Past Event

EURUS is pleased to host a research seminar, “Collective Trauma, Memories and Victimization Narratives in Political Mobilization Strategies: The Case of the Crimean Tatars” with Professor Milana Nikolko, Carleton University.

This research seminar will explore the traumatic narratives of Crimean Tatar deportations circa 1944 (Sürgün), and their impact on modern strategies of ethnic political mobilization. The seminar will first focus on the consolidative role of traumatic memories and theories devoted to scholarship on victimhood in politics. The second empirical part will present interpretations of Crimean Tatar victimization under Soviet rule and in relation to the ongoing political challenges in both mainland Ukraine and annexed Crimea after 2014.

About the Speaker: Milana Nikolko is an adjunct Research Professor at the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (EURUS). Her current research focuses on trauma and collective memories of ethnic groups, trauma and victimization in Diasporas. She is the co-editor of Post-Soviet Migration and Diasporas. From Global Perspectives to Everyday Practices (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) as part of the series Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship (R. Cohen and Z. Layton-Henry, eds.).

This event is free and open to the public. No registration is required to attend.