[Daviscalendar-list] TONIGHT: Lecture- Soviet Construction of Ukrainian History

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/