"Re-Imagining" the Homeland? Languages and National Belonging in Ukrainian Diasporas since the Euromaidan
Journal: East/West Journal of Ukrainian Studies
Year: 2018

From the first days of the Euromaidan protests, Ukrainian diasporas around the globe took an active part in supporting democratic change in Ukraine. These diasporic communities actively used social media to “represent” their national identity, to promote their visions of Ukraine’s past and future, and to network and coordinate their actions. This paper argues that the events of the Euromaidan made Ukrainian diasporas in Western countries “re-invent” and “re-imagine” their national belonging. In