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NEOLIBERALISM AND THE NEW ROLE OF NGOS IN THE REFORMED WELFARE STATE
23.05.2017
In the 1990s, EU governments begun a shift towards Activation Policies to deal with large numbers of people dependent on welfare benefits. The move took place within the framework of a major reform of the Welfare State, from welfare to work. Underscoring these developments there was a taken for granted ideology called neoliberalism. It consisted of a broad set of contradictory policies, though they had a common goal: profits first. Regarding the self, the hallmarks of neoliberalism were entrepreneurship, independence, and self-responsibility.
RUSSIA BETWEEN REFORMS AND REVOLUTIONS, 1906-1916
19.05.2017
The European University at St. Petersburg will host the International Conference "RUSSIA BETWEEN REFORMS AND REVOLUTIONS, 1906-1916" on May 26-28, 2017.
GENDER, RIGHTS AND ADOLESCENT AGENCY: Some Reflections from Recent Research
17.05.2017
For many years Jacqueline Bhabha has worked on issues of human rights and migration with a focus on gender and child related challenges; over the last decade she has also done research on economic and social rights, particularly focused on preventing harms such as exploitation, exclusion and violence that so often trigger migration and the vulnerabilities that result.
HSF SUPPORTS EUSP
16.05.2017
The Helsingin Sanomat Foundation (HSF) is deeply concerned about the situation around the European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP).
The HSF has with great anxiety followed the alarming news about the possible revocation of the university’s license.
UNI FREIBURG SUPPORTS EUSP
16.05.2017
Offener Brief zur Unterstutzung der Europaischen Universitat in St. Petersburg
COURT HEARING NEWS, May 16, 2017
16.05.2017
The hearing on the EUSP lawsuit challenging the inspection acts of Rosobrnadzor took place today at the 9th Arbitration Court of Appeal. The court session has been adjourned until July 13, 2017 in response to a corresponding petition made by Rosobrnadzor. The supervisory agency intends to prepare an additional position on the calculation of the share of "practicing teachers", taking into account the clarifications received from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. The university supported Rosobrnadzor's petition.
RUSSIA IN THE STENOGRAPHIC AGE: Speech, Rhetoric and the Public Sphere, 1860-1930
16.05.2017
The talk will be given in Russian.
Stephen Lovell is Professor of Modern History at King's College London. He has published widely on Russian history, including Summerfolk: A History of the Dacha, 1710-2000 (Cornell University Press, 2003) and Russia in the Microphone Age: A History of Soviet Radio, 1919-1970 (Oxford University Press, 2015).
INSTITUTE FOR THE RULE OF LAW - WINNER OF THE "OPEN DATA" CONTEST
15.05.2017
Winners of the Second All-Russian Contest "Open Data in the Russian Federation"
WHY WE POST - THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF SOCIAL MEDIA
12.05.2017
Every day we read items in the newspapers about the impact of social media on our lives. Have we lost even the possibility of privacy? Is our attention span diminished? Are young people obsessed by selfies? This lecture will provide an overview of an extensive research project on the use and consequences of social media around the world that is resulting in 11 open access books that try and provides a more authoritative guide to the impact of social media on society.
WESTERN APPROACHES TO STUDYING THE RUSSIAN STATE
12.05.2017
The collapse of the Soviet Union left behind a group of generally weak states in Eurasia, including the main successor state, Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s effort to rebuild the Russian state has led to contradictory assessments of the transformation of the Russian state. Western scholars disagree both about the success of Putin’s state-building project and the ability of leaders to affect stateness, given structural conditions.
DIGNITY IN EXTREMIS: Migration, Death, and the Risk of Survival
11.05.2017
My talk is a literary and philosophical reflection on migration as more than a political crisis — a crisis of the conscience of our times.
DISAPPEARING HISTORY: Challenges of (re)Imagining a City (case of Berlin)
05.05.2017
Berlin is famous for its lack of industry and finance economy, as well as its pre-war quarters and lifestyles. Having to deal with an intense history after 1989; a variety of images from the past are brought back, for the contemporary city imagery. The city is also imagined with a variety of new references: art and artists, civil society activities or urban interventions which play an enormous role in the production of metropolisness of Berlin. The city is imagined as unique, based on the past; and also dynamic, new and visionary.
THE SYNDROME OF THE THERMOMETER
05.05.2017
Could a machine read my mind? Could it read my mind better I can? Could it find out what I really think, what I truly feel, and may not be aware of? It does not matter whether the machine scans my brain or analyses of my data, whether it is neuroscience or, as we say, Big Data. The point is: can a machine be an instrument of introspection?
OXFORD ACADEMICS SUPPORT EUSP
02.05.2017
We, the undersigned Oxford academics, wish to express our surprise that the European University at St Petersburg is facing a legal threat to terminate the tenancy of its premises at the Small Marble Palace.
COURT HEARING NEWS, April 27, 2017
28.04.2017
The hearing on the EUSP lawsuit challenging the inspection act of Rosobrnadzor's recurrent order to eliminate violations took place on April 27, 2017.
The court has adjourned the next session until May 26, 2017.
BRITISH ACADEMICIANS SUPPORT EUSP
28.04.2017
In recent months, we, as British academicians with a deep knowledge of and admiration for Russian culture and history, have become increasingly concerned by the situation at the European University, St Petersburg. We all know and respect the University's work, which has also been repeatedly recognised by international rankings of universities. In just over 20 years, since it was founded, the EUSP has established a worldwide reputation as a centre of excellence in humanities and social sciences.
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING on Academic Cooperation between University of Lapland and EUSP
28.04.2017
Memorandum of Understanding on Academic Cooperation between University of Lapland and European University at St. Petersburg
26.4.2017