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K. Baziuk is a doctoral researcher from the Institute of Ukrainian Studies named after I. Krypyakevych National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Lviv where she works at the Medieval History Department.
In the study of Scottish emigration to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, emphasis typically lies on the settlers’ new lives – both individuals and entire families could move here. Yet, what happened to families when only one member ventured abroad while the rest stayed in Scotland? My project aims to address this, using the Turner family as a case study. Its member, John Turner, passed away in Danzig, while his relatives stayed in Aberdeenshire. My research on Scottish migrants to the Ukrainian lands of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth have unearthed hitherto untapped resources in the National Archives in Lviv, which need to be put in context by parallel manuscript and printed sources that are contained in the University of Aberdeen’s MSC and Sir Duncan Rice Library, without which my own research would not be complete.
Khrystyna Baziuk is a specialist of late medieval and early modern urban history, trade, migration and the history of L’viv. She is part of a team of specialists on Ukraine who put together resources for the study of Ukrainian history and culture. See https://research.kent.ac.uk/emcentraleu/early-modern-history-of-ukraine/.
- Speaker
- Khrystyna Baziuk
- Hosted by
- CEMS, Friends of the University Library, CPLS
- Venue
- The Sir Duncan Rice Library, Collections Seminar room on the lower ground