As thousands have gathered in central Tbilisi, the main pro-government TV channel, Imedi is downplaying the scale of the protests with drone footage showing empty streets.
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I'm presenting my paper on how queers in Georgia (Sakartvelo) navigate and survive the enforcement of cisheteronormativity at the panel 3A-9 (9 am).
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I am hiring a PhD student & a postdoc for a project on the history of security innovations in Global East.
Interested in sociological & STS research on security? Apply here:
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The Georgian government follows the established authoritarian trajectory and now targets the independence of universities.
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On a more personal note, this will likely be my last conference for a while. I haven't had access to conference funding in the past two years, which means I've self-funded most of the expenses. As rewarding as it has been, it isn't a "hobby" one can easily sustain.