Tereza Hendl

terezahendl.bsky.social

16 October 2026 16:30

We also discussed skydiving as both Polina Piddubna’s grandmother and I have jumped from planes 🪂 Polina’s film conveys the experience beautifully, and it was great to see her portrayal of her grandmother and her thoughts on life and skydiving captured on film. Go see it! bsky.app/profile/tere...

Tereza Hendl

terezahendl.bsky.social

16 October 2026 16:30

Looks like we couldn’t have chosen a more timely topic: RUTA 2027 will explore freedom. What does it take to achieve and defend it? Where do its limits and tensions lie? And what can we learn from those who have thought and fought for freedom before us? ruta-association.org/conference/f...

Tereza Hendl

terezahendl.bsky.social

16 October 2026 13:49

Crucial conversations at the UFF about gender and empire, the importance of Ukrainian cinema and its correcting of Russian-Soviet colonial narratives, and the countering of the disturbingly stereotypical portrayal of Central & Northern Asian and East-European women in Western film & media production

Tereza Hendl

terezahendl.bsky.social

15 October 2026 14:09

Feels like a strangely apt day to be doing the final final proofs on this text, reflecting on Diana Kudaibergen’s powerful book on the often nonlinear, long, back-and-forth, multi-generational struggle to take down dictatorship. Soon out in Central Asian Survey. Do read the book.

Viktoriia Grivina

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14 October 2026 20:47

An important message of support for the everlasting struggle of Ukrainian academia to survive.