Exploring the North Azovian Greeks in Ukraine: A Practitioner and Community-Rooted Perspective on Languages, Identity, and War
Block seminar | This block seminar explores the experiences of the North Azovian Greeks (Urums and Roumeans) — an autochthonous community of Ukraine and descendants of Crimean Christians — through a practitioner and community-rooted perspective. The course focuses on how identity is shaped and preserved through language, cultural practices, and collective memory, while also introducing key historical contexts and their lasting impact on present-day forms of belonging and self-identification.
Particular attention is given to the community’s two endangered heritage languages, Urum and Roumean, as well as to ongoing grassroots efforts of language revitalisation and cultural continuity in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
The course is taught by Olga Tsuprykova, a Ukrainian of North Azovian Greek (Roumean) descent, a Donetsk native, civic activist, and co-founder of the NGO ʼNorth Azovian Greeks: Urums and Roumeans’
08.05 | 22.05 | 05.06
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
GD 311, Gräfin-Dönhoff-Building, Europaplatz 1, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
Students can apply via Viacampus.
External visitors can participate with prior registration via email at kiu-communications@europa-uni.de
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