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Southeast Europe @ UCL SSEES @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social · 1d

SUPPORT FOR PhD STUDENTS!
The link leads to a variety of programmes to support people wanting to do doctoral research at SSEES including the NEW (!!!!!) Nash programme offering 3 YEARS of support for doctoral RESEARCH IN ALBANIAN STUDIES!!!!!
Applications by 16 January

www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

UCL SSEES PhD Funding Opportunities

View our current PhD Funding Opportunities at SSEES.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 7d

🔊 Submissions now open: South-East European Studies Fellowship!

The fellowship is awarded to PhD students from the territories of the former Yugoslavia, with special emphasis on those areas of SEE which do not benefit from existing schemes at SSEES.

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Submissions Open: South-East European Studies Fellowship

The fellowship is awarded to PhD students from the territories of the former Yugoslavia, with special emphasis on those areas of SEE which do not benefit from existing schemes / opportunities at SSEES

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 9d

🔊 One week until this event with Prof. Theodora Dragostinova, who will examine the case of adopted and fostered refugee children in the Balkan borderlands.

Co-sponsored by @criticalchildhood.bsky.social

🗓️6 October at 5pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Event poster for '“Like My Own”: Adopting Displaced Children after the Great War' with a collage of photos from the Bulgarian state archives

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Southeast Europe @ UCL SSEES @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social · 14d

10 October at 16h, Prof Vjeran Pavlaković (U of Rijeka), "Pop Culture and Memory Politics in the Former Yugoslavia." The event is free and open to everyone, please register at the link.
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Pop Culture and Memory Politics in the Former Yugoslavia

A SSEES Southeast European studies seminar with Prof. Vjeran Pavlaković

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ASEEES Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies @aseees.bsky.social · 16d

Stephen E. Hanson writes, "The Fate of Regional Studies under Patrimonial Rule" assessing the impact of recent political changes on regional studies for the September Issue of NewsNet.
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The Fate of Regional Studies under Patrimonial Rule | Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies

This crisis is qualitatively different from any we have faced as scholars since the invention of modern area studies associations in the aftermath of World War II...

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Southeast Europe @ UCL SSEES @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social · 16d

Fellowships up to 6 months, “Youth agency in the Balkans: New political imaginaries and eco-digital futures.” Application deadline 3 October.
recas.info/news/fellows...

Current calls – RECAS

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 16d

🎉 Congratulations to Dr Jessie Barton Hronešová, who has won the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Article Prize for her article “The uses of victimhood as a hegemonic meta-narrative in eastern Europe".

www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

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Dr Jessie Barton Hronešová wins the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Article Prize

The prize was awarded for an outstanding English-language research article in the social sciences by a junior scholar published in a peer-reviewed journal

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Southeast Europe @ UCL SSEES @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social · 19d

Our first event of the new season!
6 October, 1700h, Prof Theodora Dragostinova 'examines the case of adopted and fostered refugee children in the Balkan borderlands to unpack what treating a child “like my own” meant during the fluid transition from war to peace.'

www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

“Like My Own”: Adopting Displaced Children after the Great War

A SSEES Southeast European studies seminar with Prof. Theodora Dragostinova

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Leibniz-Institut für Ost- & Südosteuropaforschung @leibniz-ios.de · 22d

Exploring overlooked Holocaust history in #Croatia: The Davis Center at Harvard offers a 6-part webinar series on "The #Holocaust in Southeastern Europe". With @katarina-damcevic.bsky.social (IOS) & other experts, examining regional complexities missing from broader narratives.
📅 Start: 27 Sep ⬇️

Curriculum-Writing Fellowship: The Holocaust in Southeastern Europe

Explore the overlooked history of the Holocaust in Croatia through a free online curriculum-writing fellowship for K-14.

daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu

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Eric Gordy @ericgordy.bsky.social · Sep 8

An exhibit on the history of workers' self-management, for people who are around (Bg, Zg, NS).
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Istorija jugoslovenskog radničkog samoupravljanja

Izložba posvećena istoriji jugoslovenskog radničkog samoupravljanja povodom 75 godina od njegovog uvođenja. Arhivska građa i kritički uvidi otkrivaju složenost ovog sistema i njegovo nasleđe.

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · Jul 1

👏Thrilled to share the news about successful academic promotions for 2024-25!

Please join us in congratulating our colleagues:
▪️Prof. Bojan Aleksov
▪️Prof. Randolph Luca Bruno
▪️Prof. Elodie Douarin
▪️Prof. Peter Zusi
▪️Prof. Svetlana McMillin
▪️Dr Idil Uz Akdogan

➡️See the full list: bit.ly/4kiO5th

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Southeast Europe @ UCL SSEES @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social · Jun 5

Coming up at SSEES -- free and open to the public, registration (at the link) is required.
www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events....

PIMs Annual Research Conference: Spaces of Victimhood in Eastern Europe

The conference Spaces of Victimhood explores how memories of oppression, dislocation, marginalisation, economic exploitation and trauma shape identities and a sense of belonging to a place in Central,...

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Southeast Europe @ UCL SSEES @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social · May 28

Project launch 10 June at the Bosnia and Herzegovina Centre in Derby: “Connecting Solidarities”
bosniancentre.org/2785-2/

CONNECTING SOLIDARITIES – New Research Project

The Derby Bosnia-Herzegovina Community Association (DBHCA) is glad to announce its partnership with the University of Derby on an exciting new research project: “CONNECTING SOLIDARITIES – An explorati...

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Southeast Europe @ UCL SSEES @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social · May 21

A special issue of “Balkanologie” -- “The taste of the Balkans,” history, anthropology, and sociology of Balkan cuisines. journals.openedition.org/balkanologie...

Balkanologie - Revue d'études pluridisciplinaires

Revue française d'études pluridisciplinaires sur les Balkans couvrant la période du Moyen Âge à nos jours. A French journal dedicated to the Balkans from the Middle Ages to the present, in a multid...

journals.openedition.org

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Southeast Europe @ UCL SSEES @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social · May 11

This Weds at 5:00 @ SSEES, Adelina Stefan, "Vacationing in Dictatorships: International Tourism in Socialist Romania and Franco’s Spain." All are welcome, register at the link.

www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...

Vacationing in Dictatorships: International Tourism in Socialist Romania and Franco’s Spain

A SSEES Southeast European studies seminar with Adelina Stefan

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Dimitra Gkitsa @dimitragkitsa.bsky.social · Feb 12

First post here to share an exiting event happening tomorrow! Ways of Commoning: The case of Lumbardhi Cinema in Prizren, Kosovo, with invited speaker Ares Shporta, will examine community organising and bottom-up approaches to cultural policy & institution building. Sign up using the link below:

Material Interests Ways of Commoning The Case of Lumbardhi Cinema in Prizren | Winchester School of Art | University of Southampton

Speakers: Ares Shporta (cultural worker & co-founding director of Lumbardhi Foundation) and Dr Dimitra Gkitsa (Lecturer in Curating & Cultural Leadership at the Department of Art & Media Technology, Winchester School of Art)

www.southampton.ac.uk

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Southeast Europe @ UCL SSEES @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social · Feb 3

Our friends at Goldsmiths are hosting a discussion on the student protests in Serbia: Monday at 5:30, reserve your place at the link.
www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

Revolution Won't Be Reported: Student Protests in Serbia

Panel discussion about the current, anti-government, student-led protest in Serbia and why the UK media are not reporting the event

www.gold.ac.uk

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Southeast Europe @ UCL SSEES @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social · Jan 25

Let's welcome our colleagues at Maastricht to Blueski! Give a follow to @umceehub.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Ramona Gonczol (PROLang) @ramonagonczol.bsky.social · Jan 12

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · Jan 10

We are pleased to invite you to the next #PROLang event on researching Albanology.

🗓️ 21 January at 4pm
📍 In-person and online
➡️ buff.ly/3C13Vc2

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · Dec 18

The SSEES-led Platform for Linguistic and Epistemic Justice (PLEJ) has available project grants to award current UCL students for fieldwork or project costs. Apply by 31 Jan 2025: www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/resear...

Platform for Linguistic and Epistemic Justice (PLEJ) Project Grant

The PLEJ grant is funded by the PLEJ research centre of the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Southeast Europe @ UCL SSEES @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social · Dec 12

CfP for May conference in Cluj. Abstracts by 15 January.
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Deadline for abstract submission: 31 December, 2024Conference Dates: 19 - 23 May, 2025 This is the third edition of the ‘Capitalist Transformations’ conference, an academic event that aims to create a...

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · Dec 9

📢Applications are open: bit.ly/4iuMRM2

We invite current PhD students from eastern, central or southeastern Europe who wish to spend a term at SSEES to apply for the Bracewell Scholarship. The award will cover the tuition fee costs for one term, plus a living cost stipend.

Deadline: 31 March 2025

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · Dec 3

We're excited to announce a new short language course aimed at Albanian heritage speakers; available for January 2025. But hurry, enrolment closes 31 December! www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/news/2...

NEW Language Short Course: Albanian for heritage speakers

A new Albanian level for heritage speakers has been added to the SSEES language short courses for January 2025.

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BISA South East Europe @bisasee.bsky.social · Nov 26

📖Virtual BOOK LAUNCH
🕑05 December 5 pm (UK time)

Together with @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social we co-host a virtual launch, 'Feminist Encounters in Making the State of Kosovo' co-edited by @vjosamusliu.bsky.social and Itziar Mujika Chao.

More info and registration: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...

Feminist encounters in statebuilding: The role of women in making the state in Kosovo- South East Europe (SEE) | BISA

- South East Europe (SEE) Working Group

www.bisa.ac.uk

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Southeast Europe @ UCL SSEES @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social · Nov 1

Online (Zoom) seminar at SSEES, 6 November at 1800h (BST): Dženita Karić, Bosnian Hajj Literature. Free and open to all, register at the link. ucl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Book talk: Bosnian Hajj Literature. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

This is the first critical and theoretically grounded book-length study of Hajj literature (written texts about the experience of the Hajj) and Hajj practices of Bosnian Muslims. It redefines the ways...

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