‘Life Is for the Brave’: HSE University-St Petersburg Student from Mexico Wins StudRussia Competition
Gisel Sarahi Vergara Herrera, second-year student of the master’s programme ‘Arts and Culture Management’, became a winner of the all-Russian competition for international students ‘StudRussia’. Her project was awarded the first prize in the nomination ‘Inspired by Creativity’. Read on to find out about Gisel’s work and experience of participating in such a large-scale contest for international students.
Exchange Student From Armenia on His Studies at HSE University-St Petersburg
Daniel Minasian came from Armenia as an exchange student to spend a semester at HSE University-St Petersburg. Majoring in Korean Studies, Daniel chose courses offered by the Institute of Asian and African Studies. Read on to discover how his exchange studies went and what this experience brought him.
HSE University-St Petersburg Students Speak at the Diplomatic Conference in Malaysia
HSE University-St Petersburg students took part in the conference 'Russian-Malaysian Youth Cooperation Dialogue' organised by the Russian House and the International Youth Centre at the University of Malaya. The event is timed to mark the 100th anniversary of Russian public diplomacy.
HSE University–St Petersburg Holds First International School for Early-Career Researchers in Arab Studies
HSE University–St Petersburg has held the first 'Contemporary Studies of the Sultanate of Oman: Methods, Concepts, Texts' international school for early-career researchers. The programme gathered more than 30 students and experts from Russia, Oman, Italy, and France.
70 Researchers from Seven Countries: HSE University–St Petersburg Hosts Conference on Middle Eastern and North African Studies
HSE University–St Petersburg held the Third International Academic Conference ‘Army, Elites, and Society in the Middle East and North Africa.’ The event brought together researchers from Russia, Oman, Belarus, Uzbekistan, and several other countries.
‘HSE University–St Petersburg Teaches You to Think Globally’: Student from India Immerses Herself in Russian Media Landscape
Prithvi Abhay Shankaregowda came from India under the academic mobility programme. She studies journalism and mass communication and has already got to know St Petersburg. Read on to find out her impressions of Russians, the importance of a global perspective at various events, and projects at HSE University–St Petersburg.
'Indian Festival of Lights': HSE University-St Petersburg Celebrates Diwali
Bright saris, mehendi, flavorful curry and extraordinary dances—for one day, the HSE building in Kantemirovskaya street turned into hot India. The traditional festival of Diwali, which symbolises the victory of light over darkness, united professors, students and guests from all over the world.
‘Each Day Was a Challenge’: How an HSE University–St Petersburg Student Conquered China's ‘Ivy League’
Anastasia Stadnik, fifth-year student of the Bachelor's programme 'Asian and African Studies,' spent an academic year at Nanjing University thanks to the academic mobility programme. In this interview, she shared how studies in China's Ivy League were structured, when students had afternoon nap time, and how one could get a scholarship from the Chinese government.
‘Why Data Analysis Is Art’: HSE University–St Petersburg Hosts International School on Statistics
Why do statistical methods sometimes yield unexpected results? How does the creative approach help to process data in complex linguistic research? Is there 'a magic button' to analyse the results? The answers to these and other questions were the topic of the three-day autumn school 'Statistics in Psycho- and Neurolinguistics.'
‘Between Two Worlds’: How Psychologists Help International Students to Adapt in Russia
Language anxiety, crumbling of the usual ‘self’–practically every international student faces these and other challenges. On October 10, the World Mental Health Day, psychologists from HSE University-St Petersburg Tatiana Kazantseva and Ksenia Kashentseva shared how they help students overcome difficulties and adapt to life in a new country.