Myroslav Shkandrii, Art Critic, Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba
Dr. Maksym Rozumny, Political Scientist and Philosopher, Doctor of Political Sciences, guest Research Fellow at the University of Haifa
October 5, Wednesday
11.30-13.00 Panel: Identity, Ideology and Family Values
Event Partner: Faculty of Catholic Theology, Vienna University, Austria
Venue:
Online: ZOOM, Facebook and YouTube livestreams
Languages: Ukrainian, English, German (simultaneous interpreting)
Moderator: Halyna Teslyuk, Associate Professor of the UCU Department of Biblical Studies, Theology and Philosophy Faculty
Speakers:
Rev. Dr.Thomas Mark Nemeth, Professor of Theology of the Christian East, Catholic Theological Faculty, Vienna University: “On the Issue of Ideological Elements in the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church’s Identity”
Dr. Jadranka Sr. Rebeka Anić, School Sisters of St. Francis ofChrist the King, research advisor at the Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar – Regional Center Split, Croatia: “Gender or Gender Ideology? Internal Catholic Discourses“
Dr. Massimo Faggioli, Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University, Columnist for La Croix International “On the Cultural and Ideological Wars in the USA”
Dr. Kristina Stoeckl, Professor of Sociology at the University of Innsbruck: “The Conservative Aggiornamento of the Russian Orthodox Church and its Role in the Global Culture Wars”
Dr.Regina Elsner, Research Fellow in the Social Ethics of Orthodox Christianity at the Center for Eastern European and International Studies (ZOiS) in Berlin: “How Does the Question of Gender Impact Ukrainian Churches’ Search for Identity?”
13.30-15.30 Discussion: Churches, Nations, political Identities
Event Partner:Higher Institute of Ecumenical Studies of the Catholic University in Paris
Venue:
Offline:UCU Philosophy and Theology Faculty, Conference Hall, 35а, St. Ivan Pavlo II Avenue
Online: ZOOM, Facebook and YouTube livestreams
Languages: Ukrainian, French (simultaneous interpreting)
Moderator: Dr. Anne-Sophie Vivier-Muresan, Director of the Higher Institute of Ecumenical Studies of the Catholic University in Paris
Participants:
Georges El Hage, Professor of Theology at the High Institute of Ecumenical Studies (ICP, Paris):“Praying for those who fight justly: Christians in the service of peace”
Dr. Xavier Gué, Professor of Theology at the High Institute of Science and Theology of Religions (ICP, Paris): “Political temptations of Christianity and religious attempts of politics”
Dr. Anne Marie Reijnen, Professor of Theology at the High Institute of Ecumenical Studies (ICP, Paris):“ ‘God bless the Queen’: the relations between the Churches and the temporal power, in the context of denominational diversification”
Dr. François Cassingena, Professor of Theology at the High Institute of Liturgy (ICP, Paris):“The liturgy between the assumption of the particular and the construction of the universal”
Dr. Frédéric Chavel, Professor of Theology at the Protestant Institute of Theology (Paris) and assessor at the High Institute of Ecumenical Studies (ICP, Paris): “Lutheran identity converted through ecumenism”
Dr. Julija Naett-Vidovic, Professor of Theology at the Orthodox Institute of Theology Saint-Serge (Paris) and assessor at the High Institute of Ecumenical Studies (ICP, Paris): “The Orthodox Churches, between traditions and Tradition”
16.00-18.00 Seminar: Eastern Catholic Tradition(s): Understanding Identity through Mission
Event Partner: Ukrainian Christian Academic Society
Venue:
Offline:UCU Philosophy and Theology Faculty, Conference Hall, 35а, St. Ivan Pavlo II Avenue
Online: ZOOM, Facebook and YouTube livestreams
Languages: Ukrainian, English (simultaneous interpreting)
Moderator: Dr. Anne-Sophie Vivier-Muresan, Director of the Higher Institute of Ecumenical Studies of the Catholic University in Paris
Rev. Dr. Iwan Dacko, President of IES, UCU
Rev. Dr. Ihor Shaban, Head of the UGCC Commission for Promoting the Christian Unity
Rev. Dr. Gabriel Gashem, Professor of Systematic Theology, Editor-In-Chief of the ecumenical French magazine Proche Orient Chrétien,Beirut, Lebanon
Rev. Dr. Oleksandr Lashchuk, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies, Toronto, Canada
October 6, Thursday
13.30-15.00 Panel Discussion: To be a Church Today: Challenges and Lessons of the War in Ukraine
Event Partner: UCUInstitute of Church History
Venue:
Offline:UCU Philosophy and Theology Faculty, Conference Hall, 35а, St. Ivan Pavlo II Avenue
Online: ZOOM, Facebook and YouTube livestreams
Language: Ukrainian
Moderator: Dr. Oleh Turiy, Director of the UCU Institute of Church History of the Ukrainian Catholic University, Vice-Rector for Internal Affairs at UCU
Rev. Dr. Petro Balog, OP, Director of St. Thomas Aquinas Institute of Religious Studies, Kyiv
Dr. Roman Soloviy, Rector of the Eastern-European Institute of Theology, Lviv
Rev. Dr. Mykhaylo Stanchyshyn, SJ, Vice-Director of the “Eleazar” School for Spiritual Guidance, Lviv-Kharkiv
Rev. Hieromonk Iov Olshanskyi, Abbot of the Holy Resurrection Neo-Athonite Monasteryof the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Lviv
Dr. Anatolii Babynskyi, Research Fellow at the UCU Institute of Church History
15.30-17.30 Discussion: National and Religious Identity [under the Circumstances of War]
Venue:
Offline:UCU Philosophy and Theology Faculty, Conference Hall, 35а, St. Ivan Pavlo II Avenue
Online: ZOOM, Facebook and YouTube livestreams
Languages: Ukrainian, English (simultaneous interpreting)
Moderator: Dr. Tetyana Kalenychenko, Sociologist of Religion and Dialogue in Action Initiative Coordinator, European Center for Strategy Analytics, Kyiv / Bucha
Participants:
Prof. José Casanova, Senior Fellow at Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University, USA
Taras Dyatlyk, Vice-Rector for Development and International Cooperation at the Eastern European Institute of Theology, Regional Director of Eastern Europe and Central Asia at Overseas Council-United World Mission, Rivne
Olena Kopina, Sociologist and Dialogue Facilitator, Initiative Coordinator of Laboratory of Peaceful Solutions, Kharkiv
Iryna Eihelson, Social Psychologist, Ethnopsychologist and Conflictology Expert, Candidate of Psychological Studies, Coach, Researcher and Dialogue Facilitator, Kyiv
16.00-17.30 Discussion: Religion in the Diaspora: Between Identity Preservation, and Assimilation
Venue:
Offline:UCU Philosophy and Theology Faculty, Conference Hall, 35а, St. Ivan Pavlo II Avenue
Online: ZOOM, Facebook and YouTube livestreams
Languages: Ukrainian, English (simultaneous interpreting)
Moderator: Taras Kurylets, Project Manager of the UCU Institute of Ecumenical Studies
Archbishop Borys Gudziak, UGCC Metropolitan-Archbishop of Philadelphia, President of UCU
Dr. Oksana Mikheeva, Professor of the UCU Department of Sociology
Dr. Anatolii Babynskyi, Research Fellow at the UCU Institute of Church History
Dr. Andrew Sorokowski, American Lawyer, Historian
Rev. Dr. Gabriel Gashem, Professor of Systematic Theology, Editor-In-Chief of the ecumenical French magazine Proche Orient Chrétien,Beirut, Lebanon
October 7, Friday
11.30-13.00 Discussion: Identity Challenges in the Time of War. IDP, refugees, migrants
Partner: International Institute of Education, Culture and Diaspora Relations of the Lviv Polytechnic National University
Venue:
Offline:Lviv Polytechnic National University, main campus, 12, Stepana Bandery Str.
Online: ZOOM, Facebook and YouTube livestreams
Languages: Ukrainian
Moderator: Dr. Oksana Pyatkovska, Ph. D. in Economics, Deputy Directorof theInternational Institute of Education, Culture and Diaspora Relations of the Lviv Polytechnic National University
Dr.Iryna Klyuchkovska, Ph. D. in Economics, Director of the International Institute of Education, Culture and Diaspora Relations of the Lviv Polytechnic National University
Bishop Stepan Sus, bishop of the UGCC Kyiv-Galician Patriarchal Curia, Titular Bishop of Zigris, Head of the Pastoral and Migration Department of the UGCC Patriarchal Curia
Dr.Oleksiy Poznyak, Ph. D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow, Head of the Department for Migration Studies at the Ptoukha Institute for Demography and Social Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Dr.Myroslava Keryk, Ph. D. in History, Head of the Our Choice Foundation, Employee at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Polish Academy of Sciences
Dr. Svitlana Odynets, Ph. D. in Migration Studies, Anthropologist, Journalist
Dr.Yaroslava Khortiani, Member of the Executive Committee of the Ukrainian World Congress (WUC), Head of the Committee on the Membership in the WUC, Head of the Society of Ukrainian Culture in Hungary
Nicolae-Miroslav Petretchi, Politician, Member of the Parliament of Romania, President of the Union of Ukrainians in Romania
14.00-15.30 Discussion: The Role of Andrey Sheptytsky and Yosyf Slipyy in Preservation of Cultural Heritage and Formation of National Identity
Venue:
Offline:UCU Philosophy and Theology Faculty, Conference Hall, 35а, St. Ivan Pavlo II Avenue
Online: ZOOM, Facebook and YouTube livestreams
Language: Ukrainian
Moderator: Dr. Yuriy Skira, Director of NGO Study Center of the History of the Eastern Catholic Churches, Lviv, Ukraine
Rev. Dr. Iwan Dacko, President of the UCU Institute of Ecumenical Studies
Dr. Ihor Medvid, Deputy Director of the Lviv Ivan Franko National Literary and Memorial Museum
Dr. Zinoviy Svereda, Independent political and economic expert, Lviv
Dr. Liliana Hentosh, Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Historical Research at Lviv Ivan Franko National University
Dr. Roksolana Verbova, Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Humanities and Social Studies of the Lviv Polytechnic National University
16.00-17.30 Webinar: Various Edges of Identity
Venue:
Online: ZOOM, Facebook and YouTube livestreams
Languages: Ukrainian, French, English (simultaneous interpreting)
Moderator: Dr. Taras Dziubanskiy, Director of the UCU Institute of Religion and Society
Dr.Hadje Sadje, Associate Member of the SOAS Center for Palestine Studies, University of London, UK
Dr. Hassan Musa, ECWA Theological Seminary Kagoro, Nigeria
Dr. Lap van Kung, Dean of the Institute for Advanced Study in Asian Cultures and Theologies, Honorary General Secretary of the Hong Kong Christian Institute, Christian human rights NGO
Dr. Choisel Francis, Director of the Master’s Degree Program in History, Catholic Institute of Paris
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