In 2022 Russia occupied large areas of Ukraine, where people experienced terror, violence, and multilayered insecurity. Occupation disrupted the social structures and networks, inflicted social alienation and fear of violence, caused traumas and suffering. Many people were forced into a survival mode as well as internal exile, self-censorship, and silence. Based on testimonies collected in Ukraine, Lithuania, and the USA, Miami Anthropology Professor and Havighurst Center Faculty Associate Neringa Klumbytė will present the oral history project focused on de/occupied regions of Ukraine.
Dr. Neringa Klumbyte is Professor of Anthropology and Faculty Associate at the Havighurst Center for East European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies. A political and economic anthropologist working in Lithuania, the European Union, and Eurasia more broadly, her wide interests include everyday life in post-Socialist and post-Colonialist countries, States and Nationalism, Elections, the Anthropology of Food, Marketing and Consumption, Ethnographic Writing and Representations. Dr. Klumbyte received her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh.
