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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Congratulations to Kathryn Batchelor, Iryna Odrekhivska and their contributors! Their new #OpenAccess book Translation Studies before ‘Translation Studies’ published today. Read and download free at: bit.ly/4bnEBfm

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Translation Studies before ‘Translation Studies’

Translation Studies before ‘Translation Studies’ challenges the established historical narratives of ‘translation studies’ by showcasing some of the rich traditions of debate, research and theorising ...

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UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies @uclssees.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

What does it mean mean to write through war? Please join us for an evening with Ukrainian writer and war reporter Myroslav Laiuk, who will reflect on the challenges of representing violence and suffering. Moderated by @odrekhivska.bsky.social. 🗓️ 14 November at 5pm 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ buff.ly/WqZKbU6

Event poster for 'Writing Through War' with an image of the 'Bakhmut' book cover.

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Iryna Odrekhivska @odrekhivska.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Today I begin my research fellowship @Denkraum Ukraine, @uniregensburg.bsky.social. I hope to uncover archival materials of Post-WWII cultural world of East European DPs - traces of the past that have been reframed or obscured, like a large window turned into a smaller one in city’s old quarters.

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Iryna Odrekhivska @odrekhivska.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

To wrap up July, how inspiring it was to give a guest lecture at the Ukrainian Summer School 2025 at the University of Warwick.I’m grateful to Prof. Christoph Mick for being the driving force behind this initiative.All the students came to my lecture in Ukrainian vyshyvankas 🤗 @uclssees.bsky.social

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Iryna Odrekhivska @odrekhivska.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Presented on a fantastic panel “Contact zones & Cross-Cultural Dialogue in Ukrainian Literature” chaired by @uilleamblacker.bsky.social & had the pleasure to run a panel series “Between Past & Future: The Ukrainian War as a Battle for Identity” @iceeess.bsky.social, hosted by @uclssees.bsky.social

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Iryna Odrekhivska @odrekhivska.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Translation as distancing and dialogue with the Self, as rewriting the past and envisioning the future. Can we read cultural history through the history of translation? Here is our attempt to explore the Ukrainian one from 1991 to 2022. 40 authors. Over 700 pages. discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...

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