ECMI strengthens research on Ukraine and war-affected minorities

Over the past two months, the ECMI was represented at two leading academic hubs for Ukrainian Studies in Germany, where ECMI postdoctoral researcher Elmira Muratova shared insights from her ongoing research on Crimean Tatars.

On 18 September, Muratova delivered a lecture to an international audience at the KIU Ukrainian Studies Summer School “Ukraine in Europe: Controversies, Complexities and Agency of a Multifaceted Interconnection”, hosted by Viadrina University in Frankfurt (Oder). Her talk explored Crimean Tatars’ collective memory, Islam, and coping strategies in post-2014 Crimea, sparking lively discussion among participants.

From 9–11 October, Muratova took part in the annual conference “Organizations and Institutions in Times of War: Ukraine, Eastern Europe and Beyond”, organized by the Center for Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies “Denkraum Ukraine” at the University of Regensburg. There, she presented her paper “War, Occupation, and Religious Authority: Institutional Change among Crimean Tatars after 2014”, examining how war and occupation have reshaped religious life and leadership in the Crimean Tatar community.

These contributions highlight ECMI’s continued engagement with cutting-edge scholarship on Ukraine and minority communities affected by the ongoing war.

Discover more about ECMI’s research on Ukraine and affected minority communities