У нашому святковому розіграші можна виграти цілу низку книг, а ще — патч із титром "Тіней забутих предків" і персональну екскурсію до Музею кіно. Для цього треба лише купити квиток, кошти з якого підуть на розвиток Центру. Тут розповідаємо про унікальні книги з розіграшу👇

Excited and delighted to be giving a talk about Ukrainian director Oleksandr Dovzhenko's masterpiece, Earth, one of the greatest silent films, at the STOM! film festival in Bruges, on Saturday 28 lumiere-brugge.be/film/101939/De…

'Imagining Central Asia on Film: Soviet Folklorisation of Cultural Identity.' 25.09 7pm. Kazakh scholar Assiya Issemberdiyeva (Queen Mary Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences ) on how WWII Soviet cinema portrayed Soviet Central Asia through 'folklorisation,' a pattern established for Ukraine: eventbrite.co.uk/e/imagining-ce…

My review of Greg Carleton on Crimean war reporting in the Times Literary Supplement. Perhaps some parallels? Let's hope so in the case of Russia... the-tls.co.uk/regular-featur…

Alongside our rescue worker appeal, we are working with supporters in UCU to promote this fundraiser for Innovative Gymnasium, a school in Kropyvnytskyi in central Ukraine. Please donate, share and raise in your union or education-sector organisation crowdfunder.co.uk/p/appeal-for-k…

Russia is so threatened by Ukraine Solidarity Campaign 🇺🇦✊🏽🚩 fund, awareness and solidarity raising activities it has tried to pressure Wordpress to shut them down!! They do great work for Ukraine - follow, share (and donate if you can)❤️‍🔥🇺🇦💪

Your income from work won't be taxed more. Your income from capital will. It's a shift in favour of labour. Why ever would a Labour government do that?

Can anybody conflirm whether Joseph Stalin's agenda for liquidating the Kulaks did include provision to pass on about £2 million tax-free (£1 million each for property/farm) before seeking a contribution to public finances if more than that was being passed across generations?

Thrilled to announce the English edition of the joint issue of Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema and Culture of Ukraine, on Ukrainian film history. Kharkiv colleagues scholarly working in wartime conditions was awe-inspiring. Ukrainian edition next! tandfonline.com/toc/rrsc20/18/3

Last call for tickets (online only): Monday 18 November, 18:00-20:00 ‘Political prisoners in Russia and the Occupied Territories of Ukraine’ Book here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/cerees-polit… Russia’s prisons are the unseen side of Russia’s repression of dissent and opposition. 📷

I am looking forward to this discussion, on Saturday, about the impact of the war on Ukraine's ecology and its energy system. All welcome

Very excited about the official launch of our joint journal special issue on Ukrainian film history on Monday at CEREES Panel & Launch – Centre for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (hybrid event - all welcome) projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/cerees/2024/...

On 10.02 we have a #CEREES #QMULHSS panel discussion on 'The British Left and Ukraine' projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/.../24/cerees-… One of the speakers, Richard Johnson recounts how, in April 1956, when Nikita Khrushchev got into a row with leading Labour people podcasts.apple.com/.../why-did...…...

It was a great meeting! Shame I had to be on zoom but the happy could join. Thank you Queen Mary University of London Jeremy Hicks for organising this!

Important lecture on the situation in contemporary Central Asia at Cerees Queen Mary Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences by Bhavna Dave Tomorrow 6pm, remember to register on this link. Hybrid also available projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/cerees/2024/11…

1/7 Shevchenko Days are here! Let’s talk about Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861)—a poet, prose writer, and a national symbol of Ukraine’s anti-colonial struggle against Russian oppression. 🧵(Our favorite video in the end of the thread!) 🧵

May brings anniversaries: 8th May VE Day (or 9th), 17 May Irish National Famine Commemoration. So perhaps it's time to write an essay on the theme of anniversaries for the Forum for Modern Language Studies prize (£500, publication and acclaim await). Go on, do it! academic.oup.com/fmls/pages/the…

The Trust's 2024 Annual Review is now available online. The fantastic spread of projects featured provides a glimpse into the research we support across the disciplines. Read here: leverhulme.ac.uk/annual-review Sourit Bhattacharya Will Bowden Caroline Curwen Jeremy Hicks Shane McCausland 馬嘯鴻

🎬The Ukrainian Film Festival kicks off tomorrow in London with The Editorial Office! Born in Kherson, Roman Bondarchuk always brings the South of Ukraine to the screen. 🗓 Thu 18 Sep, 18:00 📍 Curzon Soho, London 🎟 curzon.com/ticketing/seat… Watch it + meet him in person for Q&A

‘Don’t poke the Russian bear’ Nigel Farage MP’s Moscow-appeasing speech in the European Parliament. Share this wide. This is the man that appeared multiple times on Russia Today (and was paid, and was offered a show). This is the man that said the world leader he most admired