🔊 Bracewell Travelling Scholarship!
The 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...
A bright coral red graphic with black and white Yugoslavian stamps accross the bottom. Text in the centre reads Cold War Socialism, Non-Alignment and Anti-Colonialism in the Yugoslav Press, 1961 - 1979. With University of Exeter. Uncover fresh insights into Cold War socialism and anti-colonialism from a Yugoslav perspective, centering on the largely unexamined Joint Translation Service (JTS) bulletins. Deadline Tuesday 5 May.
Applications now open for a fully-funded PhD studentship exploring Yugoslavia’s multifaceted role during the Cold War, co-supervised with @exeter.ac.uk .
This is one of a number of studentships available as part of AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme.
Find out more: link.bl.uk/q95
Our much missed @uclssees colleague Pete Duncan remembered in The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Event poster for 'Russian Pendulum: Paradoxes, Practices and Patterns' with an image of the book cover.
🔊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 wall-mounted water fountain on the Lower Ground Floor of SSEES Library.
As the weather warms up, choose the sustainable way to stay hydrated. You can find our water fountain on the Lower Ground Floor of the Library. ⛲💧♻️ #Sustainability #GreenImpact #SustainableUCL
A book display at UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies Library. Ten volumes arranged on a stand. The featured books are: A Kingdom and a Village: A One-Thousand-Year History of Moscow, by Simon Morrison; Violence and Occupation: The Red Army in the Balkans and Central Europe, 1944–1945, by Vojin Majstorović; Marshal Piłsudski and his Wars for Polish Freedom: Poland's Conflicts with Ukraine, Lithuania and Soviet Russia, by Evan McGilvray; The Siege of Mariupol: The Azovstal Steel Plant and Ukraine’s Battle for Survival, by Christopher A Lawrence and Stefan Korshak; Imperfect Equilibrium: Civil–Military Relations in Russian Defense Policymaking, by Kirill Shamiev; David and Goliath: Commentaries on the Russo-Ukrainian War, by Serhii Plokhy; Cinema of Sincerity: Soviet Films and Culture During the Thaw, by Viktoria Paranyuk; The Death of Trotsky: The True Story of the Plot to Kill Stalin’s Greatest Enemy, by Josh Ireland; Negotiating Identity and Collective Memory in Czech Silesia: Negotiating German Past and Czech Present, by Johana Wyss; Concepts of Politics in Modern Hungarian Thought, by Ferenc Hörcher.
There are lots of interesting topics to explore in our #NewBooks display this week. 📚📚📚😊
On Yom ha-Shoah, the Jewish Holocaust Remembrance Day, we're highlighting some resources on the #Holocaust in @ucllibraries.bsky.social. General books on the Holocaust can be found in the Main Library at HEBREW A 130-149 and HISTORY 44 F
View of Buda Castle from the opposite bank of the Danube. In the foreground is the Chain-bridge. Image by Ivanhoe. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported and available from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Budapest_Buda_Castle_by_night.jpg
What happens when a political era defined by right wing populism comes to an end?
Hungary has reached a pivotal moment. Viktor Orbán has conceded defeat after 16 years in power, with Péter Magyar’s Tisza party winning a two thirds majority according to independent reporting.
Cold War Socialism, Non-Alignment and Anti-Colonialism in the Yugoslav Press, 1961-1979 with @exeter.ac.uk. Applications open soon. link.bl.uk/q95
Four PhD studentships are now open for applications. As part of AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Scheme, these studentships are co-supervised by Library staff and academics based at UK universities.
Find out more about the projects 😃
The front cover of Slavonic & East European Review, volume 103, Number 4
🔉The latest Slavonic & East European Review, edited by
@uclssees.bsky.social, is out!
👉 www.mhra.org.uk/publications...
Articleson literature and history, plus the usual book reviews 📚
Via @projectmuse.bsky.social
👉 muse.jhu.edu/issue/56599
We would like to wish you all a good Easter Break. Find out more about library opening hours and access to online resources here: www.ucl.ac.uk/library/news...
A book display at UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies Library. Eight volumes arranged on a stand. The featured books are: A Handbook on Post-1956 Hungarian Refugee Relief, edited by Gusztáv D. Kecskés and Tamás Scheibner; Women in Romania's First World War, by by Alin Ciupalã; Rasputin: And the Downfall of the Romanovs, by Antony Beevor; Bukovina: The Life and Death of an East European Borderland, by Cristina Florea; The Making of Cossack Ukraine: Early-Modern Political Thought, Culture, and Identity Formation, 1569-1714; The Cinema of Agnieszka Holland: Anger and Ethics, by Agnieszka Piotrowska; My Family and Other Enemies: Life and travels in Croatia's Hinterland, by Mary Novakovich; Volga Blues: A Journey Into the Heart of Russia, by Marzio G Mian
It's not too late to borrow a book for the Easter break! We are open until 17:00 today. Here are just a few of the latest additions to our collections. #NewBooks 📚😊
Come and hear two of Ukraine's best writers - Myroslav Laiuk and Yulia Musakovska - discuss writing about Ukraine with the brililant Luke Harding at UCL on 14 April. In partnership with @ukrinstitute.bsky.social. @uclssees.bsky.social @lukeharding1968.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
A close-up image of blossom on a tree. A number of pale yellow and peach-coloured flowers, with a cluster of green leaves.
Happy Easter to all our users! 🐣🐥🐇🪺🌱🌸
SSEES Library will close at the earlier time of 17:00 tomorrow and re-open at 09:00 on Wednesday 8th April. You can check the opening hours of all UCL libraries here: tinyurl.com/nrm7x9r2
Event poster for 'Writing (beyond) War: Ukraine in the World' with images of book covers by Myroslav Laiuk, Yuliya Musakovska and Luke Harding.
What is the role of literature and journalism in shaping the world’s perception of #Ukraine and the war?
Join us for this discussion with three writers who have approached Ukraine in very different ways in their work.
🗓️ 14 April at 6.45pm
📍 UCL Bentham House
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
We're delighted to welcome Professor Jasna Dragović-Soso as the new Director of SSEES from September 2026! www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
It’s been great to work in #University #College #London this week in #UCL @uclsseeslibrary.bsky.social School of #Slavonic and #East #European Studies Library. What a superb staff. Thank you for all your amazing help!
Thank you, James. We are happy to hear you enjoyed your visit to #SSEESLibrary. Good luck with your research! 📚😊
Event poster for 'Russian Pendulum: Paradoxes, Practices and Patterns' with an image of the book cover.
Please join us to celebrate the launch of 'Russian Pendulum' (@uclpress.bsky.social) by Prof. Alena Ledeneva.
Speakers: Benjamin Woodgates, @drseanhanley.bsky.social, Irina Petrova, Vladimir Pastukhov and Eva Ladipo.
🗓️ 30 April at 6pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ Free and open to all: lnkd.in/erPWF8Yf
BIG news!
We're delighted to announce the award-winning German-Georgian writer Nino Haratischwili as our 2026 Writer in Residence.
Hosted by UCL European Institute with EUNIC London, Goethe Institute London & European Literature Network.
www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
🔊 Only a few tickets left for Wednesday's screening of 'Million Moments for Democracy' (2025).
🗓️ 25 March at 5.30pm
📍 UCL SSEES
Register for free: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
A photo of Freya Proudman in the SSEES Library
🎉 We are delighted to see Freya Proudman, PhD candidate at SSEES, featured in the Faces of UCL.
Freya joined SSEES as an undergraduate student in 2018, and has dedicated the last eight years to advancing human rights and social justice.
Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/about/search...
Display case in UCL’s Main Library showing books, documents, and objects under glass, with purple panels advertising the ‘On the Shelf’ display about 200 years of collecting at UCL.
A new display in the Main Library explores the history of some of @ucl.ac.uk’s key collections, and the staff who developed them. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/library/news... #UCL200
An image of an owl sitting on a branch. The text above the images reads "What a wise owl you are, using ReadlingLists@UCL". The text below the images reads" readinglists.ucl.ac.uk".
16-20 March is Reading List Week at UCL.
UCL students, tell us how we can support you in using your online reading list by completing this survey: ucl-global.libwizard.com/f/Readinglis...
Several cards on a wooden surface, where the following are printed on each: 'using images', copyright and GenAI', 'including materials in dissertations', 'publishing contracts', 'social media and copyright', protecting your copyright', 'permissions', 'Creative Commons'.
🔉 UCL staff and students - how are you feeling about copyright?
UCL copyright team have a range of upcoming sessions to support you, refresh your knowledge and answer your questions 👩💻📝
Take a look and register 👉 buff.ly/a508cP4
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Event poster for 'Literature and identities in Moldova, Romania and the diaspora with Tatiana Țîbuleac' with images of book covers by Tatiana Țîbuleac. In-person and online.
The in-person tickets are now sold out, but you can still join us online to hear from the bestselling author and EU Prize for Literature winner Tatiana Țîbuleac.
🗓️ 13 March at 5pm
📍 In-person & online
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
A collection of twigs in a vase, standing on a table. The table is covered with an embroidered cloth. The twigs are hung with decorations to mark the start of spring. Red and white are the predominant colours.
A collection of twigs in a vase, standing on a table. The table is covered with an embroidered cloth. The twigs are hung with decorations, and tassels to mark the start of spring. Red and white are the predominant colours. There are red and white knitted figures and balls of red and white wool on the table.
A collection of twigs in a vase, standing on a table. The table is covered with an embroidered cloth. The twigs are hung with decorations to mark the start of spring. Red and white are the predominant colours.
Spring has sprung in SSEES Library! 🌸🌼🌱🪺💐 Have you seen the display on the Ground Floor, celebrating Balkan traditions connected to welcoming spring? ❤️🤍
Poster titled “What’s so Special about UCL Special Collections?” scheduled 10-11:30am, Tuesday 24 March at Culture Lab, UCL East. Below the yellow title banner, a photo shows a young woman wearing a headscarf examining an open rare book on a foam support while others chat or browse exhibits in the background.
What’s so Special about UCL Special Collections? is back at UCL East! Join us on 24 Mar to explore a selection of rare books and archives, meet members of our team, and discover the stories behind these fascinating materials at this relaxed, free event.
Book now on tinyurl.com/uclopenmorning.
A portrait of Helen Sharman. Credit: Thomas Angus, Imperial College Text below: In 1989 though the Berlin Wall was down, the USSR was still shut. Gorbachev decided to offer astronaut training for hard currency to Western countries. Helen applied to the British company set up to manage the mission. There were around 5,500 qualified applicants and the final two were selected live on British TV, and given 4 days' notice to go to Zvezdnyi gorodok, then a military facility with 3,500 inhabitants. Helen spent 8 days in space in May 1991 conducting a range of experiments.
💡 Did you know the first Briton in space, Dr Helen Sharman, studied at SSEES? Helen did her MA in Central and South-East European Studies, which allowed her to develop her interest in the East European languages she had encountered in the USSR.
#InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026 #WomensHistoryMonth
