In this episode, Belarusian journalist and political analyst Hanna Liubakova reflects on what it means to live and work in exile. She recalls the closing of her Belarusian-language high school, her trial in absentia, and the path that led her to journalism. Now in residence at Reid Hall, she speaks about her book project, Exiled Voice: Preserving Belarus’s Story (Bloomsbury Academic).

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Host: Marie Doezema

Production: Marie Doezema, James Allen, Charlotte Force, and Anthony Valette

Editing: Theo Albaric

Music: Lili Boulanger’s Nocturne performed by Magdalena Baczewska and Sasha He

With thanks to the Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Centre in Paris

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