Unrelenting post-2020 repression in #Belarus . Just over the last weekend: 5 arrests in Lida ('extremism'), at least 5 more in Baranavichy ('public disorder'), and at least 4 in Minsk of students ('spying for #Ukraine ').

You can still register for this Statehood Sovereignty & Conflict Research Network seminar, where Vera Axyonova and I will present our joint paper on Ukrainian think tanks as wartime diplomacy actors. More info below.

Iedereen welkom op dit evenement aan UGent, georganiseerd door collega Katsia Lozka.

Inschrijven via event.ugent.be/registration/B….

A fantastic initiative by Dr Selbi Durdiyeva 🌻🍉 with very engaging and thought-provoking discussions, enjoyed it a lot! Highly recommended for the next session ☺️

Wow, what an amazing event coming up UGent! If you are in Ghent, Brussels or around - do not miss a conversation on Maryna Shevtsova's book 'Feminist Perspectives on #Russia 's war in #Ukraine ' with Dr. Diana T. Kudaibergen 🇺🇦 Mila O'Sullivan Katsia Lozka Olga Zvyeryeva & Mariya Shcherbyna.

Alle deelnemers van het verkiezingsdebat 'Oekraïne & defensiebeleid' (27 mei om 17u30, UGent) zijn bekend.
Alexander De Croo 🇧🇪🇪🇺
Caroline Gennez
Theo Francken MP
Gerolf Annemans
Koen Geens
Bogdan Vanden Berghe
Marc Botenga
Moderator: Jens Franssen

Schrijf je snel in via event.ugent.be/registration/d…

Although “the conditions of structural inequality in academia will not change overnight”, Francisca Ortiz et al. have experimented and argued for strategies to promote dignified and feminist academia, using case studies from Chile. Dr. Francisca Ortiz Ruiz
#FR136 : journals.sagepub.com/share/DKZZFZDV…

We have a new special section 'New Political Agency in Eastern Europe: Coping with Russian Power' guest edited by Andrey Makarychev and Fabienne Bossuyt.

📢The last in this year's seminar series is coming up May 8!

We will read 'Diplomacy beyond the State: Ukrainian think tanks as wartime diplomacy actors' by Vera Axyonova & Katsia Lozka, with Diane Stone leading the discussion.

More info & free registration: ecpr.eu/Events/Event/P…

Can you imagine how inhumanely political prisoners are treated in Belarus? Katsiaryna Novikava shared the brutal prison system and beatings she suffered by smuggling out her story written on pieces of toilet paper.

theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

If you want to know more about Belarusian Cyber-Partisans (Belarusian Cyber-Partisans), register for this online event next week 👇

Excited about our next event at Ukraine-plus Center, a book discussion 'Feminist Perspective on Russia’s War in Ukraine: Hear Our Voices'
⏰15 May 15:30 to 17:00
📌Lokaal 1.15, T2, Campus Ufo
✍️Register at: event.ugent.be/registration/B…
📚 Link to the book: rowman.com/ISBN/978166693…

Hallerbos ❤️

⚡ #ecprss24 online course💻 Doing Fieldwork in Challenging Environments Vera Axyonova
🦾 Master field research in closed or authoritarian political settings & post-war contexts
📆 22 – 26 Jul, 13:00-16:00 CEST
💰 Apply for funding by 15 Apr
👇 Course details ecpr.eu/Events/Event/P…

My favourite reading groups, mailing lists, online courses, and sources to read/watch/engage with decoloniality / theory / feminism: 🧵

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My article on the impact of 🇷🇺 invasion of 🇺🇦 on 🇪🇺 enlargement support is now out in JEPP! Many thanks to all reviewers, conf. panelists, and esp. Francesco Nicoli 🎓🇪🇺 for valuable inputs. tandfonline.com/eprint/ICYDRA8…

My bday 🎁 and rare glimpses of the ☀️ in Belgium

A new article with Catherine Gibson 🇺🇦 is out now with RSA_TPG. We analyze how Kaja Kallas, through her advocacy for UA, shifts perspectives on marginality and Europe's moral landscape by pointing to common European values and the expertise of the margin 🇪🇪🇺🇦
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Online guest lecture by Folúkẹ́ Ifejola Adébísí (Univ Bristol) at our law faculty on 25 April:
ugent.be/re/epir/nl/act…