Fourth Annual Petrach Program Online Conference on Ukraine

Friday, April 24, 2026

8:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT

Held exclusively online!

To join, use the zoom link here

In this full-day conference, leading global experts will present new research and exchange perspectives on a wide variety of critical issues faced in wartime Ukraine. This year's topics will include the latest developments in the war, how the Iran war and US-Europe tensions are impacting Ukraine, trends in language use, what history can teach us, and what we can learn from Ukraine's experience countering Russian "hybrid war" tactics ranging from cyber aggression to disinformation. By featuring scholars and invited expert discussants, panels aim to present a deeper, more thoughtful discussion than is often heard in mass media, where oversimplified interpretations are common. The conference will be completely online so as to foster discussion with attendees around the globe.

The conference agenda will be communicated at a later date.

Participants will include: Henry Hale (George Washington University), Robert Orttung (George Washington University), Vasyl Namoniuk (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv), Judy Twigg (Virginia Commonwealth University), Oksana Yakushko (George Washington University), Kseniya Yurtayeva (Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs), Michelle Kelso (George Washington University), Ihor Dvorkin (National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute), Nataliya Reshetova (Ukrainian Catholic University), Oleksandr Zaitsev (Ukrainian Catholic University), Tetiana Klynina (National Aviation University), Uliana Movchan (VN Karazin Kharkiv National University), Petro Baykovskyy (Ukrainian Catholic University), Valeriia Gergiieva (Odesa Center for Non-proliferation), Ibrahim Muradov (University of British Columbia), Paul D’Anieri (University of California), Sharon Wolchik (George Washington University), Ilona Khmeleva (Economic Security Council of Ukraine), Oleksii Polegkyi (Center for Public Diplomacy), Yuri M. Zhukov (Georgetown University), Tatsuya Koyama (Emory University), Renard Sexton (Emory University), Olga Onuch (University of Manchester), Emma Matteo (Harvard University), Marta Dyczok (University of Western Ontario), Volodymyr Kulyk (Kyiv School of Economics), Petro Kuzyk (Ivan Franko National University, Lviv), Dariya Orlova (National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy), and others.