Tereza Hendl
@terezahendl.bsky.social
Philosopher / global (health) justice, critical perspectives and reparations of East-West hierarchies of knowledge / anticolonial and CEE feminisms and art / she/they/Dr
RUTA Association (Board Member), CEE Feminist Research Network, IRG-GHJ
RUTA Association (Board Member), CEE Feminist Research Network, IRG-GHJ
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Tereza Hendl
@terezahendl.bsky.social
· Nov 26
🏆We are proud to announce the winner of the 2025 B. Brodie Prize: for their critique of “Westsplaining”+coloniality in dominant debates on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the work of
@terezahendl.bsky.social Olga Burlyuk, Mila O’Sullivan & Aizada Arystanbek was recognized by a jury from our EB
@terezahendl.bsky.social Olga Burlyuk, Mila O’Sullivan & Aizada Arystanbek was recognized by a jury from our EB
Honoured to have been awarded the 2025 Brodie Prize for our work, in which we problematise the persistent theorising of Europe's East and Central Asia through western-centric perspectives and russia-centric frameworks, calling instead for the re-centering of the knowledges of (de)occupied societies
A talk by Charles Heller from @borderforensics.bsky.social on border forensics and documenting border violence at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. Sitting here with the core team of Researchers on the Border, urgently important discussions! Follow their work @badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A talk by Charles Heller from @borderforensics.bsky.social on border forensics and documenting border violence at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. Sitting here with the core team of Researchers on the Border, urgently important discussions! Follow their work @badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social
Boo 👻 Who’s afraid of gender 👀 👀 👀
December 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Boo 👻 Who’s afraid of gender 👀 👀 👀
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New work from our members: political philosopher Tereza Hendl and transitional justice scholar Selbi Durdiyeva, critically exploring concerns of selective anti-imperialism and decoloniality on the left
Just published: our paper with Selbi Durdiyeva, taking a close look at the legacy of Angela Davis, much of the Western left and the ongoing disengagement with dissent knowledges and liberation struggles in Europe’s East, Central and North Asia, emphasising the urgent need for epistemic reparations
December 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
New work from our members: political philosopher Tereza Hendl and transitional justice scholar Selbi Durdiyeva, critically exploring concerns of selective anti-imperialism and decoloniality on the left
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On this International Human Rights Defenders Day I’d like to remind the world about this👇🏼
“Did Georgian police use a chemical weapon against protesters?”
“Did Georgian police use a chemical weapon against protesters?”
December 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
On this International Human Rights Defenders Day I’d like to remind the world about this👇🏼
“Did Georgian police use a chemical weapon against protesters?”
“Did Georgian police use a chemical weapon against protesters?”
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About new Russian Studies
„Our goal is to study Russia from different angles — its economy, its society, its elites, its foreign policy — in order to take a critical look at what Russia has done to us and the world,” said Prof Maksym Yakovlyev, co-founder of the program at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
„Our goal is to study Russia from different angles — its economy, its society, its elites, its foreign policy — in order to take a critical look at what Russia has done to us and the world,” said Prof Maksym Yakovlyev, co-founder of the program at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
I reported on Kyiv-Mohyla Academy’s new Russian Studies certificate program and why it matters—for Ukraine’s future specialists and for rethinking Russian Studies abroad. My latest for @kyivindependent.com.
kyivindependent.com/in-the-middl...
kyivindependent.com/in-the-middl...
In the middle of war, Ukraine's top university reimagines Russian Studies
Eleven years into Russia’s war, a Ukrainian university is forging ahead with an unexpected academic pursuit: launching a Russian Studies program to study the country that had imposed itself on Ukraine...
kyivindependent.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
About new Russian Studies
„Our goal is to study Russia from different angles — its economy, its society, its elites, its foreign policy — in order to take a critical look at what Russia has done to us and the world,” said Prof Maksym Yakovlyev, co-founder of the program at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
„Our goal is to study Russia from different angles — its economy, its society, its elites, its foreign policy — in order to take a critical look at what Russia has done to us and the world,” said Prof Maksym Yakovlyev, co-founder of the program at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
On the way! Very glad to be part of a widely transregional lineup of really interesting and urgently timely talks and analytic perspectives. Can’t wait to hear the contributions in this program, meet many familiar knowers and discuss crucial concerns with core experienced social justice advocates
If in Warsaw join us to critically explore the far right, Russian disinformation, global anti-gender campaigns and the pitfalls of westsplaining. Looking forward to discussions on the knowledge-making that is needed to better identify, analyse, interrogate and oppose imperial and oppressive politics
December 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
On the way! Very glad to be part of a widely transregional lineup of really interesting and urgently timely talks and analytic perspectives. Can’t wait to hear the contributions in this program, meet many familiar knowers and discuss crucial concerns with core experienced social justice advocates
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“You cannot make authoritarian leaders the center of your narrative,” said Ortiz. “You have to make the people the center of your narrative, and you have to be passionate about it.”
This is a pretty depressing read. Very few empowering suggestions, let alone solutions. And add to that how passive and (self-)isolated progressive U.S. civil society is, we could be in for a long dark period.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Activists from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“You cannot make authoritarian leaders the center of your narrative,” said Ortiz. “You have to make the people the center of your narrative, and you have to be passionate about it.”
It’s almost fascinating how this political “strategy” gets employed in one context after another and in all of them it just mainstreams the far right. Enough.
Starmer urges EU to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right. Because as we know, the way you beat the far right is to accede to all their demands and adopt racism as your central principle.
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It’s almost fascinating how this political “strategy” gets employed in one context after another and in all of them it just mainstreams the far right. Enough.
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Since claims that Europe is in danger of “civilisational erasure” are in the news, recommend checking out this book on great replacement ideologies. Covers their long history and how they are currently being mainstreamed
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
December 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Since claims that Europe is in danger of “civilisational erasure” are in the news, recommend checking out this book on great replacement ideologies. Covers their long history and how they are currently being mainstreamed
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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For those in Warsaw: this conference on anti-gender campaigns and the politics of knowledge production will be of great interest to many scholars and social justice advocates in our RUTA communities
If in Warsaw join us to critically explore the far right, Russian disinformation, global anti-gender campaigns and the pitfalls of westsplaining. Looking forward to discussions on the knowledge-making that is needed to better identify, analyse, interrogate and oppose imperial and oppressive politics
December 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
For those in Warsaw: this conference on anti-gender campaigns and the politics of knowledge production will be of great interest to many scholars and social justice advocates in our RUTA communities
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Important essay by T. Hendl and S. Durdiyeva on the left's "emotionally charged and invested connection to the USSR and Soviet Utopia" and the continuing harm these phantasies cause progressive politics worldwide. @terezahendl.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
On Collateral Damage, Selective Anti-Imperialism and the Path to Liberation
Our paper explores the legacy of Angela Davis and its intersections with the liberation movements in Europe’s East, Baltic, Caucasus, Central and North Asia. via the re-visiting of Jiří Pelikán’s o...
www.tandfonline.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Important essay by T. Hendl and S. Durdiyeva on the left's "emotionally charged and invested connection to the USSR and Soviet Utopia" and the continuing harm these phantasies cause progressive politics worldwide. @terezahendl.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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“The irony couldn’t be starker: the very programs best equipped to study the social and ethical implications of AI were being defunded, even as the university promoted the use of OpenAI’s products across campus.”
Spot on.
I have heard from so many academics who "just use AI for [fill in the blank]." They're all damning themselves to irrelevance.
Some of us are staying the course -- reading, writing, and thinking, without AI (artificial idiocy).
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
I have heard from so many academics who "just use AI for [fill in the blank]." They're all damning themselves to irrelevance.
Some of us are staying the course -- reading, writing, and thinking, without AI (artificial idiocy).
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“The irony couldn’t be starker: the very programs best equipped to study the social and ethical implications of AI were being defunded, even as the university promoted the use of OpenAI’s products across campus.”
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Watched, Tracked, and Targeted in Gaza
Life under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime.
nymag.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If in Warsaw join us to critically explore the far right, Russian disinformation, global anti-gender campaigns and the pitfalls of westsplaining. Looking forward to discussions on the knowledge-making that is needed to better identify, analyse, interrogate and oppose imperial and oppressive politics
December 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
If in Warsaw join us to critically explore the far right, Russian disinformation, global anti-gender campaigns and the pitfalls of westsplaining. Looking forward to discussions on the knowledge-making that is needed to better identify, analyse, interrogate and oppose imperial and oppressive politics
As our paper with Selbi Durdiyeva On Collateral Damage, Selective Anti-imperialism and the Path to Liberation comes out in American Communist History, my thoughts are back with Joy James and Lucius Outlaw with whom we were lucky to have incredibly insightful and interesting conversations on our work
So glad to have been invited to join the discussions on the philosophy of Angela Davis with a critical contribution, and what an absolute joy to meet Joy James and spend time in immensely interesting conversations with her and Lucius Outlaw. Their support and vital feedback will power us onward 1/n
December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
As our paper with Selbi Durdiyeva On Collateral Damage, Selective Anti-imperialism and the Path to Liberation comes out in American Communist History, my thoughts are back with Joy James and Lucius Outlaw with whom we were lucky to have incredibly insightful and interesting conversations on our work
Just published: our paper with Selbi Durdiyeva, taking a close look at the legacy of Angela Davis, much of the Western left and the ongoing disengagement with dissent knowledges and liberation struggles in Europe’s East, Central and North Asia, emphasising the urgent need for epistemic reparations
December 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Just published: our paper with Selbi Durdiyeva, taking a close look at the legacy of Angela Davis, much of the Western left and the ongoing disengagement with dissent knowledges and liberation struggles in Europe’s East, Central and North Asia, emphasising the urgent need for epistemic reparations
“It’s your war. You’ve just outsourced the dying.” And fighting
"We are the only buffer between Europe's cozy 'Russia is weak' theory and reality. When it breaks, your generals will call Article 5 'a political decision.' Your soldiers will refuse to fight. It's your war too. You've just outsourced the dying." euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/05/i...
It’s your war. You’ve just outsourced the dying.
A Ukrainian's message to Europe from 400 km east of Warsaw
euromaidanpress.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“It’s your war. You’ve just outsourced the dying.” And fighting
I sat here for a long time
December 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I sat here for a long time
If in London between now and March next year, make sure to see Aziza Kadyri’s exhibition Play Nice at the Somerset House, in which she is exploring themes of being, migrating and creating as an Uzbek diasporic artist and the possibilities of magical realism
December 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If in London between now and March next year, make sure to see Aziza Kadyri’s exhibition Play Nice at the Somerset House, in which she is exploring themes of being, migrating and creating as an Uzbek diasporic artist and the possibilities of magical realism
Another London meeting with the Wellcome Trust ECR Advisory Group, this time looking at over 60 research applications in public and global health. Many thoughtful projects, including on trans health, disability and wellbeing, post-USAID global health funding options and trauma informed health care
December 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Another London meeting with the Wellcome Trust ECR Advisory Group, this time looking at over 60 research applications in public and global health. Many thoughtful projects, including on trans health, disability and wellbeing, post-USAID global health funding options and trauma informed health care
Today. For all who need to re-connect to an approach to life, land and sustainability that refuses to normalise genocidal and ecocidal violence: our next webinar will be a conversation on ecocultural identity, the politics of reconstruction, and artistic responsibility amid fighting for survival
Our next webinar will be a conversation among remarkable thinkers Adrian Ivakhiv, Kateryna Botanova, Kateryna Filyuk, Lesia Kulchynska, Taras Polataiko, Maria Sonevytsky, Oleksiy Vasyliuk and Olya Zikrata about reviving multispecies relations with the land
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Today. For all who need to re-connect to an approach to life, land and sustainability that refuses to normalise genocidal and ecocidal violence: our next webinar will be a conversation on ecocultural identity, the politics of reconstruction, and artistic responsibility amid fighting for survival
So good to see this
Ukrainian journalists and human rights activists, together with members of the Syrian Emergency Organization, raised both the Ukrainian and Syrian flags in Umayyad Square in the Syrian capital, Damascus.
December 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
So good to see this
Very proud audience member at @dianakudaibergen.bsky.social’s @uclssees.bsky.social book launch of What Does It Mean to Be Kazakhstani? Congratulations! Great work 👏
Looking forward to having a read
Looking forward to having a read
December 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Very proud audience member at @dianakudaibergen.bsky.social’s @uclssees.bsky.social book launch of What Does It Mean to Be Kazakhstani? Congratulations! Great work 👏
Looking forward to having a read
Looking forward to having a read
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New and a very emotional episode of YurtJurt podcast is out! Features the amazing Kamila Smagulova, one of the coolest young researchers and decolonial voices from Central Asia
December 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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