Shota Hintsagta
@hintsagta.bsky.social
Interested in religion and nationalism, gender and queer politics, and media and democracy, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. Doctoral researcher at Lund University. https://linktr.ee/hintsagta
My colleagues have produced a report on transnational far-right activism. A different sort of diaspora diplomacy to the one I teach on #GI7100
London Met academics produce major report on transnational far-right activism - London Metropolitan University
The report looked into the radicalisation of a small section of Polish migrants in Britain
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In a new OCMediaorg article, RUTA member Tatev Hovhannisyan explores how anti-gender rhetoric, "foreign agent" laws, and Russian imperial influence are reshaping feminist activism in Sakartvelo. Amid growing repression, feminist networks continue to build solidarity. oc-media.org/a-soviet-sty...
‘A Soviet-style culture of informants’: how Georgia’s feminists learned to live under siege
As pressure on civil society intensifies, feminist activists describe a growing atmosphere of fear and quiet survival.
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"[E]ast of Berlin, this density of cultural symbols abruptly vanishes. The space stretching toward Moscow is filled only with anonymous 'pine trees' and the figure of a skier [...] This is a literal embodiment of Chakrabarty's (2000) 'waiting room of history'"
A memorable day in June at the Trakai Orthodox Church of the Nativity and the Karaim kenesa. I hope to be back soon in Lithuania
Some personal news: my name, Shota Kincha, is becoming Shota Hintsagta. The story is a bit complicated. My legal surname is Khinchagashvili - a Georgianised version, just like Khinchagov - a Russified one. Underneath is the Ossetian root Хинцаг and clan surname Khintsagtæ. Hence Hintsagta.
I talked with Dr. Dan DeHanas to examine the spiritual architecture of contemporary populism. Dan argues that what we are witnessing in 2024 and 2025 is not simply politics dressed up in religious language - it is something qualitatively different open.spotify.com/episode/2GZc...
When Politics Becomes Prophecy: Daniel DeHanas on Trump, Faith, and the New Apocalyptic
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Disaffiliation isn't just secularisation, it's also people walking away from a brand they don't want to be associated with? From 42-3 min
Understanding the Spiritual-But-Not-Religious | Learning from Prof. Nancy Ammerman
YouTube video by Sacred Design Lab
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Came across this in a Warsaw doorway: a plaque with the visual grammar of fiscal transparency, minus the recipient :) The actual transparency on Fundacja Inicjatyw Młodzieżowych, a PiS-aligned, typical patronage NGO, came from Onet, OKO.press, and Frontstory, not by the state that funded it.
It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...
Kanske symptomatiskt för den bredare amerikaniseringen men hur många svenska queers känner till kulmen av den amerikanska frigörelsens startsalva Stonewall utan att känna till *Europas* första s.k. homopolitiska demonstration med Gay Power Club 1 den 15e maj 1971 i Örebro
Talk Eastern Europe, the Podcast of @neweasterneurope.eu, recently lost a major funding source. If you can, I highly suggest taking out a subscription. With it, you can listen to in depth interviews with experts on the post-Soviet sphere! www.patreon.com/talkeasterne...
Get more from Talk Eastern Europe on Patreon
Bringing voices of Central and Eastern Europe to you each week
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DC Friends! Please join me to launch my new book, The Queer Face of War: Portraits and Stories from Ukraine at Politics and Prose's Wharf location. I'll be in conversation with the extraordinary @chrisgeidner.bsky.social discussing homophobia and the global assault on democracy.
CitizenGO has caused significant harm. In addition to this valuable Good Law Project piece on the organisation’s UK connections, our co-authored report on the subject shows its damaging transnational impact in Latin America and Kenya. Both are well worth reading! lassociacio.org/wp-content/u...
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Good Law Project@goodlawproject.org · 7mo agoBased in Spain with links to Russia, hardcore conservative campaign group CitizenGO’s accounts show it received over $7m of donations last year. It closed its UK arm in 2023 – but we’ve revealed that the organisation is actually expanding its operations on these shores. https://goodlaw.social/l1vd
In Sweden, nuns from the St Elisabeth Convent, which was originally based in Belarus, were found to be working for Russian intelligence. Active in 20 churches across the country, they raised funds for the Russian army while posing as a charity. united24media.com/latest-news/...
Russian “Z-Nuns” Busted for Running Spy Network Through Swedish Churches
Swedish authorities investigate Orthodox nuns allegedly linked to Russian military actions and using church sales for pro-Kremlin activities.
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Sharing from the part that speaks to one of the aspects of violent right-wing extremism I find most interesting: its normalisation youtu.be/7GSWsVdoh2M?...
On the Fringe: Terrorism, Extremism & Radicalization in America | Chris Verga | Episode 148
YouTube video by The TLB Podcast
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As nationalism grows ever more central to international politics, the Vienna-based Central European University department that studies it is on the verge of extinction. So what would be lost if this small but scrappy program disappears?
The rise and fall of nationalism studies
What the demise of a small department in an embattled university says about the future of Europe and the world.
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'[G]ender- and sexuality-related articles were almost absent on RT Deutsch before 2018, but increased sharply in 2018, and have been constantly present since' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Academia misdelivering for political and market demand
New Review: Nuremberg (2025) A compelling yet cautious portrait of the men behind recent history’s atrocities. Vanderbilt’s psychological angle is moving but often too restrained. Full review: www.youngcriticmovies.com/post/nuremberg #YoungCritic #FilmReview #Nuremberg
Nuremberg
A compelling yet cautious portrait of the men behind recent history’s atrocitiesThe Nuremberg trials of Nazis were a monumental moment in the collective digestion of the horrors perpetrated in World W...
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'В поэтической тусовке, где Владислав периодически выступает [...], есть посетитель, которого не получилось идентифицировать. Поэтому поэты читают стихи, делают вид, что мероприятие закончилось. Когда этот посетитель уходит, авторы читают неподцензурные тексты' semnasem.org/articles/202...
Подпольный квир. Кто и как в российских регионах создает ЛГБТ-искусство, несмотря на гомофобные законы
В материале упоминается «движение ЛГБТ», деятельность которого запрещена в РФ
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Pope: 'Unfortunately, it has become increasingly common to drag the language of faith into political battles, to bless nationalism, and to justify violence and armed struggle in the name of religion. Believers must actively refute (...) these forms of blasphemy that profane the holy name of God'
Message of the Holy Father for the 59th World Day of Peace 2026: “Peace be with you all: Towards an “unarmed and disarming” peace
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV FOR THE LIX WORLD DAY OF PEACE 1 st JANUARY 2026 _______________________________
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Vi låtsades vara en ung kille - och fick prata med ledaren för Aktivklubb. Och höra hur det går till när nazisterna vill rekrytera. ”Vissa får utegångsförbud för sina mammor”. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/L4...
Här vill naziledaren rekrytera oss – ”Vissa får utegångsförbud av sina mammor”
De ingår i en nazistisk rörelse. Och de är unga – vissa av dem barn. Aftonbladet har träffat ledaren för Aktivklubb Sverige. – Ibland får folk utegångsförbud av
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'the symbolic conflation of marriage with coupledom and monogamy renders ‘marriage reform’ an unlikely candidate for providing meaningful answers to the need to legally protect diverse intimacies and familiar arrangements'
Daniel Cardoso@danielscardoso.eurosky.social · last yr.This was a real challenge to get past the finish line. But I'm happy it's finally out. Christian Klesse and myself poured our hearts into this one. I hope you'll find it useful. "Beyond Equality—Non-Monogamy and the Necropolitics of Marriage" www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/14...
I suppose these findings have already caused some discussions (I'm still digesting)
Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 8mo ago#OpenAccess from @epsrjournal.bsky.social - The democracy falling narrative: debunking stereotypes about democratic deconsolidation in the EU - https://cup.org/3XCjE8x - Lennart Joe Brunkert, Bi Puranen, Agnieszka Turska-Kawa & Christian Welzel #FirstView
Join us for the 10th Edition: Global Congress on Gender & Sexuality Studies 2026 (GSS 2026)! May 18–19, 2026 Amsterdam, Netherlands Theme: Beyond Binaries: Reimagining Gender and Sexuality in the 21st Century Register now! #GenderStudies #SexualityStudies #Feminism #LGBTQ #QueerStudies
Sociologist Ruth Braunstein in the What Matters Most episode - a podcast from the Centre for Christian Engagement Follow @jwmartens.bsky.social
The Politics of Christian Nationalism: A Conversation with Ruth Braunstein - The Centre for Christian Engagement
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