Gražina Bielousova is a feminist scholar of race, religion, and gender in post-Soviet Europe. She earned her PhD from Duke University in 2022. Currently, she is a postdoctoral scholar at Vilnius University’s Institute of International Relations and Political Science and a researcher at Vytautas Magnus University. Her current research project focuses on leftist feminisms in Eastern Europe in light of Russia’s war against Ukraine, which will culminate in her first book, What’s Left of Feminism in East Europe (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026).