Public Talks - Back Home: Crimean Tatar Stories of Deportation and Homecoming & 13 Stories of War
24 April 2024
Emine Ziyatdinova is a Crimean Tatar documentary photographer and co-founder and director of the NGO "Ukrainian Warchive," a digital photo archive of the Russo-Ukrainian war. Born in Uzbekistan, her family was deported from Crimea in 1944 by the Stalin regime. Growing up as part of the Crimean Tatar minority in Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union, she gained a firsthand understanding of the human rights issues faced by ethnic minorities and the challenges stemming from the economic and political transition in her country.
Her unique perspective places her at the intersection of documentary photography, sociology, human rights, and journalism.
We are excited to host her at the University of Alberta and to invite you to take part in these upcoming events.
Back Home: Crimean Tatars Stories of Deportation and Homecoming
May 2, 2024 | 2 P.M.-3:30 P.M. | Pembina Hall 2-06, University of Alberta
The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies and the Faculty of Native Studies invite you to join us for a reflective conversation with the Indigenous Crimean Tatar scholar, photographer and journalist, Emine Ziyatdinova as she shares stories of three generations of Crimean Tatar women - her paternal grandmother, mother and herself - about their evolving relationship to Crimea and its history, covering Stalin purges, deportation, return to Crimea, annexation of Crimea and Russian full-scale invasion.
May 18, 2024 will mark the 80th anniversary since the Crimean Tatar deportation by the Soviet regime on 18th of May 1944.
Limited availability, registration required.
Co-hosted by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies and the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta.
Join documentary photographer Emine Ziyatdinova for a public presentation on her most recent publication (co-edited with Misha Pedan), 𝟭𝟯 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗮𝗿.
13 Stories of War is a collection of visual essays and commentary on the current Russian war against Ukraine. Emine will present on her curatorial and editorial work and how the violence and displacement experienced within Ukrainian communities have generated innumerable stories of resistance, loss, and hope.
Light refreshments will be served, and all are welcome!