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The 2025 European Lecture is now available 👇

Michael Ignatieff on Academic Freedom: What It Is, What It Isn’t and Why It’s Under Threat

Watch now: youtu.be/IYi_67T5VnM?...

@laws.ucl.ac.uk @efieldingd.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Thank you for joining us for Paris+10! 🌱

With thanks to H.E. Madame Hélène Duchêne for her insightful opening remarks, to our chair Prof Eloise Scotford, and to our expert panel: Adam Berman, Lisa Vanhala, Pedro Schilling de Carvalho, Dan Bradley, and Jean Jouzel, for a rich and hopeful discussion.
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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A huge thank you to everyone that joined us last night for the annual UCL Europe Lecture on Academic Freedom!

With thanks to Michael Ignatieff and @efieldingd.bsky.social for a fascinating discussion.

Chaired by European Institute Director @ukstaiger.bsky.social.

#AcademicFreedom #UCL #University
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Marking 10 years of the Paris Agreement, UCL & the French Embassy in the UK host experts in policy, diplomacy & research to reflect on its innovation, impact & the future of global climate governance. 🌍

🗓️ 12 November 2025, 6pm - 8pm
📍 UCL Bentham House
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paris-10-r...
October 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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“It looks like we are heading back to a period where the great powers divide the world into spheres of influence without much regard for what ‘ordinary people’ want. But it is ordinary people’s lives that are at stake, so we ought to hear their voices.” - @kristinmbakke.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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🚀 Our October newsletter is live!

Stay ahead with the latest updates, insights, and events.

Our monthly newsletter brings you fresh perspectives, opportunities, and upcoming activities - straight to your inbox!

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#UCL #Europe
October 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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🎙️ Tune in to the latest episode of The Ukraine Shelf podcast where @oliahercules.bsky.social and Felicity Spector speak with @uilleamblacker.bsky.social and @okhromeychuk.bsky.social on all things food!

☁️ soundcloud.com/european-ins...
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6HZ...

#Europe #TheUkraineShelf
October 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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📣 Academic Freedom: What It Is, What It Isn’t and Why It’s Under Threat 📣

Join us for our annual Europe Lecture, in partnership with UCL Laws, supported by UCL Disagreeing Well

Register for free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/academic-f...

#UCL #AcademicFreedom #Europe
September 30, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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🏢 Curious about the architecture of politics in Europe? 🗺️

🇪🇺 Brexit still shapes our politics of today ➡️

Dive into discussion - our books are available to download for free with @uclpress.bsky.social

discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...

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#Europe #UCL
September 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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A warm welcome to all our students on the first day of term!

We look forward to meeting at you at the UCL European Institute!

#Welcome #UCL #Freshers #EuropeanInstitute
September 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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📚 A new academic year begins at @ucl.ac.uk!

Be the first to find out about events, publications and collaboration opportunities this term by signing up to our monthly newsletter: mailchi.mp/ucl.ac.uk/si... ✨
September 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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The UCL European Institute was proud to support the 2025 WUB-HUB Conference: on Ukraine, Belarus, and the Complex Geopolitics of Europe, a collaboration between @ucl.ac.uk and the University of Warwick, in partnership with @sceeus-ui.bsky.social and Ukrainian Prism.

🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
June 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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It was great to have Judge Damjan Kukovec of the CJEU giving a hybrid lecture at UCL today. Thank you also to Professor George Letsas @laws.ucl.ac.uk for chairing this very thought-provoking discussion on the jurisdiction of the CJEU in Common Foreign and Security Policy.

@ucl-global.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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UCL @profgeraintrees.bsky.social hosted Ekaterina Zaharieva, @ec.europa.eu Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation, and the @euinuk.bsky.social this week, to discuss the vital role universities play in fostering growth.

📖 Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
June 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Fascinating and important conversation on the groundbreaking CJEU judgment of European Commission v Malta with @profkochenov.bsky.social, @sarahganty.bsky.social, Dr Oliver Gerstenberg, @liorerez.bsky.social and @msumption.bsky.social, chaired by Dr Claudia Sternberg

@laws.ucl.ac.uk
June 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Looking back on an exciting Tuesday afternoon with @jean23bean.bsky.social, who introduced a framework of “suspect citizenship” which demonstrates how ethnoracial minorities are constantly outside the boundaries of full societal inclusion.

View future events here: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
May 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Episode 4 of The Ukraine Shelf is out now — listen to
@uilleamblacker.bsky.social @okhromeychuk.bsky.social
Yuliya Musakovska and Maria Tumarkin discuss writing about war and trauma.

🔗 Listen to it here and find out more about book recommendations: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
May 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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2024-25 UCL Europe Lecture starting now! A conversation with @philippesands.bsky.social on his new book 38 Londres Street.
@ucllaws.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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The ELML comes to Brussels! Find us at Passa Porta, Benelux’s largest multilingual literary festival (28-30 Mar, Muntpunt). Discover how writers like Hans Christian Andersen captured London.
More info: passaporta.be

Submit your ideas: bit.ly/3zgon6T
#europeanliterarylondon

Image: Miguel Navarro
March 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Episode 2 of The Ukraine Shelf is out now — listen to @uilleamblacker.bsky.social @okhromeychuk.bsky.social and @efinkel.bsky.social @dovzhyk.bsky.social discuss threats to Ukrainian culture and identity

🔗 Listen to it here and find out more about book recommendations: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
March 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Join us next week at the #BlackEurope Reading Group!

Was Andromeda, Ethiopia’s princess, whitewashed in myth? Prof. Phiroze Vasunia traces her racial legacy from antiquity to modernity.

🗓 Wed 26 March, 1-2 PM
☕️ Tea, coffee, & pastries provided! Feel free to bring your lunch
🔗 bit.ly/uclblackeurope
March 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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📸Some snapshots of the panel from last night's event: "Perspectives on European Security: In conversation with the Lithuanian Vice Minister of National Defence"

Thank you to everyone who came and to Dr. Karolis Aleksa @uclssees.bsky.social for making this possible

@ucl-global.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Forgot to stay on top of European issues this month? Don't worry! This month's articles on our UCL Europe blog offer the perfect opportunity to reflect on wider developments, focusing on European values, security, and politics.

📖Read more here: ucleuropeblog.com
March 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Don’t miss the next #BlackEurope Reading Group!📚

Decolonisation and DEI Are Dead: Long Live Deracialisation

🖤 Scholar/activist Dr Toyin Agbetu critiques ‘anti-wokeness’ and explores deracialisation as a solution to structural racism.

🗓 Wed 5th March, 1-2 PM
Programme & sign up: bit.ly/41lT1rg
February 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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📚UCL staff & students! Join the #BlackEurope Reading Group for discussions on race & culture.

🎬26th Feb: Dr. Beatrix Gassmann de Sousa on Affective Debt in Film & Thelma Buabeng's satirical defiance of white supremacy

🗓Weds 1-2PM
Programme & sign up: bit.ly/41lT1rg

@uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM