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Ivan Svit and Ukrainian - Japanese collaboration in Manchuria,1922-1945
This talk tells the story of the unknown 100 000 people Ukrainian diaspora in Manchuria and its leader, Ivan Svit (1897–1989), a forgotten Ukrainian journalist, editor, historian, and social activist, and their active communication and collaboration with Japanese authorities under the occupation (1932-1945). During this time, Ukrainians tried to negotiate about creating a Ukrainian national state in the Far East and broader North-East Asia.
Co-convenors Juliana Buriticá Alzate, Jenny Guest, Hugh Whittaker
Besides working as a journalist, a stamp dealer, and an editor running a couple of Ukrainian printed media publications, including the “Manchurian Herald” (1932-1937) and “The Call of the Ukraine”(1941-1942) as well as radio programs, Svit helped to print a Map of Green Ukraine (1937) and to publish the first Ukrainian Japanese dictionary (1944).
This talk explores the processes of self-identification of Ukrainians through printed media and the cooperative nature of Ukrainian-Japanese relations in Manchuria (1922-1945).
Date:
9 February 2023, 14:00
Venue:
Pavilion Room, 4th Floor, Gateway Building, St. Antony's College
Speaker:
Dr Olga Khomenko (CARA/British Academy Fellow, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies)
Organising department:
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Organiser contact email address:
administrator@nissan.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Jane Baker
