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XIX international academic essays competition in memory of Galina Starovoitova for university students and young scholars

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The “Galina Starovoitova Museum” Foundation announces XIX international academic essays competition in memory of Galina Starovoitova for university students and young scholars: “Do you expect changes?” Social expectations and images of future in modern world.

Scholarly essays competition among students, Master’s Degree students, post-graduate students and young scholars is conducted in memory of Galina Vasilyevna Starovoitova (1946-1998) – an outstanding Russian politician, human rights advocate and scientist. Participants may enter with academic articles and essays on sociology, political science, ethnology, philosophy, history, psychology, law and other social and human sciences.

Jury offers approximate themes:

  • Social expectations and pictures of the future in perception of social groups and establishment;
  • Sources of images of the future: science, art, technology, religion, political institutions;
  • Fight for the future: competition and competiveness between actors and ideas in political and cultural spheres;
  • Channels broadcasting pictures of the future: social networks, media, education;
  • Potential and expected future: forecasts in economy, politics, culture, technologies;
  • Political future: global world and national states;
  • Global future: future of Europe, Russia, Saint-Petersburg;
  • Future of the culture: multiculturalism, national cultures, subcultures;
  • Future in past and in the present: cultural memory, archetype, inertness;
  • Society, public sphere and state: perspectives of democracies/ autocracies;
  • Future of education: schools, gymnasiums, colleges, universities;
  • Perspectives of methodology, theory, field study in social and humanitarian sciences;
  • Images of the future in artistic culture.

Academic articles and essays, involved in the competition, must not be published before; text must not exceed 15 pages (12 font size, double line spacing); must be written in Russian, but with summary in English. All scholars under thirty (30) years of age are invited to participate.

Works
 should be sent by email by 30th April 2018 to:

  • galateya2018@gmail.com
  • o_starovoitova@mail.ru

Jury assesses work without author name identification. In addition, participant should send his or her personal information: name and surname, date of birth, status and work of education/ occupation, education, country/ city of residence. Winners of competition will be awarded money reward and awards. The winner will obtain Galina Starovoitova bronze medal. The best entries will be published.

Competition results will be announced until  May 20, 2018.

 

Bibliography of competition (in Russian)

Сonditions of the competition