Education and Displacement: Ukrainian Families in Germany

Date and Time

July 19, 2023
05:00PM - 06:30PM EDT

Location

CGIS-Knafel/North Building, 3rd Floor, Room K-354, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Speaker: Félix Krawatzek, Senior Researcher, Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), Berlin; Associate Member of Nuffield College, University of Oxford, UK
Moderator: Emily Channell-Justice, Director of the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program at HURI
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Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute Public Lecture Series

About the Event

The escalation of Russia’s war against Ukraine since February 2022 has prompted one of the most significant displacements of people in post-1945 Europe. Of the more than eight million people currently staying outside of Ukraine, most are women and one-third are children. This talk will focus on the question of education in the context of displacement, looking specifically at the challenges and conditions that emerge in the very first months after arrival. The educational situation of children is of utmost importance for the social integration of both parents and children and, alongside the labor market integration of parents, a crucial factor in understanding how Ukrainians think about their future.

About the Speaker

Felix Krawatzek headshot
Félix Krawatzek is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS) in Berlin where he leads the research cluster “Youth and Generational Change”. He is also an Associate Member of Nuffield College and PI on the ERC-funded research project “Moving Russia(ns): Intergenerational Transmission of Memories Abroad and at Home” (MoveMeRU). Research interests focus on post-Soviet politics and European politics more broadly with a particular interest in the role of youth in politics, the significance of historical representation in political processes, and questions related to migration and transnationalism. His first book, Youth in Regime Crisis, was published with Oxford University Press.

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