Hiwar Scholars Seminar

Etched in Memory: Filming Pain, Resistance, and Indigenous Struggle in the Shadow of War

Speaker

Christina Paschyn

Assistant Professor in Residence

Northwestern University in Qatar

Christina Paschyn is an assistant professor of journalism at Northwestern University in Qatar and an award-winning Ukrainian American filmmaker and journalist. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Chatham House, The Markaz Review, and the Christian Science Monitor, among other outlets. Her latest documentary, Etched in Memory, offers a rare glimpse into the Russo-Ukrainian war through the eyes of the Crimean Tatars, Ukraine’s Indigenous Muslim community.

Moderated by

Sarah Kaskas
Assistant Professor in Residence
Northwestern University in Qatar

Event information

DATE

Sunday, September 7, 2025

TIME

1:00 p.m.

LOCATION

Classroom 1-300
Northwestern Qatar