‘They explode with gayness’: Polish queer migration and self-realisation
This LGBT+ History Month, Richard C.M. Mole, Professor of Political Sociology (UCL SSEES), researches identity, sexuality, and migration, particularly of queer individuals in Eastern Europe. In this piece, he looks at the experiences of queer Poles leaving their home towns and migrating to Warsaw or elsewhere in Europe, where they can more freely explore or express their sexuality. Continue reading ‘They explode with gayness’: Polish queer migration and self-realisation
Gayropa: Russia, Europe and Queer Life
This LGBT+ History Month, Ada Wordsworth, Final Year Russian Studies Student at UCL SSEES, explores how queerness and ideas of European values intersect in Russia. Continue reading Gayropa: Russia, Europe and Queer Life
Why we must go beyond the “backsliding paradigm”
Seán Hanley, Associate Professor in Comparative Central and East European Politics, UCL SSEES and Licia Cianetti, Research Fellow at the Royal Holloway University of London, argue why we must move beyond the “backsliding paradigm” by demonstrating how it can lead to reproducing, in reverse, the transition paradigm. They draw on lessons from East-Central Europe to propose a broader focus. Continue reading Why we must go beyond the “backsliding paradigm”
Making Parliament Buildings: architects in conversation
Sophia Psarra, Professor of Architecture and Spatial Design at The Bartlett, UCL, reflects on the recent Parliament Buildings Conference that was jointly hosted by UCL’s Bartlett School of Architecture and the European Institute. Continue reading Making Parliament Buildings: architects in conversation
Supporting LGBTQ+ asylum seekers in Germany: a story of hope and contradiction
This LGBT+ History Month, Aydan Greatrick, ESRC-funded PhD Candidate at UCL, explores the challenges queer refugees and support organisations have faced in Germany since 2015. Continue reading Supporting LGBTQ+ asylum seekers in Germany: a story of hope and contradiction
