Natalia Sinkevich | History of Ukraine in the 17th–18th centuries | Politics of memory

Natalia Sinkevych is a historian with two academic degrees (in history and theology) and a graduate of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. She is an academic assistant at Leipzig University (Germany), where she teaches courses on the history of Ukraine and Central and Eastern Europe. She left for an internship in Germany in 2014. Specialization: history of ideas, intellectual history, interfaith relations. After 2022 — politics of memory and the influence of history on political discourse.

Part 1 🔑 In discussion:

• Boom in interest in Ukrainian history in Germany after 2022
• The challenging path to building a career in the German academy
• Suspicions of nationalism until 2022
• The importance of publicity and presenting the competitiveness of Ukrainian academia
• Fading interest in 2024–2025

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