Ukrainian Feminisms, Resistance, and Psychologies of National Decolonization
Join us on Tuesday, November 19th from 3:30-4:30 pm to hear from Professor Oksana Yakushko (Program Director of Professional Psychology and Professor of Clinical Psychology) on her research concerning Ukrainian history of feminist and gender-based traditions of resistance. Professor Yakushko will discuss how this has been shaped by responses to Russian imperialism and state-sponsored violence over the past century. In this presentation an introduction to histories/herstories related to Ukrainian women's role in shaping national identity and national liberation experiences will be connected to the psychological praxis of decolonization (one the most commonly discussed terms in Ukrainian social and scholarly spaces). Ukrainian women as poets, political leaders, scholars, Gulag survivors, liberation fighters, human rights activists, war crimes documentors, and volunteers will be noted in relation to global feminist movements.
About the Speaker
Oksana Yakushko, Ph.D., ABPP is a licensed clinical psychologist and certified psychoanalyst. She is a published scholar, consultant and educator in areas related to immigration, the history of psychology, contemporary psychoanalysis, intergenerational dynamics and trauma. She is an author of over 80 peer-reviewed scholarly publications, including articles, special issues, books and book chapters. She received numerous awards for her contributions to psychology, including recent awards for her work in global psychology, research and leadership in the psychology of women.