UCL SSEES Library

Black Studies is a growing field in Eastern Europe and Russia, but the region’s links with Africa and the Caribbean go back centuries. Explore how these histories shape politics and culture today, with our list of Black Studies resources in UCL SSEES Library tinyurl.com/3auxc6kw 📖 #BlackHistoryMonth

This humble brown book in our storeroom has been hiding a little secret. It once belonged to the Russian author, Ivan Turgenev!

To mark #GreenLibraries Week 2026, we have put together a small display about climate-related disinformation. Come and check out this temporary presentation to learn how you can recognise and tackle it. 📗🌿💚

Call for papers: SLOVO Journal Winter 2026 ❄️ After a successful relaunch in June this year, we are pleased to have re-established SLOVO as a home for cross-disciplinary scholarship on Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Russia for postgraduate students and early-career researchers. buff.ly/yV1ZTdj

Open Access creates a global knowledge resource that can benefit everyone, everywhere. Authors choose to publish with us because they want their ideas to travel. And they do – our titles have reached 242 different countries and territories. What will you discover? 👉 https://uclpress.co.uk/

Come along to a unique workshop reflecting on institutional knowledge and archives in UCL's 200th year, where participants' own memories shape discussions. Join us on 28 October: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-the-collection-the-memory-bicentenaries-memories-and-archives-tickets-2002156461874

A new display across @ucl.ac.uk’s library and museum sites celebrates students’ passions in and outside of the classroom. See “Beyond the Book”, a series of photographic portraits taken by Institute of Education Subject Liaison Librarian John Iona. #UCL200

#NewBooks for a new term. Check out our display on the Ground Floor of the Library. 📚📚📚😊

Join us for this @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social seminar with @ivansimic.bsky.social to hear about his new book 'Sickle and Veil'. This book offers a comprehensive transnational history of communist gender policies towards Muslim minorities in Eastern Europe. 🗓️ 14 October at 6pm ➡️ buff.ly/MRttF3K

Five colleagues from the Czech National Library in Prague visited us on Monday. We enjoyed showing them SSEES Library's collections, including some of our archive materials.

Get to know our libraries and find your way around them with a self- guided tour. Find out more here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/using-library/getting-started/self-guided-library-tours

What was the role of the Baltic States in the fall of the USSR? Please join us for this special event with Professor Robert Service to find out more. Co-organised by UCL SSEES and the British-Latvian Association. 🗓️ 13 October at 6.30pm 📍 Bentham House ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

🎞️ Join us for the screening of 'Transformation' - a feature-length documentary that explores the inner metamorphosis of civilians who consciously chose to become soldiers in the context of Russia’s full-scale invasion of #Ukraine and the ongoing war. 🗓️ 5 October at 6pm www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Our term-time opening hours resume from Monday 28th September. We are looking forward to welcoming new and returning students to the SSEES Library! 📚 💻 🖨 😊

@bcltuea.bsky.social @ciol-linguists.bsky.social @basees.bsky.social @artshumsucl.bsky.social

🗣️ The 'Slavonic and East European Review' (@uclssees.bsky.social) is out! Special Issue 'Empires in Transition Between Land and Sea Southeastern Europe, 1815-1878', edited by Jovo Miladinović 👉 www.mhra.org.uk/publications... Articles via @projectmuse.bsky.social👉 muse.jhu.edu/issue/57552

It's never too late to return that overdue library book... 😊

Preparations for the new academic year are in full swing at UCL SSEES! 🧽🫧 🪟 @uclssees.bsky.social

SSEES Library will be closed all day on Saturday 19th September, so that our carpets and hard floors can be deep cleaned in preparation for the start of term.

Just a few of the #NewBooks we've added to SSEES Library's collections recently 📚📚📚

SSEES Library will be closed on Monday 31st August for the Bank Holiday. Some other UCL libraries will be open, without staffed services - see details here: www.ucl.ac.uk/library/usin...

There is filming in Taviton Street today, so access to and from the SSEES building will be restricted at times for a few minutes. Apparently the film is a 'romantic comedy'. We're not sure of the plot - but it definitely involves a London bus 🎥🎞️🚌🙂

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...

🎭 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...

📺 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...

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...

🗞️ 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...

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...

🔈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/...

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...

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/...

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.

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 ⬇️

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! 📚📚📚😊