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.
2pm-3:30pm | Pembina Hall 2-06
Co-hosted by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies and the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta.
Limited availability, registration required.
Location details
Address: 2-06, Pembina Hall, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Speakers
Emine Ziyatdinova
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. Emine holds MA degrees in sociology from Ivan Franko National University of Lviv and in photojournalism from Ohio University's School of Visual Communication.
From 2012 to 2017, she worked extensively in documentary photography and journalism in Ukraine before relocating to the UK. There, she has contributed her expertise to the non-profit sector, working with organizations such as the Rory Peck Trust and the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Emine's work was supported by Fulbright Scholarship and a Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund Fellowship. Her photography projects have been showcased in exhibitions both in Ukraine and internationally.