I am a Ukrainian writer and curator

I used to write on topics as diverse as the legacies of Chornobyl and Victorian decadence. Since 2022, I have been mostly interested in the stories of Ukraine's resistance to Russia's aggression. My words are in The New York Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Guardian, New Lines Magazine, CNN, and others. I am working on a book of testimonies stylised as fairy tales.

I am the head of INDEX: Institute for Documentation and Exchange, an institution launched in Lviv in 2024. Facilitating the production of situated knowledge about Ukraine in global contexts, INDEX pursues justice – not confined to the sort of justice that the legal system can provide, but also encompassing historical and epistemic justice as stories are told and passed on.

In 2021-23, I was a special projects curator for the UIL. I curated a writing residency Ukraine Lab and an online course Literatura. I keep editing the London Ukrainian Review (LUR), published by the UIL in partnership with IWM and ASP.

I regularly give public talks, interviews, and moderate events on the topics of Ukraine's fight against Russia's invasion and Ukrainian traditions of resistance. 

I gained a PhD in English and Comparative Literature from Birkbeck (University of London), taught at Birkbeck and UCL SSEES, and published in peer-reviewed journals before parting with academia.