The Role of the University in War

Join us for drama readings, presentations on photography and film, and an international roundtable on veterans in the present and future.

About this Event

How can universities become better vehicles to support creative expression, stimulate discussion, and support communities and other universities impacted by war? How can universities work in partnership to support veterans and their families in the present and future? What role can universities play in preseving and safeguarding the cultural heritage of war-torn countries? Join us for readings from plays by Ukrainian and British playwrights, presentations on photography and film, and papers exploring work with veterans in the US and UK. A roundtable discussion explores the university's present and its future responsibilities in conflict and post-conflict through the lens of the past and through considering current work. Taking place at the University of Hull, in a city which was one of the most bombed British cities in the Second World War, we reflect on the past and what we can learn from the past and how it may better inform our present and better shape our future.

Agenda


🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:10 AM
Welcome

Info: Welcome from conference organiser, Dr Catherine Wynne and research spotlight paper from Chris Awre, University Librarian, University of Hull

🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:10 AM
‘Trailblazing’ 
Host: Dr Sarah Jane Dickenson (University of Hull Emeritus )

🕑: 09:30 AM - 09:40 AM
Welcome
Host: Professor John Craig, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Education

🕑: 09:40 AM - 10:10 AM
‘A Refugee Playwright’s Practice’
Host: Anastasiya Manina

🕑: 10:10 AM - 10:25 AM
The Role of British & Ukrainian Universities in Supporting Ukrainian Veterans
Host: Olena Hatton

🕑: 10:30 AM - 10:40 AM
‘Shared Learning in the Legislative Field: UK and Ukraine’
Host: Lord Norton of Louth (University of Hull)

🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
‘Diasporic Belonging and Portable Handbooks’
Host: Dr Caroline Cauchi (University of Hull)

🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
‘Participatory methodology’
Host: Dr Gill Hughes (University of Hull)

🕑: 11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
‘Hull & East Yorkshire Ukrainian Community – overview of work with Hull Uni

Info: Briefing from Olga Ivanova, Anastasiia Kusiumova, Dr Catherine Wynne, on the work that the University of Hull and the Hull & East Yorkshire Ukrainian Community have been doing together

🕑: 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
‘Overview of University of New Haven’s work with veterans’

Info: Professor David Schroeder and Ryan Noonan (University of New Haven)

🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:15 PM
Veterans Past, Present and Futures, US, UK and Ukraine: Reflecting & Learning

Info: Roundtable facilitated by Professor Lewis Holloway, University of Hull

🕑: 01:45 PM - 03:00 PM
From Home to Home: memory objects

Info: Creative workshop. This is a closed session for Hull and East Yorkshire Ukrainian Community and staff of University of Hull, Mariupol State University, and University of New Haven

🕑: 03:15 PM - 03:35 PM
‘Creative Writing as Testimony'
Host: Scott Ennis

Info: ‘Creative Writing as Testimony: War, Displacement and the University as a Space of Healing’

🕑: 03:35 PM - 04:10 PM
“Sharing Tomorrow”: a photography and film presentation

Info: Dr Lee Karen Stow & Ethar Dirar 

🕑: 04:10 PM - 04:20 PM
‘Lessons from International Peacebuilding’
Host: Barry Knight and Chandrika Sahai

🕑: 04:20 PM - 04:30 PM
‘Mapping Ukrainian journeys in Hull and East Riding’
Host: Dr Nick Evans (University of Hull)

🕑: 04:30 PM - 05:20 PM
‘Reading the university campus for its wartime past’

Info: Walking tour: Dr Nick Evans and Dr Jenny Macleod (University of Hull)

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