Institute of Asian and African Studies

We take great pride in celebrating the achievements of our graduates. This time, we spotlight Elizaveta Grinevich, a 2023 graduate of the Institute of Asian and African Studies at HSE - St. Petersburg, who has embarked on a career in Korean studies.

Irina Shishova, a 5th year student, won the prize in the section of Arabic Business Writing at the International Competition of Professionally Oriented Translation. Congratulations! The Arabic language programme at the Department of Middle Eastern and African Studies for undergraduate students includes a number of specialized courses aimed at developing practical translation skills in various spheres - from classical poetry to media communication, commercial documents and business correspondence.

Students of the Department of Middle Eastern and African Studies study the Arabic language, which has an official status in 24 countries of the world and major international organisations - UN, LAS, OIC, GCC.

On 23 September 2024 at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences the defence of the thesis of M.A. Kozintsev, senior lecturer of the Department of Middle Eastern and African Studies, took place.
Congratulations!

On March 17-18, HSE University-St Petersburg hosted the third scientific conference of students and PhD students 'Current Research Problems in Asian and African Countries'. The conference welcomed 96 research fellows and students from more than 20 universities in Russia and other countries. Find out how the conference went and what impressions of it the participants have in the article.

Due to the threat of the spread of the novel coronavirus infection COVID-19 and in accordance with the decree of the governor of St. Petersburg, undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate students will study online as from November 16, 2020.

On November 10^th and 11^th, 2015, the First Youth International Academic Conference ‘Hard Science Methods in Asian Studies’ took place at HSE in St. Petersburg. It was organized by the Centre for Asian and African Studies together with the Department of Asian and African Studies. The event attracted Russian and international researchers from St. Petersburg, Moscow, Armenia, and Germany, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students from Russian and international universities.

On 9-10 October 2015 Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg hosted the international conference “Minorities and Conflicts: Asia and African states in the Modern World”, which was organized by the Department of Asian and African Studies and the Centre for Asian and African Studies. The conference welcomed Russian and international researchers from St. Petersburg, Moscow, Armenia, Turkey South Africa and South Korea, as well as students and PhD candidates from St. Petersburg’s universities.

14-15^th of May 2015 the international conference “Education and Global Cities: Perspectives of BRICS” took place in St. Petersburg bringing together leading foreign and Russian experts in the field of education. In the framework of this conference the Center of Asian and African Studies and the Department of Asian and African Studies co-organized the round table “Education Trends in the Context of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity”, which focused on the challenges of education in multiethnic states with a special emphasis on the BRICS countries.

On the 15^th of April 2015 the Centre of Asian and African Studies in-collaboration with the Department of Asian and African Studies at the Higher School of Economics – St. Petersburg hosted the scientific seminar “History of Asian and African Civilizations: Concepts and Critique”.