The Heyman Center, Second Floor Common Room
In Victimhood Nationalism, global historian Jie-Hyun Lim examines how nations turn collective suffering into powerful nationalist narratives that continue to shape the world today. Across Global Easts, East Asia and Eastern Europe, victimhood nationalism has been a memory template to amplify nationalist conflicts, creating a vicious cycle of victimhood competition. Deeply thought-provoking, Lim’s book asks what happens when past trauma becomes a political instrument. Victimhood nationalism victimizes innocent victims differently again.
This event is hosted by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and cosponsored by the Center for Korean Research, the Harriman Institute, The Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities, Heyman Center Fellows, Columbia University Press, the University Seminar on Cultural Memory, and The East Central European Center.
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