Tomorrow (Saturday) morning I'll be live from Kharkiv on BBC Radio Scotland around 8am; the following day a big piece on the frankly bleak situation in this city right now, in Scotland's best Sunday paper, The Sunday Post. Tune in! Buy a paper. Thanks

I reviewed Karl Schlögel's book on Ukraine for Society. Some great writing; refreshing disciplinary soul-searching (recommended reading for russianists). And yet, while the book tries admirably to confront russocentrism, it also, in some ways, embodies it: rdcu.be/dEpiO

Awful. Eduard Liminov was a kind of un-innocent Forrest Gump of post-Soviet Russian fascism.. a tourist of genocide..I was mystified at the popularity/acclaim Carrère's novel received... putting it down to a western readership very far removed from the horrors Liminov embraced.

Congratulations to the translators, Zenia Tompkins and Nina Murray, and to the author, Stanislav Aseyev (Stanislav Aseyev), on this recognition! Read this book online here: books.huri.harvard.edu/books/the-tort…

“sexual violence indicates Russia's genocidal intent against Ukrainians as a national group”

Kateryna Busol on #Russia 's weaponisation of sexual violence, and #Ukraine 's response through reparations, prosecutions and wider human-centric transformation:
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I'm looking for a Belarusian speaker to translate around 12 pages for me into either English or Russian. Paid work of course. DM or email me at [email protected] for more details. TIA!

It's my birthday today and I'm so blessed to spend it in Kyiv . It's a warm and sunny day, there were no air raid alerts yet. I won't be celebrating, I decided to fundraise for Ukrainian frontline medics instead. If you wish me well, you can donate here: leleka.care/donate

Putin keeps claiming that Ukraine has never had its own statehood. In stark contrast, authorities of Tsarist Ukraine said and wrote completely different things. They believed that the memory of Ukraine's statehood was very much alive. They only wanted it to die out. A 🧵 1/

Londoners, don't miss The Tailor of Inverness at Finborough Theatre theatre this May-June - a brilliantly told story of memory, family secrets, Poland and Ukraine. (By playwright Matthew Zajac, who has moved mountains to raise money for Ukraine over the last two years!)

Feeling serious International Booker withdrawal symptoms reading this. What a great list!

In an effort to support Ukrainian academics & strengthen the field of Ukrainian Studies, the IWM's Ukraine in European Dialogue program is welcoming applications for a travel allowance to participate in the ASEEES Convention.
Learn more here:
iwm.at/news/apply-now…

One of the few works of European literature with well-rounded Roma characters is Olha Kobylianska's feminist folktale 'On Sunday Morning She Gathered Herbs'. (Translated by Mary Skrypnyk: diasporiana.org.ua/proza/13770-ko….)
Sadly, I don't know any translations of Ukrainian Roma authors.

Today is International Romani Day. In Ukraine live about 47 thousand Romani. Many of them live in the Zakarpattya region. Here is the graphic work of Sophia Karaffa-Korbut 'Romani from Zakarpattya', 1961

Reading an essay by a very distinguished ru literature prof which includes Kharkiv on a list of Ukrainian cities that 'had never been Ukrainian at all' (it's about early 20th c). Watching Russia bomb Kharkiv every night in an attempt to make the same point.

Haven’t seen this shared on Twitter so putting it out there. Funding for Ukrainian literary translators.

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Waiting for the fight.
The guys haven't slept since the evening and the only opportunity to get some sleep is to lean our heads against the wall of the dugout.
You have no idea how much we need aircraft and ammunition.

The absolute majesty of Derzhprom, one of Kharkiv's most symbolic and significant buildings and a real constructivist wonder. Still standing despite everything that invaders (Nazis, then Russians) have thrown at it.

Join us today for the last screening of People Power, a season of Ukrainian documentary films presented by Ukrainian Institute London, Docudays UA, and BerthaDocHouse. We'll be showing The Hamlet Syndrome. Only a few tickets left: dochouse.org/event/the-haml…

There are Patriot batteries and ammunition all over the world that could have saved Kharkiv, once a thriving city of 2 million people, but no one was willing to donate them