Resources for Understanding the Conflict in Ukraine | Center for Slavic and East European Studies

"Ask the Experts: Russia and Ukraine", Miami University Havighurst Center
"Clash in the Caucasus: Georgia, Russia, and the Fate of South Ossetia" by Stephen Jones, Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective
“The Consolidation of Democracy in Ukraine,” Charles Wise and Trevor Brown, 1998, Democratization 5: 116-137
"The Environmental Threat of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Pipeline" by Michael Corsi, Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective
"'Fantasy is not history' Historian Victoria Smolkin assesses Putin’s claim that modern-day Ukraine is a ‘gift’ from the Bolsheviks", Victoria Smolkin, Meduza
"A historian corrects misunderstandings about Ukrainian and Russian history" by Ronald Suny, The Conversation
"History, Memory, and the Art of Protest in Belarus" by Stephen M. Norris, Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective
"Kyiv's Ancient Normality (redux)" by Timothy Snyder (on Substack)
"Military experts react to Ukraine invasion, assess potential for widespread aggression and risks to US", by Carla Martinez Machain, Liam Collins, and Susan Hannah Allen, The Conversation
"A New Cold War Emerging as Russia Launches Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine" by Jaro Bilocerkowcyz, The Conversation
"Putin’s antagonism toward Ukraine was never just about NATO – it’s about creating a new Russian empire" by Emily Channell-Justice and Jacob Lassin
"Rus no Russia" by Christian Raffensperger, Origins
"Russia Invades Ukraine -- 5 Essential reads from experts" by Naomi Schalit, The Conversation
"Seize the Oligarchs’ Wealth: A crackdown on the Russian elite could help the situation in Ukraine and offer solutions to broader social problems" by Faith Hillis, The Atlantic
"Why Ukrainian Americans are committed to preserving Ukrainian culture – and national sovereignty" by Katja Kolcio, The Conversation

A Biography of No Place: From Ethnic Borderland to Soviet Heartland (2005), by Kate Brown
Children of Rus': Right-Bank Ukraine and the Invention of a Russian Nation (2013), by Faith Hillis
Conflict in Ukraine: The Unwinding of the Post Cold War Order (2015), Rajan Menon and Eugene Rumer
The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine (2021), by Serhii Plokhii
The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union (2014), by Serhii Plokhii
Life Went on Anyway (2019), by Oleg Sentsov
A Loss: The Story of a Dead Soldier Told by His Sister (2021), by Olesya Khromeychuk
Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation (2017), by Serhii Plokhii
Lucky Breaks (2022), by Yevgenia Belorusets
The Orphanage by Serhiy Zhadan, Reilly Costigan-Humes (Translation), Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler (Translation)
On Our Way Home from the Revolution: Reflections on Ukraine (2019), by Sonia Bilocerkowyz
Pride and Panic: Russian Imagination of the West in Post-Soviet Film (2007), by Yana Hashamova
Putin’s Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia? (2014), by Karen Dawisha
Rock and Roll in the Rocket City: The West, Identity, and Ideology in Soviet Dniepropetrovsk, 1960-1985 (2010), by Sergei Zhuk
Ukraine: Birth of a Modern Nation (2007), by Serhy Yekelchyk
Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know (2020), by Serhy Yekelchyk
Ukraine Crisis: What it Means for the West (2014), by Andrew Wilson
Ukraine in Histories and Stories: Essays by Ukrainian Intellectuals (2020), edited by Volodymyr Yermolenko
Ukraine and Russia: From Civilized Divorce to Uncivil War (2019), by Paul D’Anieri
Ukraine's Nuclear Disarmament: A History (2021), by Yuri Kostenko
Ukraine’s Outpost: Dnipropetrovsk and the Russian-Ukrainian War (2022), by Taras Kuzio, Sergei I. Zhuk, and Paul D’Anieri
Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin’s Russia (2021), by Timothy Frye

Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective - collection of curated articles about Ukrainian culture and history, modern events, and the effect of Russia's 2022 invasion on Ukraine and the global community.
Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective - collection of essays, podcasts, articles about Ukraine, history, and larger context
Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective - collection of essays, podcasts, articles about NATO
Research Guide: Ukraine - resource guide created by Ohio State University Libraries
Teaching and Studying Ukraine: List of Resources, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University

Real ways you can help Ukraine as a foreigner, gathered by GlobalShapers and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
R esources for BIPOC, LGBTQ+ Ukrainians and Ukrainians with disabilities or chronic illness compiled by Kimberly St. Julian Varnon (contact: @ksvarnon on Twitter)
Resources for Helping Displaced Scholars from Ukraine created and updated by the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES)

Friday, August 19, 12:00-1:30PM EST: On the Cultural Front: Ukrainian Publishers in the Time of War (CERES, U. of Toronto)
Friday, August 26, 12:00-1:00PM EST: Russia’s War Against Ukraine and Global Food Security (CERES, U. of Toronto)

Donbass by Serhii Loznytsia
No Obvious Signs by Alina Horlova
Homeward by Nariman Aliev
Bad Roads by Nataliia Vorozhbyt
The Earth is Blue as an Orange by Iryna Tsilyk

The New Voice of Ukraine (English)
Svidomi Instagram account
Twitter feed compiling reporting from 60 journalists in Ukraine
Twitter feed of Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba (English and Ukrainian)
President of Ukraine's website (English)
Ukraine Unlocked (English)
Ukrinform (English)
Voice of America (English)

The Atlantic Council
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta
Council on Foreign Relations
Mershon Center for International Security Studies
Ukrainian Cultural Association of Ohio
Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University
War on Ukraine: Informational Resources and Charitable Organizations, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) at University of Wisconsin-Madison

"Crisis in Ukraine", Council on Foreign Relations
"Hobart and William Smith Experts Discuss Russian Invasion", Hobart and William Smith College
"International Crisis in Ukraine: How and Why it Matters", Muhlenberg College
"Invasion of Ukraine: Voices from Kyiv School of Economics", Center for Governance and Markets, University of Pittsburgh (recording on Twitter)
"Preserving Ukraine's Cultural Heritage and Historical Record", by Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, University of Toronto
"Russian Invasion of Ukraine", College of Arts and Sciences, The Ohio State University
"Russia-Ukraine War: A View from the Baltic States", by Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, University of Toronto
“Ukraine in Crisis Policy Talk” with Dr. Rudy Hightower and Dr. Trevor Brown, 2014, John Glenn College of Public Affairs
"'Ukraine's guerrilla warfare could topple Putin' - Mark Galeotti on Russia's invasion", The Telegraphy
"Understanding the War in Ukraine: Insights from the Recent Past, 1991—Present" with Dr. David Hoffmann, Origins and CSEEES, The Ohio State University
"Военная операция России в Украине", RTVI Новости (in Russian)
"War in Ukraine: Voices from Kyiv", Center for Governance and Markets, University of Pittsburgh