Deanna Ramsey (Філонюк)

Ada Booth Slavic Librarian @monashunilib. Passionate about connecting communities with collections and Open Access. Working and living on Wurundjeri land

[Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina]

It’s painful. Russia deliberately hit the historical center of Odessa, which is under UNESCO protection. The Russian rocket destroyed the cathedral. Russia continues to destroy Ukrainian cities. We need modern planes to he able to protect them.

Photo from libkos and babel

[Deanna Ramsey (Філонюк) @deelibris]

@wtb_Michael Happy Birthday!!

[Deanna Ramsey (Філонюк) @deelibris]

Tomorrow is the screening of Наша Пісня in Melbourne - a short poetic film feat. songs performed by the Ukrainian Choir of Melbourne, which I had a small role as copy editor. I will be speaking at tomorrow's free event prior to the screening. More info: https://t.co/HmFhweyrbK

[Ukrainian Art History @ukr_arthistory]

Before Easter, Ukrainians have a tradition of painting eggs – pysanky. In different regions, they have specific ornaments and colors. Here you can see women from the village of Targan, Kyiv region. So you can see typical embroidery, pysanka, and painted walls for the Kyiv region.

[Deanna Ramsey (Філонюк) @deelibris]

Aotearoa 💙🤍💗

[Deanna Ramsey (Філонюк) @deelibris]

Sharing this incredible and beautiful website from @UA_Institute that highlights female artists and intellectuals from Ukraine's Sixtiers [Shistdesiatnyky] movement. The design alone keeps me coming back: https://t.co/kcqsJYqIBL

[Deanna Ramsey (Філонюк) @deelibris]

Thanks to @BibSocAmer event I enjoyed learning about 'disguised prints' under Soviet rule. Inside 'Materials ... of the Communist Party of Ukraine' are pages written by someone from the Ukrainian diaspora, writing about Ukraine and calling to fight for Ukrainian independence.

[The Bibliographical Society of America @BibSocAmer]

Did you miss last week's session on collecting at the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine? The YouTube recording of the talk, interpreted from Ukrainian into English, is now live!
https://t.co/maYxYqMGdN

[Uilleam Blacker 🇺🇦 @BlackerUilleam]

On #InternationalWomensDay, who better to turn to than Lesya Ukrainka, feminist & unknown genius of modern European theatre?
Read new translations by @daisy_gibbons_, Nina Murray & others & an essay by @OKhromeychuk & @sasha_weirdsley in @ukrlondonreview https://t.co/qPA1bEE1kP

[Katie Shoshiashvili @KShoshiashvili]

Woman holding an EU flag facing water cannon by herself. Happening now in #Tbilisi. Georgian people are out in the streets to defend the country’s European future amid ruling party’s adoption of Russian foreign agent law.

Georgia’s future will be European. #NoToRussianLaw

[Deanna Ramsey (Філонюк) @deelibris]

For #IWD2023 I would like to shout out Ada Phyllis Booth (1921-2008), a physicist and lecturer at Melbourne University, a lover languages and Slavic literature, and whose generous benefaction funds my role and the wonderful, growing Slavic Collection @monashunilib. Thank you Ada!

[Deanna Ramsey (Філонюк) @deelibris]

https://t.co/R8YVKsh48G

[Deanna Ramsey (Філонюк) @deelibris]

Walking with the Librarians float @sydneymardigras coinciding with one year of Russia’s total war in Ukraine, the sentiment wasn’t lost on me. It was incredible being amid by so much celebration & love especially at a time where laws targeting LGBTQI+ communities are at large 👇

[Deanna Ramsey (Філонюк) @deelibris]

In December ‘22, Russia expanded its 2013 “gay propaganda” laws making it illegal to promote & publicly suggest same-sex relationships are "normal”. As we celebrate #WorldPride we must acknowledge that many individuals still face persecution, alienation & displacement.🔎“Gayropa”

[Monash University Library @monashunilib]

🌈 So much #pride to see our very own @deelibris joining 60 people from around Aus in the Librarians float @sydneymardigras
🎉 Genius choreography to #Bjork remix of 'It's oh so quiet' provoked huge roars of joy from crowd.
👏 👏 👏 sponsor @ALIANational + lead @ALIARainbow

[Deanna Ramsey (Філонюк) @deelibris]

@KayeESullivan @A_M_Holloway @monashunilib *Kaye (my phone autocorrected to Kate 🙃)

[Deanna Ramsey (Філонюк) @deelibris]

It’s a privilege to manage @monashunilib Slavic Collection & continue to grow our extensive Ukrainian resources. It’s so important to continue promoting and elevating Ukrainian voices & experiences which echo a long history of resilience, hope & that 🇺🇦spirit. Слава Україні! 💛💙

[Monash University Library @monashunilib]

Today marks the one-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here we share contemporary voices from our Ukrainian collection.
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[Deanna Ramsey (Філонюк) @deelibris]

@KayeESullivan @A_M_Holloway @monashunilib Thank you Kate! That means a lot 💛💙

[Deanna Ramsey (Філонюк) @deelibris]

@Jomercoe Thank you for sharing 💛💙

[Deanna Ramsey (Філонюк) @deelibris]

In other news, today I discovered that I don’t know how to do a Twitter thread and feel like I have done my generation a deep disservice 🥲

[Deanna Ramsey (Філонюк) @deelibris]

“Glorifying Ukrainian resilience without understanding its roots is another form of misunderstanding the country and its people. The root of that resilience is the intolerance of imperialist oppression, both historic and recent.”

[Deanna Ramsey (Філонюк) @deelibris]

It was such a privilege to hear @OKhromeychuk speak @UniMelb Thank you for articulating so many thoughts that I’ve been ruminating on. Olesya’s article is a valuable read as we approach the start of semester and think about future discourse around Ukraine https://t.co/YJHSDgQXXS

[Deanna Ramsey (Філонюк) @deelibris]

Below are quotes I want to highlight from the article “Where is Ukraine” but firstly I want to paraphrasing a point that Olesya made: people can be anti-war but not pro Ukrainian, just as many Soviet dissidents were critical of the regime, but not not pro Ukrainian independence