3/16: Afternoon Reading With Professor Greta Lynn Uehling

Join us at Booksweet for an afternoon reading and book signing! Booksweet is thrilled to welcome Professor Greta Lynn Uehling to read from her newst book, Decolonizing Ukraine: The Indigenous People of Crimea and Pathways to Freedom. The reading will be followed by Q&A, book signing, and light refreshments. We hope to see you there!

About The Book

In this ground-breaking book, distinguished anthropologist Greta Uehling illuminates the untold stories of Russia’s occupation of Crimea from 2014 to the present, revealing the traumas of colonization, foreign occupation, and population displacement. Drawing upon extensive fieldwork in Ukraine, including over 90 personal interviews, Uehling brings her readers into the lives of people who opposed Russia’s Crimean operation, many of whom fled for government-controlled Ukraine. Via the narratives of people who traversed perilous geographies and world-altering events, Uehling traces the development of a new sense of social cohesion that encompasses diverse ethnic and religious groups. The result is a compelling story—one of resilience, transformation, and ultimately, the unwavering pursuit of freedom and autonomy for Ukraine, regardless of ethnicity or race. Decolonizing Ukraine: The Indigenous People of Crimea and Pathways to Freedom demonstrates how understanding Crimea is essential to understanding Ukraine - and the war with Russie - today.

About the Author

Greta Lynn Uehling is a teaching professor at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Beyond Memory:The Deportation and Repatriation of the Crimean Tatars (2004) and Everyday War: The Conflict over Donbas, Ukraine (2023).

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