History

RUTA Association’s Organizing Committee grew out of networks that emerged in response Russia’s 2022 escalation of its war against Ukraine. It is comprised of scholars whose research focus and public engagement aligns with the idea of transforming area studies, building on existing solidarity networks.

The Organizing Committee members are: Maia Barkaia, Una Bergmane, Giorgi Cheishvili, Franziska Davies, Olenka Dmytryk, Oksana Dudko, Sofia Dyak, Marat Ilyasov, Tereza Hendl, Ilona Jurkonytė, Botakoz Kassymbekova, Ivan U. Kłyszcz, Pavlo Khudish, Yulia Kischuk, Martin-Oleksandr Kisly, Kateryna Kostohryz, Olena Palko, Kateryna Rietz-Rakul, Iryna Skubii, Darya Tsymbalyuk, Panayiotis Xenophontos, Yuliya Yurchuk. 

The RUTA Association Organizing Committee will be dissolved after the election of RUTA’s Board of Representatives on 27-30 June 2024.