The Shevchenko Scientific Society in the U.S. (NTSh-A) is pleased to announce the second round of fellowship recipients from the Shevchenko Emergency Fund. Fellowships have been awarded to fifty Ukrainian scholars, writers, and artists affected by Russia’s war against Ukraine. The fellowships include a cash stipend of $2,000, a six-month affiliation with NTSh-A, a shevchenko.org email address, and a public profile page. Fellows are encouraged to participate in the intellectual life of the Society virtually through its events, roundtables, lectures, conferences, and publications, and by interacting with its members in the U.S.
The recipients live in all parts of Ukraine, such as Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, and 3 grantees are located within the US. At least 5 are internally displaced persons (IDPs), and 3 fellows are serving in the army. The largest groups by field of study include history, literature, education, natural sciences, political science, and theatre.
The fellows, in alphabetical order, are:
- Yelyzaveta Arkhypova
Researcher at the Museum of the History of Desyatynna Church
Project: Printing the book, “Carved Stone in the Architecture of Rus-Ukraine in the late 10th-first half of the 13th century.” - Olena Atlasiuk
Mathematician at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Project: Researching boundary-value problems, with a blend of theoretical sophistication and potential for practical application. - Ostap Bohoslavets
Biologist at the Gorgany Nature Reserve
Project: Preparing an exhibit in Dnipro on “providing translation to the voices of wood-inhabiting fungi dwelling in the dead logs and branches of the Nadvirna outskirts, thus making them relevant to political discussions concerning the future of Carpathians.” - Artem Chapeye
Writer, soldier, and translator
Project: Writing a book on experience at the frontlines. - Kateryna Chueva
Independent scholar
Project: Researching Makarenko and Shtittelman with the Khanenko Museum. - Denys Chyk
Literature professor at the Kremenets Taras Shevchenko Regional Academy of Humanities and Pedagogy
Project: “Three Cities of the Lion: Topos of Home and Memory in Victoria Amelina’s Novel “Dim dlia doma.” - Maryna Domanovska
Historian at the Kharkiv National University
Project: Writing a series of publications based on unique materials of the newspaper Kolgospnyk, a source on the history of official Soviet propaganda during the Holodomor of 1932–1933 in the Lyptsy district of the Kharkiv region. - Bohdana Doskaliuk
Medical lecturer at the Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University
Project: Artificial intelligence in medical education. - Igor Dvorkin
Historian at the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute
Project: Researching changes in the image of the Russian Empire/USSR/Russia in the contemporary Ukrainian city. - Viacheslav Dziucziuk
Public Policy Chair at the Kharkiv National University
Project: Researching governance during crisis conditions. - Oleksandr Fisun
Political scientist at the Kharkiv National University
Project: Researching wartime subnational politics and local governance policy in Ukraine, focusing on Kharkiv. - Sergiy Glybin
MA theater student at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Project: “The experience of a multi-vector model of theater management in the city structure (on the example of the Lesya Ukrainka Lviv Academic Drama Theater, 2017-2024).” - Liudmyla Holubnychaia
Associate professor of education at the Kharkiv National University School of Foreign Languages
Project: ”Underground University: Education as a Decolonizing Force in Wartime Ukraine.” - Mykhailo Honchar
Associate professor of pedagogy at the Kherson Academy of Continuing Education of Kherson Regional Council
Project: ”Occupied Education: Ukrainian Educators and Students Under Russian Occupation (2014-2024).” - Yevgen Horb
PhD student of history at the Mariupol State University
Project: Researching the history of the Jewish heritage of Mariupol and conducting archival searches in Ukrainian archives. - Lesia Khomenko
Independent artist
Project: Painting studio. - Julia Korniichuk
Religious scholar
Project: “Ukraine’s accession as a challenge of the Orthodox churches of the EU.” - Ilona Kostikova
Head of department at the H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University
Project: ”Teaching and learning in the underground schools in Kharkiv during and after the wartime.” - Mykhailo Kostiv
Head of the Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Research Department at the National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide
Project: Researching the history of Holodomor commemoration within the Ukrainian diaspora. - Iryna Koval-Fuchylo
Senior researcher of folklore at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Project: Interviewing internally displaced people from flooded Kakhovka regions, and publishing a book based on this research with color photographs. - Natalia Kudriavtseva
Professor of sociolinguistics at the Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University
Project: Sociolinguistic research. - Anatolii Kushnir
Senior researcher of paleogeography at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Institute of Geography
Project: Researching paleoecological dynamics and human-environment interaction in the territory of Ukraine during the Holocene. - Ulyana Kyrchiv
PhD student of history at the Ukrainian Catholic University
Project: Researching the intellectual history of Piotr Rawicz. - Roman Lavrentii
Docent of theater at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Project: ”Ukrainian theater of Galicia in the 1920s-30s: Modernization Processes.” - Yuliia Linnik
Actress and founder of the Tinyova Theater Group
Project: Archiving the work of K.E.T. and launching a project that fills critical gaps in the history of Ukrainian theatre. - Olha Lukianchenko
Associate professor of pedagogy at the Drahomanov National Pedagogical University
Project: Supporting the Resilience of Internally Displaced Children in Ukraine
through Music in Wartime. - Daria Moskvitina and Bohdan Korneliuk
Associate professors of literature at the Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University
Project: Ukrainian lost translations of Shakespeare. - Halyna Mykhailenko
Docent of history at the Kherson State University
Project: The light of unextinguished memory: Kherson at war in 2022. - Gennadii Noha
Literary scholar, senior research fellow, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Project: The spheres of human life through the eyes of Kyivan Rus’ chroniclers. - Ganna Osadko
Freelance writer
Project: Writing children’s books. - Oleksandra Pantiukhina
Associate professor of architecture at the Pryazovskyi State Technical University
Project: Research and course planning on sustainability in urban plannng. - Andriy Posunko
Historian, soldier
Project: Historical research while serving in the army. - Tania Rodionova
Translator, poet, curator
Project: Work on Translatorium, group and festival. - Sofiia Rosa-Lavrentii
Docent at The Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Project: Research and developing a course, “Ukrainian theatre in a time of crisis: Ukrainian theatres’ communication with children and teenagers during the Russian war in Ukraine.” - Mariia Rozputna
Independent creator
Project: Podcast. - Ivan Rusev
Professor of ecology, Tuzlovski Lagoons National Park
Project: Equipment for tracking dolphins and ecological damage. - Hryhorii Savchuk
Docent of literature at The V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Project: Researching literature of The Sixtiers, especially Ihor Kalynets. - Igor Serdiuk
Professor of history, Kyiv School of Economics
Project: “Inclusive Institutions of the Hetmanate
under the Extractive Pressure of the Russian Empire.” - Halyna Starodubets
Historian, professor at the Ivan Franko Zhytomyr State University
Project: The younger generation of Ukrainians and representatives of national minorities (Poles, Germans, Czechs, etc.) under the pressure of the Stalinist regime in the 1920s and 1930s. - Oleksandra Stasiuk
Historian, senior research fellow, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Project: “Referendum as an instrument of the Kremlin’s imperial policy in the occupied Ukrainian lands.” - Olena Strelnyk
Sociologist at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Project: “Caring Masculinity in War-Affected Ukraine.” - Olha Strilbytska
Biochemist, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University.
Project: Research in PTSD at the molecular level. - Liudmyla Taran
Writer, journalist, PEN member
Project: Publishing a collection of essays. - Oleksandr Vinyukov
Professor, Donetsk State Agricultural Research Station, National Academy of Agrarian Sciences
Project: Theoretical generalization and practical solution of the scientific problem of developing a model of an adaptive system for the formation of highly productive grain crops in the conditions of the Northern Steppe of Ukraine, taking into account biotic and abiotic factors. - Nataliia Vusatiuk
Literary scholar, junior research fellow, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Project: “Ukrainian roots of fairy tale morphology: Roman Volkov’s formalist project.” - Anna Yanenko
Archaeologist, Deputy head of research, Kyievo-Pecherska Lavra
Project: Multiple projects publishing archival and historical material. - Vadym Yanenko
Paleontologist, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Project: Implementing inclusive educational products at the museum; holding more lectures for children and the military. - Nataliia Zalietok
Senior researcher, head of the Department for Archival Studies
Project: “Constructing the Image of Military Women in Ukrainian Digital Media since 2014.” - Kateryna Zarembo
Paramedic, Hospitallers Medical Battalion; writer, activist
Project: Financial support for writing a book and activism - Veronika Zinchenko
Fulbright scholar, research affiliate, NYU
Project: “Soundscape of Modern Ballet.”
The Shevchenko Scientific Society recognizes the importance of scholarship and culture to Ukraine’s war effort as well as for its post-war future. If you would like to support our colleagues in Ukraine, please contribute to the Shevchenko Emergency Fund. With your support, we can issue a third round of fellowships to recognize even more of our deserving colleagues.
SEF Committee members: Mayhill Fowler, Anna Nagurney, Markian Dobczansky, Kateryna Ruban, Martha Kuchar, Orest Deychakiwsky, Margarita Balmaceda