8. Migration, displacement and post-colonial identities in Central Europe 2 April (10:00) Assigned reading: · Laitin, David D. “A Theory of Political Identities.” Identity in Formation: The Russian-Speaking Populations in the Near Abroad. Cornell University Press, 1998. 37-58 · Laitin, David D. “Why the Peripheral Peoples Did Not Become Russians.” Identity in Formation: The Russian-Speaking Populations in the Near Abroad. Cornell University Press, 1998. 37-58