# Event Details - **Event Name**: Colonial Innocence and Victimhood Nationalism in Global Easts - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 02 Apr, 2026 at 04:00 pm – Thu, 02 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm - **Event Description**: Colonial Innocence and Victimhood Nationalism in Global Easts-on Postcolonial Eastern Europe and East AsiaAbout this EventVictimhood Nationalism: History and Memory in a Global Age, by Jie-Hyun LimWhat lies beneath today’s genocidal conflicts—in Gaza, in Ukraine, and elsewhere—is not only the raw contest for land or power but also a deeper battle over memory itself. In Victimhood Nationalism, historian and memory scholar Jie-Hyun Lim offers a penetrating answer. He argues that these modern tragedies are foreshadowed by “memory wars”: struggles born of unresolved trauma, failed reconciliation, and histories too painful or politicized to share. At the heart of these conflicts, Lim writes, is what he calls victimhood nationalism—a narrative through which nations claim moral superiority and political legitimacy by invoking ancestral suffering. This sense of collective righteousness, he suggests, finds affirmation in today’s global human-rights discourse, which often turns particular histories of pain into universal symbols of virtue. In this way, nationalism has not disappeared in the age of globalization; it has merely changed its face, trading the worship of heroes for the veneration of victims. Lim’s work aims to imagine another path—a global memory regime rooted not in competitive grievance but in mnemonic solidarity, capable of nurturing the fragile hope of historical reconciliation. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/67acb860-2c04-11f1-a536-6780090db813-rimg-w555-h740-dcd0cdc4-gmir.jpg Agenda?: 04:00 PM - 04:05 PMIntroduction?: 04:05 PM - 04:45 PMLecture by Professor Jie-Hyun LimInfo: Speech by Professor Jie-hyun Lim: "Colonial Innocence and Victimhood Nationalism in Global Easts-on Postcolonial Eastern Europe and East Asia."?: 04:45 PM - 05:15 PMPanel DiscussionInfo: Panel Discussion featuring discussants: Hugh Agnew and Mike Mochizuki?: 05:15 PM - 05:35 PMQ&A - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/washington/colonial-innocence-and-victimhood-nationalism-in-global-easts/100001985314594395 - **Event Categories**: Business, Contests - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fcolonial-innocence-and-victimhood-nationalism-in-global-easts-tickets-1985314594395 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Washington - **state**: DC - **country**: United States - **location**: Elliott School of International Affairs, Room 505 - **lat**: 38.8962277 - **long**: -77.0439573 - **full address**: Elliott School of International Affairs, Room 505, 1957 E Street Northwest, Washington, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: GW Institute for Korean Studies (https://allevents.in/org/gw-institute-for-korean-studies/22517000) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/68704adade4d71d9e48527ece01f135f5a336bd31c789d9bad9f2492bcee48aa-rimg-w1200-h1600-dcd9d9d7-gmir.jpg?v=1774853288 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/cf7480cd7f29826be51753728da35c677ca713c69bf45f778c845fff86b39dd5-rimg-w400-h400-dcd9d9d7-gmir.jpg?v=1774853288 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Thu, 02 Apr, 2026 at 04:00 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Elliott School of International Affairs, Room 505, 1957 E Street Northwest, Washington, United States - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 USD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** GW Institute for Korean Studies - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** Business, Contests - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Colonial Innocence and Victimhood Nationalism in Global Easts ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Colonial Innocence and Victimhood Nationalism in Global Easts", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/68704adade4d71d9e48527ece01f135f5a336bd31c789d9bad9f2492bcee48aa-rimg-w1200-h1600-dcd9d9d7-gmir.jpg?v=1774853288", "startDate": "2026-04-02", "endDate": "2026-04-02", "url": "https://allevents.in/washington/colonial-innocence-and-victimhood-nationalism-in-global-easts/100001985314594395", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Elliott School of International Affairs, Room 505", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "1957 E Street Northwest", "postalCode": "20052", "addressLocality": "Washington", "addressRegion": "DC", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "38.8962277", "longitude": "-77.0439573" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Colonial Innocence and Victimhood Nationalism in Global Easts-on Postcolonial Eastern Europe and East Asia", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-06", "availabilityEnds": "2026-04-02", "validFrom": "2026-04-06", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/washington/colonial-innocence-and-victimhood-nationalism-in-global-easts/100001985314594395" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-06", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-06", "url": "https://allevents.in/washington/colonial-innocence-and-victimhood-nationalism-in-global-easts/100001985314594395", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "GW Institute for Korean Studies", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/gw-institute-for-korean-studies/22517000", "description": "Founded in the year 2016, the GW Institute for Korean Studies (GWIKS) is a university wide Institute housed in the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University. 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