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Fellow seminar: Hetmanate and Left Bank Ukraine in the 18th and 19th Centuries: Medicalization, Quality of Life and Demographic Behavior of the Population

5 December 2024 @ 16:30 - 18:30

Igor Serdiuk (Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship, Oct ‘24 – Jul ‘25) presents his research:

Hetmanate and Left Bank Ukraine in the 18th and 19th Centuries: Medicalization, Quality of Life and Demographic Behavior of the Population

on 05 December 2024 (Thursday), at 16:30.

Moderated by Oana Cojocaru

Abstract: This presentation will focus on the Hetmanate, an autonomous state entity within the Russian Empire in the eighteenth century. By the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, its territory was reduced to the Poltava and Chernihiv provinces. Today, these areas correspond to the Poltava, Chernihiv, and parts of the Sumy, Cherkasy, Kyiv, and Dnipro regions of Ukraine, as well as the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation.

The Hetmanate’s historical development is often analyzed through the lens of the “colonized” and “colonizer” relationship, drawing parallels to Scotland’s position within Britain. A recurring argument posits that annexed regions were culturally, economically, and socially less developed than the imperial center, which purportedly sought to modernize them. This narrative has been particularly persistently applied to the Hetmanate, with imperial modernization frequently framed as a justification for the suppression of tradition, autonomy, local language, and culture. Within this framework, the region’s history is often portrayed teleologically as a trajectory of linear progress.

It is necessary to critically evaluate the validity of the claim regarding the “backwardness” of colonized territories. This prompts key methodological questions: what focus and analytical frameworks should be adopted to investigate the functioning of a distinctive region within an imperial system? What sources are suitable for such research, and how can they be interpreted? One promising approach involves studying quality of life using measurable and comparable markers. However, identifying and applying such markers remains a critical challenge.

Details

Date:
5 December 2024
Time:
16:30 - 18:30
Website:
https://cas.bg

Organizer

Centre for Advanced Study Sofia

Venue

Centre for Advanced Study Sofia
7B Stefan Karadzha St, entr. 3
Sofia,‎ ‎1000‎ ‎Bulgaria
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