Epp Annus
@epp-annus.bsky.social
Cultural studies scholar with a focus on environments, Soviet rule, the Baltic states, decoloniality. A writer. A sea person.
With an aversion to profile pictures
With an aversion to profile pictures
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RUTA continues to stand in solidarity with the Georgian civil resistance movement for democracy and freedom from Russian interference and occupation
🇬🇪| This week’s Georgia: Explained is out.
One year of daily protests, BBC Eye’s investigation into a banned toxic chemical used on protesters, and the arrest of Aleko Elisashvili after trying to burn the City Court chancellery: shorturl.at/ji0V5
One year of daily protests, BBC Eye’s investigation into a banned toxic chemical used on protesters, and the arrest of Aleko Elisashvili after trying to burn the City Court chancellery: shorturl.at/ji0V5
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
RUTA continues to stand in solidarity with the Georgian civil resistance movement for democracy and freedom from Russian interference and occupation
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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
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December 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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...
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Due to numerous requests, we are pleased to announce that the abstract submission deadline has been extended by two weeks. We encourage all interested contributors to take advantage of this extra time to finalize their submissions. We look forward to receiving your contributions by Nov 30
Our 2026 RUTA conference will be exploring the role of embodied knowledges and knowledges rooted in the places we conduct research about. We will discuss how the making of knowledge, art and cultural heritage changes when it is grounded in places and communities and which possibilities this opens
November 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Due to numerous requests, we are pleased to announce that the abstract submission deadline has been extended by two weeks. We encourage all interested contributors to take advantage of this extra time to finalize their submissions. We look forward to receiving your contributions by Nov 30
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Last week to send us abstracts for our next conference of the RUTA Association for Central, South-Eastern, and Eastern European, Baltic, Caucasus, Central and Northern Asian Studies in Global Conversation exploring the role of rooted and embodied knowledges as catalysts of change and shifts in power
Our 2026 RUTA conference will be exploring the role of embodied knowledges and knowledges rooted in the places we conduct research about. We will discuss how the making of knowledge, art and cultural heritage changes when it is grounded in places and communities and which possibilities this opens
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Last week to send us abstracts for our next conference of the RUTA Association for Central, South-Eastern, and Eastern European, Baltic, Caucasus, Central and Northern Asian Studies in Global Conversation exploring the role of rooted and embodied knowledges as catalysts of change and shifts in power
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This is the last week to send us your abstracts and art proposals for our next RUTA conference, that will be exploring the role of rooted and embodied knowledges as catalysts of change and drivers in shifts in power. The deadline for abstract submission is on Friday, Nov 15
Our 2026 RUTA conference will be exploring the role of embodied knowledges and knowledges rooted in the places we conduct research about. We will discuss how the making of knowledge, art and cultural heritage changes when it is grounded in places and communities and which possibilities this opens
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the last week to send us your abstracts and art proposals for our next RUTA conference, that will be exploring the role of rooted and embodied knowledges as catalysts of change and drivers in shifts in power. The deadline for abstract submission is on Friday, Nov 15
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And then when one takes a look at the regional allocation of the funding and how contributions are taken from ERC countries across Europe’s East and West, yet, the majority of the funds is then awarded to Western institutions, one wonders how to describe such a research funding redistribution system
'Women represent around 25% of the researchers involved in the selected projects'
@erc.europa.eu may want to reflect, and take action, on this outcome of the latest ERC Synergy Grant call
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@erc.europa.eu may want to reflect, and take action, on this outcome of the latest ERC Synergy Grant call
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
ERC Synergy Grants to fund 66 teams tackling major scientific challenges
How do you solve science’s toughest puzzles? By joining forces. Sixty-six research teams, bringing together 239 scientists, will receive a total of €684 million in European Research Council Synergy Gr...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
And then when one takes a look at the regional allocation of the funding and how contributions are taken from ERC countries across Europe’s East and West, yet, the majority of the funds is then awarded to Western institutions, one wonders how to describe such a research funding redistribution system
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On the power and injustice of the foreign gaze: “But it is also about power – the kind that distances people. That foreign audience might be a powerful policymaker, a set of academics, or a philanthropist. The question is always: who is looking, from where, and what gets distorted in the process?”
“The more proximate you are to people’s lived realities, and the more embedded you are, the less distanced by class you are, the more you see. The higher you go…the higher your propensity to not be very useful.”
@seyeabimbola.bsky.social
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Seye Abimbola | On Theory
Seye Abimbola wants us to stop mistaking prestige for insight – and inclusion for equity.
At a bustling restaurant tucked into a leafy corner of the University of Sydney, Associate Professor Seye Abim...
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November 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
On the power and injustice of the foreign gaze: “But it is also about power – the kind that distances people. That foreign audience might be a powerful policymaker, a set of academics, or a philanthropist. The question is always: who is looking, from where, and what gets distorted in the process?”
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Some Baltic solidarity magic and my FB post on Latvian withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention can be read on the Estonian Feministeerium website.
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What's Really Behind Latvia's Rejection of the Istanbul Convention? - Feministeerium
Latvia's Parliament voted to denounce the Istanbul Convention on violence against women. Explore the political manoeuvring, populist trends, and potential Russian interference behind this controversia...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Some Baltic solidarity magic and my FB post on Latvian withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention can be read on the Estonian Feministeerium website.
feministeerium.ee/en/whats-rea...
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“Historically, anti-Istanbul Convention disinformation has been one of the tools in Russia’s propaganda arsenal”
Gender studies scholars & social justice advocates across Europe’s East have been raising alarms about the synergies of anti-gender, fascist and imperial mobilisation for a long time now
Gender studies scholars & social justice advocates across Europe’s East have been raising alarms about the synergies of anti-gender, fascist and imperial mobilisation for a long time now
Some Baltic solidarity magic and my FB post on Latvian withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention can be read on the Estonian Feministeerium website.
feministeerium.ee/en/whats-rea...
feministeerium.ee/en/whats-rea...
What's Really Behind Latvia's Rejection of the Istanbul Convention? - Feministeerium
Latvia's Parliament voted to denounce the Istanbul Convention on violence against women. Explore the political manoeuvring, populist trends, and potential Russian interference behind this controversia...
feministeerium.ee
October 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
“Historically, anti-Istanbul Convention disinformation has been one of the tools in Russia’s propaganda arsenal”
Gender studies scholars & social justice advocates across Europe’s East have been raising alarms about the synergies of anti-gender, fascist and imperial mobilisation for a long time now
Gender studies scholars & social justice advocates across Europe’s East have been raising alarms about the synergies of anti-gender, fascist and imperial mobilisation for a long time now
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A reminder about tomorrow’s RUTA webinar, that will explore our approaches to understanding family history, its personal and collective significance, and how we can translate these stories into our contemporary lives and practices in the context of multiple crises.
See the registration link below
See the registration link below
Join us for our next RUTA webinar on family stories through art, literature, and decolonial thinking, featuring a round table conversation with Elmira Kakabayeva, Aida Sulova & Victoria Sarangova
October 31, 11:00 EST / 18:00 EEST - Kyiv time
Link for registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 31, 11:00 EST / 18:00 EEST - Kyiv time
Link for registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A reminder about tomorrow’s RUTA webinar, that will explore our approaches to understanding family history, its personal and collective significance, and how we can translate these stories into our contemporary lives and practices in the context of multiple crises.
See the registration link below
See the registration link below
Strong women heading towards Ukraine! The RUTA Association annual conference! Not to be missed! This is where new ideas are born! And networks that will move us towards better worlds.
June 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Strong women heading towards Ukraine! The RUTA Association annual conference! Not to be missed! This is where new ideas are born! And networks that will move us towards better worlds.
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Yup. That’s the one.
May 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Yup. That’s the one.
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This is simply how African migrants are tricked and threatened into Russian military service
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Lost in Translation: How African migrants are tricked and threatened into Russian military service
Since the start of 2024, a total of 3,344 foreign nationals who went to fight in Ukraine have received Russian citizenship, according to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Kremlin propaganda fr...
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May 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This is simply how African migrants are tricked and threatened into Russian military service
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theins.ru/en/politics/...
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Join us for this key RUTA webinar. So far, debates on Indigenous liberation have largely focused on Western settler colonialism. This is an opportunity to hear from scholars and activists from Indigenous nations of the Caucasus, Central and North Asia, who have resisted Russian-Soviet colonialism
Indigenous liberation struggles and sovereignty in the RUTA region @associationruta.bsky.social webinar 16.5.25 17:00 – 18:30 EET (GMT +3) / Kyiv time. With Seseg Jigjitova, Madina Tlostanova, Lidia Zhigunova, and @terezahendl.bsky.social registration: url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/lvdwCGvmpx...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Indigenous liberation struggles and sovereignty. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Indigeneity in the RUTA region(s) is often misunderstood as simply being "native" to a place, rather than as a relationship shaped by colonial violence and decolonial resistance. The specific concerns...
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May 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Join us for this key RUTA webinar. So far, debates on Indigenous liberation have largely focused on Western settler colonialism. This is an opportunity to hear from scholars and activists from Indigenous nations of the Caucasus, Central and North Asia, who have resisted Russian-Soviet colonialism
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Much awaited new book by @epp-annus.bsky.social, filling international knowledge gaps regarding Baltic environmental thought and its global dimensions “Estonian intellectuals cared deeply about their local environments, but they also took inspiration from environmentalist works of global importance“
A crucial book by a wonderful scholar and @associationruta.bsky.social board member Epp Annus!
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Environment and Society in Soviet Estonia, 1960–1990
Cambridge Core - European Studies - Environment and Society in Soviet Estonia, 1960–1990
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April 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Much awaited new book by @epp-annus.bsky.social, filling international knowledge gaps regarding Baltic environmental thought and its global dimensions “Estonian intellectuals cared deeply about their local environments, but they also took inspiration from environmentalist works of global importance“
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My new book The Folly of Realism is officially released. Three years since the invasion of Ukraine, this book provides clarity on how we got here and a vision of what's next.
Here’s the book; shorturl.at/FjMbQ
Here’s the book; shorturl.at/FjMbQ
February 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
My new book The Folly of Realism is officially released. Three years since the invasion of Ukraine, this book provides clarity on how we got here and a vision of what's next.
Here’s the book; shorturl.at/FjMbQ
Here’s the book; shorturl.at/FjMbQ
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Great initiative by @ponarseurasia.bsky.social. Journalists, please note the easy links to experts available for commentary.
PONARS Ukraine Task Force: Incontrovertible Truths - PONARS Eurasia
Fact Checking Russia's Invasion of Ukraine with PONARS Ukraine Task Force As events unfold in Ukraine, PONARS Eurasia has created this page for the Ukraine Task Force to fact check statements made in ...
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February 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Great initiative by @ponarseurasia.bsky.social. Journalists, please note the easy links to experts available for commentary.
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There are people still hoping that it's a negotiating strategy. It's not. There doesn't seem to be much strategy.
Trump says Ukraine could ‘forget about’ joining NATO as he prepares to host Zelenskyy for talks
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Live updates: Trump says Ukraine can 'forget about’ joining NATO as he plans to host Zelenskyy in Washington
President Donald Trump says Ukraine can “forget about” joining NATO as he prepares to host President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House. Federal government agencies must develop plans to eliminate...
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February 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
There are people still hoping that it's a negotiating strategy. It's not. There doesn't seem to be much strategy.
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Our open letter in solidarity with Qazaq activists, journalists and researchers is still open for signatures. Please share widely and join us in supporting freedom of expression and assembly in Qazaqstan
Satire is NOT a crime!
As members of the international academic community, we stand for freedom of expression and assembly in Qazaqstan. Please join us in signing this open letter in solidarity with Qazaq political activists, journalists and researchers: ruta-association.org/news/open-le...
As members of the international academic community, we stand for freedom of expression and assembly in Qazaqstan. Please join us in signing this open letter in solidarity with Qazaq political activists, journalists and researchers: ruta-association.org/news/open-le...
February 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Our open letter in solidarity with Qazaq activists, journalists and researchers is still open for signatures. Please share widely and join us in supporting freedom of expression and assembly in Qazaqstan
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An important article about the student protests in Serbia
Brilliant Adriana Zaharijevic writes about student protests in Serbia. If you're looking for a trustworthy & insightful analysis, look no further!
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Serbia’s students are showing the world how to restore democratic hope | Adriana Zaharijević
An authoritarian regime has been rocked by an anti-corruption movement generating society-wide anger and indignation, says philosopher Adriana Zaharijević
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February 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
An important article about the student protests in Serbia
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It is hard to overstate how concerning this planned institutionalized racial profiling is, especially in the context of the ongoing disproportionate drafting of Central Asian migrants and Indigenous peoples into russia’s war against Ukraine 1/n www.biometricupdate.com/202502/st-pe...
St. Petersburg plans to introduce ethnicity recognition to monitor migrants | Biometric Update
The Russian city of St. Petersburg plans to equip 8,000 cameras with ethnicity recognition capabilities to monitor its migrant population.
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February 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It is hard to overstate how concerning this planned institutionalized racial profiling is, especially in the context of the ongoing disproportionate drafting of Central Asian migrants and Indigenous peoples into russia’s war against Ukraine 1/n www.biometricupdate.com/202502/st-pe...
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The Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service public report 2025 just dropped 🔥
Take a look at the report many professionals in the field worldwide consider a mandatory reading: www.valisluureamet.ee/en.html
Take a look at the report many professionals in the field worldwide consider a mandatory reading: www.valisluureamet.ee/en.html
Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service
Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service
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February 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service public report 2025 just dropped 🔥
Take a look at the report many professionals in the field worldwide consider a mandatory reading: www.valisluureamet.ee/en.html
Take a look at the report many professionals in the field worldwide consider a mandatory reading: www.valisluureamet.ee/en.html
Groups of masked attackers target journalists and government critics during Tbilisi protests
Tonight’s protests in Tbilisi were characterised by violent attacks on protesters, government critics, and journalists.
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Tonight’s protests in Tbilisi were characterised by violent attacks on protesters, government critics, and journalists.
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Groups of masked attackers target journalists and government critics during Tbilisi protests
Tonight’s protests in Tbilisi were characterised by violent attacks on protesters, government critics, and journalists.
oc-media.org
December 7, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Groups of masked attackers target journalists and government critics during Tbilisi protests
Tonight’s protests in Tbilisi were characterised by violent attacks on protesters, government critics, and journalists.
oc-media.org/groups-of-ma...
Tonight’s protests in Tbilisi were characterised by violent attacks on protesters, government critics, and journalists.
oc-media.org/groups-of-ma...
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Macron has managed to turn the opening of the renovated Notre Dame into a meeting between Zelensky and Trump. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
En direct, guerre en Ukraine : Volodymyr Zelensky dit avoir eu une « rencontre bonne et fructueuse » avec Donald Trump et Emmanuel Macron
« Nous avons parlé de notre peuple, de la situation sur le terrain, et d’une paix juste », a dit le président ukrainien, précisant que les trois dirigeants étaient « convenus de continuer à travailler...
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December 7, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Macron has managed to turn the opening of the renovated Notre Dame into a meeting between Zelensky and Trump. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...