Svitlana Biedarieva
@s-biedarieva.bsky.social
Art historian, artist, curator. Research on Ukraine's decoloniality and wartime art. Book author at Palgrave and Routledge. President-Elect at @sheraart.bsky.social. Views are my own. https://svitlanabiedarieva.com/
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My upcoming book proposes a new notion of "ambicoloniality" to define the long-standing mutual cultural impacts between Ukraine and Russia and explain the Russian obsession with Ukraine's territory. It draws on a vast range of case studies, from art and theatre to literature and critical thought.
Get 20% off my book Ambicoloniality and War: The Ukrainian–Russian Case (Palgrave Macmillan) with the discount code: PALAUT. The book can be purchased on the link: lnkd.in/gC6G86Bi
June 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Get 20% off my book Ambicoloniality and War: The Ukrainian–Russian Case (Palgrave Macmillan) with the discount code: PALAUT. The book can be purchased on the link: lnkd.in/gC6G86Bi
My book "Ambicoloniality and War: The Ukrainian-Russian Case" ( #PalgraveMacmillan ) is available for ordering as a hardcover book or an ebook from the website of #Springer: link.springer.com/book/10.1007....
May 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
My book "Ambicoloniality and War: The Ukrainian-Russian Case" ( #PalgraveMacmillan ) is available for ordering as a hardcover book or an ebook from the website of #Springer: link.springer.com/book/10.1007....
My new text for ARTMargins Online focuses on the two research-led exhibitions, "The Rift" (2024) and "RESISTANCE" (2025), which I curated at @universityofkansas.bsky.social and @michiganstateu.bsky.social. artmargins.com/epistemic-re...
Epistemic Resistance: What U.S. Universities Can Learn from Ukrainian Art - ARTMargins Online
Ukrainian wartime art, marked by resilience to Russia’s neocolonial violence, offers U.S. academia not only insight, but also a method of resisting violence, erasure, and authoritarianism.(All the vie...
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May 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
My new text for ARTMargins Online focuses on the two research-led exhibitions, "The Rift" (2024) and "RESISTANCE" (2025), which I curated at @universityofkansas.bsky.social and @michiganstateu.bsky.social. artmargins.com/epistemic-re...
A brief definition of the term "ambicoloniality" that I proposed in my book Ambicoloniality and War: The Ukrainian-Russian Case (#PalgraveMacmillan) can be found in the excellent post/decolonial glossary created by Past/Future/Art
pastfutureart.org/en/glossary/...
pastfutureart.org/en/glossary/...
May 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A brief definition of the term "ambicoloniality" that I proposed in my book Ambicoloniality and War: The Ukrainian-Russian Case (#PalgraveMacmillan) can be found in the excellent post/decolonial glossary created by Past/Future/Art
pastfutureart.org/en/glossary/...
pastfutureart.org/en/glossary/...
I am thrilled to hold the print book in my hands. It is the culmination of two years of intensive work, aiming to offer a new theoretical framework for discussing Russian (neo)colonialism in Ukraine and to locate Ukrainian society within global postcolonial and decolonial studies
May 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I am thrilled to hold the print book in my hands. It is the culmination of two years of intensive work, aiming to offer a new theoretical framework for discussing Russian (neo)colonialism in Ukraine and to locate Ukrainian society within global postcolonial and decolonial studies
This is the full calendar of book presentations of "Art in Ukraine Between Identity Construction and Anti-Colonial Resistance" (Routledge 2024) in New York. Everyone is cordially invited.
March 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This is the full calendar of book presentations of "Art in Ukraine Between Identity Construction and Anti-Colonial Resistance" (Routledge 2024) in New York. Everyone is cordially invited.
This double book talk at Northwestern University will initiate two cycles of book launches: "Art in Ukraine: Between Identity Construction and Anti-Colonial Resistance" (Routledge, 2024) and "Ambicoloniality and War: The Ukrainian-Russian Case" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025).
February 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This double book talk at Northwestern University will initiate two cycles of book launches: "Art in Ukraine: Between Identity Construction and Anti-Colonial Resistance" (Routledge, 2024) and "Ambicoloniality and War: The Ukrainian-Russian Case" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025).
I am delighted that the exhibition RESISTANCE: Ukrainian Art of Freedom will take place at Michigan State University from February 24 to March 21, 2025. Opening reception and panel discussion from 5 to 7 pm EST on February 24.
February 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I am delighted that the exhibition RESISTANCE: Ukrainian Art of Freedom will take place at Michigan State University from February 24 to March 21, 2025. Opening reception and panel discussion from 5 to 7 pm EST on February 24.
I am delighted and deeply honored to announce that I have been selected as the new President-Elect of the Society of Historians of East European, Eurasian, and Russian Art and Architecture (SHERA). @sheraart.bsky.social I am very grateful to my wonderful colleagues who supported me!
January 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I am delighted and deeply honored to announce that I have been selected as the new President-Elect of the Society of Historians of East European, Eurasian, and Russian Art and Architecture (SHERA). @sheraart.bsky.social I am very grateful to my wonderful colleagues who supported me!
It was my pleasure to talk with Lesia Khomenko about the current processes in Ukrainian art and to contribute this brief dialogue to the celebration of 25 years of Art Margins.
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December 13, 2024 at 2:43 AM
It was my pleasure to talk with Lesia Khomenko about the current processes in Ukrainian art and to contribute this brief dialogue to the celebration of 25 years of Art Margins.
artmargins.com/snapshot-dia...
artmargins.com/snapshot-dia...
Impressive work on digital preservation of the medieval inscriptions inside the St. Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv
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December 9, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Impressive work on digital preservation of the medieval inscriptions inside the St. Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv
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Дуже радію цьому детальному інтерв'ю з Українською правдою. Говорили про мої останні книжкові проєкти і про розвиток і потенціал постоколоніальних та деколоніальних студій української культури.
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"Ми вийшли з постколоніального стану": мистецтвознавиця Світлана Бєдарєва про деколоніальний поворот та дослідження українського мистецтва за кордоном
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November 26, 2024 at 4:52 AM
Дуже радію цьому детальному інтерв'ю з Українською правдою. Говорили про мої останні книжкові проєкти і про розвиток і потенціал постоколоніальних та деколоніальних студій української культури.
life.pravda.com.ua/culture/avto...
life.pravda.com.ua/culture/avto...
My edited book Art in Ukraine Between Identity Construction and Anti-Colonial Resistance will be published by Routledge already next week! routledge.com/Art-in-Ukrai... I am very much grateful to all the participating colleagues for their wonderful texts.
November 21, 2024 at 3:27 AM
My edited book Art in Ukraine Between Identity Construction and Anti-Colonial Resistance will be published by Routledge already next week! routledge.com/Art-in-Ukrai... I am very much grateful to all the participating colleagues for their wonderful texts.
Made some recommendations of the latest projects in Ukrainian art for Ukrainian Culture Spotlight by the Kennan Institute, Wilson Center.
www.wilsoncenter.org/article/kenn...
www.wilsoncenter.org/article/kenn...
Kennan Institute Recommends: Ukrainian Culture Spotlight
The Kennan Institute recently asked some of our scholars and staff about the contemporary Ukrainian art that they’ve enjoyed recently. Here are their top recommendations, from painters to pop singers.
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November 15, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Made some recommendations of the latest projects in Ukrainian art for Ukrainian Culture Spotlight by the Kennan Institute, Wilson Center.
www.wilsoncenter.org/article/kenn...
www.wilsoncenter.org/article/kenn...
My upcoming book proposes a new notion of "ambicoloniality" to define the long-standing mutual cultural impacts between Ukraine and Russia and explain the Russian obsession with Ukraine's territory. It draws on a vast range of case studies, from art and theatre to literature and critical thought.
November 15, 2024 at 8:09 PM
My upcoming book proposes a new notion of "ambicoloniality" to define the long-standing mutual cultural impacts between Ukraine and Russia and explain the Russian obsession with Ukraine's territory. It draws on a vast range of case studies, from art and theatre to literature and critical thought.
I am looking forward to seeing all my dear colleagues (and meeting new people) at the upcoming ASEEES convention. Here is the list of events I will be participating in, and everyone planning to attend the conference is cordially invited.
November 15, 2024 at 12:08 AM
I am looking forward to seeing all my dear colleagues (and meeting new people) at the upcoming ASEEES convention. Here is the list of events I will be participating in, and everyone planning to attend the conference is cordially invited.
This is the first part of a series of digital graphic murals, provisionally titled "The Dam.". It features a mural by Polina Raiko from her house heavily damaged in the aftermath of the flooding, along with an image of Noah's flood from the Holkham Bible, a medieval illuminated manuscript.
November 13, 2024 at 11:19 PM
This is the first part of a series of digital graphic murals, provisionally titled "The Dam.". It features a mural by Polina Raiko from her house heavily damaged in the aftermath of the flooding, along with an image of Noah's flood from the Holkham Bible, a medieval illuminated manuscript.
Well, I am here!
November 13, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Well, I am here!