Had the honour to be invited to attend the celebration of Slovenian Cultural Day organised by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in the UK. It was a beautiful evening filled with incredible music by the amazing Greenwich trio. Their performance was absolutely fantastic! Grateful to be part of such a special event.
On January 14th, me and some of my UCL SSEES students had the pleasure of attending a wonderful reception at the Embassy of the Republic of North Macedonia to celebrate the Orthodox New Year / Old New Year / Стара Нова година. We’re so grateful to Ambassador Katerina Stavreska and her team for the kind…
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Holiday wishes from my UCL-SSEES groups of Macedonian and Slovene. 4 groups of pure joy! From my Macedonian groups, smaller groups mean more time to chat! Some students are missing as well. • If you forget Santa’s cookies, at least leave him a coffee – he might forgive you!” • “Don’t stress about the calories…
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Wrapped up the term of Slovene with my dear colleague Maja and some of our students at UCL-SSEES and a very special guest: British Ambassador to Slovenia, Victoria Harrison. ❤️ She shared some wonderful tips from her own journey of learning Slovene, making the session both inspiring and memorable. Some of our students especially enjoyed…
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I represented CIOL at this year’s Language Show, thanks to the invitation from John Worne, CEO of the Chartered Institute of Linguists! My talk was Translating balkan food – A culinary journey through identity and tradition. Food is more than sustenance, it’s a deep expression of cultural identity, shaped by history, geography, and tradition. In…
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With my colleague and Slovene language lector, Maja, and the Slovenian Ambassador, Sanja Štiglic. Across Europe, from the rolling hills of Slovenia to the sunlit shores of North Macedonia, languages carry the essence of who we are. They hold the wisdom of our ancestors, the rhythm of our cultures, and the dreams of future generations.…
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An excellent event centred around a book Granma Non-Oui by Lidija Dimkovska that I had originally enjoyed in Macedonian. Now, I’m eagerly looking forward to reading it in English. The discussions during the event were profound, particularly when talked about the significance of language as a core component of our identities. We have shared our…
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I was invited to give a talk for PROlang the research centre at the UCL-SSEES, where I explored the complexities of the Macedonian language. The presentation examined its socio-linguistic aspects, geographical distribution, and demographic trends, with a particular focus on North Macedonia. It also analysed the language’s dynamics within diverse cultural and historical contexts, as…
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My great students from UCL SSEES visited the Embassy of the Republic of North Macedonia! They enjoyed an insightful presentation by my good friend and colleague Nick Nasev, MITI about Macedonian language outside of 🇲🇰 and they even enjoyed more when I grilled Nick this time and not them. 😀A special gratitude to the Ambassador…
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#Presernov dan Slovenska filantropija From Slovenia via London to the world with some of our Ukrainian students from the Wednesday’s group of our Slovene course. Today is #Prešernov dan – #Prešeren‘s day. It’s marking the anniversary of the death of the Slovenian national poet France Prešeren. In 1991 in the new Slovenian Republic, the 7th…
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