Ukraine and Crimea in Europe. Modern diplomacy, historical memory and knowledge
This scientific event is organized as part of Voyage en Ukraine, the Season of Ukraine in France.
Argumentary of the scientific event
As part of the agreement signed in December 2025 with Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies, Inalco is organizing a first study day on Ukrainian history, dedicated to Ukraine's place in the European framework in modern times, when the Hetmanat, the Cossack state, but also the Khanate of Crimea, were part of the European diplomatic game. The fact that Crimean Tatar was one of the first languages taught at the École spéciale des langues orientales, forerunner of Inalco, at the beginning of the 19th century bears witness to this. How has Ukraine's presence and perception evolved, and what is the situation today? At a time when so much is at stake in Ukraine, aren't its European aspirations its return to the European family?
Scientific event program
Friday, March 27, 2026
INALCO - Pôle des Langues et Civilisations
Amphi 5 (2e floor)
65 rue des Grands Moulins - Paris 7e
- 9:00 am - 9:30 am :Opening
- Alim Aliev, deputy director of the Ukrainian Institute
- Étienne Boisserie, director of the CREE, Inalco
- 9:30 - 10:30 am: Conference
- Oleksandr Alfiorov, researcher attached to the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, director of the Institute of National Memory: Ukrainian diplomacy and political thought of the early modern period in the European context (17th-18th centuries) as the historical foundation of the concepts of sovereignty, law and international order
- 10:30 am - 11:30 am: Discussion
- Olexandr Alfiorov & Alim Aliev: Crimea as a space of intersection: Ukrainian, Crimean Tatar and European political history
Moderation: Iryna Dmytrychyn, Head of Ukrainian Studies, Inalco
- 11:30 - 12:00 : Coffee discussion
Organization
- Iryna Dmytrychyn (CREE, Inalco)