Bölümümüz öğretim üyelerinden Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Filiz Tutku Aydın Bezikoğlu’nun konuşmacı olarak katılacağı panele ilişkin bilgiler ekte yer almaktadır. Öğrencilerimizin katılımını bekliyoruz. 

 

Date: Monday, May 5th, 2025

 

Time: EDT 9:30 - 15:00, CEST 15:30 – 21:00, EEST 16:30-22:00

 

Location: ONLINE

 

Registration is required. Please register using the form here.

 

Event Description:

Crimean Tatars, the indigenous people of Crimea, have been repeatedly colonized by Russia, with the latest episode of colonization unleashed since 2014. Since the earliest days of Russian colonialism, migration and transnationalism have been important tools of resistance and struggle, as Crimean Tatars have used their de-territorialization as a resource and tool to strengthen their attachment to their homeland and collective memory. As a result of these repeated colonizations throughout history, Crimean Tatars have had to leave their homeland and form diaspora communities in Turkey, Europe, and North America.  This workshop will seek to understand the intersections between indigeneity, forced migration, and transnational activism.  In particular, we will explore the impact of displacement in shaping both the self-understandings, subjectivities, and positionalities of Crimean Tatars and examine sites where transnationalism has facilitated the processes of ethnocultural justice, identity construction, institutional formation, and global activism. The workshop will bring together scholars and practitioners from Ukraine, Turkey, Canada, Germany, the United States, Austria, and Poland.

 

Don't forget to register for the workshop "Indigeneity and Transnationalism: The Forced Displacement of the Crimean Tatars and the Challenges of Transnational Approaches" hosted by the Global Consequences of Displacement from Russia's Invasion of Ukraine project. The event is organized by EURUS with the support of the McMillan Chair in Russian Studies.

 

The full list of panelists, as well as the presentation abstracts, can be found here.

 

Event agenda

 Monday, May 5, 2025
 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM (EDT)
 3:30 PM – 9:00 PM (CEST)
 4:30 PM – 10:00 PM (EEST)

 

9.30-9.40 AM. Meet and Greet - Filiz Tutku Aydin (Social Sciences University of Ankara), Milana Nikolko (Carleton University)

 

9.40.-11.10. AM. Panel 1. Indigeneity Through Borders: Crimean Tatar Displacement, Memory, and Transnational Belonging

Moderator: Paul Goode (Carleton University)

 

Mariia Shynkarenko. The Indigenous Self and Its Limits: Crimean Tatars and the Politics of Identity.

Elmira Muratova. Endangered Indigenous Identity: The Crimean Tatars in the Context of Displacement and Occupation.

Didem Buhari & Hasan Işıklı. Reclaiming the homeland, reconstructing memory places: Resilience strategies of the Crimean Tatar indigenous community.

Alina Dochu. Language rights of indigenous Crimean Tatars in places of exile after the annexation of Crimea and the Russian war on Ukraine.

Martin-Oleksandr Kisly. From Russian Empire to Russian Occupation: Crimean Tatars and the Colonial Politics of Displacement.

 

11.20 AM-12.50 PM.  Panel 2. Transnational Connections Across Space and Time: Theorizing Identity, Colonialism and Justice in a Transnational Framework 

Moderator: Jeff Sahadeo (Carleton University)

 

Greta Uehling. Transnationality and Indigeneity across Space and Time: Embodying and Navigating National and Colonial Legacies.

Vic Satzewich. Reflections on the meaning and significance of transnationalism: 20 years later.

Sebnem Koser Akcapar. Factors in decision-making processes of refugees: Comparing Crimean Tatars and Ahiska Turks from Ukraine.

Nara Narimanova. Forced Displacement of the Crimean Tatars, Crimean Tatar Toponymy and Colonization.

Filiz Tutku Aydin. Transnationalizing Ethnocultural Justice Claims of Indigenous Crimean Tatars.

 

1-2 PM. Keynote Paul Robert Magocsi. Ukraine is Winning the Great Southern War.  

 

2-3 PM. Roundtable discussion: Displacement, Belonging, and Voice: Perspectives on Crimean Tatar Transnationalism

 Moderator: Natalia Khanenko- Friesen (University of Alberta)

 

Gayana Yuksel. Forced displacement of Crimean Tatars after Russia's full-scale invasion:  study of migration dynamics.

Ayla Bakkali. Thinking Through Transnationalism/Mobility from a Crimean Tatar Feminist Perspective. 

Anife Kurtseitova. Voices Without Borders: Crimean Tatar Cultural Resistance and Public Diplomacy. 

Nedim Useinov. Between Exile and Return: Experiences of Crimean Tatar Displacement in Poland.