A CIVIL CONVERSATION FOR UNCIVIL TIMES

Please join us at the public ForumRecovery After Total War

27–28 May 2026 Odessa-Zoom

Wars often end as abruptly as they began. After war, Ukraine will face not only trauma, but militarism, shrinking freedoms, political cynicism, moral fatigue, and new social fractures. How it reckons with these will determine its fate in the years to come.

We are bringing together scholars, soldiers, lawyers, veterans, diplomats, journalists, and public voices from Ukraine and the wider world to confront the hardest questions Ukraine will face after war.

With Gennadiy Druzenko, Ella Libanova, Ganna Yudkivska, Piotr Kulpa, Brendan Simms, Evgeniy Stepanov, Marina Gribanova, Khalid Sheptitsky, David Williams, Anne van Aaken, and others.

Register to join us in Odessa or online. Hurry: seating is limited and filling quickly.

Applications are now open for ourUkrainian Civic Courage Fellowships

For Ukrainian citizens in Ukraine: apply by 10 June

We invite writers, scholars, journalists, artists, and otherwise creators to spend up to one month in Odessa this summer, joining others committed to intellectual courage and frank speech in difficult times. The fellowship includes travel within Ukraine, accommodation in Odessa, and a €500 stipend. Applications are accepted in any language spoken in Ukraine.

Recent Highlights

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Recovery After Total War Forum

27-28.05.2026 • Odessa

The first major international public discussion of Ukraine’s post-war social settlement.

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Applications now open for the Ukrainian Civic Courage Fellowships

10.05-10.06.2026 • Odessa

An invitation to spend a summer month in Odessa among voices committed to intellectual courage and frank speech

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Meet our 2026 Civic Freedom Residents-Elect

01.05.2026 • Odessa

Nick Sturdee, Christine Hamel and Matthew Porges are joining a Cosmopolis programme for International scholars

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Paradoxes of Decolonisation

21.04.2026 • Potsdam

A joint Cosmopolis & Einstein Forum discussion about the logic and consequences of Ukraine's state-sponsored decolonisation drive

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Ukrainian universities in wartime: The Odesa Experience

04.05.2026 • Siena

Cosmopolitan Inna Holubovych gives a keynote lecture at the University of Siena 'Intelligence Festival' 

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Collage Exhibition


20.03-01.05.2026 • Odessa

A new exhibition in a distinctive collage technique opens in the city centre

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“Ode to Sonia” — an exhibition dedicated to the 140th anniversary of Sonia Delaunay

05.04.2026 • Odesa

With the participation of Cosmopolitans Mikhail Reva, Kateryna Biletina and Eugene Demenok.

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PoemsNotBombs Zoom Event featuring renowned poets

27.03.2026 • Zoom

Ilya Kaminsky's Zoom event - a benefit for the Children's Poetry Studio in Odessa.

Blog

A selection of our team members’ posts on culture, conscience, civic courage, and Ukraine’s future.

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