Each year, Manor College is proud to host two Ukraine Dialogue speakers series programs where members of the Manor campus, Ukrainian, Ukrainian-American, and American communities join together to discuss critical political, religious, humanitarian, and other social issues that face Ukraine. The dialogues are in-person and virtual, engaging, purposeful, and compassionate regarding Ukraine and its people.

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Thursday, November 6, 2025

6:30 PM  | Ukrainian Heritage Studies Museum at Manor College and Via Zoom

 

First Lady Olena Zelenska’s Diplomacy Exporting Ukrainian Culture through Academia

The new Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies (GCUS) initiative, inspired by First Lady Olena Zelenska, uses cultural diplomacy and international educational partnerships to solidify Ukraine’s distinct identity and counteract historical revisionism worldwide. Join us for a program discussing how the GCUS is ensuring that Ukraine’s culture is preserved globally and with the world’s most esteemed colleges and universities, so that no matter how desperately Russia attempts to squelch Ukraine’s culture, it will live on and grow, having the opposite effect from what Putin intends.

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Featured Panelists

Olha Oseredchuk: Head of the Project Office, Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies
Daiana Biliavska: Project Manager, Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies

MODERATED BY

Ambassador Roman Popadiuk, American diplomat: Former American Ambassador to Ukraine

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Previous Ukraine Dialogues

2025

Ukraine Through Our Eyes: Reflections from Congress and Journalists – Watch the Replay Here

2024

Business and Industry Innovations Helping Ukraine’s Community – Watch the Replay Here
Diplomacy in War: Roles and Functions of an Ambassador – Watch the Replay Here

2023

Supporting Ukraine’s Service Members and Veterans – Watch the Replay Here
Russia’s Wartime Incursion of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant – Watch the Replay Here

2022

Constitutions of the US & Ukraine: Enduring Foreign Aggression – Watch the Replay Here

2021

30 Years of Ukrainian Independence – Part I – Russian Invasion and Military Relationship with the U.S. – Learn More Here
30 Years of Ukrainian Independence – Part II – Linguistic, Financial and Religious Implications – Watch the Replay Here

2020

Zelenskyy’s 1st Year Leading – Watch the Replay Here

2019

Emerging Women in Politics in, of, and for Ukraine – Learn More Here
Kyiv Patriarchy and Russian Aggression in the Kerch Strait – Learn More Here

2018

Hacking and the New Russia – Learn More Here
Moving Beyond the Failed Minsk Process and Ending Russia’s war in Ukraine

2017

America’s Relationship & Moral Obligation
Education as the Battlefront for Democracy – Learn More Here