ESD 2022 Program
Monday July 4
17:00-20:00 Kyiv time
Welcome meeting:
Opening Remarks
An Introductory Lecture by Yaroslav Hrytsak “How to Reconcile Properly: what experience of the Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation can tell us about possibility of the Russian-Ukrainian reconciliation?”
Presentation of the ESD program
Participants’ motivational stories
Tuesday, July 5
17:00 Dr. Yuriy Pidlisnyi
“The Russian war against Ukraine: political, ideological and religious roots”
18:30 Rev. Dr. Oleh Kindiy
"Сhurches in peacebuilding: Ecumenical engagement for peace and reconciliation”
Wednesday, July 6
17:00 Dr. Paul Silas Peterson
“The public sphere, democracy and truth claims: Ethical and theological perspectives”
18:30 Dr. Myroslav Marynovych
“Distinguishing between Truth and Lies and the Future World Order”
Thursday, July 7
17:00 Dr. Dmytro Sherenhovsky
“Propaganda in academia: Russian impact on Western universities and think tanks”
18:30 Taras Kurylets
“The impact of the war on the Ukrainian confessions”
Friday, July 8
17:00 Rev. Dr. Nicholas Denysenko
“Religious dimension of the current Russian aggression against Ukraine”
18:30 Rev. Dr. Andriy Dudchenko
“The perspectives of unity between the Orthodox Churches in Ukraine in new circumstances of war”
Saturday, July 9
17:00 Rev. Andriy Shestak
"«The holy hybrid war»: principles and efficiency"
18:30 Dr. Borys Potiatynyk
“Is it possible to get rid of the issue of truth?”
Sunday, July 10
No lectures
Monday, July 11
17:00 Dr. Svitlana Hurkina
“UGCC 50-years’ experience of resistance to the soviet totalitarian regime and propaganda”
18:30 Sister Dr. Vassa Larin
“Interconnectedness between propaganda and war: theological evaluation and proposals”
Tuesday, July 12
17:00 Dr. Taras Dzyubanskyy
“How the war impacts on the interreligious relations in Ukraine?”
18:30 Dr. Roman Nazarenko
“Theological evaluation of war and peace in Christianity and Islam”
Wednesday, July 13
17:00 Dr. Joshua Searle
“Christian Ethics and the Challenge of Russian Propaganda in a Post-Truth Age”
18:30 Dr. Roman Soloviy
“Causes of different statements on the Russian military aggression of Russian and Ukrainian Protestants”
Thursday, July 14
17:00 Dr. Pavlo Smytsnyuk
“How the War in Ukraine Changes the Identity of Ukrainian Churches”
18:30 Dr. Anatoliy Babynsky
“Development of the world ecumenical relations in new circumstances of the Russian invasion”
Friday, July 15
17:00-20:00
Final Seminar: Essays’ presentations by the students
Concluding remarks
Diploma distribution