What We Talk About When We Talk About Crimea
16:00
Crimea as a Source of Strength in the European Political Imagination
Speakers
- Alex Bykov
- architect and researcher of 20th-century Ukrainian architecture;
- Oleksandr Galenko
- PhD in History, Professor at Kyiv School of Economics;
- Nedim Useinow
- representative of the Coordinating Council of the World Congress of Crimean Tatars in Poland, Program Manager at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Visiting Lecturer at the University of Warsaw.
Moderator
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dr Oksana Dovgopolova
- Co-founder and Curator of the Past / Future / Art memory culture platform, PhD, Professor at Kyiv School of Economics, member of the Memory Studies Association.
- European countries have perceived Crimea in very different ways across the centuries. In the 18th century, the German philosopher Johann Gottfried von Herder was convinced that a new European civilisation was emerging precisely in Crimea. In the 19th century, the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz lamented its “former” glory. Meanwhile, the Soviet Union shaped for the world an image of Crimea as a showcase of a socialist paradise.
- The discussion participants will explore the centuries-long intertwining of the destinies of the Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar peoples.
18:00
Crimea in the Future of Ukraine, Europe, and the World
Speakers
- Elmira Muratova
- PhD in Political Science, researcher of Islam and interethnic relations in Crimea;
- Sevgil Musaieva
- Ukrainian journalist, Editor-in-Chief of Ukrainska Pravda (lit. “Ukrainian truth”), a socio-political online media outlet;
- prof. Joanna Getka
- Director of the Institute of Central and Eastern Europe Intercultural Studies, Faculty of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw.
Moderator
- Alim Aliev
- Deputy Director General of the Ukrainian Institute, Founder of the Crimean Fig literary project, human rights defender, curator of educational and cultural projects, researcher, essayist, Member of PEN Ukraine, Co-founder of Crimea SOS.
- When we talk about Crimea, we are not speaking only – or even mainly – about a territory; we are speaking about the people for whom Crimea is home, a place that inspires and gives strength. The Crimean Tatar people were deprived of their homeland for decades due to Soviet repression, and today they remain divided as a result of the temporary occupation. How do those currently in Crimea, and those living outside its borders, envision the future? And does Europe recognise the need for the cognitive de-occupation of Crimea?
The exhibition What We Talk About When We Talk About Crimea has been commissioned by the Ukrainian Institute and organised by the Past / Future / Art memory culture platform with the support of the Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine (PFRU). The project partner is the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Poland.
On 17 May, as part of the public program of the exhibition What We Talk About When We Talk About Crimea, panel discussions on the past, present, and future of Crimea will take place to mark the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Genocide of the Crimean Tatar People. The events will be held at Dom Spotkań z Historią, a partner institution of the project’s public program.
Address: ul. Karowa 20, Warszawa
