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UCLSELCS @uclselcs.bsky.social · Feb 8

Funding for postgraduate study at UCL. Have a look at our wide range of Masters programmes incl. #ModernLanguages, #ComparativeLiterature, #FilmStudies, #EuropeanStudies, #GenderStudies, and more:

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UCL Masters Bursary

The UCL Master Bursary aims to enable and encourage those from lower income backgrounds to pursue a full-time or part-time Master's degree studies at UCL.

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UCL Dutch @ucldutch.bsky.social · Dec 6

What a joy! A full house at koffie-uurtje today for our Sinterklaas celebrations. All students had written poems for each other, including the beginners after only 8 weeks of Dutch. Very impressed. 🤩 @uclselcs.bsky.social

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UCLSELCS @uclselcs.bsky.social · Dec 5

We are happy to announce a new bursary scheme for postgraduate Dutch Studies @ucldutch.bsky.social, made possible by our friends and partners from the Anglo-Netherlands Society (ANS): www.ucl.ac.uk/european-lan...

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UCLSELCS @uclselcs.bsky.social · Nov 29

Don't miss our second inaugural lecture this year: professor Haki Antonsson on 'The Beginning of Njáls Saga: Or the Attractions of Opposites', 6 December, 5:30pm www.ucl.ac.uk/european-lan...

The Beginning of Njáls Saga: Or the Attractions of Opposites.

Professor Haki Antonsson’s Inaugural lecture: The Attractions of Opposites. This event is free and open to all.

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UCLSELCS @uclselcs.bsky.social · Nov 21

Before tomorrow's Inaugural Lecture, lets spend
60 seconds with ... Professor Claire Thomson | SELCS - UCL – University College London www.ucl.ac.uk/european-lan...
Grab your free tickets in the link above

60 seconds with... Professor Claire Thomson

Professor Claire Thomson reflects on her research as she prepares to give her Professorial Inaugural Lecture on Public health films in mid-century Scandinavia, at UCL on 22 November 2023...

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Lesley Pitman @lesleypitman.bsky.social · Nov 20

If you use your British Library password elsewhere, now would be a good time to stop doing that.

Lesley Pitman @lesleypitman.bsky.social · Nov 20

British Library data now apparently up for sale to the highest bidder. This screenshot now circulating in the other place.

A screenshot from a ransomware site, showing an opportunity to bid for BL data. Price, 20 BTC. 6 days remaining to bid.

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UCLSELCS @uclselcs.bsky.social · Nov 18

We are one week away from our first Inaugural of the year - Register here for your free Tickets!
Cigarettes & alkohol: Public health films in mid-century Scandinavia | SELCS - UCL – University College London

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By Professor Claire Thomson

Cigarettes & alkohol: Public health films in mid-century Scandinavia

Assessing the imaginative strategies used by filmmakers to capture audiences, Professor Claire Thomson's inaugural lecture is free and open to all.

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UCLSELCS @uclselcs.bsky.social · Nov 18

Save the date for January's Inaugural Lecture (17 Jan, 6pm)
On Literary Taste | SELCS - UCL – University College London
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By Professor Patrick Bray

On Literary Taste

What pleasure do we get from reading literature? Should we study literary taste? Does our taste in literature provide us with useful knowledge?

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UCLSELCS @uclselcs.bsky.social · Nov 18

Save the date for January's Inaugural Lecture (17 Jan, 6pm)
On Literary Taste | SELCS - UCL – University College London
www.ucl.ac.uk/european-lan...

By Professor Patrick Bray

On Literary Taste

What pleasure do we get from reading literature? Should we study literary taste? Does our taste in literature provide us with useful knowledge?

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies @uclhjs.bsky.social · Nov 6

A letter of support from Jewish staff to Jewish students at UCL

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Letter of support for Jewish students

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