War, Migration, Memory - by Viktoriya Sereda (Paperback)

About the Book

A multi-scalar perspective on the transformational effects of war and dislocation on people's memory, sense of belonging and the ensuing consequences for Ukraine's diversity.

Book Synopsis

War and mass displacement in Ukraine triggered intensive reevaluations of the past and collective identities. The contributors to this volume examine how memory is mobilised and how cultural, collective, and individual memories are being reshaped to deal with the ruptures and threats posed by the war. They offer a multi-scalar perspective on the transformational effects of war and displacement on Ukrainian society in various contexts - local, regional, national, and global - and deal with shifts of memory and symbolic representations, experiences of dislocation, shifts in the linguistic and religious landscapes, gender roles, and repercussions of war on minority groups.

About the Author

Viktoriya Sereda is a sociologist, head coordinator of the Virtual Ukraine Institute for Advanced Study (VUIAS) and academic senior advisor to the research group Prisma Ukraïna »War, Migration, Memory«. She initiated and directed the project from 20222023. Prior to this, she was a fellow at the Imre Kertesz Kolleg at FriedrichSchillerUniversität Jena. Since 2020, she has also been a senior research fellow at the Institute of Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and a professor at the department of sociology at the Ukrainian Catholic University.