Welcome address to the graduates was expressed by rector Oleg Kharkhordin, deans of the departments and members of the Student council. The ceremony ended with the informal communication in the Radisson Sonya Hotel.

The field of educational services (including the export thereof) is one of the most important for St. Petersburg. Although the contribution of this field to the urban economy has not yet been assessed in direct financial parameters, the university social substrate still remains one of the most influential in the city. Understanding the importance of this segment, authorities are all the time trying to reform it. The academic community, however, has long been of a mind that governmental reforms have a rather devastating effect. Presenting at SPIEF 2016, European University at St.

From June 9th-11th, EUSP, Saint-Petersburg Institute of History (Russian Academy of Sciences), and the Southern Methodist University (USA) held the 10th international colloquium on Russian history, “The Era of War and Revolution (1914-1922).” The colloquium took place with support from “Goznak”.  

The current presidential election in the United States is being called the most interesting in decades. Surprises are occurring in both parties, Republican and Democratic: the defeat of candidates considered favorites at the start of the primaries, and the victories of those who are considered outsiders. All of this raises a number of questions that go beyond the boundaries of the actual election campaign. Why have people so unusual in American political life, like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, achieved success? What are the reasons for their massive voter support?

A project of the TAIF Professorship, friendship between regional research schools and prospects for young talents.

Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN's flagship international affairs program, “Fareed Zakaria GPS”, Washington Post columnist, contributing editor at The Atlantic and New York Times bestselling author, will be the principal speaker at EUSP Commencement Ceremony on June 24.

Dear friends,Today the Magistrate's Court of St Petersburg held the hearings of the EUSP case where the Ministry of Education and Science (represented by “Rosobrnadzor”) acted as plaintiff and the EUSP as defendant. The hearings lasted 30 minutes: the EUSP was acquitted of all charges “due to the expiration of the statute of limitations period.”

On April 6th, EUSP Department of Art History graduate Dmitry Kozlov defended his dissertation “Stadion v arkhitekture XX veka (na primere tvorchestva A. S. Nikol’skogo) [The Stadium in Architecture of the 20th Century (The Works of A. S. Nikolsky)]” in the Dissertation Council at the Russian Institute of Art History. We congratulate Dmitry and wish him greater academic success!

On April 18th, EUSP Department of Anthropology graduate Maria Pirogovskaia defended her dissertation “Ol’faktornyi kod i vospitanie chuvstvitel’nosti v russkoi gorodskoi kul’ture 1860-1910-x godov [The Olfactory Code and the Cultivation of Sensibility in Russian Urban Culture in the 1860s-1910s]” in the Dissertation Council of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences “Kunstkamera.”

The New Stage of the Alexandrinsky Theater, the European University at St. Petersburg, and the Center of Contemporary Culture in Barcelona will describe the European experience of the transformation of urban spaces. From April 28th through May 29th 2016, the exhibition “Polis: 7 Lessons from the European Prize for Urban Public Space” will be open at the New Stage of the Alexandrinsky Theater as part of the “Ideal City” program.

On March 24th, EUSP professor Olga Bychkova gave a presentation at the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO as part of the professional retraining program “Leaders of Change for Global Universities.” Her report was devoted to the topic of participation in university administration, or shared governance) and the possibility of introducing such a model to Russian universities.

On April, 27th, 18:00, Golden hall. A maritime nation with an impressive and long history related to the sea, The Netherlands should be expected to show this longstanding relationship in multi-faceted ways. In his presentation, professor Schokkenbroek will dwell on various types of manifestation of ‘maritimeness’. To what extent do these manifestations leave their mark on society? In what way is society confronted with this influence, and what is its effect on the local community, the city, the country?

April, 12th, 14:10, Golden Hall. Nina Poussenkova is the Senior Research Fellow, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences and the chair of the Carnegie Moscow Center's Economics and Energy Policy Program. Her research focus is on National Oil Companies, with particular attention paid to Rosneft. She will seek to dispel myths about how national oil companies function and seek to give a more realistic picture about the decision making structures of national oil companies. Contact: (812) 386-76-48

We would like to congratulate Vera Berezina, a Department of History graduate, on the successful defense of her dissertation “Ekskursionnaia rabota v 1920-x g. (na materialakh Petrograda-Leningrada) [Sightseeing Work in the 1920s (On Petrograd-Leningrad Materials)]”. The meeting of the Dissertation Council of the St. Petersburg Institute of History, Russian Academy of Sciences, took place on March 29th, 2016.

From March 17th-19th, the Department of Economics conducted the Fifth Spring School in Risk Management, Finance, and Insurance.

New article by Jack Sharples, professor in the Department of political science and sociology has been published in the journal Geopolitics. Original Article was published online: 25 Mar 2016 Abstract:

12 April, 2016. 18:00, White Hall.

Tuesday, April 5, 17:30, EUSP Golden Hall, Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs, will deliver a public lecture. Russian foreign policy is closely connected both to domestic political needs and dynamics of external situation. Both those factors are now rapidly developing. Domestic consolidation is solid, but lacks long-term vision, while international trends are out of anybody's control. Next couple of years will be decisive both in terms of global power constellation and in the context of Russian external vectors.

Friday, April 8, 17:30, EUSP Golden Hall, Dr. Mehdi Sanaei, Ambassador of Iran in Russia, will deliver a public lecture.

On Friday, April 15, Sir Vince Cable, former Liberal Democrat MP and Business Secretary under the Coalition Government (2010-2015) delivered an honorary lecture in the Golden Hall of the European University at St. Petersburg. Sitting next to Russia’s former finance minister (2000 – 2011) and member of EUSP Board of Trustees Alexei Kudrin, Sir Cable chose the title “minister of economics” to describe better his former position in the British Government while speaking to an audience in Russia.