of the Baltic states Ivo Lapenna (Reader in Soviet Law, c. 1964 onwards), former President of the World Esperanto Association and academic lawyer Alena Ledeneva (current Professor of Politics and Society) Stephen Lovell (MA, PhD), academic Clarence Manning (staff), academic and Slavicist Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (Inaugurated SSEES, Professor of Slavic Research), first President of Czechoslovakia Margaret Stevenson Miller (PhD), academic and women's rights campaigner Roger Moorhouse (MA History and Politics, 1994), author and historian Atukwei Okai (MPhil, 1971), Ghanaian poet, cultural activist and academic Sir Bernard Pares (first Director of SSEES, Professor of Russian Language, Literature and History, 1919-1939) László Péter (lecturer then Chair of Hungarian history, 1963–1994) Martyn Rady (current Masaryk Professor of Central European History) Sir John Randall (BA Serbo-Croatian language and literature, 1979), former Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons Anna Reid (History), historian, journalist and author Jacek Rostowski (BSc, MA, 1973, then lecturer, 1988–95) former Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of Poland Jonathan Ross (Modern European History), UK TV presenter Andrew Rothstein (lecturer in Russian and Soviet History, 1946–1950), journalist and founding member of the Communist Party of Great Britain Mike Sarne (BA), actor, film director and singer of the 1962 UK number one song, "Come Outside" Edward Schofield, curator at the British Museum and British Library György Schöpflin (former Jean Monnet Professor of Politics), Hungarian Member of the European Parliament Robert Service (former lecturer in Russian History), historian and author Hugh Seton-Watson (Chair of Russian History, 1951–1983) R. W. Seton-Watson (founder of SSEES, Masaryk Professor of Central European History, 1922–45), political activist and historian Robin Shepherd, political commentator Nick Taussig (MA in Russian Literature), author and film producer Trevor Thomas (former lecturer in Czech and Slovak History) Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu (former teaching fellow), former Prime Minister of Romania and Doreen Warriner (development economist) References External links Official site 1915 establishments in England Educational institutions established in 1915 Former colleges of the University of London