Natalia Kuzovova participated in ASEEES2025 in Washington
The 57th ASEEES Annual Convention was held in Washington, D.C., November 20–23. Natalia Kuzovova participated in the panel “Memory, Narratives, and Information Warfare: Sociocultural and Historical Dimensions of the Holodomor” and presented a paper “War with the Memory of the Holodomor in the Context of the Modern Russia-Ukraine War.” In her speech, Natalia Kuzovova analyzed the mechanisms of denial and distortion of the memory of the Holodomor, which intensified in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war. In addition to traditional approaches, modern practices include the destruction of memorials, the imposition of Soviet historical narratives, and the displacement of memory carriers through war and emigration. The study of these processes allows us to trace how historical memory is becoming a key battlefield in the information war and what role it plays in the modern opposition to the destruction of Ukrainian identity.
"This is my first time at ASEEES2025 and my impressions this year do not allow for a comparison of what was and what is now. But I saw that Ukrainian scientists were noticeable, did not disappear into the crowd of hundreds of scientists from different countries. We did everything possible to ensure that the studies on the history of the Holodomor were modern and pointed out new paths for researchers, inspired and continued in the future," commented Natalya Mykolaivna.
