On 27-28 September 2012, the National University of Ostroh Academy hosted the 5th International Research Conference Ukrainian Diaspora: Research Issues. It was organized by the Institute for Ukrainian Diaspora Studies, the Faculty of International Relations, the Ukrainian Historian Society and World Scholarly Council of Ukrainian World Congress.
88 Ukrainian and foreign researchers took part in the conference.
New books presentations are an integral part of international conferences Ukrainian Diaspora: Research Issues.
An exhibition of paintings by Oleksa Novakivskyi from the private collection of Mykola Mushynka in the underground gallery of the NaUOA was another interesting part of this year's conference.
They plan to publish conference papers in a special volume of the Scientific Proceedings of the National University of Ostroh Academy (History Series).