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UCL SSEES
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November 18, 2024 at 4:48 PM
We're new here. In case you don't know who we are, here's an intro: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD0G...
Missed last week’s round table discussion of the Czech elections @uclssees.bsky.social ? Listen on YouTube youtu.be/25qTe3NM4-M?...
Democracy at a crossroads? The Czech parliamentary elections and their implications
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October 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Missed last week’s round table discussion of the Czech elections @uclssees.bsky.social ? Listen on YouTube youtu.be/25qTe3NM4-M?...
Our much missed @uclssees colleague Pete Duncan remembered in The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Peter Duncan obituary
Other lives: Lecturer at UCL who wrote books on Russian politics and advised the House of Commons
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April 14, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Our much missed @uclssees colleague Pete Duncan remembered in The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Meet Dr Alicia Barnes, Senior Research Coordinator at UCL SSEES. Alicia tells us what she did before SSEES, describes her current role and recommends her favourite books.
Read more: bit.ly/41a0mKS
#staffspotlight #UCLSSEES #ssees
Read more: bit.ly/41a0mKS
#staffspotlight #UCLSSEES #ssees
November 29, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Meet Dr Alicia Barnes, Senior Research Coordinator at UCL SSEES. Alicia tells us what she did before SSEES, describes her current role and recommends her favourite books.
Read more: bit.ly/41a0mKS
#staffspotlight #UCLSSEES #ssees
Read more: bit.ly/41a0mKS
#staffspotlight #UCLSSEES #ssees
This small exhibition in the #UCLSSEES Library which celebrates a beauty of this joyful shared spring tradition from today is enriched with the Macedonian #мартинка #martinka.
Reminder: On the 1st of March, people across the Balkans celebrate the arrival of spring with small red and white ornaments.
Reminder: On the 1st of March, people across the Balkans celebrate the arrival of spring with small red and white ornaments.
March 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM
🎉 Happy Birthday SSEES!
Proud to celebrate 110 years of teaching, research, and global community!
👩🎓 1,500 students
🌍 70+ nationalities
🗣 12 languages
📚 400,000+ books
From history and politics to languages and culture, SSEES continues to shape minds and connect cultures since 1915.
#UCLSSEES
Proud to celebrate 110 years of teaching, research, and global community!
👩🎓 1,500 students
🌍 70+ nationalities
🗣 12 languages
📚 400,000+ books
From history and politics to languages and culture, SSEES continues to shape minds and connect cultures since 1915.
#UCLSSEES
October 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🎉 Happy Birthday SSEES!
Proud to celebrate 110 years of teaching, research, and global community!
👩🎓 1,500 students
🌍 70+ nationalities
🗣 12 languages
📚 400,000+ books
From history and politics to languages and culture, SSEES continues to shape minds and connect cultures since 1915.
#UCLSSEES
Proud to celebrate 110 years of teaching, research, and global community!
👩🎓 1,500 students
🌍 70+ nationalities
🗣 12 languages
📚 400,000+ books
From history and politics to languages and culture, SSEES continues to shape minds and connect cultures since 1915.
#UCLSSEES
In February's edition of our SSEES Academic Spotlight, we hear from Stefan Lacny, Lecturer in Russian Culture, Language and Translation: www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/news/2...
#staffspotlight #UCLSSEES #ssees
#staffspotlight #UCLSSEES #ssees
February 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In February's edition of our SSEES Academic Spotlight, we hear from Stefan Lacny, Lecturer in Russian Culture, Language and Translation: www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/news/2...
#staffspotlight #UCLSSEES #ssees
#staffspotlight #UCLSSEES #ssees
We opened the 3rd term at #UCLSSEES by celebrating #MacedonianLanguageDay reflecting on cultural and historical depth it carries. From childhood nostalgia in #ZokiPoki/ЗокиПоки - Olivera Nikolova to #Days/Денови -Kočo Racin, powerfully recited by UK Ambassador Matthew Lawson on X. A beautiful start.
May 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
We opened the 3rd term at #UCLSSEES by celebrating #MacedonianLanguageDay reflecting on cultural and historical depth it carries. From childhood nostalgia in #ZokiPoki/ЗокиПоки - Olivera Nikolova to #Days/Денови -Kočo Racin, powerfully recited by UK Ambassador Matthew Lawson on X. A beautiful start.
📺 We’re excited to share a glimpse into our Albanian Language Heritage Course, where students are not only improving their language skills, but also connecting with their roots and celebrating their identity!
For full course details, visit: buff.ly/KMrKDfv
youtu.be/1mpnWFOP160
For full course details, visit: buff.ly/KMrKDfv
youtu.be/1mpnWFOP160
UCL SSEES Albanian Language Heritage Course
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April 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
📺 We’re excited to share a glimpse into our Albanian Language Heritage Course, where students are not only improving their language skills, but also connecting with their roots and celebrating their identity!
For full course details, visit: buff.ly/KMrKDfv
youtu.be/1mpnWFOP160
For full course details, visit: buff.ly/KMrKDfv
youtu.be/1mpnWFOP160
Why is learning languages so important?
Dr Natalia V Parker, Lecturer in Russian Language at SSEES, talks about the significance of learning languages and gives us an overview of the Russian language module: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3ce...
#languages #russianlanguage #russian #ssees
Dr Natalia V Parker, Lecturer in Russian Language at SSEES, talks about the significance of learning languages and gives us an overview of the Russian language module: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3ce...
#languages #russianlanguage #russian #ssees
SSEES Modules - Russian Language, Dr Natalia V Parker
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February 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Why is learning languages so important?
Dr Natalia V Parker, Lecturer in Russian Language at SSEES, talks about the significance of learning languages and gives us an overview of the Russian language module: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3ce...
#languages #russianlanguage #russian #ssees
Dr Natalia V Parker, Lecturer in Russian Language at SSEES, talks about the significance of learning languages and gives us an overview of the Russian language module: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3ce...
#languages #russianlanguage #russian #ssees
A “veil of ambiguity surrounding these elections – neither fair nor fraudulent – hides their distorted character.”
Excellent blog on erosion of democracy and Poland’s upcoming election by @MartaKotwas @KubikJan @uclssees www.illiberalism.org/destructive-...
Excellent blog on erosion of democracy and Poland’s upcoming election by @MartaKotwas @KubikJan @uclssees www.illiberalism.org/destructive-...
www.illiberalism.org
October 6, 2023 at 6:10 PM
A “veil of ambiguity surrounding these elections – neither fair nor fraudulent – hides their distorted character.”
Excellent blog on erosion of democracy and Poland’s upcoming election by @MartaKotwas @KubikJan @uclssees www.illiberalism.org/destructive-...
Excellent blog on erosion of democracy and Poland’s upcoming election by @MartaKotwas @KubikJan @uclssees www.illiberalism.org/destructive-...
📺 In case you missed this event, the recording is now available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9OI...
July 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
📺 In case you missed this event, the recording is now available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9OI...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia visited @UCLSSEES the proud home of six glorious years of me teaching Macedonian, the easiest Slavic language to learn… and possibly the trickiest to teach! 😅#LackOfResources
Huge shoutout to SSEES for giving Macedonian a place on the linguistic map
Huge shoutout to SSEES for giving Macedonian a place on the linguistic map
July 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia visited @UCLSSEES the proud home of six glorious years of me teaching Macedonian, the easiest Slavic language to learn… and possibly the trickiest to teach! 😅#LackOfResources
Huge shoutout to SSEES for giving Macedonian a place on the linguistic map
Huge shoutout to SSEES for giving Macedonian a place on the linguistic map
New and #openaccess in our #BalkanStudiesLibrary series: Bojan Aleksov @UCLSSEES "Jewish Refugees in the Balkans, 1933-1945" brill.com/display/titl...
Jewish Refugees in the Balkans, 1933-1945
"Jewish Refugees in the Balkans, 1933-1945" published on 11 Aug 2023 by Brill | Schöningh.
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September 20, 2023 at 10:12 AM
New and #openaccess in our #BalkanStudiesLibrary series: Bojan Aleksov @UCLSSEES "Jewish Refugees in the Balkans, 1933-1945" brill.com/display/titl...
Oh great listen.
Prof Martyn Rady ex @uclssees on Siege of Vienna in popular history pod.
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Prof Martyn Rady ex @uclssees on Siege of Vienna in popular history pod.
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The Siege of Vienna
Podcast Episode · Dan Snow's History Hit · 11/05/2025 · 47m
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May 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Oh great listen.
Prof Martyn Rady ex @uclssees on Siege of Vienna in popular history pod.
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Prof Martyn Rady ex @uclssees on Siege of Vienna in popular history pod.
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Term 3 of #Slovene at #UCLSSEES has begun, with smiles, past tense, and the CASES galore! Accusative & genitive in singular/plural? Always a great fun. My students have leveled up while on holiday: no longer chickens… now a hen and - whatever the male of a hen is. Rooster? 🤣
#Proud👩🏻🏫
#PositiveEnergy
#Proud👩🏻🏫
#PositiveEnergy
May 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Term 3 of #Slovene at #UCLSSEES has begun, with smiles, past tense, and the CASES galore! Accusative & genitive in singular/plural? Always a great fun. My students have leveled up while on holiday: no longer chickens… now a hen and - whatever the male of a hen is. Rooster? 🤣
#Proud👩🏻🏫
#PositiveEnergy
#Proud👩🏻🏫
#PositiveEnergy
Winter wishes from UCL SSEES Language short courses ❄️🎄
Our fantastic students wish you happy holidays in 7 different languages!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9Ma...
Feeling inspired?💡 Find out more about the online short courses we offer: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Our fantastic students wish you happy holidays in 7 different languages!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9Ma...
Feeling inspired?💡 Find out more about the online short courses we offer: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Winter wishes from UCL SSEES Language short courses 2025
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December 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Winter wishes from UCL SSEES Language short courses ❄️🎄
Our fantastic students wish you happy holidays in 7 different languages!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9Ma...
Feeling inspired?💡 Find out more about the online short courses we offer: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Our fantastic students wish you happy holidays in 7 different languages!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9Ma...
Feeling inspired?💡 Find out more about the online short courses we offer: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Are post-communist regimes just about a struggle btw democracy and autocracy?
Roundtable @UCLSSEES with Bálint Magyar & Bálint Madlovics @Ceu, Alena Ledeneva (@UCLSEES), @sstroschein2 (@UCLSPP), Henry Hale (@ElliottschoolGW) Wed 29 Nov. 1500 (GMT) In-person/online
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Roundtable @UCLSSEES with Bálint Magyar & Bálint Madlovics @Ceu, Alena Ledeneva (@UCLSEES), @sstroschein2 (@UCLSPP), Henry Hale (@ElliottschoolGW) Wed 29 Nov. 1500 (GMT) In-person/online
www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...
Rethinking post-communist regimes – a roundtable discussion
Organised by the UCL SSEES Politics and Sociology seminar series and SSEESing seminar series
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 11, 2023 at 12:42 PM
Are post-communist regimes just about a struggle btw democracy and autocracy?
Roundtable @UCLSSEES with Bálint Magyar & Bálint Madlovics @Ceu, Alena Ledeneva (@UCLSEES), @sstroschein2 (@UCLSPP), Henry Hale (@ElliottschoolGW) Wed 29 Nov. 1500 (GMT) In-person/online
www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...
Roundtable @UCLSSEES with Bálint Magyar & Bálint Madlovics @Ceu, Alena Ledeneva (@UCLSEES), @sstroschein2 (@UCLSPP), Henry Hale (@ElliottschoolGW) Wed 29 Nov. 1500 (GMT) In-person/online
www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...
Date for your diary. This Thur 14 Nov @uclssees Streamed online and in-person.
Trumping Eastern Europe: Repercussions of the US elections | UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies
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Trumping Eastern Europe: Repercussions of the US elections | UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies
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Trumping Eastern Europe: Repercussions of the US elections
Please join us for this SSEESing event with a panel of experts from UCL SSEES
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 8, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Date for your diary. This Thur 14 Nov @uclssees Streamed online and in-person.
Trumping Eastern Europe: Repercussions of the US elections | UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies
www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...
Trumping Eastern Europe: Repercussions of the US elections | UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies
www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...
Fashionably late - here us a @uclssees starter pack go.bsky.app/4m21W35
December 6, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Fashionably late - here us a @uclssees starter pack go.bsky.app/4m21W35
Opposition should respect, reform and rebuild independent institutions not be tempted by counter power grab argues Dr Agnieszka Kubal @UCLSSEES roundtable on post-election Poland
October 18, 2023 at 6:48 PM
Opposition should respect, reform and rebuild independent institutions not be tempted by counter power grab argues Dr Agnieszka Kubal @UCLSSEES roundtable on post-election Poland
Another crucial central European election on the horizon.
We will be analysing to results and fallout of Poland’s 15 October poll @UCLSSEES.
Weds 18 October 6.00pm. Online or in-person. www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...
Registration needed.
We will be analysing to results and fallout of Poland’s 15 October poll @UCLSSEES.
Weds 18 October 6.00pm. Online or in-person. www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...
Registration needed.
SSEES-ing Poland’s new post-election landscape
Please join us for this SSEESing event on Polish parliamentary elections
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 3, 2023 at 11:37 AM
Another crucial central European election on the horizon.
We will be analysing to results and fallout of Poland’s 15 October poll @UCLSSEES.
Weds 18 October 6.00pm. Online or in-person. www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...
Registration needed.
We will be analysing to results and fallout of Poland’s 15 October poll @UCLSSEES.
Weds 18 October 6.00pm. Online or in-person. www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...
Registration needed.
📺 In case you missed Prof Yuemei Ji's Inaugural Lecture 'Trust and Central Banking in Europe', the recording is now available on the SSEES YouTube channel:
youtu.be/9cfWhqK4zAY
youtu.be/9cfWhqK4zAY
Inaugural Lecture by Professor Yuemei Ji: 'Trust and Central Banking in Europe'
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April 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
📺 In case you missed Prof Yuemei Ji's Inaugural Lecture 'Trust and Central Banking in Europe', the recording is now available on the SSEES YouTube channel:
youtu.be/9cfWhqK4zAY
youtu.be/9cfWhqK4zAY
Eating Macedonian food with my #UCLSSEES students at #Bonego 🇲🇰❤️ They’ve learned a new word “вечна” - eternal! 😁
Ordered entirely in Macedonian and had a chat with the owner — she was absolutely lovely) she came out, because I told to their staff that they want to order in Macedonian. 🫶🏻
Ordered entirely in Macedonian and had a chat with the owner — she was absolutely lovely) she came out, because I told to their staff that they want to order in Macedonian. 🫶🏻
May 10, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Date for your diary?
Mikołaj Cześnik presents new findings from the Polish National Election Study @uclssees
16 May, in-person and streamed online. Registration needed.
www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...
Mikołaj Cześnik presents new findings from the Polish National Election Study @uclssees
16 May, in-person and streamed online. Registration needed.
www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...
Polarization that boosted voter turnout - lessons from Poland's 2023
A SSEESing event with Mikołaj Cześnik. This in-person event will also be livestreamed online.
www.ucl.ac.uk
May 2, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Date for your diary?
Mikołaj Cześnik presents new findings from the Polish National Election Study @uclssees
16 May, in-person and streamed online. Registration needed.
www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...
Mikołaj Cześnik presents new findings from the Polish National Election Study @uclssees
16 May, in-person and streamed online. Registration needed.
www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...