Since Kyiv's Maidan protests Ukrainian identity has been changing, shifting from focusing on ethnic nationalism to civic nationalism focused on democratic values and human rights. That shift has won greater acceptance for ethnic minorities such as Crimean Tatars, as well as Russian speakers in Ukraine. Other groups such as the LGBT community have struggled to make the same gains.
This talk will look at Ukraine's evolving national identity based on interviews with Ukraine's Crimean Tatar Eurovision nominee Jamala, ethnic Greeks living near the contact line, and LGBT activists among others.
Speaker Ian Bateson is an independent correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine and has written for Reuters, the Daily Beat, the New Statesman, VICE, AL Jazeera and Die Zeit Online.
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