A collection of photos from throughout the history of SSEES.
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Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (second from the left), who gave the inaugural lecture that launched the School in 1915, returns in 1923 as President of Czechoslovakia | R. W. Seton Watson, one of the founders of the School and the first holder of the Masaryk Chair in Central European History, with his sons | Staff of the then School of Slavonic Studies, King's College in 1922 |
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Staff of the School at King's College, 1923 | Sir Bernard Pares, the first Director of the School | A meeting of teachers of Slavonic subjects, probably in 1934-35 |
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28 May 1961, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park. Mr S Zinny, with croquet mallet, with other members of the SSEES weekend seminar. | SSEES Russian Language and Literature entrants, 1966 | Václav Havel speaking at SSEES in 22 March 1990 |
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In 1995 the East European Department was recognised by the British Telecoms Partnership Award in European Studies for excellence in facilitating knowledge and appreciation of Eastern Europe | The 'signing off' ceremony for the new building for SSEES, 2003: Maria Widdowson, Lesley Pitman, Professor Julian Graffy and Angela Clemo with architects Alan Short and Adam Whiteley and Neil Turvey (Turner and Townsend). | Professor George Kolankiewicz and Professor Malcolm Grant greeting HE Václav Klaus at the 2005 opening of the new SSEES building |