Job vacancy: Alexander Nash Fellowship in Albanian Studies The postholder will be appointed for two years to undertake an independent programme of research in Albanian Studies. 💼 Full time, fixed-term 🗓️ Closing date: 30 April 2026 💬 Interviews: 26 May 2026 ➡️ Apply now: buff.ly/hs3NHH8

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...

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...

A 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 ➡️ 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...

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

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

“Trump would be gambling that the remaining Iranian leadership, faced with the loss of tens of billions in annual revenue, would capitulate,” said Dr Christian Emery (UCL SSEES), explaining why a ground invasion of Kharg Island would be risky. Read the full article here: nbcnews.com/world/iran/t...

Please join us for this one-day symposium, which will examine how cities can act as spaces for language development and cross-sector collaboration. 🗓️ 28 March 📍 UCL East www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Celebrating with @uclssees.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

📺 Recording now available! Literature and identities in Moldova, Romania and the diaspora with Tatiana Țîbuleac www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFyB...

Great discussion on citizens, parties and democracy following showing of Million Moments documentary about Czech pro-democracy movement with director Amálie Kovářova and MM activists Petra Kawiková Pojerová and Jiří Jakub Zévl. Jesse Barton-Hronešová @uclssees.bsky.social ) chairs.

Last chance to register for tonight's event Spotlight on Slovak! You can join us in-person or online: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

🎉 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...

🔊 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...

Follow Mariya Levitanus work on decolonial queerness in Central Asia! To talk about scraps, drafts, failures & things that can be reconciled was superb this Thursday @uclssees.bsky.social Look out for Mariya’s & Mohira Suyarkulova’s book “In our Words” coming out open access on the 1st of April

Still time to sign up to attend this talk by @hicksjeremy22.bsky.social. All welcome!

Job in Politics at @uclssees.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Join us on Monday for this SSEES Cinema Research Group seminar with Jeremy Hicks, who will discuss filming the 1921-23 famine in Russia and Ukraine - one of the first objects of a major humanitarian aid campaign, involving the international media. 🗓️ 23 March at 6pm ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

📢We are hiring! SSEES is looking for a Lecturer (Teaching) in Politics. The postholder will contribute to teaching & assessment in Politics, with a focus on governance or political economy. 📍 London (hybrid) 💼 Full time, permanent 🗓️ Closing date: 9 April 💬 Interviews: 8 May Apply: bit.ly/4bxVySK

🔊 Today! There's still time to register for tonight's event with @levitanus.bsky.social. Free and open to all: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

🔊 Call for papers! PIMs Annual Research Conference 2026: Urban elites, rural margins? Comparative perspectives on urban-rural divisions from post-socialist Europe and Latin America 🎤 Keynote: @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social 🗓️ Apply by: 8 April 2026 ➡️ Find out more: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Join us next week for this year’s postgraduate research seminar, Spotlight on #Slovak, which will examine cultural diplomacy, ethics in teacher training, linguistics, translation and history related to Slovakia or the Central and Eastern European region. 🗓️ 24 March at 5pm ➡️ buff.ly/zIm9qzH

Join us for this Politics and Sociology seminar with @levitanus.bsky.social, who will examine the ethical complexities and questions of positionality involved in researching #queer, #trans, and gender-diverse people in Central Asia. 🗓️ 19 March at 5pm 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

SSEES in the media: just published! 👇 Dr Ilias Chondrogiannis co-wrote a blog on his findings from a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) project. Titled "How might distressed fintech firms affect UK growth and private debt?", it’s now live in the LSE Economics Observatory series: bit.ly/4bFgVD4

Please join us for this SSEES Cinema Research Group seminar with Jeremy Hicks, who will discuss filming the 1921-23 famine in Russia and Ukraine - one of the first objects of a major humanitarian aid campaign, involving the international media. 🗓️ 23 March at 6pm ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Join us on Tuesday for a conversation with Paul Fox, Honorary Senior Research Fellow at SSEES and His Majesty’s Ambassador to Hungary (2020–25), who will give his unique perspective on events in the country over the sixteen years of the Orbán regime. 🗓️ 17 March at 6pm www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Please join us for this PIMs talk with Dr Stefan Nikolić, who will examine the long-term legacy of imperial rule on educational outcomes. 🗓️ 17 March at 3.30pm 📍 UCL SSEES www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

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...

Please join us for this year’s postgraduate research seminar, Spotlight on #Slovak, which will examine cultural diplomacy, ethics in teacher training, linguistics, translation and history related to Slovakia or the Central and Eastern European region. 🗓️ 24 March at 5pm ➡️ buff.ly/zIm9qzH

Join us for this Politics and Sociology seminar with @levitanus.bsky.social, who will examine the ethical complexities and questions of positionality involved in researching #queer, #trans, and gender-diverse people in Central Asia. 🗓️ 19 March at 5pm 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Join us for this Post-Soviet Press Group event with Viktor Stamenković, who will examine the ongoing student protests in #Serbia as the most significant threat to the country’s current authoritarian regime. 🗓️ 11 March at 1pm 📍 UCL SSEES www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

We were honoured to have HRH The Princess Royal admire our Community Cloth 👑 A proud moment for our faculty! Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ma... #UCL200 @uclhjs.bsky.social @uclselcs.bsky.social @uclssees.bsky.social @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social

🔊 Last chance to register for tonight's event with Aziza Kadyri! ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit... @dianakudaibergen.bsky.social

💡 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

🎬 Film screening: That Boy: conversation about hate and healing (2025). This film documents the encounter between former victim and oppressor, which probes the healing potential of restorative justice in cases of hate crimes and violent racism. 🗓️ 10 March at 5pm ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Please join us for this event with Paul Fox, Honorary Senior Research Fellow at UCL SSEES and His Majesty’s Ambassador to Hungary (2020–2025), who will give his unique perspective on events in the country over the sixteen years of the Orbán regime. 🗓️ 17 March at 6pm www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Join us for this Politics and Sociology seminar with @levitanus.bsky.social, who will examine the ethical complexities and questions of positionality involved in researching #queer, #trans, and gender-diverse people in Central Asia. 🗓️ 19 March at 5pm 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

'There are three ways to end the war, and none are easy'. Dr Christian Emery (SSEES) writes for the LSE United States Politics and Policy Blog on the US-Iran conflict: blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

The US war on Iran has vague deadlines, unclear victory goals and exit strategy, and no easy way to end writes Christian Emery of @uclssees.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Join us on Friday for this Politics and Sociology seminar with Uzbek visual artist Aziza Kadyri, who will explore how memory moves across bodies, stories, spaces, and archives within her artistic practice. 🗓️ 6 March at 5pm 📍 UCL SSEES www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

There's still time to register for tonight's event with Dr Georgios Giannakopoulos! Free and open to all: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Join us for an evening talk with bestselling author and EU Prize for Literature winner Tatiana Țîbuleac, who will discuss how #Moldovan, #Romanian and diasporic history and identities reflect throughout her writing. 🗓️ 13 March at 5pm 📍 In-person & online ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Join us on Wednesday for this Culture and Society in Modern Russia seminar with Andrei Rogatchevski, who will discuss popular music and popular opinion at wartime. This talk will be delivered in Russian. 🗓️ 4 March at 4pm 📍 UCL SSEES www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

In memory of Pete, we have launched the Pete Duncan Memorial Fund, which will support PhD students at the School. Donations can be made via peter-duncan-2026.muchloved.com

Thinking about a Master’s after time away from education? Johnathan Young shares his experience as a part-time MA student who's balancing life, work and study across Bucharest, Berlin and London. Curious how he makes it work? Read his story: bit.ly/4l6LxR4 #uclssees #postgraduate

This Monday - 2 March, 5.30pm start. All welcome and free to attend but registration essential via link in post below.👇

We still have some tickets left for Monday's Cinema Research Group event with Kirill Goriachok! Free and open to all: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

🎬 SSEES Film Festival Vol 1: "Resistance" The festival forms part of our UCL200 programme of events to celebrate UCL’s bicentenary. The film screenings are free but ticketed. Book here: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit... @artshumsucl.bsky.social

Please join us for this Politics and Sociology seminar with Uzbek visual artist Aziza Kadyri, who will explore how memory moves across bodies, stories, spaces, and archives within her artistic practice. 🗓️ 6 March at 5pm 📍 UCL SSEES www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...