Reposted by The RUTA AssociationUna Bergmane @unabergmane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026RUTA grew out of academic solidarity networks that emerged as a response to the shock of Feb. 24, 2022. Each year, it holds an international conference in Ukraine, centring Central, South-Eastern, and Eastern European, Baltic, Caucasus, Central and Northern Asian Studies in Global Conversation. 073
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationJoanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A reminder that registration for our workshop, “Mind the Gap: Engaging Europe’s East in Global Health Debates”, closes on 9 October 2026! Participation is free, with both in-person and online options. In-person participation at Charité in Berlin :) www.globalhealth.de/news/view/mi...globalhealth.deMind the gap: engaging Europe’s East in global health debatesScientific Workshop in Berlin 055
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationAGF 🎧 poemproducer @poemproducer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Pitfalls of Campism: Global Perspectives @associationruta.bsky.social speakers: Ladan Rahbari — University of Amsterdam Robin Yassin-Kassab — author of еhe Road from Damascus; The Blood Between Us Rafael Uzcategui — Laboratorio de Paz Mariia Vorotilina — curator and activist 012
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationTereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Once again, we will meet in Ukraine and hold our discussions on freedom in the society that is fighting for it. I can also share, ahead of the full CFP, that one of the sub-themes will be For Your Freedom and Ours!, exploring transnational liberation movements and their lasting intellectual heritage 011
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationTereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The theme of our next RUTA conference is freedom—what it is and what it isn’t. Who are the theorists, dissidents, and artists from the RUTA regions of Europe's East, Baltic, Caucasus, Central & Northern Asia—and globally—whose work we build on when we think about what freedom and oppression entail? 275
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationThe RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As you prepare for the next edition of RUTA, we encourage you to use the time before the Call for Papers opens to develop trans-regional panels. Keep an eye on our social media and website for the official CFP launch. We look forward to exploring what freedom is, and what it isn’t, with you. 011
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We are glad to announce that the theme of our next RUTA Conference (in early July 2027) is “Freedom: What It Is(n’t)” Even under the harshest conditions, the human desire for freedom persists. Yet freedom has long been understood as something more complicated than simply liberation from oppression. 141
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationEmmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 27/09/2026There are ~2000 Ukrainians trapped inside the occupied city of Oleshky, Kherson region. They are deprived of food, in what is painfully reminding Ukrainians of another man-made famine, almost a century ago: the Holodomor. 📽️Full video here🔗 emmanuellechaze.substack.com/p/we-need-to... 0312116
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationTereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Russia has manufactured yet another famine on the European continent, and the continent is merely watching Ukrainians die of starvation—yet again. Absolute abdication of intervening in genocide, let alone preventing it. Where is any action beyond empty words of “concern”? 11810
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationKseniya Oksamytna @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Our article, "Colonial and Anti-Colonial Discourses of Peace in Ukraine", co-authored with two fantastic colleagues, @bohdanakurylo.bsky.social and @yuliaioffe.bsky.social, is forthcoming in @iajournal.bsky.social! While we wait for the proofs, here's the pre-print: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comColonial and Anti-Colonial Discourses of Peace in UkraineThis article analyses competing discourses of peace in the Russo-Ukrainian war by asking how they reproduce, enable, or resist relations of colonial domination. 1114
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationTereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A reminder that we’re organising this hybrid workshop, which will platform the expertise and health (justice) concerns of so far peripheralised regions of Europe’s East and, in part, Central Asia. Interested participants are encouraged to apply by 9 Oct and share a brief motivation statement with us 032
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationJoanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I’m very happy to be organising this workshop with @terezahendl.bsky.social. Bringing the health concerns of Europe’s East – understood in a broad, transregional sense – into global health debates is especially important to me. Join us in Berlin or online (apply by 9 October)! 042
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationCaleb Ward @calebw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Congrats @terezahendl.bsky.social and @malinowska.bsky.social! Your work is so important, thanks for doing it! 162
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationThe RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 01/09/202629–30 October 2026 | Charité, Berlin | Hybrid format | Limited to 30 in-person places | Registration closes 9 October. Register: forms.gle/1k1KJqTFBWqg...forms.gleGLOHRA workshop Mind the gap: engaging Europe’s East in global health debatesDates: October 29–30, 2026 Location: Charité, Berlin, Germany Format: Hybrid (in-person or online participation) Registration deadline: October 9, 2026 Capacity: Limited to 30 in-person participants; ... 011
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 01/09/2026RUTA founder Dr Tereza Hendl and RUTA member Dr Joanna Karolina Malinowska have been awarded a GLOHRA grant to organise a workshop examining the European East-West health gap, co-organised with Prof. Kerem Böge and Dr Solveig Kemna (Charité). 241
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationTereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Here’s a paper of interest that speaks of a hypocrisy experienced far beyond its scope. It resonates deeply with our work with Selbi Durdiyeva on the selective anti-imperialism of much of the Western left in its treatment of Europe’s East & Central Asia. Glad to have come across Dibyesh Anand’s work 1146
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 28/08/2026We are delighted to announce: Viktoriia Grivina will be joining the RUTA Board this year, taking over from Mark Edele. We would like to sincerely thank Mark for his dedication and valuable contributions to RUTA. We are excited to welcome Viktoriia to the RUTA team as our newly elected Board Member! 120
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationAGF 🎧 poemproducer @poemproducer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026this is powerful panel! 011
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationTereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · 22/08/2026What would it mean for cultural production to actively disrupt imperial knowledge systems, foster meaningful solidarities, and repair fractured relationships between communities, histories, and ways of knowing? This RUTA panel features artists and curators brave enough to grapple with such questions 043
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationTereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · 22/08/2026For everyone curious to know how the deployment of disinformation campaigns instrumentalizes migration and fuels border violence against people on the move amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Russian paramilitary crimes in Africa, this panel offers insights from key journalists and researchers 033
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationTereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · 22/08/2026For everyone interested in environmental justice, powerful critiques of knowledge hierarchies, and—more broadly—the conversations and strategies crucial to re-centering affected communities and their key generations of knowledge, this featured RUTA 2026 panel is well worth listening to 042
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationTereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · 21/08/2026For all who need some inspiration for thought and re-imagination in this difficult world right now, here are our RUTA 2026 featured panels. With an incredible lineup of widely international speakers, all brought together for powerful, complex and visionary transregional dialogues. May they inspire! 032
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationDr Diana T. Kudaibergen @dianakudaibergen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Such an important issue!!! And it’s OPEN ACCESS! Hope many people will read it. Thank YOU Tereza!!!! 185
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 19/08/2026If you missed one of our featured panel at #RUTA2026, or want to revisist the conversations, we are pleased to share that all three of this year's featured panels were recorded and are available on the RUTA YouTube channel. 141
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationTereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · 01/08/2026RUTA in der TAZ. Thanks to the stubbornness of Czech émigré, art historian, critic, and curator Noemi Smolík. taz.de/Konferenz-ue... 064
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 02/08/2026If you joined us at this year's RUTA conference, you'll recognize many of the conversations captured in this thoughtful reflection by art historian, critic, and curator Noemi Smolik. taz.de/Konferenz-ue...taz.de 110
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationMark Edele @edelemark.bsky.social · 31/07/2026@taz.de on @associationruta.bsky.social conference 2026 taz.de/Konferenz-ue...taz.deKonferenz über postsowjetische Ära: Suche nach neuer SolidaritätBei der Konferenz der RUTA-Association im ukrainischen Uschhorod steht die Frage nach einem globalen zivilgesellschaftlichen Engagement im Zentrum. 021
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationTereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Looking forward to reading this much-anticipated book, exploring multipolarity as the ideological thread that binds the global far-right and authoritarian forces Contemplating how to bring @kavitakrishnan.bsky.social back to our @associationruta.bsky.social conference to discuss her latest insights 021
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 30/07/2026We were delighted to welcome Charlotte Surun, Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Kyivin Ukraine, to this year's #RUTA2026 Conference in a personal capacity. 110
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationAigerim Seitenova @hellogera.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Had a special opportunity to go to Ukraine,where I studied in 2017. Grateful to have screened JARA, discussed global health, and presented From Harm to Justice policy paper at #RUTA Annual Conference Deepest gratitude to @togzhankassenova.bsky.social & @dhawkoz.bsky.social for supporting our event! 043
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Our Board Member Gražina Bielousova shares her opening remarks from this year’s RUTA conference “Rooted Knowledges and Dialogues for Change”, which she opened together with fellow Board Member Tereza Hendl ruta-association.org/news/grazina...ruta-association.orgGražina Bielousova’s Opening Remarks at the RUTA Annual Conference 2026 opening ceremony - RutaWe are meeting here to hold debates on the meaning of rooted knowledges and dialogues, many of which relate to concerns of decoloniality. Decoloniality is a 041
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 21/07/2026We successfully concluded our third annual RUTA Conference. Over four days, we shared ideas about the power of knowledges embedded in our communities, experienced radically decolonial art installations, and strengthened a community committed to reclaiming knowledge-making on the RUTA region(s). 161
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationTereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Here’s to the RUTA gathering and its unparalleled atmosphere; to the multigenerational, transregional communities we’ve been building; to old & new friendships fostered in Ukraine at war time; and to generations of resistance, solidarities, and shifts in learning, understanding, and knowledge-making 0164
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationDr. Elīna Reitere @elinareitere.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Es uzstājos ar referātu, ko mums - baltiešiem - nozīmē skatīties tādas filmas kā "Krievi karā" un "Kremļa burvis", jo mums šajos apstākļos tās vairs nav tikai filmas. #RUTA2026 1243
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 18/07/2026What a week it has been! Over four days, #RUTA2026 brought together more than 200 participants, including in-person and online attendees, artists, partners, volunteers, and members of the organzing team. Photo by Tetiana Kizenko. 150
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Over the three days of the conference, participants at #RUTA2026 have been brought together in person and online across dozens of panels, roundtables, art workshops, performances, film screenings, and exhibits. Photos by Tetiana Kozienko. 131
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationUna Bergmane @unabergmane.bsky.social · 14/07/2026What started as endless zoom meetings between (almost) strangers united by a common vision of academia has grown into something beyond our wildest dreams. 173
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationDr Diana T. Kudaibergen @dianakudaibergen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026just attended my best panel online, middle of the night where I am, people gathering at RUTA in Ukraine & almost all my co-panelists joining from different sides of the world. Yet we speak of the same pain, of the same embodied knowledges and of the type of violence shared across and beyond borders 172
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Day 2: Today a third featured panel is taking place: “How Do We Make Art in Times of Violence: Between Positionality and Solidarity”. The discussion turns around the question of how can art challenge imperial ways of seeing rather than reproduce them? 151
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The first day of this year's conference welcomed participants with a powerful talk by Nobel Laureate Oleksandra Matviichiuk, followed by a meet and greet section where participants and organizers alike got the chance to finally gather in person and engage in meaningful conversation. 181
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Day 1: Onto the second featured panel of the day! : "Beyond Troll Farms and Border Violence: Defying Disinformation and Dehumanization." Alongside its colonial aggression against Ukraine, Russia has been tightening its grip on Africa through a combination of military and hybrid tactics. 1104
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Day 1: We are very excited to be coming to you from our first featured panel! : “Rooted and Environmental Knowledges" The panel is bringing together scholars and practitioners working across the RUTA region(s). 161
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Tomorrow, the Ruta conference "Rooted knowledges and dialogues for change" will begin with an opening talk by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina.bsky.social on the seeking of justice for Russian crimes in Ukraine and beyond, moderated by RUTA founder @terezahendl.bsky.social. 150
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationTereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Our RUTA panel on non-hierarchical, epistemically just, trans-regional approaches to knowledge-making in academia. The power of having this conversation in Ukraine with seriously inspiring thinkers—Botakoz Kassymbekova, Martin-Oleksandr Kisly, Gražina Bielousova, Maria Sonevytsky, and Sasha Dovzhyk 052
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Help us build the RUTA playlist! We are putting together a playlist for a RUTA dance party that celebrates the music of our regions, and we'd love to hear your suggestions! Please share songs or artists through the Google form below! forms.gle/e22vnFvZSrbk...forms.gleRUTA playlistHelp us build the RUTA playlist! We are putting together a playlist for a RUTA dance party that celebrates the music of our regions, and we'd love to hear your suggestions! We're looking for songs ... 130
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Today, RUTA founders and members gathered at the First International Conference of Ukrainian Studies, «Ukraine in the world», hosted in Lviv. Bringing together over 250 scholars from 38 countries, this event marks a major step forward in reshaping global academic networks. Photo by Rory Finnin. 140
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 10/07/2026RUTA stands in solidarity with Albania's growing #FlamingoRevolution. We support those peacefully defending environmental justice, democratic accountability, and community rights. We encourage our members to sign the Open Letter: www.politico.eu/article/jare... ; docs.google.com/document/d/1...politico.euAlbania’s growing ‘flamingo revolution’ targets Jared Kushner resortThe American investor and son-in-law of Donald Trump has sparked a major backlash in Tirana thanks to his proposed mega building project. 000
Reposted by The RUTA AssociationTereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Looking forward to moderating this featured RUTA panel, which brings together journalists and researchers who are also activists, all working and thinking toward a much better world. This panel has been long in the making and fosters discussions that many of us have been having—now more collectively 093
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Just 3 days to go! Safe travels to everyone making their way to the 2026 RUTA Conference. We can't wait to reconnect, meet new members, and spend the coming days learning and building solidarities together. See you soon! 040
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 08/07/2026The Institute for Slavic and Eastern European Studies (ISOS), University of Zurich, is recruiting a two-year postdoctoral researcher in the humanities and cultural studies. Applications close 15 July 2026. Learn more and apply: www.isos.uzh.ch/de/institut/...isos.uzh.chPostdoctoral Researcher 021