Southeast Europe @ UCL SSEES

Submissions Open: South-East European Studies Fellowship The fellowship is awarded to PhD students from the territories of the former Yugoslavia, with special emphasis on those areas of SEE which do not benefit from existing schemes / opportunities at SSEES

🔊 Submissions now open: South-East European Studies Fellowship!

The fellowship is awarded to PhD students from the territories of the former Yugoslavia, with special emphasis on those areas of SEE which do not benefit from existing schemes at SSEES.

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Event poster for '“Like My Own”: Adopting Displaced Children after the Great War' with a collage of photos from the Bulgarian state archives

🔊 One week until this event with Prof. Theodora Dragostinova, who will examine the case of adopted and fostered refugee children in the Balkan borderlands.

Co-sponsored by @criticalchildhood.bsky.social

🗓️6 October at 5pm
📍 UCL SSEES
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Pop Culture and Memory Politics in the Former Yugoslavia A SSEES Southeast European studies seminar with Prof. Vjeran Pavlaković

10 October at 16h, Prof Vjeran Pavlaković (U of Rijeka), "Pop Culture and Memory Politics in the Former Yugoslavia." The event is free and open to everyone, please register at the link.
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

The Fate of Regional Studies under Patrimonial Rule | Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies This crisis is qualitatively different from any we have faced as scholars since the invention of modern area studies associations in the aftermath of World War II...

Stephen E. Hanson writes, "The Fate of Regional Studies under Patrimonial Rule" assessing the impact of recent political changes on regional studies for the September Issue of NewsNet.
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Fellowships up to 6 months, “Youth agency in the Balkans: New political imaginaries and eco-digital futures.” Application deadline 3 October.
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Dr Jessie Barton Hronešová wins the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Article Prize The prize was awarded for an outstanding English-language research article in the social sciences by a junior scholar published in a peer-reviewed journal

🎉 Congratulations to Dr Jessie Barton Hronešová, who has won the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Article Prize for her article “The uses of victimhood as a hegemonic meta-narrative in eastern Europe".

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“Like My Own”: Adopting Displaced Children after the Great War A SSEES Southeast European studies seminar with Prof. Theodora Dragostinova

Our first event of the new season!
6 October, 1700h, Prof Theodora Dragostinova 'examines the case of adopted and fostered refugee children in the Balkan borderlands to unpack what treating a child “like my own” meant during the fluid transition from war to peace.'

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Curriculum-Writing Fellowship: The Holocaust in Southeastern Europe Explore the overlooked history of the Holocaust in Croatia through a free online curriculum-writing fellowship for K-14.

Exploring overlooked Holocaust history in #Croatia: The Davis Center at Harvard offers a 6-part webinar series on "The #Holocaust in Southeastern Europe". With @katarina-damcevic.bsky.social (IOS) & other experts, examining regional complexities missing from broader narratives.
📅 Start: 27 Sep ⬇️

Istorija jugoslovenskog radničkog samoupravljanja Izložba posvećena istoriji jugoslovenskog radničkog samoupravljanja povodom 75 godina od njegovog uvođenja. Arhivska građa i kritički uvidi otkrivaju složenost ovog sistema i njegovo nasleđe.

An exhibit on the history of workers' self-management, for people who are around (Bg, Zg, NS).
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👏Thrilled to share the news about successful academic promotions for 2024-25!

Please join us in congratulating our colleagues:
▪️Prof. Bojan Aleksov
▪️Prof. Randolph Luca Bruno
▪️Prof. Elodie Douarin
▪️Prof. Peter Zusi
▪️Prof. Svetlana McMillin
▪️Dr Idil Uz Akdogan

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PIMs Annual Research Conference: Spaces of Victimhood in Eastern Europe The conference Spaces of Victimhood explores how memories of oppression, dislocation, marginalisation, economic exploitation and trauma shape identities and a sense of belonging to a place in Central,...

Coming up at SSEES -- free and open to the public, registration (at the link) is required.
www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events....

CONNECTING SOLIDARITIES – New Research Project The Derby Bosnia-Herzegovina Community Association (DBHCA) is glad to announce its partnership with the University of Derby on an exciting new research project: “CONNECTING SOLIDARITIES – An explorati...

Project launch 10 June at the Bosnia and Herzegovina Centre in Derby: “Connecting Solidarities”
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Balkanologie - Revue d'études pluridisciplinaires Revue française d'études pluridisciplinaires sur les Balkans couvrant la période du Moyen Âge à nos jours. A French journal dedicated to the Balkans from the Middle Ages to the present, in a multid...

A special issue of “Balkanologie” -- “The taste of the Balkans,” history, anthropology, and sociology of Balkan cuisines. journals.openedition.org/balkanologie...

Vacationing in Dictatorships: International Tourism in Socialist Romania and Franco’s Spain A SSEES Southeast European studies seminar with Adelina Stefan

This Weds at 5:00 @ SSEES, Adelina Stefan, "Vacationing in Dictatorships: International Tourism in Socialist Romania and Franco’s Spain." All are welcome, register at the link.

www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...

Material Interests Ways of Commoning The Case of Lumbardhi Cinema in Prizren | Winchester School of Art | University of Southampton Speakers: Ares Shporta (cultural worker & co-founding director of Lumbardhi Foundation) and Dr Dimitra Gkitsa (Lecturer in Curating & Cultural Leadership at the Department of Art & Media Technology, Winchester School of Art)

First post here to share an exiting event happening tomorrow! Ways of Commoning: The case of Lumbardhi Cinema in Prizren, Kosovo, with invited speaker Ares Shporta, will examine community organising and bottom-up approaches to cultural policy & institution building. Sign up using the link below:

Revolution Won't Be Reported: Student Protests in Serbia Panel discussion about the current, anti-government, student-led protest in Serbia and why the UK media are not reporting the event

Our friends at Goldsmiths are hosting a discussion on the student protests in Serbia: Monday at 5:30, reserve your place at the link.
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Let's welcome our colleagues at Maastricht to Blueski! Give a follow to @umceehub.bsky.social
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Platform for Linguistic and Epistemic Justice (PLEJ) Project Grant The PLEJ grant is funded by the PLEJ research centre of the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies.

The SSEES-led Platform for Linguistic and Epistemic Justice (PLEJ) has available project grants to award current UCL students for fieldwork or project costs. Apply by 31 Jan 2025: www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/resear...

Home Deadline for abstract submission: 31 December, 2024Conference Dates: 19 - 23 May, 2025 This is the third edition of the ‘Capitalist Transformations’ conference, an academic event that aims to create a...

CfP for May conference in Cluj. Abstracts by 15 January.
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📢Applications are open: bit.ly/4iuMRM2

We invite current PhD students from eastern, central or southeastern Europe who wish to spend a term at SSEES to apply for the Bracewell Scholarship. The award will cover the tuition fee costs for one term, plus a living cost stipend.

Deadline: 31 March 2025

NEW Language Short Course: Albanian for heritage speakers A new Albanian level for heritage speakers has been added to the SSEES language short courses for January 2025.

We're excited to announce a new short language course aimed at Albanian heritage speakers; available for January 2025. But hurry, enrolment closes 31 December! www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/news/2...

Feminist encounters in statebuilding: The role of women in making the state in Kosovo- South East Europe (SEE) | BISA - South East Europe (SEE) Working Group

📖Virtual BOOK LAUNCH
🕑05 December 5 pm (UK time)

Together with @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social we co-host a virtual launch, 'Feminist Encounters in Making the State of Kosovo' co-edited by @vjosamusliu.bsky.social and Itziar Mujika Chao.

More info and registration: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...

Online (Zoom) seminar at SSEES, 6 November at 1800h (BST): Dženita Karić, Bosnian Hajj Literature. Free and open to all, register at the link. ucl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

We are a unit of UCL that has moved to Blueski from that other site that has become an outlet for racist propaganda.
The rest of the units of UCL should do the same.
Why haven’t they?

Food Supply and Political Legitimacy of the New Yugoslav State Please join us for this talk with Rok Stergar (University of Ljubljana)

In 1918, a new state was supposed to demonstrate its ability to address a crisis. How it responded would shape the legitimacy of the state. Come hear historian Rok Stergar explain what was at stake.
12 November at SSEES, register at the link.
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Feminist encounters in statebuilding: The role of women in making the state in Kosovo- South East Europe (SEE) | BISA - South East Europe (SEE) Working Group

Our next book launch "Feminist Encounters in Statebuilding. The role of women in making the state in Kosovo" is with @mybisa.bsky.social & @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social (December 5).

Info: bit.ly/4gSO5zz
Very much looking fwd to the conversation w/ @ebstavrevska.bsky.social & Piro Rexhepi.

Book talk: Ingredients of Change A SSEES Southeast European studies seminar with Prof Mary Neuburger

17 October at 1800h (BST):
Come hear Prof Mary Neuburger (U Texas) explain the development and meaning of modern Bulgarian cuisine!
It's free and everyone is welcome, register at the link.
www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...

Online seminar 2 October at 1600h BST: refugees from the Caucasus in the Ottoman Empire. Featuring Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky (UCSB). All are welcome and it is free, but registration is necessary. More info and registration at the link.
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crowdfunder! @balkanism__, one of the richest balkan instagram pages, is publishing its first zine. instagram.com/p/C6OgrvfoXd...

curated by arbër gashi, ‘diversity as strength’ collates balkan histories from ‘home’ to the diaspora.

get your copy: kickstarter.com/projects/bal...