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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 8h

What is ‘Central Europe’? Please join us for this event with
@ljukic.bsky.social, who will disentangle the enigma of Central Europe through its birth, death and rebirth.

🗓️ 14 October at 6pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

@hurstpublishers.bsky.social
@annakoch.bsky.social

Event poster for 'Central Europe The Death of a Civilization and the Life of an Idea' with an image of the book cover.

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 10h

👏Congratulations to George Apostolakis on passing his PhD viva with minor corrections!

🎓His thesis focused on openness in innovation systems, showing how institutions, technologies, and firms interact to shape collaboration and innovation outcomes.

Read more: bit.ly/48m6xz4

UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 11h

📢 SSEES PhD applications are open!

🎓We offer research supervision in all our disciplinary areas: Economics & Business; Politics & Sociology; Languages, Literature & Culture; and History.

👩‍🎓Apply now to join our vibrant research community!

➡️More info on funding & deadlines: bit.ly/47cMfqu

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Uilleam Blacker @uilleamblacker.bsky.social · 1d

Thrilled that my colleague Marta Jenkala has won the Hvylia/Dalga award for promoting Ukrainian language abroad from
the state Ukrainian Institute. Marta taught Ukrainian at @uclssees.bsky.social and @camukrainistyka.bsky.social, and led @ukrinstitute.bsky.social.
ui.org.ua/en/news-en/h...

Winners of the Hvylya / Dalğa Prize for the promotion of the Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar languages honored in Ukraine

Winners of the Hvylya / Dalğa Prize for the promotion of the Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar languages honored in Ukraine For the first time, the Ukrainian Institute recognized activists who have made sig...

ui.org.ua

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 1d

What are the implications of AI for literary translation?

Please join us for this panel discussion co-hosted by @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social and the British-Croatian Society to find out more.

🗓️ 30 October at 6pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Event poster for 'What are the implications of AI for literary translation?' with an image of an open book.

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 1d

🔊 This Thursday!

We have just released some additional in-person tickets for this #SSEESing roundtable event on the implications of the Czech parliamentary elections.

🗓️ 9 October at 6pm
📍 UCL SSEES & online
➡️ buff.ly/OQPDKzV

Event poster for 'Democracy at a crossroads? The Czech parliamentary elections and their implications' with an image of a person voting and the Czech flag.

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 2d

We are pleased to invite you to the book launch of 'Global Responses to Population Ageing: Populism, Pronatalism, and the Politics of Care' @uclpress.bsky.social by Dr Anna Shadrina.

🗓️ 29 October at 6.30pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Event poster for 'Global Responses to Population Ageing: Populism, Pronatalism, and the Politics of Care' with an image of the book cover.

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 2d

Please join us for a discussion with Dr Svitlana Biedarieva, who will focus on her notion of “ambicoloniality”, unpacking its significance to interdisciplinary area studies research.

Co-hosted by @uclamericas.bsky.social

🗓️ 17 October at 5pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Researching Ambicoloniality: Theory, Method, Positionality

A special session of the PhD Forum on Critical Area Studies and PPV; with Dr Svitlana Biedarieva, author of Ambicoloniality and War

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 2d

🔊 There's still time to register for today's event!

Free and open to all: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

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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UCL Arts & Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 5d

UCL Lunch Hour Lecture | How do our brains learn languages? | 16 Oct

Join this lecture where Dr. Natalia V. Parker (UCL SSEES) will examine language learning through the eyes of cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics

Book your free place now: buff.ly/bHfYXqQ

@uclssees.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 6d

Hi Andrew, this will be an in-person event only.

UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 6d

What is ‘Central Europe’? Where do its borders lie? Does it even exist? Please join us for this Study of Central Europe seminar with @ljukic.bsky.social to find out more.

🗓️ 14 October at 6pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

@annakoch.bsky.social

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 6d

🔊 We still have a few in-person tickets left for this #SSEESing roundtable event on the implications of the Czech parliamentary elections. Get yours now!

🗓️ 9 October at 6pm
➡️ buff.ly/OQPDKzV

UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 6d

🔊 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.

buff.ly/vH9y5Tc

@seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social

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 European Institute @uclei.bsky.social · 6d

🎙️ Tune in to the latest episode of The Ukraine Shelf podcast where @oliahercules.bsky.social and Felicity Spector speak with @uilleamblacker.bsky.social and @okhromeychuk.bsky.social on all things food!

☁️ soundcloud.com/european-ins...
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6HZ...

#Europe #TheUkraineShelf

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 8d

Can pop culture in the former #Yugoslavia open space for alternative narratives, pluralistic memory, and reconciliation? Join us for this @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social seminar with Prof. Vjeran Pavlaković to find out more.

🗓️ 10 October at 4pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Event poster for 'The Fascist Genie is Out of the Bottle: Pop Culture and Memory Politics in the Former Yugoslavia' with an image of a cassette tape against the Yugoslavian flag.

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 8d

Please join us for this #PROLang seminar with Mojca M. Hočevar, who will discuss the challenges of compiling, editing, and publishing English-Slovenian dictionaries.

🗓️ 21 October at 6pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Event poster for 'English-Slovenian Dictionaries: From Print Volumes to Digital Platforms' with an image of English-Slovenian dictionaries.

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Luka Ivan Jukic @ljukic.bsky.social · 8d

🚨Attention Londoners!

In precisely two weeks I will be giving a talk at @uclssees.bsky.social on
the great historiographical challenge of writing Central European history.

It is free and open to the public and will be followed by a wine reception so please do join if you’re interested!

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 9d

🔊 Tomorrow!

There's still time to register for the opening workshop of the 9th London Georgian Film Festival.

UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 13d

🎬 Please join us for the opening workshop of the 9th London Georgian Film Festival with Nana Ekvtimishvili and Marika Khundadze.

Supported by the Georgian Film Institute and Life Through Cinema.

🗓️ 30 September at 6.30pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Event poster for 'London Georgian Film Festival Workshop' with a still from 'Crocodile Tears'.

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...

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Uilleam Blacker @uilleamblacker.bsky.social · 9d

I spoke to the @telegraphnews.bsky.social Ukraine: The Latest podcast about Babyn Yar and Holocaust memory in Ukraine. Thank you @adeliepjz.bsky.social and the much-missed David Knowles for the invitation and for your excellent reporting from Kyiv in this episode. podcasts.apple.com/gr/podcast/g...

Gas shortages ‘finally’ hit Moscow as Kyiv intensifies strikes on refineries & David Knowles on the largest Nazi massacre in Ukraine

Podcast Episode · Ukraine: The Latest · 26/09/2025 · 55m

podcasts.apple.com

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 9d

Please join us for the book launch of 'Mirdja: A Decadent New Woman' by L. Onerva, translated by Eva Buchwald with an introduction by Viola Parente-Čapková.

🗓️ 23 October at 6pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ Free and open to all: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

@themhra.bsky.social

Event poster for 'Mirdja: A Decadent New Woman' with a painting titled 'After breakfast' by Elin Danielson-Gambogi, 1890.

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vkulikov.bsky.social @vkulikov.bsky.social · 12d

For those in London on 17 Nov 2025: please join us for a book talk at @uclssees.bsky.social. @eglerin.bsky.social and @robertsuits.bsky.social have read the book and will share their comments. Register here: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia’s Fossil Economy

A Rethinking Eastern Europe and Eurasia seminar with Katja Bruisch, Eglė Rindzevičiūtė and Robert Suits

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 12d

🔊 Join us for a third edition of the annual Václav Havel European Dialogues, a global series of discussions inspired by Havel’s enduring legacy.

Co-organised by the Czech Centre London, SSEES and PIMs.

🗓️ 22 October at 5pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Event poster for 'Václav Havel European Dialogues' with a photo of Vaclav Havel.

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UCL Arts & Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 12d

If you could go back, what would you tell your first-year self? 💡

Our students and graduates share the advice they wish they’d had when starting university.

Watch the video to hear more! buff.ly/usvBqf7
@uclhjs.bsky.social @uclselcs.bsky.social @uclssees.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

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