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This talk revisited main patterns of capital flows over the last 150 years, as well approaches to their stabilisation attempted at different time periods.

More than half a century has passed since a group of sociologists and anthropologists announced the creation of a new language for describing the social structure, in which “groups”, characterized by certain attributes, superseded communications between individuals and organizations. The development of mathematical theories of networks supplemented this language with a formal method for analyzing empirical information, presenting alternatives to traditional statistics.

As part of the seminar David Nelkin presented a paper. David Nelkin is Distinguished Professor of Legal Institutions and Social Change at the University of Macerata (Italy), and Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of  Cardiff (Great Britain). 

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Together with the International Association for the Humanities, EUSP held an international conference. In the course of several round table discussions scientists and representatives of the foundations, supporting research projects within the sphere of the humanities, discussed questions regarding society’s demands for knowledge of humanities, the interaction between scientist and society, state, foundations and, also, the relationship within a community, its self-organization and internationalization.

Oleg Kharkhordin. Main Concepts of Russian PoliticsSeries “Magazine Library 'Neprikosnovenny Zapas'”Moscow: New Literary Observer, 2011. p. 328.ISBN 978-5-86793-886-4

Sergei Vasiliev was Director of the Working Center for Economic Reform of the Government of the Russian Federation from 1991, Deputy Minister for Economics from 1994-1997 and Deputy Director for the Government Apparatus from 1997-1998. 

Mr. Drebentsov joined BP in February 2006 to take responsibility for economic and energy research and policy advice for the BP Group in countries of the former Soviet Union. Additional responsibilities include coverage of European gas markets for BP Group Economics and global gas reserves and trade for the annual Statistical Review of World Energy. In 2010, Mr. Drebentsov assumed the additional role of Vice-President for External Affairs of BP Russia.  Since November 2008, he has been serving on the Expert Council of the Government of Russia’s Anti-Crisis Commission.  

The debate took place as part of “Europe Day in St. Petersburg”, with participants including the President of the European University Institute in Florence, Josep Borrell, Professor Paul Scheffer from the University of Amsterdam, Professor Stanislav Tkachenko from the St. Petersburg State University and EUSP’s Professor Maria Nozhenko. Chairing the debate was Rector of EUSP, Oleg Kharkhordin.

 

 

The evening began with the annual address by the Rector of the University, Oleg Kharkhordin and the deans of the faculties. Among the guests in attendance at the ceremony were members of the Board of Trustees, friends, and partners of the European University. At the end of the ceremony the graduates were awarded Master’s degrees. The evening, as per tradition, concluded with refreshments and picture-taking. 

A 15th anniversary festive ceremony celebrating the end of the 2010–2011 academic year and the awarding of diplomas to graduates of the Master's program was held in the Conference Hall of EUSP. Parting wishes to the graduates were expressed by  Vice-Rector for International Affairs Vadim Volkov and a graduate of the Department of Political science and Sociology in 2000 Oleg Pachenkov who is now working as a Deputy director of the Centre for Independent Social Research.

Member of the Board of Trustees, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Alexei Kudrin and Director of the State Hermitage Museum Mikhail Piotrovsky told the guests about the history of the University and about the newly ratified Strategy, which is intended on making EUSP the NUMBER ONE University in the areas of social sciences and humanities in Russia; it will also ensure EUSP’s entrance into the international academic market. Rector Oleg Kharkhordin recounted to those in attendance about the main achievements of the University during the past year.

EUSP proudly hosted the lecture of Valery Gergiev, the General Director and Artistic Director of the Mariinsky Theatre. During his talk, Maestro Gergiev shared his views on the last stagings of the Mariinsky Theatre and world tendencies in the development of opera and ballet art.

Author's main publications include: State Building in Putin's Russia: Policing and Coercion After Communism (Cambridge University Press, 2011), Politics and the Russian Army: Civil-Military Relations, 1689-2000 (Cambridge University Press, 2003).