Can we predict where the Russian pendulum might swing next? Join Prof. Alena Ledeneva at the Pushkin House Book Prize Festival for an opportunity to play the Informality Game and step into the dilemmas of decision‑making in complex contexts. 🗓️ 24 Sep at 6.30pm www.pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/eve...

Playing the Game with Alena Ledeneva: Social at Pushkin House

Socials: Playing the Game with Alena Ledeneva: Social at Pushkin House

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🎭 Discover the works of Croatian Renaissance playwright Marin Držić at the Bloomsbury Theatre on 8 October 2026. Join us for live rehearsed readings and a rare chance to experience the wit and satire of one of Europe’s finest playwrights. 🎟️ £10-£15 www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Important: Due to our annual staff conference, SSEES Library and most other UCL libraries will be CLOSED all day on Wednesday 15th July. Some spaces will remain open, including the UCL Main Library and the Student Centre. www.ucl.ac.uk/library/usin...

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Opening hours for our libraries and study spaces.

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📺 In case you missed last month's event on Multilingualism in the #Balkans, the recording in now available to watch on the SSEES YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhYR...

Our Language/s: Multilingualism in the Balkans

YouTube video by UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies

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Looking for something to read over the summer break? Check out our book display on the Ground Floor of the Library. 📚📚📚😎

Due to a staff training day, most of our library and museum spaces will be closed on 15 July. Find out more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/library/news...

Important: Due to our annual staff conference, SSEES Library and most other UCL libraries will be CLOSED all day on Wednesday 15th July. Some spaces will remain open, including the UCL Main Library and the Student Centre. www.ucl.ac.uk/library/usin...

Opening hours

Opening hours for our libraries and study spaces.

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🗞️ SLOVO Journal is back! To mark the relaunch, we will host a guest lecture by @markgaleotti.bsky.social. Join us as we explore the theme of ‘Managing Endgames, from the War on Ukraine to the Putin Era’. 🗓️ 07 July at 6pm 📍 UCL SSEES www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Slovo Relaunch with Professor Mark Galeotti

Following three years in abeyance, UCL’s journal for East European, Central Asian, and Russian Affairs has returned to print.

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If you are looking for somewhere cool-ish to study today, we are open from 10:00 until 19:00. The temperature on the Lower Ground floor is currently a pleasant 23.4 degrees.

For our next seminar, we'll have the pleasure to hear Andrew Wilson (@uclsseeslibrary.bsky.social) who will present his latest book: Political Technology: The Globalisation of Political Manipulation. On Campus Condorcet and online, please register ⬇️ coruscant.therussiaprogram.org/tpost/mg0s0l...

Seminar. Andrew Wilson: Political Technology. 25 June 2026

14-16:00 (CET), Campus Condorcet, Recherche Nord, room 0.006 and online

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🔈The new Slavonic & East European Review, edited by @uclssees.bsky.social, is now out! Articles by Victoria Ivleva, Mark Gamsa, Evgenii Egorov and Liz Kohn & Book Reviews. 👉 www.mhra.org.uk/publications... Access via @projectmuse.bsky.social 👉 muse.jhu.edu/issue/56918

🗞️ We are delighted to announce that the Spring 2026 edition of our postgraduate journal SLOVO is now out! Keen to find out more? Join us for an in-person launch event with Prof. Mark Galeotti on 07 July. More info soon! Read the latest issue: student-journals.ucl.ac.uk/slovo/issue/...

Today is the last day of term. On Monday 15th June we will switch to our summer opening hours: 10:00-19:00, Monday-Friday, and 10:00-17:00 on Saturdays.

Here are just a few of the #NewBooks we have added to our collections recently. 📚📚📚😊

Please join author Riikka Pulkkinen and her translator Tabatha Leggett in a conversation spanning literary representations of girlhood, the gaze of the camera in art, and the challenges of translating fragmented and metafictional narratives. 🗓️ 23 June at 5pm 📍 SSEES ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

📚 Our Language/s: Multilingualism in the Balkans This event will explore the #Balkan diaspora’s linguistic landscape, focusing on how non-standardised and marginalised languages shape social difference and discrimination. 🗓️ 11 June at 4pm 📍 @britishlibrary.bsky.social events.bl.uk/events/balka...

Balkan Day III | British Library

Following on from the hugely successful two previous events The Balkans, its Diasporas, and the Stories of Material Culture; and Eating the Balkans: Langua

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Looking for something to read over the Bank Holiday weekend? Check our #NewBooks display for inspiration! 📚📚📚😎

We have bookable study spaces across our libraries. Find out more about availability and book here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/using-library/libraries-and-study-spaces/bookable-study-spaces-help

Undertaking a dissertation or research project? Find out more about our available resources and support for students here. https://library-guides.ucl.ac.uk/dissertations

Check out the next UCL Clothes Swap, happening tomorrow (8th May, 09:30-16:00) at the Chancellors Hall, Senate House. It's a great, sustainable, way to refresh your wardobe for free! 👚👖👟👒 ♻️ #Sustainability #GreenImpact #SustainableUCL www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable/...

UCL Clothes Swap

Did you know that 26% of the items in our wardrobes go unworn? We're holding clothes swap shops across the year so that pre-loved clothing doesn't go to waste, and you can find something new you love....

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Please 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 ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Good luck to everyone starting their exams this week! 🍀 If you need a break from your studies, check out the article below.

Library resources to inspire your studies or help you recharge this exam season

Whether you’re looking for inspiration, or you want to take your mind off studying, we’ve got a wide range of resources and services to support you through the assessment period.

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Please note that SSEES Library will be CLOSED for the Bank Holiday on Monday 4th May. If you need somewhere to study, the Main Library, the Science Library and the Student Centre will all be open 24 hours, without staffed services. Check the opening hours of other UCL libraries here ⬇️

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Opening hours for our libraries and study spaces.

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Are you a student in London with a collection of printed or handwritten materials you’re proud of? Apply for the Anthony Davis Book Collecting Prize by 25 May for a chance to win £600! Photo: stamp album covers from Penny James’ collection, 2025’s runner up. www.ucl.ac.uk/library/coll...

Please 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 ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

#NewBooks for a new term! 📚📚📚😊

🔊 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...

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...

Peter Duncan obituary

Other lives: Lecturer at UCL who wrote books on Russian politics and advised the House of Commons

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🔊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...