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190121, Saint Petersburg,
Soyuza Pechatnikov str., 16
The Institute of Asian and African Studies was established in 2022 at HSE University-St Petersburg based on the Department of Asian and African Studies, the undergraduate and graduate programmes in the related field, as well as the Centre for Asian and African Studies. The Institute focuses on the development of professional education along with Asian and African studies as a field of scientific knowledge, aiming to preserve and enhance the achievements of the St Petersburg school of Oriental Studies.
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190121, Saint Petersburg,
Soyuza Pechatnikov str., 16
During the meeting with Gulchehra Rikhsieva, Rector of TSUOS, they discussed the creation of ‘mirror laboratories’ for the implementation of artificial intelligence methods in various areas of Asian and African studies, as well as priority areas of scientific cooperation. The main project being developed by the two Asian Studies centres is the study of soft power strategies of non-Western countries.
Maria Soloshcheva and Elena Soboleva visited the Confucius Institute on the basis of TSUOS, which was established as one of the first in the world in 2004. During the meeting, Saodat Nasirova, the director of the Institute on the Uzbek side, introduced the organization and work of the Confucius Institute at TSUOS. Parties shared the experience of teaching Chinese language and culture, as well as discussed possible formats of cooperation between the specialists in Chinese language and culture of the two universities.
The main event of the visit was the scientific seminar ‘Theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of soft power of non-Western countries’. Elena Soboleva, Evgeny Zelenev, and Maria Soloscheva made presentations. From the Uzbek side, the seminar was attended by Professor Kakhramon Hakberdiev, Associate Professors Sukhrob Buronov, Rovshan Goziev and Akiliddin Alimov.
In the course of negotiations with representatives of TSUOS faculties, it was decided to organize online seminars on the use of artificial intelligence technologies in the educational process.