Seminar: Animals In and Beyond Wartime
27 January 2026
Part of the international series “Rethinking Ukraine’s Environment: War, Ecocide, and Beyond”
Thursday 12 February 2026
10:00 a.m. MST (Edmonton) / 12:00 p.m. EST (Toronto) / 6:00 p.m. CET (Warsaw) / 7:00 p.m. EET (Kyiv)
Online only | Zoom registration here
Bringing together scholars from different disciplines as well as practitioners, this presentation in the seminar series will explore how war disrupts non-human lives and reconfigures human-animal relations, both during and beyond wartime.
Speakers: Tanya Richardson, Arita Holmberg, and Olha Matsko
Moderator: Julia Malitska
Webinar Zoom registration here
This seminar is part of the international series “Rethinking Ukraine’s Environment: War, Ecocide, and Beyond,” which aims to foster a deeper understanding of historical human–environment relationships—a vital factor in addressing Ukraine’s current environmental challenges and envisioning a secure and sustainable future.
Read more about the seminar series here.
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Hosted by CIUS, this international seminar series is a joint initiative of the EnvHistUA Research Group and Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, with further support from the Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (Södertörn University), Center for Governance and Culture in Europe (University of St. Gallen), and the European Society for Environmental History (ESEH).