Reposted by Jeremy Hicks Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Maybe the investigation of his affairs need to go back a decade Brexit payments, houses bought, the money trail on the girlfriends house. the payments in kind. The anger he highlights when challenged is not normal - so the question is what is hidden? 310038
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 03/06/2025@pcarotroncoso.bsky.social @craigclunas.bsky.social @curwen01.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk @rosedwards.bsky.social @drkatiegray.bsky.social @hicksjeremy22.bsky.social @joannamalone.bsky.social @umartin.bsky.social @abistone.bsky.social @joestrong.bsky.social @edwinrose.bsky.social 131
Jeremy Hicks @hicksjeremy22.bsky.social · 15/05/2025May brings anniversaries: 8th May VE Day (or 9th), 17 May Irish National Famine Commemoration. So perhaps it is time to write an essay on the theme of anniversaries for the Forum for Modern Languages prize (£500, publication and acclaim await). Go on, do it! academic.oup.com/fmls/pages/t...academic.oup.comThe Forum PrizeAbout the Forum Prize The Forum essay prize competition was launched to mark Volume 45 of the journal in 2009. Having published hundreds of outstanding article 020
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks Rob Dale @robdale.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Calling all historians interested in Europe - The Iland scholarship is open for applications for projects relating to "European culture, political thought, language and literature" and including history. Deadline 20 June. www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate... Do spread the word 📣 Open to DMs for advice.ncl.ac.ukSearch for Postgraduate Scholarships and Other FundingWe know that how you fund your postgraduate studies is very important. Our funding database gets you to the information you need quickly. 064
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 22/04/2025The key chart right now: Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers. This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified. 11146231710
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 10/04/2025NHS waiting lists have fallen for six months in a row! 7,402,148 people were on the waiting list in February, down from 7,428,309 people in January. #Labour #KeirStarmer #NHShealthcareandprotection.comNHS waiting lists drops to 7.4m as slow recovery continuesThe NHS waiting list continued to decline, falling to 7.40 million people in January 2025, according to the latest data from NHS England. 106723
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks Olesya Khromeychuk @okhromeychuk.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Join our KINO course to explore the wonders of Ukrainian cinema with top experts. Student discount available! The course starts tomorrow! 0116
Jeremy Hicks @hicksjeremy22.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Important lecture on the situation in contemporary Central Asia at Cerees @QMUL_HSS by Bhavna Dave Tomorrow 6pm, remember to register on this link. Hybrid also available projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/cerees/2024/...projects.history.qmul.ac.ukCEREES Lecture – Centre for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies 000
Jeremy Hicks @hicksjeremy22.bsky.social · 09/03/2025'Reform is a protest party led by the messiah' BBC News - Farage defends suspending MP and criticises 'infighting' www.bbc.com/news/article... 010
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 08/03/2025🎥 🏆 Ukrainian documentary Mission 200 wins Grand Prix at international film festival in Riga – videopravda.com.uaUkrainian documentary Mission 200 wins Grand Prix at international film festival in Riga – videoThe International Documentary Film Festival Artdocfest/Riga has announced the award winners in its competition programme. The Grand Prix went to Mission 200, a film by Ukrainian director Volodymyr Sid... 427567
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/03/2025“Every $1300 New York invested in building bike-lanes in 2015 provided benefits equivalent to 1 additional year of life at full health over the lifetime of all city residents, according to a new economic assessment.” Among many other benefits, bike-lanes are a really smart public health investment. 7845225
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Labour promised to deliver an extra 2 million appointments a year as a first step to fix the the NHS. And they have reached that target in just 5 months. The impact? More people getting the treatment they need and waiting lists down by 160,000 (compared to a 33,000 rise the year before).gov.ukOver two million extra NHS appointments delivered early as trusts handed £40 million to go further and fasterOver two million extra NHS appointments including for chemotherapy, radiotherapy, endoscopy, and diagnostic tests delivered as government delivers first step to fix the NHS seven months early. 14234117
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Land for peace. Works every time ... 🙄 821953417
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 13/02/2025NHS waiting lists fell for the 4th month in a row in December, despite the usual extra pressure seen during winter and a significant increase in the number of people in hospital with flu. This is really good news and exactly what Labour promised they would do when they got into power.england.nhs.ukNHS England » Waiting list falls as NHS staff treated record numbers last yearNHS staff delivered a record 18 million treatments in 2024, as the waiting list fell in December for the fourth month in a row. The overall backlog has dropped again from 7.48 million to 7.46 million,... 8219100
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks Andy Willimott @andywillimott.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Join us to discuss Ukraine, war, and the British Left 📅 Monday, 10 Feb 2025, 18:00 - 20:30 GMT 📷 Queen Mary University of London Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-britis... #CEREESeventbrite.co.ukThe British Left and UkraineJoin us in discussing the historical and contemporary political aspects of whether the UK Left still has a blind spot with regard to Ukraine 022
Jeremy Hicks @hicksjeremy22.bsky.social · 06/02/2025On 10.02 we have a #CEREES #QMULHSS panel discussion on 'The British Left and Ukraine' projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/.../24/ceree... 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.....projects.history.qmul.ac.uk 000
Jeremy Hicks @hicksjeremy22.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Very excited about the official launch of our joint special issue 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/...projects.history.qmul.ac.uk 000
Jeremy Hicks @hicksjeremy22.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Fascinating overview and reflection on the state of Ukrainian studies in universities worldwide suspilne.media/culture/9291...suspilne.mediaУкраїнські студії за кордоном: чому це важливо для культурної дипломатіїКультурна дипломатія України: нові горизонти україністики, чому в іноземних університетах потрібні кафедри україністики, які виклики та переваги українських студій. — Cуспільне Культура 020
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 16/01/2025We are currently accepting applications for the annual Visiting International Fellowship scheme, which includes a grant of up to £5,000. Applications close on 31 March 2025. 👩🎓 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇮🇪 🏛️ For more information about eligibility and how to apply, see the link below: www.sfs.ac.uk/funding/visi...sfs.ac.ukVisiting International FellowshipsThe Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels. 079
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy edition.cnn.com/interactive/...edition.cnn.comFinland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracyRussia's neighbor has developed a plan for countering misinformation. Can it be exported to the rest of the world? 582008778
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies @uclssees.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Please join us for a conversation between Claire Knight and Stefan Lacny about Dr Knight's recent book Stalin's Final Films: Cinema, Socialist Realism, and Soviet Postwar Reality (@cornellupress.bsky.social). 🗓️ 20 January at 5.30pm 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events... 032
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks Yuliya Komska @ykomska.bsky.social · 08/01/2025My colleagues Lada Kolimiyets, Victoria Somoff, & Karina Madzari did pioneering work with their elementary Ukrainian students. They worked with students in Ukraine to create an "impermanent [digital] collection" of Ukrainian museums destroyed by Russia. www.library.dartmouth.edu/news/imperma...library.dartmouth.eduImpermanent Collection: Documenting Ukrainian Museums | Dartmouth LibrariesTitled, “Impermanent Collection: Ukraine’s Museums under Attack”, this exhibition sought to document Russia’s destruction of Ukrainian museums and cultural sites, with Dartmouth students researching and curating the work. 296
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 05/01/2025This has to be the most dishonest reporting of an opinion poll I've ever seen The survey actually found that over two thirds of voters *do not* think Starmer will be out of No 10 within a year. 30739891101
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks Paul Kaye @paulkaye.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Want to work as a translator for the EU on a permanent contract? Then enter an open competition for a chance to be recruited. 2 source languages. EU citizens only, no experience needed. Deadline 14 Jan 2025: eu-careers.europa.eu/en/translato.... See also info event Tue 17 Dec: loom.ly/03kxbagloom.lyCompetition to recruit English translators in the EU institutions – information sessionJoin us online on Tuesday 17 December at 6:15pm Irish time (7:15pm CET) for an information session about a competition to recruit English language translators to work in the EU institutions. Translato... 031
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks Andy Willimott @andywillimott.bsky.social · 11/12/2024CEREES Event, QMUL - "New Directions in Ukrainian Film History" Join us on Monday 3 February We will launch a joint special issue of 'Culture of Ukraine (Kharkov)' and 'Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema'. Registration essential projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/cerees/2024/... 011
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks Andy Willimott @andywillimott.bsky.social · 11/12/2024CEREES Event, QMUL - ‘The British Left and Ukraine’ Join us on Monday 10 February Speakers: Paul Mason (journalist - @paulmason.bsky.social); Christopher Ford (Ukrainian Solidarity); Yuliia Yurchenko (Greenwich) Registration essential: projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/cerees/2024/... 021
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies @uclssees.bsky.social · 09/12/2024📢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 01515
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks Nicolas Tenzer @nicolastenzer.bsky.social · 03/12/2024This is the right demand from a truly committed French MP. This call for new and fair elections, as required by the Georgian President Salomé Zourabichvili, must become the shared stance of the EU, the EU and NATO member states. Let's not #Georgia fall into the russian dark winter. Enough is enough. 39628
Jeremy Hicks @hicksjeremy22.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Can't wait: 01.12 6pm at @qmulhss.bsky.social CEREES, roundtable and book launch: Decolonising the (Post-)Soviet Screen - exploring how decolonial viewpoints can prompt a re-evaluation of what constitutes ‘Russian’/’Soviet’ culture. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cerees-dec... 130
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 23/11/2024🕯️ EU commemorates victims of the 1932–1933 Holodomor – photospravda.com.uaEU commemorates victims of the 1932–1933 Holodomor – photosThe ministries of foreign affairs and EU officials will commemorate the victims of the Holodomor in Ukraine of 1932–1933 on Saturday, 23 November. 326056
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks Uilleam Blacker @uilleamblacker.bsky.social · 23/11/2024On Holodomor Remembrance Day, I want to highlight The Grain Store, a superb play on the topic by Natalia Vorozhbyt. It was commissioned by the Royal Court Theatre in 2009 & staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Sasha Dugdale's translation. Buy it here: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/the-grain-st...nickhernbooks.co.ukThe Grain StoreThe Grain Store; A play about a small rural community that dares to stand up to Stalin as he launches the first of his Five-Year Plans. 0154
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks Щек 🇺🇦 @shchack.bsky.social · 19/11/2024"Жовтий Князь" була у шкільній програмі і.. я її прочитав. Досі пам'ятаю свої емоції тоді: сум, жах, злість. Один з перших проявів русофобії. Так, українська література доволі песимістична, але на те, на жаль, є достатньо причин. Шкода лише, що не чули (не чуємо 😢) цей відгук 171
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks Andy Willimott @andywillimott.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Tonight’s important CEREES Panel: “Political Prisoners in Russian and the Occupied Territories of Ukraine”. Despite security and tube issues, we drew a good in-person and online audience. Speakers:Judith Pallot, Bill Bowring, Valentina Chubarova, and Yevgeniy Zakharov @qmul.bsky.social 052
Reposted by Jeremy Hicks British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies @basees.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Join us at the ICCEES World Congress in London next summer! The deadline for submitting paper, panel, and roundtable proposals has been extended to midnight (GMT) on November 30, 2024. Remote attendance is also possible! Visit iccees2025.org for more details. 2169
Jeremy Hicks @hicksjeremy22.bsky.social · 30/09/2024My 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... www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...the-tls.co.ukCrimean Quagmire by Gregory Carleton | Book review | The TLSIn Crimean Quagmire: Tolstoy, Russell and the birth of modern warfare, Gregory Carleton argues that the Crimean War (1854–6) “changed forever the face of 012
Jeremy Hicks @hicksjeremy22.bsky.social · 23/09/2024'Imagining Central Asia on Film: Soviet Folklorisation of Cultural Identity.' 25.09 7pm. Kazakh scholar Assiya Issemberdiyeva (@QMUL_HSS ) on how WWII Soviet cinema portrayed Soviet Central Asia through 'folklorisation,' a pattern established for Ukraine: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/imagining-... 011
Jeremy Hicks @hicksjeremy22.bsky.social · 20/09/2024Excited 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 lumiere-brugge.be/film/101939/...lumiere-brugge.beDe Aarde (STOM!)Live pianobegeleiding: Jozef Sercu. De film handelt over de collectivisatie van de Oekraïense landbouw. De film speelt zich af in een klein Oekraïe... 130