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/sseeshttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3mlnh73xpz22aJoin us for the next Rethinking Eastern Europe and Eurasia seminar with Dr Leah Batstone, who will discuss Ukrainian modernism’s influences beyond #Ukraine. 🗓️ 26 May at 6pm 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/events/2026/may/peripheral-solidarities-ukrainian-musical-modernism-beyond-ukraine12 May 2026 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnh73xpz22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3mlndn3ybtc2c🔊 Tomorrow! [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 08:10 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlndn3ybtc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3mlbjquc5m22lAnalysis from Dr Christian Emery for The Conversation examines claims of success in the US–Iran conflict — and whether they hold up to scrutiny: https://theconversation.com/trump-administration-claiming-a-win-against-iran-heres-a-report-card-28229407 May 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbjquc5m22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3ml6pcfngrs2fPlease join us for the 11th Annual Conference on Belarusian Studies to learn more about key developments and debates in contemporary Belarusian studies. 🗓️ 8-9 May 2026 📍 Hybrid https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/events/2026/may/11th-annual-london-conference-belarusian-studies #BelStudies06 May 2026 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6pcfngrs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3ml6fawzukc2n🔊 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 ➡️ https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/events/2026/may/all-tomorrows-parties-what-central-and-eastern-europe-teaches-us-about-party-politics06 May 2026 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6fawzukc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3ml4jmoayjc2pPlease join us for this @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 ➡️ https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/events/2026/may/outside-new-books-slovenia-and-croatia05 May 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4jmoayjc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3ml427pwfi22vUCL 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.05 May 2026 11:06 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml427pwfi22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3ml3snkur5s2m🔊 Tonight at 5pm BST! Join us for this #PROLang seminar exploring the role of postcards in tourism in socialist Romania. ➡️ https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/events/2026/may/postcards-communist-insta-socialist-romania-between-official-rhetoric-and-personal-experience [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 08:51 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3snkur5s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3mkrvz5o5qk2yJoin us next week for the online book launch of 'A Grammar of Gaddi', a descriptive grammar of Gaddi, a Western Pahari Indo-Aryan language spoken in Himachal Pradesh and parts of Jammu. 🗓️ 6 May at 5pm BST 📍 Online https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/events/2026/may/grammar-gaddi-book-launch-and-discussion @uclpress.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social01 May 2026 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrvz5o5qk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3mkpmlolvus2kWhat 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 ➡️ https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/events/2026/may/postcards-communist-insta-socialist-romania-between-official-rhetoric-and-personal-experience @ramonagonczol.bsky.social30 Apr 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpmlolvus2khttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3mkkcumdwe22z🔊 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: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/news-ucl-ssees/bracewell-travelling-scholarship28 Apr 2026 09:53 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkcumdwe22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3mkibbvkzic2jPlease join us for this #PROLang event with Adelina Stefan to hear more about the role of postcards in tourism in socialist #Romania. @ramonagonczol.bsky.social will draw on her personal memories about postcards as a teenager living under communism. 🗓️ 5 May at 5pm ➡️ https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/events/2026/may/postcards-communist-insta-socialist-romania-between-official-rhetoric-and-personal-experience27 Apr 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkibbvkzic2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3mki7vyjezk2nPlease join us for this @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social book presentation of 'Erased' by Miha Mazzini (@flyonthewallpress.bsky.social) and 'Dying in Toronto' by Daša Drndić (Istros Books). 🗓️ 27 May at 6pm BST 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/events/2026/may/outside-new-books-slovenia-and-croatia27 Apr 2026 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki7vyjezk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3mk3ask7luc2lWe are pleased to share this blog piece on Prof. Butterwick-Pawlikowski’s Inaugural Lecture written by SSEES PhD candidate Alesia Mankouskaya. 📖 Read the full blog: https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/2026/04/16/lithuania-and-poland-in-adam-mickiewiczs-pan-tadeusz-by-professor-richard-butterwick-pawlikowski/ 📺 You can now also watch the recording on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0W2XYQ7AwU22 Apr 2026 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3ask7luc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3mjz3wiz5jc2kWhat 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: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/events/2026/may/all-tomorrows-parties-what-central-and-eastern-europe-teaches-us-about-party-politics21 Apr 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz3wiz5jc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3mjyxshgih224Please join us for the online book launch of 'A Grammar of Gaddi', a descriptive grammar of Gaddi, a Western Pahari Indo-Aryan language spoken in Himachal Pradesh and parts of Jammu. 🗓️ 6 May at 5pm BST 📍 Online https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/events/2026/may/grammar-gaddi-book-launch-and-discussion @uclpress.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social21 Apr 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyxshgih224https://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3mjyqbp2g7s2fThrilled 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/4u3VZfy21 Apr 2026 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyqbp2g7s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3mjovlieze22c🔊 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: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/news-ucl-ssees/bracewell-travelling-scholarship17 Apr 2026 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjovlieze22chttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3mjmjcyt6rc2l 🔊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: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/events/2026/apr/russian-pendulum-paradoxes-practices-and-patterns16 Apr 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmjcyt6rc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3mjk7fmaqjk2gA 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 ➡️ https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/events/2026/apr/turning-point-hungary15 Apr 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjk7fmaqjk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3mjk4nwzyfc2h'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: https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/2026/04/15/from-fidesz-to-tisza-a-turning-point-in-hungarian-politics/15 Apr 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjk4nwzyfc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/uclssees.bsky.social/post/3mi23nm6ze227We are delighted to invite you to Prof. @allansikk.bsky.social's Inaugural Lecture 'All Tomorrow’s Parties: What Central and Eastern Europe Teaches Us About Party Politics'. 🗓️ 13 May at 6pm BST 📍 Gustave Tuck 🗓️ Free and open to all: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/events/2026/may/all-tomorrows-parties-what-central-and-eastern-europe-teaches-us-about-party-politics27 Mar 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:ald7ovhwb7nqa2f736skdae4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi23nm6ze227