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HSE SPB Day 2024: Most Heartwarming Festival of September in 'Sevkabel Port'
One life is too short to get to know HSE University-St Petersburg thoroughly. But to get acquainted with it well, one HSE SPB Day will be enough. On September 13, we invite the first-years and everyone interested to 'Sevkabel Port' for a kaleidoscope of pleasant emotions and impressions. We will show you how eventful and interesting university years will be and introduce you to the professors, business partners and other active students. Find out what other surprises we have prepared in the article.
'Scientist's Code': Ekaterina Kalemeneva on Modernist Projects in the Arctic, Khrushchev-Era Houses and Similarity between Historians and Gold Diggers
Before the start of the academic year, we keep introducing you to the professors of HSE University-St Petersburg. Ekaterina Kalemeneva supervises the Department of History and teaches Bachelor's and Master's students. In her research, she focuses on historical urban studies, Soviet urban development and the Thaw era. We talked to the Candidate of Historical Sciences about the projects of modernist cities in the Arctic and the changes entailed by the construction of the Khrushchev-Era houses.
'Scientist's Code': Adrian Selin on Novgorodians during the Time of Trouble, Harm from Positivism and Historian's Tasks
If you attended a meeting with HSE University-St Petersburg at least once, you must have met Adrian Selin, an academic supervisor of the Bachelor's programme 'History' and the dean of the School of Arts and Humanities. Usually, he talks about HSE University-St Petersburg but today, we are going to tell you about him and the job of a historian. Find out what prosopography is, why the Time of Trouble is interesting and why it is useless to look for Rurik's remains in the interview with the doctor of historical science.
HSE University-St Petersburg Holds Sixth Conference 'HSEIMUN'
In April, HSE University-St Petersburg held the conference 'HSEIMUN 2024'. This year, it gathered more than 100 delegates from among university and school students from Russia and Kazakhstan. The most active participants received souvenirs. Check out how the event went in the article.
'City Legends': Historian Ekaterina Kalemeneva on Her Favourite Places in St Petersburg
There are plenty of unexpected sides to St Petersburg: it is a city of writers, poets, architects, rock musicians and their admirers... It is multi-layered, but it always has a soul. Ekaterina Kalemeneva, Senior Lecturer at the Department of History, takes us on a textual walk around the city to find out where the biggest Beatles fan in the USSR lived, what Nabokov and Leningrad architects have in common, and where to find vinyl records.
Chinese Fiction: To Read or Not To Read?
Understanding China requires knowing the Chinese language, reading scientific articles, and getting acquainted with the works of Chinese authors. We spoke to HSE University sinologists about which books by Chinese authors they found most interesting.