Event type:

In person

Date & time:

29 Mar 2022, 13:30 – 14:30

The politics of language, identity and education and the current conflict in Ukraine

Join this seminar to hear Olga Cara and Germ Janmaat discuss the role that identity politics has played in sparking the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian independence monument and flag in Kyiv (Photo by DmyTo / Adobe Stock)
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The politics of language, identity and education and the current conflict in Ukraine

Olga Cara

Lecturer in Sociology of Education

IOE, UCL

She is a quantitative and mixed methods sociologist exploring the relationship between ethnicity, language, and education as well as identity production. She has published a range of academic articles on these topics. Her geographical area of expertise is Latvia and Russian speaking population in post-Soviet space. Olga’s PhD looked at Russian- speaking children’s identity construction in the context of bilingual education in Latvia.

Germ Janmaat

Professor of Political Socialization

IOE, UCL

His research looks at how education, broadly conceived, can influence civic competences, values and behaviours. He is currently working on a Nuffield funded project on post-16 educational trajectories and social inequalities in political engagement. His PhD research focused on Ukraine’s nation-building policies in education and the response of the Russian-speaking population.

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Free

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All

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Yes

Organiser

Kiran Dhillon

k.dhillon@ucl.ac.uk