UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies
@uclssees
UCL's School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) is the UK’s largest national centre for research and teaching on Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, the Baltics, the Caucasus and Central Asia. www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees
🎭 Discover the works of Croatian Renaissance playwright Marin Držić at the Bloomsbury Theatre on 8 October 2026. Join us for live rehearsed readings and a rare chance to experience the wit and satire of one of Europe’s finest playwrights. 🎟️ Get your early bird ticket now! buff.ly/tTZBGBF
Congratulations to @elodiedouarin.bsky.social, Professor of Economics and Society, who has been named 'Reviewer of the year" from the editors of the Journal of Institutional Economics. This recognises Prof Douarin's outstanding service over the past year: winir.org/reviewer-of-...
🎉 We are delighted to share the news about successful academic promotions for 2025-26! Please join us in congratulating our colleagues! www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit... @pbukowski.bsky.social @artshumsucl.bsky.social
🎙️ PLEJ Podcast: Episode 3! In this episode, PhD candidate Cecilia Berti provides an overview of her research which aims to critically understand the discourse of key women in right-wing political parties: Giorgia Meloni, Marine Le Pen, Alice Weidel and Frauke Petry. 🎧 Listen now: buff.ly/kog1Tld
🎉 Congratulations to Malika Toqmadi who successfully passed her PhD viva! Malika's thesis examines the Bolashak International Scholarship Programme as a mechanism of elite formation and nation-building in post-Soviet #Kazakhstan. www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit... @artshumsucl.bsky.social
🎉 Congratulations to @ramonagonczol.bsky.social, a recognised advocate for Romanian language education and bilingualism, whose expertise features in ACORDUK’s landmark report on the Romanian diaspora, launched at the UK Parliament. ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit... @artshumsucl.bsky.social
🔊 We are pleased to announce that we will be expanding our heritage language course provision from October 2026, with new courses in Bulgarian and Romanian offered alongside our existing Albanian course. ➡️ Find out more: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit... @artshumsucl.bsky.social
🎉 Congratulations to Saffy Mirghani on passing her PhD viva with minor corrections! Saffy’s thesis, entitled “I Am A[n Extraordinary] Man: The Intimate Suffering of Russianness and Blackness”, examines Fyodor Dostoevsky’s influence on 20th century African American literature. buff.ly/2lpVQQ0
Congratulations to Dr Ella Rossman on winning 2025 Arts and Humanities Quirk PhD Prize! Ella completed her PhD thesis at UCL SSEES in 2025. She is currently working on a new project at the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO). More info: bit.ly/4wjp080
How do museums shape our cultural memory? Join us this Friday as we explore the connections between heritage, language, culture, and collective memory. Only a few tickets left! 🗓️ 26 June at 6pm 📍 Embassy of Albania ➡️ Register here: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
🔊 Tomorrow! Join us for the book launch of Riikka Pulkkinen's 'Enchantment' - a spellbinding literary mystery that explores the uneasy terrain of girlhood, where one is always being watched, shaped, and judged by others. 🗓️ 23 June at 5pm 📍 SSEES ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
🗞️ We are delighted to announce that the Spring 2026 edition of our postgraduate journal SLOVO is now out! Keen to find out more? Join us for an in-person launch event with Prof. Mark Galeotti on 07 July. More info soon! Read the latest issue: student-journals.ucl.ac.uk/slovo/issue/...
Join us for the book launch of Riikka Pulkkinen's 'Enchantment' on literary representations of girlhood, the gaze of the camera in art & the challenges of translating fragmented and metafictional narratives. Chaired by Dr Riitta-Liisa Valijarvi 🗓️ 23 June at 5.00-6.30pm 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ bit.ly/4foyYQm
Join this year's annual conference of the Places Identities and Memories (PIMs) Research Centre for a multidisciplinary approach to understanding how spatial, regional and urban-rural differences affect economic, political and social outcomes. 🗓️ 15-16 June 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ bit.ly/4fV7mlX
✨SSEES language staff and students at the UK Parliament Dr Yordanka Velkova marked 24 May, The Day of Cyril and Methodius, the Bulgarian Alphabet, Education and Culture, and Slavonic Literature, with a talk on the Cyrillic alphabet and the Bulgarian language at the House of Commons: bit.ly/4fS1Ct4
Last chance to register for tomorrow's @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social event, which will bring together the latest work from Slovenian author, Miha Mazzini and the late Croatian author, Daša Drndić. @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social 🗓️ 27 May at 6pm BST 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
🔊 PIMs Annual Conference II: Urban elites, rural margins? Comparative perspectives on urban-rural divisions from post-socialist Europe and Latin America Keynote: @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social 🗓️ 15-16 June 2026 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ Find out more: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
🎉 Congratulations to @ramonagonczol.bsky.social and colleagues who have been recognised for their outreach work with languages in schools in the UCL Widening Participation & Student Success Community of Practice Awards 2026. www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit... @artshumsucl.bsky.social
🎼 What impact did Ukrainian composers have on American modernism? Join us for a conversation with Dr Leah Batstone to hear more about Ukrainian musical modernism. 🗓️ 26 May at 6pm BST 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit... @uilleamblacker.bsky.social @artshumsucl.bsky.social
🔊 One week until Prof. @allansikk.bsky.social's Inaugural Lecture 'All Tomorrow’s Parties: What Central and Eastern Europe Teaches Us About Party Politics'. Free and open to all! 🗓️ 13 May at 6pm BST 📍 Gustave Tuck LT ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
UCL SSEES Associate Professor Ramona Gonczol spoke at the UK Parliament on introducing an optional GCSE in Romanian, highlighting the importance of heritage languages for identity and wellbeing. She also discussed the campaign and Romanian language provision in a Euronews Romania interview.
What was the role of postcards in tourism in socialist Romania? Join us for this online #PROLang seminar and bring your own postcard to share! 🗓️ 5 May at 5pm BST 📍 Online ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit... @ramonagonczol.bsky.social
🔊 Last chance to apply! The Bracewell Travelling Scholarship is funded by a gift from SSEES Emeritus Professor of History Wendy Bracewell, whose research examines South Slav history, and travel writing in eastern Europe. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 April ➡️ Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
What can Central and Eastern Europe teach us about party politics? Join us for Prof. @allansikk.bsky.social's Inaugural Lecture to find out more. 🗓️ 13 May at 6pm BST 📍 Gustave Tuck 🗓️ Free and open to all: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Thrilled to announce our Undergraduate Virtual Open Event: Languages at UCL! Join us to hear from our staff in the School of European Languages, Culture and Society (SELCS) & the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES). 📅13 May 📍Online via Zoom ➡️Register: bit.ly/4u3VZfy
🔊We have just released some additional tickets due to high demand! Join us to celebrate the launch of 'Russian Pendulum' (@uclpress.bsky.social) by Prof. Alena Ledeneva. 🗓️ 30 April at 6pm 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ Free and open to all: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
A turning point for #Hungary? Please join us for this SSEESing roundtable that will provide timely analysis of the results and their potential impacts drawing on a range of academic and policy expertise. 🗓️ 20 April at 6pm 📍 In person and online ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
'From Fidesz to Tisza: A Turning Point in Hungarian Politics' - Zsofi Stavri and Jessie Barton Hronesova, in Budapest and Szeged, comment on the 12 April elections for the SSEES Research Blog: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/2026/0...
Job vacancy: Alexander Nash Fellowship in Albanian Studies The postholder will be appointed for two years to undertake an independent programme of research in Albanian Studies. 💼 Full time, fixed-term 🗓️ Closing date: 30 April 2026 💬 Interviews: 26 May 2026 ➡️ Apply now: buff.ly/hs3NHH8