Sean Patterson

Sean Patterson is a PhD candidate in the Department of History, Classics, and Religion at the University of Alberta. His dissertation research investigates the intersections between ideology, ethnic identity, and violence in the Makhnovist movement during the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917–21. Patterson is the author of various articles on the Makhnovist movement and the monograph Makhno and Memory: Anarchist and Mennonite Narratives of Ukraine’s Civil War, 1917–1921 (2020), as well as formerly an assistant editor and translator for the Forum for Ukrainian Studies at CIUS.