After the successful 2022-23 academic year, Central European University is continuing the INVISIBLE UNIVERSITY FOR UKRAINE (IUFU) certificate program (offering ECTS credits) for junior and senior undergraduate (BA) and graduate (MA and PhD) students from Ukraine, whether residing in Ukraine or in refuge, whose studies have been affected by the war. The name of this transnational solidarity program evokes the various nineteenth and twentieth-century underground and exile educational initiatives (such as the “flying universities”) in Eastern Europe, as well as the tradition of Invisible Colleges formed after 1989 in the region. Both in Fall 2023 and Spring 2024, 360 students signed up to attend the thematic courses and the mentoring sessions.
In 2023 we had 15 thematic courses with 22 course directors, 190 lecturers, and 70 mentors + 15 English academic writing groups. 420 students were involved in the course work, 144 full and partial research scholarships were distributed, and 49 students participated in the summer school in Lviv and Budapest. In 2024 IUFU was opened for students from the Balkans as well, offering a course in cooperation with Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory from Belgrade. Alumni of this program started an interdisciplinary web journal Balkan Talks.
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