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September 15th

  The Ukraïnica platform has been created by the Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University.it aims to create a site to encourage the teaching of Ukrainian history and culture through offering a space for the exchange of syllabi and course materials . Users can browse time periods and subject areas and get some suggested reading lists. These include books, literature films and texts about Ukraine and or by Ukrainian author.  Users to the site can register to store their own lists. Topics include ethnography, literature, politics.    Mass media and propaganda in 20th century Europe |   Latest new exhibition from Europeana   it forms part of the  the project  Europeana Subtitled , which aims to increase the use of audiovisual media heritage by both professional and non-professional audiences . It includes examples of propaganda cinema and nationalist newspapers from 20 th  Century Europe. Sections include:  Radio broadcastin...

August 12th 2022

 H ere is  the  latest update  of  new and interesting  sites   of   the   week   COVID-19 policy responses in  the  Arab region: Limited fiscal space and lack  of  effective  social  protection systems  (ESCWA) The  gender pay gap in  the  health and care sector: A global analysis in  the  time  of  COVID-19  (ILO / WHO) Further updates on new  social   science  research and Uk government research covering covid are on  the  blog.    Home - Ukraine: Arts and Cultural Heritage - Research Guides at University  of  Colorado Boulder    Librarians at  the  University  of  Colorado Boulder have prepared a libguide which provides links to key websites celebrating Ukrainian history, literature and culture.  The y include resources made since  the  war which are seeking to web archiv...

August 19th 2022

   Here is   the   latest up date   of   new and interesting   social   science   sites   of   the   week            Russian Books  of   the  18 th  Century, Open access collection  from  the  University  of  Illinois Slavic reference collection   it forms part  of  an ambitious ongoing project to make all  of   the  books listed in  Svodnyi katalog russkoi knigi grazhdanskoi pechati XVIII veka  digitally available. Digitized books have been curated from  the  Russian National Electronic Library ( RusNEB ). Currently more than 400 available.   World reimagined.   A great national art education project  to transform how society understands  the  Transatlantic Slave Trade.   See trails  of  large globe sculptures in cities across  the  UK from August to...