A CIVIL CONVERSATION FOR UNCIVIL TIMES


From Odessa — Ukraine’s humanist, cosmopolitan port — Ukrainian Cosmopolis brings together thinkers, writers, and creators who resist attempts to police speech and thought.
A civic-intellectual collective, we hold the freedoms to think and to speak not as intellectual luxuries, but as the bare necessities of the life Ukraine now fights for.
We are the only organisation in Ukraine openly opposing the culture-war politics that feeds Russian propaganda and hybrid war.
Resisting it is not only the condition of Ukraine’s European future. It is a matter of survival.
At a time of narrowing freedoms and outward flight, we bring people to Odessa — and keep spaces of honest exchange alive.
Through public dialogue and residencies, we keep Odessa thinking and talking — and a free Ukraine still within reach.

Applications are now open for our 2026 Ukrainian Civic Courage Fellowships

For Ukrainian citizens currently living 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.



News

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The Eternal Through Change

24-26.09.2026 • Odessa, Ukraine

Inna Holubovych & Maya Demerli joined the Organising Committee of the conference in memory of Professor M. H. Sokolyanskyi.

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Charity Piano Concert

06.05.2026 • Zürich, Switzerland

Charity piano concert by the president of ODESSA CLASSICS music festival Alexey Botvinov

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Ukrainian universities in wartime: The Odesa Experience

04.05.2026 • Siena, Italy

Inna Holubovych is a principal speaker at 'Intelligence Festival' by Univercity of Siena

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Exhibition of bookplates

30,04-21.05.2026 • Odessa, Ukraine

Exhibition of bookplates by Cosmopolis member Alexandra Valchuk

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

05.04.2026 • Odesa, Ukraine

With the participation of Cosmopolis members Mikhail Reva, Kateryna Biletina and Eugene Demenok

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“When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea”

31.03.2026 •
Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Screening of Eva Neymann’s film about life in wartime Odesa, presented within the programme of Produktionshaus NAXOS

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PoemsNotBombs Zoom Event featuring renowned poets

27.03.2026 • Zoom

Join Ilya Kaminsky Zoom event - a benefit for the Kid's Poetry Studio in Odessa

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Olga Yarovaya Collage Exhibition

20.03.2026 • Odessa, Ukraine

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

Blog

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

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