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Katja Kolcio

Associate Professor of Dance and Environmental Studies at Wesleyan University

The Conversation
The author’s father, Wolodymyr ‘Mirko’ Pylyshenko, pictured in an ID card at a German displacement camp for Ukrainians.

Why Ukrainian Americans are committed to preserving Ukrainian culture — and national sovereignty

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Many Ukrainian Americans feel connected to Ukraine’s history and independence, including scholar Katja Kolcio. She writes about her family’s work preserving Ukrainian culture as immigrants in the US.