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What did it mean to be a married woman in early Kyivan Rus’? Join us in person or online on Monday (13 May) for Ellie McDonald-Dick’s exploration of marriage's social, religious, and cultural aspects from the 9th to 13th centuries.
For more information and registration, please visit: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events/2024/may/social-religious-and-cultural-aspects-marriage-early-kyivan-rus-9th-13th-century
Last night, #Georgia 's police forces once again used excessive violence against people peacefully protesting the government's latest crackdown on civil society.
If you're in London, come tomorrow to express your solidarity with the protesters.
Event link: https://fb.me/e/24JSNNwg1
Despite Putin's escalating war on queerness, #queer #parents in #Russia continue to have and raise children. How do they navigate the tension between the need to stay hidden for safety reasons and the necessity to engage with the state bureaucracy in contexts such as education, healthcare or adoption?
#UCL #SSEES doctoral student Olga Doletskaya will address this question in their talk on Monday (29 April) at 11 AM (BST). Join us as usual in person or online.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events/2024/apr/creative-family-displays-under-state-surveillance
Do cases that #LGBTQI+ Russians and Poles win against their states at the European Court of Human Rights change anything? Do they get the #justice they were looking for?
Join us next Monday (22 April, hybrid) for Freya Proudman's presentation of her research proposal for contextualizing the understandings and interpretations that LGBTQ+ Russians and Poles attach to justice when mobilizing at the #ECtHR.
Our #UCL #SSEES Research Student Seminar is coming back after a short break. You can look forward to eight presentations by SSEES #PhD students at various stages of their studies.
If you want to attend online, follow this space (or the SSEES Events page) for links. Links to the first two presentations are below.
Freya Proudman (22 April): https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events/2024/apr/resort-court
Olga Doletskaya (29 April): https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events/2024/apr/creative-family-displays-under-state-surveillance
#Georgia: I am concerned about the compatibility of the draft law “On #transparency of foreign influence” with the #HumanRights to #freedom of association and expression.
Read my exchange of letters with the Chairman of the Parliament
of Georgia. 👇
Georgia's ruling party revealed the details of their anti-LGBTQI+ bill. It targets everything from freedom of expression to adoptions and gender-affirming healthcare. Imagine what they could achieve if they were spending this much energy on tackling poverty or other real issues the country faces.
How can the lived experience of #Kyrgyz migrant women in #Russia inform our thinking about #race, #ethnicity, and #citizenship? The next speaker in our #UCL #SSEES Research Student Seminar will be first-year PhD student Ksenia Sizonova who will outline her research plan.
Join us next Monday (18 March) in person or online for the last presentation of the term. We will be back from 22 April.
Next Monday (11 March), #UCL #SSEES PhD student Oliver Banatvala will present his work in progress on shopping malls in times of #war. What insight into everyday #geopolitics can these "inherently flexible" parts of the #urban landscape offer?
This time in person only.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events/2024/mar/shopping-mall-public-sphere-russias-full-scale-invasion-ukraine
#anthropology #conflict #Ukraine #urbanism
#Georgia's ruling party revealed yesterday that they're drafting a bill meant to protect society from the "pseudo-liberal ideology" and "propaganda of non-traditional lifestyles".
They withdrew their "foreign agents" bill last year following large-scale protests, but #LGBTQI+ people are an easier target.
This is just another attempt to stoke up and exploit anti-#queer sentiments for political gains: parliamentary elections are scheduled for October.
Commissioner for Human Rights
