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FT00DE94 Churches and Politics in and About Ukraine: Churches in Contact and Collision

Register online through Peppi (course code: FT00DE94-3003) by 22 October 2024, 11:59 PM.

Coordinating Teacher: Dos. Heta Hurskainen

Welcome to participate in the lectures on Ukrainian and Russian churches’ roles and positions! The course deals with church–state relations and the state’s religious policy in the Soviet Union, Ukraine, Russia, with particular emphasis on the 2000-2024.

Lecturers: Prof. Jennifer Wasmuth (Göttingen, Germany), Dos. Teuvo Laitila (Joensuu), Dos. Mikko Ketola (Helsinki), PhD Andriy Fert (Kiev, Ukraine), Dos. Heta Hurskainen (Joensuu)

Lectures on Tuesdays and Thursdays, at 12.15-13.45.

Place: AT 102 or AT 104. Zoom available for those not registered as UEF (Joensuu) students.

Oct 24

Between decline and rise. The Russian Orthodox Church in the 19th/20th century.

– Prof. Jennifer Wasmuth, AT 104

Oct 31

The Russian Orthodox Church as ‘The Moralist International’? A Critical Evaluation of a Recent Religious Sociological Thesis

– Prof. Jennifer Wasmuth, AT 102

Nov 5

Ukrainian dissent between Soviet authorities and the West: a case study (Romanjuk?)

– Dos. Teuvo Laitila, AT 102

Nov 7

Ukrainian domestic and diaspora nationalism and the legacy of WWII in relation to the Holocaust (since 1991)

– Dos. Teuvo Laitila, AT 102

Nov 12

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Its Views on the Russian Orthodox Church

– Dos. Mikko Ketola, AT 102

Nov 14

Spiritual Security in Ukraine and Churches Discussing Peace (2022-)

– Dos. Heta Hurskainen, AT 102

Nov 19

Russian Orthodox Church’s Human Rights discourse from 1990 onwards in its relations with Ukraine

– Dos. Heta Hurskainen, AT 102

Nov 21

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Pope Francis

– Dos. Mikko Ketola, AT 102

Nov 26

(Not) leaving the «Moscow Church»: Orthodox Christian parishes during the Russian Invasion

– PhD Andriy Fert, AT 104

Nov 28

Church History and National Identity or why does Ukraine decolonize religion? – PhD Andriy Fert, AT 102

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