In late September, the Russian authorities designated the Ivanovo Center for Gender Studies as a “foreign agent.” The labeling wasn’t random but part of a coordinated state policy to undermine this relatively new research field. At Meduza’s request, University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies doctoral student and feminist activist Ella Rossman explains how gender studies emerged in the USSR and how scholars have fought for its survival in contemporary Russia.
Meduza: The modern history of gender studies in Russia
A couple sits at a cafe in central Moscow on July 4, 2021, amid the crisis linked with the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus.
