In Victimhood Nationalism, global historian Jie-Hyun Lim examines how nations turn collective suffering into powerful nationalist narratives that continue to shape the world today. Across Global Easts, East Asia and Eastern Europe, victimhood nationalism has been a memory template to amplify nationalist conflicts, creating a vicious cycle of victimhood competition. Deeply thought-provoking, Lim’s book asks what happens when past trauma becomes a political instrument. Victimhood nationalism victimizes innocent victims differently again.

Speaker

Jie-Hyun Lim, Distinguished Professor, Sogang University, and Class of ’55 Visiting Professor, Williams College

Discussants

Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor Emerita of History, Department of History, Columbia University

Ruth Barraclough, Korea Foundation Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, Department of History, Columbia University

Andreas Huyssen, Villard Professor Emeritus of German and Comparative Literature, Columbia University

Moderator

Małgorzata Mazurek, Associate Professor of Polish Studies, Department of History, Columbia University

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