This seminar offers a conceptually and empirically informed understanding of Russia’s war in Ukraine, its background, context and consequences. Among the conceptual themes to be covered are the following: post-socialist transition paths, post-imperialism, nation- and statehood, identities and identity politics, geopolitics “from below”, memory politics, displacement, transnationalism etc. The course will also discuss the scope and limitations of documenting a war through empirical data collection and reflect critically upon the biases in scholarly research that have hidden Ukraine from view in mainstream social science debates (and public debate). The course will include live and recorded inputs by Ukrainian scholars. By the end of the course, students will have gained an understanding of the dynamics and the regional and global implications of Russia's war in Ukraine. They will have become familiar with social science research on Ukrainian society and politics, including efforts to continue empirical data collection during an ongoing war. Students will also have gained a grounding in the comparative study of war. Schließen