The European University at St. Petersburg switches fully to distance learning from March 23, 2020. From March 16 to March 21, 2020, free attendance of classes is introduced. The university will continue research and other work in compliance with all official safety measures.

We invite international students, young professionals, and expats in St. Petersburg to take part in our new series of open lectures in English on Russia's Past and Present. For six consequent Wednesdays at 18:30 in February and March 2020, EUSP professors and researchers will deliver lectures on Russian history, foreign policy, energy politics, and global affairs. Working language - English   February 19, 2020 Use of History in Russian Politics by prof. Ivan Kurilla (in English)

The membership list for the Civic Council of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MSHE) has been approved. A corresponding order has been signed by Minister Mikhail Kotyukov.

On October 29th, Mikhail Kotyukov, the Minister of Science and Higher Education, and Deputy Minister Aleksei Medvedev paid a visit to the European University in St. Petersburg.

On November 27 at 6 p.m. Nari Shelekpayev, an assistant professor of history at th

On November 28th at the Indigo Hotel (17, Tchaikovsky Street, St. Petersburg) the International Forum «Clean Energy» took place. Key topics of the Forum: • Clean energy and energy transition • Best practice of corporate, municipal and national energy and climate strategies • Research agenda for clean energy and sustainable development

Dean of EUSP International Programs Dr. Gevorg Avetikyan participated (online) in a discussion on the "Problems of Financing Science in Armenia" which took place on November 6th at the National Assembly (Parliament) of the Republic of Armenia.   MPs, scholars, representatives of research and educational institutions as well as NGOs from Armenia and other countries participated in the debates.

The event is organized in conjunction with the Freud's Dream Museum. Do we live in the end times, just before the end, or maybe already after the end?

In earlier work Allan, Vucetic, and Hopf argued that the rise of China was unlikely to be accompanied by Chinese hegemony because of the distribution of identities among the world's great powers. In particular, the only great power in the world with which China's "authoritarian capitalism" resonates is Russia. In this work we extend our analysis to China's more immediate neighborhood. As William Wohlforth argued in 1999, China faces a regional hegemony problem long before it faces a global one.

On Monday, October 7, 2019, EUSP hosted a representative delegation from Hamad Bin Khalifa University (Doha, Qatar) and the Embassy of Qatar in Moscow. The head of the delegation Prof. Emad El-Din Shahin, Interim Provost and Dean of the College of Islamic Studies presented the university and noted that EUSP and HBKU have much in common. Both postgraduate schools are relatively young and dynamically developing. HBKU is a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development.

Russia's regions and republics with Muslim majorities (e.g. Tatarstan/Volga region; Daghestan/North Caucasus),  have traditionally been studied in isolation from each other, with the result that also the particular practices and concepts of Islam have been understood as "national". In recent years scholars and activists have established overarching cupola constructions like "Russian Islam", "Traditionalism" or "Islamic Eurasianism".

In Russian/Soviet studies in the West, historians and literature scholars have played central roles. Social scientists, mostly in political science, stepped into the ring after World War II, often pursuing modernization and totalitarian theories whose insights ultimately were overshadowed by errors of logic and fact. Political scientists have returned with useful insights on political economy, voting, and policy-making. But what about sociology-what has it offered in the past, and what can it offer in the future?

Irene Herrmann (University of Geneva) will speak at the seminar "Swiss Republicanism through Russian Eyes : Uses and Usefulness of an Ideal Image".  

On Monday, September 16th EUSP will host Timothy Nutter, American theatre director, to discuss how to talk about climate change in the theatre.

  With the support of  The French Institute in Saint-Petersburg.  Free entrance, registration.   CRITIQUE ET INSTITUTIONS   A discussion with Oleg Kharkhordin, Victor Kaplun, Artemiy Magun.  

On September 7, 2019, Katri Kulmuni (IMARES 2011-12) was elected Party Leader of the Centre Party (Suomen Keskusta). Since 6 June 2019 to present, Katri is Minister of Economic Affairs, Finland. She is the youngest Minister in the Antti Rinne's cabinet. Katri is also a Member of the Finnish Parliament acting on behalf of the Electoral District of Lapland.

Professor Jay Winter (Yale University, USA) will give two lectures in the EUSP in September. The first one: «The Degeneration of War, 1917-1923»Place: EUSP, room 430Time: 6:30 PM, September 10. The second one: «Silence as a language of memory»Place: EUSP, room 430Time: 6:30 PM, September 12.  

The history of the procuracy illustrates that Stalinist justice was more than orchestrating show trials. Ordinary state prosecutors very rarely dealt with political enemies. Their main task was to investigate and prosecute millions of non-political offenses, such as theft, murder, or rape. At the same time, they bore responsibility to enforce legal norms within the state apparatus. All branches of government, including police work, were subject to prosecutors’ supervision. The procuracy not only was a crucial instrument for controlling the Soviet populace.

Confronted in the second half on the eighteenth century with unemployment and food crises and with the multiplication of vagrants and beggars, the government turned to civil society to find solutions.