Expert from St Petersburg University participates in discussion on the great monument of Turkish–Islamic culture. ‘Kutadgu Bilig’, the outstanding work of the Turkic philosopher of the 11th century Yūsuf Balasaguni, was discussed at an international conference in Uzbekistan. Experts from St Petersburg University took part in the discussion.  The Academic…

25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, established by the United Nations. We spoke with Natalia Tambieva, a graduate of St Petersburg University, theologian and Islamic scholar, about what Islamic feminism is, how decolonial feminist theories develop, and what her PhD dissertation in theology…

aleriia Gorbunova, a third-year student in the Chinese Philology programme, has become the first winner of the Academician Bogoliubov Scholarship, established in 2020.   The scholarship was set up to perpetuate the memory of the outstanding orientalist Mikhail Bogoliubov (1918–2010). He permanently held the position of the Dean of the…

In the largest city of Turkey, Damir Mukhetdinov, Director of the Centre for Islamic Studies at St Petersburg University, met with the top officials of İstanbul University: Rector Mahmut Ak and Vice-Rector for International Cooperation İlyas Topsakal. During the meeting, prospects for expanding cooperation were discussed. These include the implementation…

The Russia–Republic of Korea Dialogue Forum held a strategic conference of the working groups 'Politics and International Relations' and 'Economics, Trade and Resources'. The event was dedicated to the 30th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Russia and the Republic of Korea.   The online conference was attended by: representatives…

Damir Mukhetdinov is Head of the Centre for Islamic Studies at St Petersburg University and First Deputy Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation. He has presented his dissertation for the Doctor of Theology degree. The title of the study is ‘Islamic Renovationist movement from the…

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The Second International Conference ‘Synergy of Languages and Cultures: Interdisciplinary Studies’ has been held at St Petersburg University. It was timed to coincide with International Translation Day. Some 250 academics and professional interpreters and translators from 14 countries have attended online lectures and master classes. The conference was dedicated to…

From October to December 2020, St Petersburg University is hosting a series of online events for international prospective students. During the presentations, University representatives will tell about the educational opportunities offered to international students and about the admissions process in 2021 for foreign citizens, stateless persons and Russian citizens permanently…

  The second Pak Kyongni Festival was held online with the support of the Russian Centre of Korea University, the Toji Cultural Foundation, and St Petersburg University. The event was organised as part of the ‘Culture and Arts’ section of the ‘Korea-–Russia Dialogue’ Forum. This year's festival is dedicated to…

The second edition of the fundamental theological work ‘Islam: Creed, Worship, Morality, Law’ has been published with the participation of the Centre for Islamic Studies at St Petersburg University. The book by the Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation, Mufti Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin, became the…

The course ‘Japanese for Beginners 1’ of St Petersburg University has become one of the world’s 20 most popular online courses starting this July, according to the international platform Class Central. More than 18,000 people have already joined it. The course ‘Japanese for Beginners 1’ is designed for a wide…

The results have been announced of the 10th Contest in Russian among students of Korean universities. The event was held at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies with the support of the representative office of St Petersburg University. This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, participants were asked to complete assignments online.…

An online round table discussion on Korean literature was held as part of the 15th International St Petersburg Book Salon. The event was organised by TASS (St Petersburg) and supported by the Russia–Republic of Korea Dialogue Forum. The discussion split into two strands: on traditional and modern literature of the…

he online discussion was attended by: Nikolai Telitsin, Head of the Department of Turkic Philology at St Petersburg University; and Associate Professor Apollinariia Avrutina, Director of the Centre for Contemporary Turkish Studies and Russia–Turkey Relations at St Petersburg University. The key topics were the history of teaching Turkish and other…

The ceremonial laying of the first stone of the joint campus of St Petersburg University and Harbin Institute of Technology has taken place in Harbin. It will occupy about 60,000 square metres in the historical and cultural centre of Harbin. The first students will be able to study in three…

St Petersburg University have released the results of the ‘SPbU Start-up 2020’ contest. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the event was held online. First place, a 300 000 rouble scholarship and a 700 000 rouble grant to open a small innovative enterprise was awarded to the Speechkah team. The team…

Associate Professor of St Petersburg University Apollinariia Avrutina presented her dissertation for the Doctor of Philology degree. The title of the study is ‘Phonology and morphonology of agglutinative languages in a diachronic perspective (on the material of the Asia Minor’s Turkic literary languages of the 13th – 20th centuries)’. The…