Ukrainian Cosmopolis gathers those committed to freedom of speech and thought in Odessa.
We are the only collective in Ukraine openly challenging orthodoxies that police expression, divide the country and feed Russia’s hybrid war. Against purity and uniformity, we make room for dissent, curiosity and reasoned debate.
Making the Enlightenment wager on human freedom, reason and dialogue, we dare wartime Odessa to think, talk and create through our residencies, public discussions and salons.
Polyglot, irreverent and experimental, we keep Odessa’s wayward cosmopolitanism alive.

Meet ourFirst Polyglot Literary Resident

Award-winning poet and playwright Suji Kwock Kim is spending a month in Odesa this autumn as our first Cosmopolis–UNESCO Polyglot Literary Resident.
Suji is the winner of the Walt Whitman Award and a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow in Poetry. During her residency, which we are co-hosting with the Odesa UNESCO City of Literature Office, she is working on UTOPIA, INC., a new book exploring family history, North Korean refugees, memories of war, and the possibilities of language that resists propaganda.