Today marks the fortieth anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster. Earlier this month, @ukrinstitute.bsky.social and the Royal Society of Arts co-hosted a major discussion on its legacy for European security. #Chornobyl40 #Ukraine #EuropeanSecurity 1/3

«Суспільне Культура» опублікувало нашу статтю українською до 40-річчя Чорнобильської ядерної катастрофи. Ми досліджуємо поліські "природокультури" у творчості Марії Примаченко до та після Чорнобиля. suspilne.media/culture/1297...

A boy climbs a tree to get a better view of bats being released into Leontovych Central Park in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. Incredible work by the Ukrainian Bat Rehabilitation Centre. Wonderful to see so much public curiosity for our nocturnal urban neighbours. #NightlifeInTheMoreThanHumanCity

UKRAINIAN CARTOGRAPHIES 🌍 🌐 🇺🇦 How & why has Ukraine been mapped in the past & present, & what is (counter-)cartography’s role in shaping Ukraine’s future? Workshop: in person & online! 🗓️: 8 May 2026, 9-5 📍: Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony’s College, Oxford Registration: tinyurl.com/OxUkrHub

UKRAINIAN CARTOGRAPHIES 🌍 🌐 🇺🇦 How & why has Ukraine been mapped in the past & present, & what is (counter-)cartography’s role in shaping Ukraine’s future? Workshop: in person & online! 🗓️: 8 May 2026, 9-5 📍: Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony’s College, Oxford Registration: tinyurl.com/OxUkrHub

"The fact that hedgehogs are a part of the culture of Ukraine is a wonderful thing... they punch well above their weight & are stronger & better defended that you might expect" Part 2 of @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social's report on hedgehog rescuers in Ukraine 🦔 🇺🇦 hughwarwick.substack.com/p/a-hedgehog...

"Until that moment the only Ukrainian hedgehogs in my mind were the ones placed on roads to act as tank defences!" Read my friend, @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social's, new post on hedgehog rescue in #Ukraine, part 1 of 2. hughwarwick.substack.com/p/a-hedgehog...

Really pleased to share my new paper—"Making sense of nuclear natures"—which is available open access in Progress in Environmental Geography! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @progenvgeog.bsky.social @technatures.bsky.social #NuclearNatures

Delighted to have a chapter in 'The Nuclear-Water Nexus' edited by @perhogselius.bsky.social & @siegfriedevens.bsky.social Kate Brown and I trace the legacies of #Chornobyl through the proposed E40 waterway, exploring historical/contemporary attempts to engineer the #Prypiat River

Only a few days left to apply! ⬇️ The @oxfordukrainehub.bsky.social Summer School will explore aspects of Ukrainian history, politics, and culture, with a view to better understanding Ukraine's role in European and global developments today. Find out more and apply:

The Oxford Ukraine Hub will host its first interdisciplinary Ukraine Summer School on 22-26 September 2025. We invite applications from postgraduate students with an interest in contemporary Ukraine. Deadline: 30 June 2025 More info on how to apply: oxfordukrainehub.web.ox.ac.uk/ukraine-summ...

🇺🇦 Registration for our next event is now open! 🇺🇦 'Security and Warfare in #Ukraine: Domestic and Global Developments Post-2022' 🗓️ Friday 6th June at St Antony's College, Oxford. 🕰️ Full info & schedule here: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/b28... 📝 Registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

📢 Call for Submissions – Postgraduate Research Symposium at Oxford Everyday Experiences of Conflict: The Daily Life, Legacies & Textures of War 📅 November 6, 2025 📌 Location: University of Oxford ⏰ Deadline: May 30, 2025 Find out more: www.granduniondtp.ac.uk/event/everyd...

'Kinoteka: Polish Cinema on Tour' is coming to the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford! Watch 'Under the Volcano' next week, a gripping drama following a Ukrainian family navigating the outbreak of war while on holiday in the Canary Islands.

The Oxford Ukraine Hub website is now live: oxfordukrainehub.web.ox.ac.uk/home-1 We'll be posting information about future events, publishing recordings and podcasts, and sharing resources!

'Kinoteka: Polish Cinema on Tour' is coming to the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford! Watch 'Under the Volcano' next week, a gripping drama following a Ukrainian family navigating the outbreak of war while on holiday in the Canary Islands.

🇺🇦 Registration for our next event is now open! 🇺🇦 'Consolidating the state: challenges and opportunities in postwar #reconstruction of #Ukraine' 🗓️ Friday 14th March at St Antony's College, Oxford. 🕰️ Full schedule here: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/dd1... 📝 Registration: forms.office.com/e/YvyXhRce1t

"Working in the field of Ukrainian Studies today is like trying to speak when you need to scream." In Slavic Review (open access), Rory Finnin confronts the academic russocentrism that led to our widespread failure to see russia's genocidal war coming. 🧵 www.cambridge.org/core/service...

Don't miss this vital expert comment from Dr Marnie Howlett (Departmental Lecturer in Russian and East European Politics) ⬇️

'Ukrainians’ resilience and grit over the last three years also remind us of the value and vulnerability of democracy.' @politicsoxford.bsky.social & @osgaoxford.bsky.social's Dr @marniehowlett.bsky.social Howlett reflects on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ⬇️

🇺🇦 Registration for our next event is now open! 🇺🇦 'Consolidating the state: challenges and opportunities in postwar #reconstruction of #Ukraine' 🗓️ Friday 14th March at St Antony's College, Oxford. 🕰️ Full schedule here: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/dd1... 📝 Registration: forms.office.com/e/YvyXhRce1t

This forthcoming book looks very important for understanding the US-Ukraine mineral deal in its broader political economic context and in relation to histories of colonial resource extraction

My new paper in East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies asks what it means to treat the #Chornobyl Zone as a laboratory, exploring a strange experiment conducted with the Chornobyl dogs. Thanks @daryatsymbalyuk.bsky.social and @tlrichardson.bsky.social for support! drive.google.com/file/d/1pDUo...

pre-prints, East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies, "Beyond Anthropocentrism in Ukrainian Studies: Proposals from the Environmental Humanities", which i co-edited with a trailblazer of environmental approaches to the study of Ukraine, Tanya Richardson [link below]

Americans, rage-donate and organise: savelife.in.ua/en/

This week we're delighted to be joined by Karolina Uskakovych who will screen her film 'Boots on the Ground, Hands in the Soil' and discuss her work on #agriculture and #gardening in the UK and #Ukraine. 🗓️ Thursday 20th Feb ⏰ 4pm 📍 @oxfordgeography.bsky.social All welcome!

Finally got my hands (and eyes) on @solomiyamag.bsky.social published in collaboration with @ukrenvhum.bsky.social Absolutely brilliant! Order while you can - worth every penny.

'Landscapes of War, Landscapes of Victory: Ukraine’s Changing Environment' Looking forward to taking part in this event on #ecocide in #Ukraine at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute Registration below 👇 huri.harvard.edu/tcup-confere... @ukrenvhum.bsky.social @oxfordukrainehub.bsky.social

Tickets are now sold out to attend this event in person! We're looking forward to seeing many of you in Oxford in a couple of weeks. For those of you who would like to attend online/remotely, please register using the following form: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Check out the schedule for our seminar on Ukrainian Environmentalisms below 👇 Friday 31st January at Reuben College, Oxford. Registration is now open, and there are some tickets left: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ukrainian-... @marniehowlett.bsky.social @jonnyjjt.bsky.social

🔱 Solomiya: The Environmental Issue is now available for pre-order in #Ukraine and the rest of the world 🔵 We're so excited to share this issue with you which features photography, art, and writing on key #environmental issues in Ukraine Order here: solomiyamag.com/issue/4

Delighted to have an essay in here with Oksana Semenik on nature in the work of Maria Prymachenko in the #Chornobyl region. Get your copy now 👇

Don't miss this event in Oxford in a couple of weeks 👇 Ukrainian Environmentalists by the Oxford Ukraine Hub.

Check out the schedule for our seminar on Ukrainian Environmentalisms below 👇 Friday 31st January at Reuben College, Oxford. Registration is now open, and there are some tickets left: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ukrainian-... @marniehowlett.bsky.social @jonnyjjt.bsky.social

🌍 Registration for «Ukrainian Environmentalisms» is now live! 🌍 The inaugural seminar of the Oxford Ukraine Hub brings together four distinguished speakers to reflect on the most pressing issues related to the #environment and #ecology in #Ukraine www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ukrainian-...

🌍 Registration for «Ukrainian Environmentalisms» is now live! 🌍 The inaugural seminar of the Oxford Ukraine Hub brings together four distinguished speakers to reflect on the most pressing issues related to the #environment and #ecology in #Ukraine www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ukrainian-...

Do follow the new Oxford Ukraine Hub! @oxfordukrainehub.bsky.social, an interdisciplinary network to connect the exceptional breadth and depth of expertise across multiple disciplines at Oxford with international researchers and practitioners working on, and interested in, Ukraine.

🇺🇦 Very excited to launch the «Oxford Ukraine Hub» w/ fantastic colleagues from across Oxford, funded by the Social Sciences Division! 🌍 The Hub will integrate the study of #Ukraine into university curricula across disciplinary divides. www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/article/new-... @marniehowlett.bsky.social

🔱 Coming soon: Solomiya - the #Environmental Issue 🔱 🇺🇦 We're super excited to be collaborating with Solomiya Magazine to showcase different perspectives on Ukrainian ecologies from artists and scientists in light of Russia’s war More info: solomiyamag.com/issue/4