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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Race and Diversity in Today's Ukraine: Challenges and Opportunities
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SUMMARY:Race and Diversity in Today's Ukraine: Challenges and Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:<p>	<!--break--><a data-url="https://www.ualberta.ca/canadian-institute-of-ukrainian-studies/news-and-events/seminars/2020/september/race-and-diversity-in-todays-ukraine-challenges-and-opportunities.html" href="https://www.ualberta.ca/canadian-institute-of-ukrainian-studies/news-and-events/seminars/2020/september/race-and-diversity-in-todays-ukraine-challenges-and-opportunities.html" target="_blank" title=""><drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="db76c320-4333-451f-a9d4-806a98401db7" data-align="left" alt="Banner image (decorative)" data-view-mode="hwp_full_width"></drupal-media></a>Located  at the intersection of East and West, North and South, Ukraine has been a meeting place of different cultures, languages, religions, and peoples for centuries. Today, Ukrainians speak close to 40 languages and belong to many prominent religious denominations and over a dozen major ethnic groups. Amid a global struggle for racial equality, Ukraine continues to reckon with questions of identity and diversity in the context its long history, the legacy of Soviet policies, its geopolitical positioning, and contemporary state-building challenges. <br> <br>Who is seen as “Other” in today’s Ukraine? How is everyday life affected by the notion of otherness, either racial or ethnic? Does ethnic or racial otherness conflate with gender and sexuality identities? In what ways do other categories of identity – such as gender and sexuality – factor into patterns of racial and ethnic othering? What are some examples of productive steps to counteract discrimination in Ukraine—on the level of state policy, lawmaking, and civil society activity? </p><p>	<em><strong>Hosted by the Canadian Institute for Ukrainian Studies<br><a data-url="https://www.ualberta.ca/canadian-institute-of-ukrainian-studies/news-and-events/seminars/2020/september/race-and-diversity-in-todays-ukraine-challenges-and-opportunities.html" href="https://www.ualberta.ca/canadian-institute-of-ukrainian-studies/news-and-events/seminars/2020/september/race-and-diversity-in-todays-ukraine-challenges-and-opportunities.html" target="_blank" title="">More information and registration.</a></strong></em></p><p>	<strong>Participants:</strong></p><ul>	<li>		<span style="color:black">Moderator: <strong>Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon</strong>, PhD candidate in History at the University of Pennsylvania, (</span><a href="https://bit.ly/2QAuPMC">https://bit.ly/2QAuPMC</a><u><span style="color:black">)</span></u>	</li>	<li>		<span style="color:black">Panelist 1: <strong>Emine</strong></span><strong> Ziyatdinova</strong><span style="color:black">, Ukrainian Crimean Tatar photographer and photojournalist</span>	</li>	<li>		<span style="color:black">Panelist 2: <strong>Teodorina Kamis-Vavryk</strong>, African-Ukrainian activist, teacher,</span> <span style="color:black">translator, and volunteer with the African Council of Ukraine</span>	</li>	<li>		<span style="color:black">Panelist 3: <strong>Yulian Kondur</strong>, Ukrainian Roma activist, project coordinator at the International Roma Women's Fund "Chiricli"</span><span style="color:black" lang="UK">(</span><a href="https://bit.ly/2ErmJDC">https://bit.ly/2ErmJDC</a><span style="color:black" lang="UK">)</span>	</li>	<li>		<span style="color:black">Discussant: Prof. <strong>Natalia Khanenko-Friesen</strong>, director of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) at the University of Alberta (</span><a href="https://bit.ly/2QAsdyg">https://bit.ly/2QAsdyg</a><span style="color:black">)</span>	</li></ul><p>	<em><strong>Co-organized by: </strong></em></p><ul>	<li>		<span style="color:black">American Association for Ukrainian Studies (USA)</span>	</li>	<li>		<span style="color:black">Atlantic Council, Washington, DC (USA)</span>	</li>	<li>		<span style="color:black">Cambridge Ukrainian Studies, Cambridge University (UK)</span>	</li>	<li>		<span style="color:black">Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta (Canada)</span>	</li>	<li>		<span style="color:black">Chair of Ukrainian Studies, University of Ottawa (Canada)</span>	</li>	<li>		<span style="color:black">Krytyka Journal and Publishers, Kyiv (Ukraine)</span>	</li>	<li>		<span style="color:black">Mykola Zerov Centre, Monash University (Australia)</span>	</li>	<li>		<span style="color:black">Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US (USA)</span>	</li>	<li>		<span style="color:black">Ukrainian Book Institute, Kyiv (Ukraine)</span>	</li>	<li>		<span style="color:black">Ukrainian Emerging Leaders Program, Stanford University (USA)</span>	</li>	<li>		<span style="color:black">Ukrainian Institute, Kyiv (Ukraine)</span>	</li>	<li>		<span style="color:black">Ukrainian Institute, London (UK)</span>	</li>	<li>		<span style="color:black">Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University (USA)</span>	</li></ul>
LOCATION:Zoom (registration required) and CIUS Facebook page (public)
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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