On October 8, Alexey Miller, professor at the Department of History of the European University at St. Petersburg  presented his new book «Nationalizing Empires (Historical Studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia)» sharing with the audience his vision of the nation state phenomenon.

On September 18th and 19th the European University at St. Petersburg hosted a conference titled “Urban STS: Assembling New Perspectives.” The conference was aimed at creating a new platform for social scientists from different countries to discuss the applicability of the STS approach to the studies of urban space. Participants presented on topics such as urban innovation, technology policy, mobility, and the landscape of modern cities. The conference was organized jointly by the EUSP’s Center for Science and Technology Studies, the Munich Center for Technology in Society (MCTS) at the Technische Universität München and the Centre for Research on Architecture, Society and the Built Environment (ETH-CASE) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich.

The answer to this question was the main focus of Daniel Todes’ open seminar held on September 24, 2015 at the European University at St. Petersburg. A professor in the Department of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University (USA), author of the first biography of Ivan Pavlov and a visiting professor in the EUSP’s Department of History, Daniel Todes spoke about his experience studying the life and work of Ivan Pavlov and the examination of the last of Pavlov’s manuscripts, written (but never finished and never published) by the scientist in the last winter of his life in the Leningrad suburb of Koltushi.

On June 19th-20th, the European University at St. Petersburg and the St. Petersburg Institute of  History, Russian Academy of Sciences hosted an international conference titled “Issues in Reforming Russia at the Turn of the 19th-20th Centuries: On the 100th Year Anniversary of Sergei Witte’s Death” with support from Goznak.

On June 5, Oleg Vyugin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of MDM bank, gave a lecture in the EUSP’s Conference Hall. The idea for the lecture came about from observing how various countries promote their own economic interests: why some achieve their proclaimed goals while others do not, pointing out that there is no single answer to this question.

From May 24th until May 31st, the first summer school titled “Islam in Russia: Muslim Education, Ideological Trends and Contemporary Texts”. Summer school events were organized jointly by Kazan Federal University and the TAIF Professorship in the History of the Muslim Peoples of Russia (European University at St. Petersburg).

On May 18th, as part of an open seminar, the Department of History hosted a lecture by Georgii Kasyanov. Kasyanov is a professor of history at Kyiv Mohyla Academy, head of the Department of Modern History at the Institute of History of Ukraine at the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, and president of the International Association for the Humanities.

From May 17th until  May 19th the Spring School of Technology Brokers took place at the Raivola Hotel. It was organized by the EUSP Professorship in Public Administration, St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO) and Russian Venture Company (RVC  ). Participants included 50 representatives of universities and academic institutions from 11 Russian regions. Competitive selection was based on a project description for commercializing technology, or a letter of motivation. During three days participants learned about various aspects of the work that technology brokers perform.

From May 12th until May 15th, the European University at St. Petersburg hold a series of lectures titled “Central Asia in Focus,” organized jointly by the TAIF Professorship in the History of the Muslim Peoples of Russia and the BP Professorship in Migration Studies.

From May 12th until May 15th, the European University at St. Petersburg hold a series of lectures titled “Central Asia in Focus,” organized jointly by the TAIF Professorship in the History of the Muslim Peoples of Russia and the BP Professorship in Migration Studies.

On May 7th-8th an international conference titled “The Golden Horde in a Global Perspective: Imperial Strategies” took place in the library at Leiden University (the Netherlands). It was organized by professor Gabrielle van den Berg (Leiden University), Marie Favereau (Oxford University) and the TAIF Professorship in the History of the Muslim Peoples of Russia (European University at St. Petersburg).

On April 16th and 17th, EUSP hosted an international conference organized by the Gender Studies Program with support from the EUSP’s Committee on Academic Planning.

On April 15th, Michele Rivkin-Fish (Professor of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) gave a lecture as part of an interdisciplinary seminar hosted by the EUSP’s Gender Studies Program and the Department of Political Science and Sociology.

On April 10th, the European University at St. Petersburg held a conference dedicated to the development of graduate-level education in Russia. The conference was organized jointly with the Vladimir Potanin Foundation and the Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg.

On April 6th, Irina Prokhorova, Head of Editorial Board of the journal Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie [New Literary Observer] presented in EUSP an issue that was released a year ago under the name “Antropologiia diaspory: kul’turnie mekhanizmy konstruirovaniia identichnosti [The Anthropology of Diaspora: Cultural Mechanisms of Constructing Identity].”

From March 26th until March 28th, the EUSP’s Department of Anthropology hosted the fourth annual conference “Anthropology, Folkloristics, Sociolinguistics”.

On March 19th, the regular meeting of the Eastern Seminar, organized by the TAIF Professorship in the History of the Muslim Peoples of Russia took place. Niccolo Pianciola, an adjunct professor at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, delivered a lecture. 

From March 30th  until April 1st , the European University hosted the fourth Workshop on Risk, Insurance and Finance, which is held every year by the Department of Economics. This year, the organizing committee invited professors from the University of Trieste, in Italy. Each professor gave several lectures: Ermanno Pitacco spoke about insurance and risk management, and Anna Rita Bacinello spoke about finance.

On March 26th, Michael Burawoy visited EUSP. His lecture was held with support from UBS Professorship.

On March 13th, the European University hosted an open forum devoted to the topic of migration and urban development, with support from the Consulate General of the Netherlands in St. Petersburg and the Netherlands Institute in St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg and Amsterdam were given special attention as “open” cities, whose populations have a high proportion of migrants.