Uilleam Blacker
Biographic Data
| ID | 707719 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Uilleam Blacker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Uilleam |
| FAMILY NAME | Blacker |
| SIGNATURE | BLACKER U |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Earth Gods
Earth Gods presents the early writings of Taras Prokhasko, one of Ukraine’s most prominent contemporary writers. Collected here for the first time in one book, these works span various genres yet form a single chronicle. Anna’s Other Days, Prokhasko’s first publication, testifies to the desire to free Ukrainian culture of overt influences of voices, styles, and genres that have dominated it for centuries. FM Galicia collects reflections delivered…
Karl Schlögel, Ukraine
Writing around War
The article considers a range of literary texts about the war in Donbas and argues that one of the primary representational strategies employed by Ukrainian writers has been the use of “parapolemics.” The article operates with Kate McLoughlin’s definition of this term as a focus on the “outskirts” of armed conflict, but also relates the idea to concepts drawn from trauma studies. While, on the one hand, the use of parapolemics may be a way of avo…
Volyn and the Unperceived Ukrainian in the Work of Włodzimierz Odojewski
This article explores the representations of Ukrainians in the work of Włodzimierz Odojewski. Focusing on his trilogy of books set in Ukraine, Zasypie wszystko, zawieje . . ., Wyspa ocalenia and the earlier collection of stories, Zmierzch świata, the article considers Odojewski’s representations of the Ukrainians, mainly peasants, among whom his Polish landowning protagonists live. The article identifies a purported preoccupation in Odojewski’s w…
Writing from the Ruins of Europe
The article examines Russian literary representations of the city of Kaliningrad, focusing on how Russian writers approach the problematic, fragmented past of this city. Focusing on works by a diverse range of writers who have written about the city since the 1960s, the article traces the images, motifs and ideas through which Russian authors have accessed the city's German past or, indeed, expressed the impossibility of accessing that past. Of p…
Urban commemoration and literature in post-Soviet L'viv
This article analyzes how the Poles and Jews who disappeared from the western Ukrainian city of L'viv as a result of the Second World War are remembered in the city today. It examines a range of commemorative practices, from monuments and museums to themed cafes and literature, and analyzes how these practices interact to produce competing mnemonic narratives. In this respect, the article argues for an understanding of the city as a complex text …
Memory and Theory in Eastern Europe
It is the aim of this volume to investigate how academic practices of Memory Studies are being applied, adapted, and transformed in the countries of East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. It
Writing from the Ruins of Europe
The article examines Russian literary representations of the city of Kaliningrad, focusing on how Russian writers approach the problematic, fragmented past of this city. Focusing on works by a diverse range of writers who have written about the city since the 1960s, the article traces the images, motifs and ideas through which Russian authors have accessed the city's German past or, indeed, expressed the impossibility of accessing that past. Of p…
Memory and Theory in Eastern Europe
It is the aim of this volume to investigate how academic practices of Memory Studies are being applied, adapted, and transformed in the countries of East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. It
Urban commemoration and literature in post-Soviet L'viv
This article analyzes how the Poles and Jews who disappeared from the western Ukrainian city of L'viv as a result of the Second World War are remembered in the city today. It examines a range of commemorative practices, from monuments and museums to themed cafes and literature, and analyzes how these practices interact to produce competing mnemonic narratives. In this respect, the article argues for an understanding of the city as a complex text …
Writing from the Ruins of Europe
The article examines Russian literary representations of the city of Kaliningrad, focusing on how Russian writers approach the problematic, fragmented past of this city. Focusing on works by a diverse range of writers who have written about the city since the 1960s, the article traces the images, motifs and ideas through which Russian authors have accessed the city's German past or, indeed, expressed the impossibility of accessing that past. Of p…
Volyn and the Unperceived Ukrainian in the Work of Włodzimierz Odojewski
This article explores the representations of Ukrainians in the work of Włodzimierz Odojewski. Focusing on his trilogy of books set in Ukraine, Zasypie wszystko, zawieje . . ., Wyspa ocalenia and the earlier collection of stories, Zmierzch świata, the article considers Odojewski’s representations of the Ukrainians, mainly peasants, among whom his Polish landowning protagonists live. The article identifies a purported preoccupation in Odojewski’s w…
Writing around War
The article considers a range of literary texts about the war in Donbas and argues that one of the primary representational strategies employed by Ukrainian writers has been the use of “parapolemics.” The article operates with Kate McLoughlin’s definition of this term as a focus on the “outskirts” of armed conflict, but also relates the idea to concepts drawn from trauma studies. While, on the one hand, the use of parapolemics may be a way of avo…
Earth Gods
Earth Gods presents the early writings of Taras Prokhasko, one of Ukraine’s most prominent contemporary writers. Collected here for the first time in one book, these works span various genres yet form a single chronicle. Anna’s Other Days, Prokhasko’s first publication, testifies to the desire to free Ukrainian culture of overt influences of voices, styles, and genres that have dominated it for centuries. FM Galicia collects reflections delivered…
Karl Schlögel, Ukraine
History (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Ukrainian (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (3 works)