Please see below for an interesting event sponsored by HURI, taking place TONIGHT, July 3.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
HUSI Lecture
Soviet Construction of Ukrainian History
Harun Yilmaz, Jaroslaw and Nadia Mihaychuk Research Fellow, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University
Room S-050, CGIS South, Harvard University.
About Dr. Yilmaz:
Dr. Yilmaz's research interests include Central Asian, Caucasuan and
Ukrainian history from 1900 to the present day, contemporary politics
and the construction of national identities in these countries and
regions. In particular, he examines the construction of national
identities and national narratives through Soviet nationalities
policy, autoritarian modernization projects, and developmentalist
mobilization. Dr. Yilmaz received his degrees from the University of
Oxford (DPhil in History and MSc. in Russian and East European
Studies) and Istanbul University (BA in International Relations). His
doctoral research focused on the construction of national identities
in Soviet historiography in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Ukraine
(1936-1953). The thesis is currently under revision for publication.
He has academic publications on Georgian-Azerbaijani relations in
1918-1920, Turkish foreign policy on Central Asia and Soviet rule in
Kazakhstan.
http://www.huri.harvard.edu/