Eurasianism and Ukrainian Emigré Scholarship (1920s-30s) - Alexander Dmitriev

6 p.m. - 8p.m., Institut für Slawistik und Hungarologie, Dorotheenstraße 65, Raum 5.57 // On Wednesday, June 11, KIU research fellow Alexander Dmitriev talks about his research topics at our KIU network partner university Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. This study is devoted to the history of Ukrainian émigré scholarship and to the history of discussions about the specifics and independent development of Ukrainian science and culture, as well as a contribution to the history of interwar Russian Eurasianism (in four articles from 1927–1932). The main figures in this controversy were the Russian linguist Nikolai Trubetzkoy (1890–1938), the founder of Eurasianism, and the Ukrainian historian Dmytro Doroshenko (1882–1951). Dmitiriev tries to outline the historical context of the controversy, its main ideas and roots, and its key protagonists. The final part of the lecture illustrates the second life of the polemic and highlights its continued relevance today.