Deadline: 01 June 2014
Open to: all students, including those who have no prior knowledge of the Russian language.
Venue: 1 July – 10 August 2014, Moscow – St. Petersburg
Description
- Are you interested in democratic movements both East and West?
- And why culture matters?
- Are you curious about what makes the economies of modern world so similar and so different?
- Do you study Russian history and culture?
- Are you planning a career as an internationally trained scholar, diplomat, international trader or NGO leader? Do you love Russian language?
- Do you want to know the essentials of doing business in Russia?
- Are you concerned with the future of Islam?
- Would you like to analyze the game Russia, China and the U.S. play in Eurasia?
- Do you want to learn more about environmental issues, food security, media workings, education and science systems etc.?
Among others, these questions will be addressed while you closely observe the changing political and social situation in one of the key regions in the world. You will see how difference can be made both for society in the Russian Federation and in the lives of future international professionals.
As the national leader in social sciences and humanities and a progressive university, the HSE starts a new initiative in international education in Russia. It is now launching international summer universities which will provide students from the USA, Western Europe and other parts of the world with unique opportunities to radically enhance their competencies in area studies and beyond.
Summer University 2014 will host both individual students and study groups from more than two international partner universities. A broad interdisciplinary selection of courses in politics, histories, economies and cultures of Russia and Eurasia, as well as Russian language classes of different levels, allows forming the groups’ curricula according to the demands of the home schools and individuals. The duration of the actual group study periods ranges from 2 to 6 weeks with the option of one week free of classes.
Add-ons: a wide social program and the option of having one or two weeks of study and cultural experience in St. Petersburg.
GENERAL COURSE LIST (different courses last from 2 to 8 sessions):
- General Introduction:
- Russian Politics Today (M.Bratersky – Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs)
- Russian Economy in Transition. The Economy of the Post-Soviet Space (V.Zuev – Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs)
- Russian Space and Russian State (S.Medvedev – Faculty of Politics)
- Politics, IR
- Post-Soviet Eurasia and SCO: Society, Politics and Integration (M.Bratersky – Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs)
- EU–Russia Relations (D.Suslov, K.Entin –Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs )
- Rising Powers in World Politics: The Russian Perspective (A.Krickovic – Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs)
- US-Russia Relations after the End of the Cold War (D.Suslov – Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs)
- Center-Periphery Relations in Russia (I.Busygina)
- Russia in Asia-Pacific: Challenges and Opportunities (E.Kanaev – Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs)
- Russian Integration into the System of Global Governance (V.Zuev E.Ostrovskaya – Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs)
- Economy
- Doing Business in Russia (N.Guseva – Faculty of Management)
- Economy of the Post-Soviet Space (V.Zuev – Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs)
- Politics, Governance and the Economics of Global Water Problem (A.Likhacheva – Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs)
- Environmental Economics in Russia (I.Makarov – Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs)
- Russia and Global Food Security (A.Savelyeva – Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs)
- Challenges to EU–Russia Economic Links (V.Zuev E.Ostrovskaya – Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs)
- Society & History (NOTE: optionally, this set of classes may be held in St. Petersburg)
- Russia in Eurasian and World Politics (I.Sablin – Faculty of History, St.Petersburg)
- An Introduction to a History of Science, Production of Knowledge, and Technology
(M.Loskutova – Faculty of History, St.Petersburg) - Russian Political Institutions in Historical Perspective (V.Uspensky Faculty of History, St.Petersburg)
- Education and Science in Russia from Peter the Great till the First Decade of the 21st Century (M.Loskutova – Faculty of History, St.Petersburg)
- Ethnic and Religious Minorities in Post-Imperial Contexts (E.Ponarin – Faculty of Sociology, St.Petersburg)
- Culture
- Contemporary Russian Culture (A.Davidson – Faculty of History, Moscow)
- Russian Classical Music (T.Sidorina – Faculty of Philosophy)
- Media, Culture and Society (I.Kiriya – Faculty of Media Communications)
- Russian Language: up to five different levels starting from complete beginners
Students are welcome to take a general course of Russian at the level through an on-line testing for placement.
PRACTICAL COURSE IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE:
- Elementary (by request)
- Pre-Intermediate
- Intermediate
- Intermediate High/ Advanced Low
- Advanced
Optional afternoon sessions in Russian:
Russian Literature, Culture, Business Russian, The Russian of Mass Media, Country Studies, Professional Writing in Russian, etc.These courses are designed for advanced speakers of Russian.
Eligibility
The summer university is open to all students, including those who have no prior knowledge of the Russian language. HSE invites those who study International Relations, History, Political Science and other social sciences and humanities to join.
Costs
The tentative per student fee for 6 credits/12 ECTS (96 contact hours) is $2,500–3,000. This includes not only classes, but also accommodation, airport transfer, visa support and at least one sight-seeing tour and one social event (dinner). NOTE: A number of Scholarships will be available to especially qualified and motivated students and/or those who plan to join HSE international MA programs later.
Applications
The process of course selection ends on 1 June 2014. Contact person: Oksana Chernenko ochernenko@hse.ru