Program TUSI 2026
LOCATIONS
Conference Hall - in the Old Parsonage (Stara Plebania) building, 17 Nankiera Sq., entrance from the Ossolineum garden side.
Reader's Zone (Strefa Czytelnika) in the main building, opposite the main reading room: https://biblioteka.ossolineum.pl/strefa-czytelnika/.
Library in the Pan Tadeusz Museum, Rynek 6.
CUKR (Центр української культури та розвитку) at ul. Ruska 46A/20
PROGRAM
July 4: Saturday
July 5: Sunday
July 6: Monday
DAY 1
July 7: Tuesday
DAY 2
July 8: Wednesday
DAY 3
July 9: Thursday
DAY 4
July 10: Friday
DAY 5
July 11: Saturday
DAY 6
July 12: Sunday
DAY 7
July 13: Monday
DAY 8
July 14: Tuesday
DAY 9
July 15: Wednesday
DAY 10
July 16: Thursday
DAY 11
July 17: Friday
DAY 12
July 18: Saturday
DAY 13
15:00–19:00: Arrival and check-in
12:00-17:00: Welcome & Networking Mixer
CUKR (Центр української культури та розвитку)
9:00–12:00: Module 1 sessions
10:20–10:40: Coffee break (coffee not provided)
Section 1: Literary Prose – Day 1 Conference Hall
Instructor: Uilleam Blacker
Section 2: Poetry – Day 1 Reader's Zone
Instructor: Grace Mahoney
Section 3: Academic Texts/Nonfiction – Day 1 Library
Instructor: Serhiy Yakovenko
12:00–14:00: Lunch break (lunch not provided)
14:00–15:00: Welcome by Wiktoria Malicka, Ossolineum’s Representative for International Cooperation, followed by the guided tour “Discovering the Ossolineum: History and Collections”
15:00–18:00: Individual work / meetings with mentors
9:00–12:00: Module 1 sessions
10:20–10:40: Coffee break (coffee not provided)
Section 1: Literary Prose – Day 2 Conference Hall
Instructor: Uilleam Blacker
Section 2: Poetry – Day 2 Reader's Zone
Instructor: Grace Mahoney
Section 3: Academic Texts/Nonfiction – Day 2 Library
Instructor: Serhiy Yakovenko
13:00–14:00: Brown bag lunch session (lunch provided) Lecture “Translating the Sacred into Ukrainian,” Speaker: Taras Koznarsky Conference Hall
15:00–18:00: Individual work / meetings with mentors
9:00–12:00: Module 1 sessions
10:20–10:40: Coffee break (coffee not provided)
Section 1: Literary Prose – Day 3 Conference Hall
Instructor: Uilleam Blacker
Section 2: Poetry – Day 3 Reader's Zone
Instructor: Grace Mahoney
Section 3: Academic Texts/Nonfiction – Day 3 Library
Instructor: Serhiy Yakovenko
12:00–14:00: Lunch break (lunch not provided)
14:00–15:00: Group roundtable discussion “AI in Translation” Conference Hall
15:00–18:00: Individual work / meetings with mentors
9:00–12:00: Module 2 sessions
10:20–10:40: Coffee break (coffee not provided)
Section 1: Literary Prose – Day 1 Conference Hall
Instructor: Uilleam Blacker
Section 2: Poetry – Day 1 Reader's Zone
Instructor: Grace Mahoney
Section 3: Academic Texts/Nonfiction – Day 1 Library
Instructor: Serhiy Yakovenko
12:00–14:00: Lunch break (lunch not provided)
14:00–15:00: Tour of Pan Tadeusz Museum (meeting point at the Museum's ticket office at Rynek 6)
15:00–17:00: Poetry reading with Svetlana Lavochkina Conference Hall
17:00–18:00: Individual work / meetings with mentors
9:00–12:00: Module 2 sessions
10:20–10:40: Coffee break (coffee not provided)
Section 1: Literary Prose – Day 2 Conference Hall
Instructor: Uilleam Blacker
Section 2: Poetry – Day 2 Reader's Zone
Instructor: Grace Mahoney
Section 3: Academic Texts/Nonfiction – Day 2 Library
Instructor: Serhiy Yakovenko
12:00–14:00: Lunch break (lunch not provided)
16:00–17:00: Lecture “Rendering Ukraine’s Diversity in Translation: Lessons from Felix Austria,” Speaker: Vitaly Chernetsky Conference Hall
19:30: Group dinner
9:00–18:00: Individual work / leisure (not arranged)
11:00–13:00: Group brunch
13:00–15:00: Tour of Old Town
9:00–12:00: Module 2 sessions
10:20–10:40: Coffee break (coffee not provided)
Section 1: Literary Prose – Day 3 Conference Hall
Instructor: Uilleam Blacker
Section 2: Poetry – Day 3 Reader's Zone
Instructor: Grace Mahoney
Section 3: Academic Texts/Nonfiction – Day 3 Library
Instructor: Serhiy Yakovenko
12:00–14:00: Lunch break (lunch not provided)
15:00–16:30: “Mykola Kulish Workshop: Translating for Theater”
Day 1: “Kulish in Context: War, Revolution, Socialism,” Lecturer: Mayhill Fowler Conference Hall
17:00–18:00: Individual work / meetings with mentors
9:00–12:00: Module 3 sessions
10:20–10:40: Coffee break (coffee not provided)
Section 1: Literary Prose – Day 1 Conference Hall
Instructor: Uilleam Blacker
Section 2: Poetry – Day 1 Reader's Zone
Instructor: Grace Mahoney
Section 3: Academic Texts/Nonfiction – Day 1 Library
Instructor: Serhiy Yakovenko
12:00–14:00: Lunch break (lunch not provided)
15:00–16:30: “Mykola Kulish Workshop: Translating for Theater”
Day 2: “Impossible Words?: Kulish from Page to Stage,” Lecturer: Mayhill Fowler Conference Hall
17:00–18:00: Individual work / meetings with mentors
9:00–12:00: Module 3 sessions
10:20–10:40: Coffee break (coffee not provided)
Section 1: Literary Prose – Day 2 Conference Hall
Instructor: Uilleam Blacker
Section 2: Poetry – Day 2 Reader's Zone
Instructor: Grace Mahoney
Section 3: Academic Texts/Nonfiction – Day 2 Library
Instructor: Serhiy Yakovenko
12:00–14:00: Lunch break (lunch not provided)
15:00–16:30: “Mykola Kulish Workshop: Translating for Theater”
Day 3: “Speaking Bodies: Kulish in Performance,” Lecturer: Mayhill Fowler Conference Hall
17:00–18:00: Individual work / meetings with mentors
9:00–12:00: Module 3 sessions
10:20–10:40: Coffee break (coffee not provided)
Section 1: Literary Prose – Day 3 Conference Hall
Instructor: Uilleam Blacker
Section 2: Poetry – Day 3 Reader's Zone
Instructor: Grace Mahoney
Section 3: Academic Texts/Nonfiction – Day 3 Library
Instructor: Serhiy Yakovenko
13.00-15.00: Brown bag lunch session (lunch provided)
“The Endsongs Lab: Author and Translator on Making a Book Happen”—an interactive conversation and workshop with Iryna Shuvalova and Uilleam Blacker Conference Hall
15:00–16:30: Video recording session (interviews with participants)
17:00–18:00: Individual work / leisure
9:00–12:00: Individual project presentations Conference Hall
9:00–9.50: Section 1 (5 presentations 10 min. each)
Presenters: Group 1
10:00–10:50: Section 2 (5 presentations 10 min. each)
Presenters: Group 2
11.00–11.50: Section 3 (5 presentations 10 min. each)
Presenters: Group 3
12.00–14.00: Lunch break (lunch not provided)
14:00–14:50 Section 4 (5 presentations 10 min. each)
Presenters: Group 4
15.00-16.30: Video recording session (interviews with participants)
17:00–18:00: Individual work / leisure
19:30: Group dinner
Check-out and departure