The call for Kyiv as „European Capital of Culture and Peace 2022“ remains open for signing

Supporters of the call:

• Volodymyr Sheiko, Director General, Ukrainian Institute, Kyiv/ Ukraine
• Dr. Kristina Marion Jacobsen and Sonja Anne Lang, Cultural Scientists, Berlin/ Germany

Co-signatories include:

– Olesya Khromeychuk, Historian and Director, Ukrainian Institute London, Great Britain

– Olena Odynoka, Head of the International Cooperation Department at the Ukrainian Book Institute, Ukraine

– Katja Petrowskaja, Author, Germany/Ukraine

– Ivor Stodolsky and Marita Muukkonen, Co-Founders and Co-Directors of Artists at Risk 

– André Wilkens, Director European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands  

– Prof. Dr. Andrii Portnov, Professor for Entangled History of Ukraine, European University Viadrina, Germany 

– Dr. Henning Mohr, Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft e.V., Germany

– Viktoriia Grivina, Cultural Scientist, Kharkiv, Ukraine

– Dr. Uilleam Blacker, Associate Professor in Comparative East European Culture, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, Great Britain

– Sasha Waltz, Choreographer, Germany

– Eva Menasse, Author, Austria 

– Prof. Dr. Benno Werlen, UNESCO Chair on Global Understanding for Sustainability, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

– Ulrich Deppendorf, former Editor in Chief of ARD-Hauptstadtstudio, Germany

– Dr. Friederike Landau-Donnelly, Assistant Professor for cultural geography, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands 

– Dr. Hanno Loewy, Director of Jewish Museum Hohenems, Austria

– Viktoriia Vitrenko, Ukrainian singer, conductor and cultural initiator, Ukraine

– Rebecca Harms, Patron of Kyjiwer Gespräche (Kyiv talks), former Member of the European Parliament, Germany 

– Robert Menasse, Author, Wien, Austria

– Prof. Dr. Julius Schoeps, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Moses Mendelssohn Foundation, Germany 

– Yaroslav Minkin, Cultural Manager & Chairman of the Board in Youth organization STAN, Ukraine

– Prof. Dr. Reinhold Leinfelder, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

– Tahir Della, Initiative Black People in Germany/ISD Bund e.V., Germany

– Daniel Deppe, Co-Lead program “international cultural relations” at Polis180 e.V., Germany

– Prof. Dr. Micha Brumlik, Selma Stern Center for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany

– Marc Gegenfurtner, Head of the Cultural Department of the State Capital Stuttgart, Germany 

– André Bücker, Theater Director, Theater Augsburg, Germany

– Prof. Dr. Christina von Braun, Selma Stern Center for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany

– Tetiana Lopashchuk, Project leader of Kyjiwer Gespräche (Kyiv talks), Ukraine 

– Prof. Dr. Susan Neiman, Philosopher and Director of Einstein Forum, Germany

– Matthias Lilienthal, Dramaturg and Curator Berlin, Germany

– Julia Pagel, Secretary General of NEMO, the Network of European Museums Organisations, Germany

– Jochen Sandig, Artistic Director Berlin/Ludwigsburg, Germany 

– Carsten Siebert, Chancellor and CEO of Barenboim-Said Akademie, Germany

– Prof. Dr. Svenja Goltermann, Historian, University of Zurich, Switzerland 

– Achim Könneke, Cultural Advisor of the City of Würzburg, Board Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft e.V., Germany 

– Albert Drews, Evangelische Akademie Loccum, Germany 

– Peter Grabowski, Der Kulturpolitische Reporter (The Cultural Policy Reporter), Germany 

– Dr. Klaus-Jürgen Scherer, Political Scientist, Editor, Germany

– Volker Norbisrath, Advisor of cultural politics, Germany

– Dr. Michael Blume, Religious and Political Scientists, Germany 

– Notker Schweikhardt, Green Cultural Politician Berlin, Germany

– Anetta Kahane, Amadeu Antonio Stiftung, Germany

– Dr. Caspar Battegay, Literary and Cultural Scientist, Basel, Switzerland

– Robert Prosser, Author, Austria

– Nadine Seidu, Coordination Office for culture of remembrance of the State Capital Stuttgart, Germany

– Marc Grandmontagne, Cultural Advisor, Austria

– Ensemble Netzwerk e.V., Managing Committee, Germany

– Prof. Christian Höppner, President of Deutscher Tonkünstlerverband, Germany

– Sascha Sulimma, andcompany&Co, Germany

– Marita Hübinger, Editorial Board ZDF/ARTE, Germany

– Uwe Wagner, Head of Cultural Department of the City Gersthofen, Germany

– Tom Wolter, Board Member of the German Association of Independent Performing Arts, Artistic Director of WUK Theater Quartier, Halle, Germany

– Jasmin Vogel, Kulturforum Witten, Germany

– Andreas Montag, Author, PEN-Member, Journalist, Germany

– Jochen Brühl, Head of Tafel Deutschland e.V., Germany

– Christophe Knoch, Board Member of Stiftung Zukunft Berlin, Germany

– Prof. Dr. René Bloch, Institute of Jewish Studies, University of Bern, Switzerland

– Dr. Mara Ruth Wesemüller, Co-Lead program “international cultural relations” at Polis180 e.V., Germany

– Helge-Björn Meyer, Management, German Association of Independent Performing Arts, Germany

– Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Wagner, Head of Stabsstelle Ehemaliges Reichsparteitagsgelände, Stadt Nürnberg, Germany

– Dr. Guido Bröckling, Office Berlin of JFF-Institut für Medienpädagogik, Germany

– Stefan Wegner, Partner & Managing Director at Scholz & Friends, Germany

– Dr. Matthias Henkel, Neukölln, Germany 

Source: https://ui.org.ua/en/news-en/call-for-kyiv-as-european-capital-of-culture-and-peace-2022/