Hilal Kina is a socio-cultural anthropologist and Vanier scholar at the University of British Columbia. Hilal’s doctoral research centers on processes of dispossession, systemic marginalization and everyday resistance, particularly within the context of Armenians in Turkey. Hilal’s MA work at Istanbul Bilgi University focused on the role of collective apologies in post-conflict settings. Hilal has been actively involved in initiatives supporting social justice, decolonization and Indigenous self-determination in various contexts.

Dispossession, marginalization, resilience, mobility, afterlives of violence, memory

Dr. Alexia Bloch and Dr. Tracey Heatherington

Socio-Cultural Anthropology