On 25 July at 21:00, Elena Kostioukovitch presented her new book "Translating Umberto Eco in an era of revolutions" in Casaletto Vaprio (CR), in an event called "From Kyiv to Umberto Eco". The event took place at the old town church, Chiesa Vecchia.
On Friday 17 July at 21:00, Elena Kostioukovitch featured at the Festival del Sarà in Termoli (province of Campobasso, Molise), alongside Greta Cristini, in an event moderated by Antonello Barone.
On 15 June 2026 at 20:15, Elena Kostioukovitch was a guest at the festival Salerno Letteratura, presenting her new book "Translating Umberto Eco in an era of revolutions". The event took place at the Salerno Cathedral and was hosted by Oscar Buonamano.
On 10 June 2026 at 21:00, Elena Kostioukovitch presented new book "Translating Umberto Eco in an era of revolutions" in Crema at CremArena, as part of the "I Manifesti di Crema" cultural series.
On 8 June 2026 at 18:00, Elena Kostioukovitch presented her new book "Translating Umberto Eco in an era of revolutions" with Damiano Rebecchini at Biblioteca Ostinata in Milan. 20 years after an insightful interview published in 2006 on Russian magazine NLO, Elena and Damiano continued their conversation about Umberto Eco.
On 29 May 2026 at 18:30, Elena Kostioukovitch featured at a conference in Bologna at Fondazione Zeri, focused on the translation of Umberto Eco's work, alongside Helena Lozano Miralles, Siri Neergard and Tadahiko Wada.
On 16 May 2026 at 17:15, Elena Kostioukovitch featured in an event in memory of Umberto Eco, "Umberto Eco: Ten Years Without", part of the Turin International Book Fair (Lingotto Fiere - Padiglione 1 - Sala Granata).
On this occasion, Elena Kostioukovitch also presented her upcoming book about her memories of Umberto Eco, called "Tradurre Umberto Eco mentre scoppiano le rivoluzioni" (La Nave di Teseo).
On 6 March 2026 at 18.00, Elena Kostioukovitch took part in a conference named "Ukraine, 4 years on: Remembrance, Resistance and Hope" at Salone delle ACLI in Milan (via Bernardino Luini, 5). Elena Kostioukovitch was one of the speakers, alongside political analyist Kateryna Sadilova, journalist Andrea Valesini, politician Paolo Bergamaschi and Svitlana Tereshchenko.
On 29 January 2026 at 18.00, Elena Kostioukovitch will present her book "Kyiv. A Fortress over the Abyss" in Milan, at Biblioteca Chiesa Rossa (M2 Abbiategrasso).
On 12 December 2025 at 17:00, Elena Kostioukovitch featured in a conference at the Sofia National Palace of Culture (NDK).
The event, moderated by Daria Karapetkova, was focused on Elena's experience translating Umberto Eco's works and was called "Translating Umberto Eco". The conference was held in Italian with simultaneous Bulgarian translation.
On 27 November 2025 at 12:30, Elena Kostioukovitch will take part in a seminar at Università Statale in Milan, in via Conservatorio, 7 (Room 6).
The event, organized by the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Milan, will be called "Identity, Language and Literature in the era of Russia-Ukraine war" and will be moderated by Cristiano Vezzoni.
On 11 November 2025 at 16:00, Elena Kostioukovitch presented her book "Kyiv. A fortress over the Abyss" in Cremona.The presentation took place at Biblioteca Statale di Cremona (Sala Carini Dainotti) and was hosted by Francesca Morandi.
On 23 October 2025 at 16:30, Elena Kostioukovitch will take part in the Forlì Translation Festival. The event will be held at the Auditorium of the Chiesa di San Giacomo (P.le Guido da Montefeltro, 12, 47121 Forlì FC, Italy) and will be moderated by Francesca Biagini and Francesco Privitera.
On 1 October 2025, Elena Kostioukovitch took part in the presentation of Marci Shore's book "The Ukrainian Night" in Milan. The event took place at 18:30 at "The Mill" (via Cappuccio, 5-7, 20123, Milano) and was hosted by Alessandro Litta Modignani. Elena participated alongside Giulia Lami and Olivia Guaraldo.
On 4 October 2025 at 17:00, Elena Kostioukovitch presented her book "Kyiv. A Fortress Over the Abyss" in Pisa. The presentation was part of Pisa Book Festival, which runs from 2 to 5 October 2025. The event, hosted by Massimo Tria, was held at Museo delle Navi Antiche.
