The 19th-century poet and artist Taras Shevchenko was born on March 9, 1814.
His life is defined by his long struggle against injustice. Born a serf and only freed at almost 30 years of age, he faced arrest and exile for his works of art that have shaped the modern Ukrainian identity.
I cannot recommend enough this paper by @benrosher.bsky.social published in @politicalgeography.bsky.social a few days ago to anyone interested in borders. Such a careful and nuanced analysis of the EU settlement scheme and accountability for the effects of state border regimes.
The special section of our latest issue, SX 79, focuses on the life and work of Trinidadian scholar-activist Rhoda Reddock, and her powerful impact on Caribbean Feminisms.
This issue is now available digitally through @dukepress.bsky.social; 🔗 link: smallaxe.net/sx/issues/79
Shevchenko’s enduring presence across Ukraine underscores that at the heart of modern Ukrainian identity lies a poet.
My interview in Die Zeit coming out shortly. Thanks to them for allowing me this mild criticism of survey data in the German mainstream press.
The Kyiv Independent
We are excited to announce Elisa Loncón Antileo and Nicholas Blomley as our keynote speakers for the Second International Conference of Critical Legal Geography. Learn more about these great leaders on our conference page @ www.clg.place
Kathryn Cassidy
Re-upping. If you want more reviews of Russia-Ukraine books, take a look at this post and leave a like.
🌀It's safe to say that UK politics is in flux 🌀
Join our expert panel @anandmenon.bsky.social, @sophiestowers.bsky.social, Rachel Wolf and @drjennings.bsky.social as they unpack the latest in UK politics
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Our book is out in paperback shortly, and the publishers have made Ch 1 available. Have a read. www.wiley.com/en-gb/Migrat...
Intervention—“‘Mass Deportations = Lower Housing Costs’: When Necropolitics Meets Liberal Economics” by @simtulum.bsky.social antipodeonline.org/2026/02/02/n...
TOMORROW | What does Trump mean for relations between the UK and Europe, and the rest of the world?
Listen Sir Simon Fraser, Fiona Hill and @anandmenon.bsky.social discuss the impact of Trump's presidency on the UK and Europe.
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Small Axe Project
The site is a place for the sharing of scholarship in the field of critical legal geography. Through a directory of scholars and information about publications, events and research networks, the site ...
<p><B>A CRITICAL, NUANCED, AND INTERDISCIPLINARY INTRODUCTION TO THE GEOGRAPHIES OF MIGRATION</B> <p><i>Migration: A Critical Introduction</i> offers a fresh and accessible framework for understandin...
Simone Tulumello (Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa) On January 14, 2026, the official Facebook account of The White House published a table with a list of the “Top 20 [US] metro a...
New paper!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Where does accountability lie in contemporary border regimes?
Critical Legal Geographies Network
UK in a Changing Europe
Mary Gilmartin
Antipode
Institute for Government
Contemporary borders are increasingly fragmented and dispersed, variously through externalisation practices and inwardly through everyday bordering ch…
"a lot of what passes for scholarly work on the Russia-Ukraine conflict fails to meet scholarly standards, becoming a rehash of media sources and stuck in a kind of ‘presentist’ and elite-focussed, geopolitics doom-loop" postsocialism.org/2026/01/21/b...
Ben Rosher
Sakwa’s perspective on the causes of the Ukraine war have been subject to detailed and repeated critique – proving, if not the adequacy of pre-publication peer review (which is not necessaril…
