Imperialism | Istoria 2026

Empire, domination, and identity.

The seminar explores the legacies of imperial rule in Ukrainian lands and considers how it continues to shape our understanding of state relations and national identity.

Lecturer: Professor Serhy Yekelchyk, University of Victoria.

Born and educated in Ukraine, Serhy Yekelchyk received a PhD from the University of Alberta. His research interests include the social and political history of the Stalin period, as well as the formation of a modern Ukrainian nation from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. 

His Ukraine: Birth of a Modern Nation (Oxford University Press, 2007) was the first Western history of Ukraine to include the coverage of the Orange Revolution and was translated into five languages. He is the author of eight books on modern Ukrainian history and Russo-Ukrainian relations, including the award-winning Stalin’s Citizens: Everyday Politics in the Wake of Total War (Oxford University Press, 2014). 

A professor of History and Slavic Studies at the University of Victoria, Yekelchyk is the current President of the Canadian Association for Ukrainian Studies.

You can enrol for the full course here.