The Practice & Policy of Public History in Ukraine
28 February 2019, 6:00 pm鈥8:00 pm
This event is part of the SSEES Research Student Seminar Series. Join us to hear SSEES research students discuss their projects. On the 28th February, Ursula Woolley with The Practice & Policy of Public History in Ukraine and Kristina Batorshyna with Christian Perspectives on 'Paganism' in Kyivan Rus' and England.
This event is free.
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SSEES
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34716 Taviton StreetLondonWC1H 0BW
The Practice and Policy of Public History in Ukraine: Wartime Securitisation of Identity Meets Decolonialisation. 聽
The contestation of history between Ukraine and Russia was a feature of the years leading up to 2014 and was regarded by some as a key element of revanchist Russian government information strategy in Ukraine. 聽From the Yushchenko - Medvedev 鈥渉istory wars鈥 of 2009 to the Ukrainian 鈥淒ecommunisation鈥 legislation of 2015, nuances of historical emphasis in politics and public discourse have been informative and occasionally subtle signals of identity and allegiance on different levels and in different contexts.
So what does the discourse, policy and practice of public history in Ukraine since 2014 tell us now, both about the balance and exercise of power there nationally and locally, and about history as a 鈥榣anguage鈥 of allegiance and identity in a diverse modern state? 聽How much do the approaches of post-colonial studies and security studies help us interpret the situation? And how much does the practice of public history today free those involved to address and share their own perspectives on the past?
The other half of this evening will be PhD Candidate聽Kristina Batorshyna with Christian Perspectives on 'Paganism' in Kyivan Rus' and England
About the Speaker
Ursula Woolley
MPhil/PhD Candidate at 果冻影院 SSEES
Ursula Woolley is a first-year MPhil/PhD candidate at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), 果冻影院 (果冻影院). 聽Before that, she worked in local politics and in cultural relations, including in Ukraine and Russia.
Her general research interests are the instrumentalisation of historical narratives in politics; interdiscursivity between elites and non-elites in identity construction; and memory, security and public history in post-colonial states.
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