Regional Centre for Development of Public Diplomacy and International Relations named after Yevgeniy M. Primakov

December 13, 2024, Albert Novikov, a graduate student of the Russian State University for the Humanities, gave a lecture as part of preparation for the International Model of the UN Security Council. Lecture on “Canal of Discord: The Suez Crisis and The New Global Order” was presented in English. The expert reviewed in detail the causes, course and consequences of this conflict, which had a significant impact on international politics, the redistribution of forces in the Middle East region and the development of Arab-Israeli relations. During the lecture, he drew attention to the course of military operations, including the Anglo-French …

On December 12, 2024, a lecture was held at Samara University by S.V. Filippov, Deputy Head of the Department of Internal Policy of the Administration of the Samara Region, who spoke to students on the topic of “Interethnic Relations and All-Russian Civic Identity in New Modern Conditions.”

On December 11, 2024, the E.M. Primakov Center hosted a round table discussion on “Memory of Civil Wars: Experiences and Approaches of Different Countries.” The event was organized in collaboration with the Council of Young Scientists of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as part of the XI Annual International Scientific Conference of Young Scientists “Current Problems of World Politics.” Vitaly Roshchupkin, Director of the Regional Center for the Development of Public Diplomacy and International Relations named after Primakov, and Olga Timakova, Chairman of the Council of Young Scientists of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian …

On December 10, 2024, the online lecture “The UN Security Council Model: Committee Work” took place! The lecture discussed the rules of the model. Also, the states were divided into teams. 16 teams from 6 countries will participate in the model! There are 8 days left until the model!

The IberAClub of the Primakov Center hosted a master class on Argentine tango. The event was held in collaboration with the ISClub of the E.M. Primakov Center. The Argentine tango master class was conducted by the founder of the A. Sukhov Argentine Tango School – TangoS – Alexander Sukhov. Steps, turns, pauses, and embellishments – it’s all about tango. Argentine tango is a social dance, without memorized choreography, based on improvisation and communication between partners. Everything that happens is born “here and now”. Therefore, it is very important that people accept and understand each other. The participants of the master class …

On December 8, 2024, the E.M. Primakov Center participated in the Open Day of Samara National Research University named after Academician S.P. Korolev! Open Day participants learned about the activities of our center, our main projects and events, achievements and opportunities, as well as our favorite clubs! We are happy to see new faces! Welcome to the E.M. Primakov Center!

On December 7, 2024, in the UN Hall of of the Regional Centre for the Development of Public Diplomacy and International Relations named after Yevgeniy M. Primakov, a scientific seminar was held, which was conducted by the research team working under the Russian Science Foundation grant No. 24-28-01430 “War and the temporal regime of modernity: a study of the vital experience of the present in the perception of combatants and non-combatants of the First World War”. Y. A. Golubinov, Dean of the Faculty of History, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor; Y. A. Zherdeva, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor …

On 6-7 December 2024 the Faculty of History hosted the anniversary ‘XXX All-Russian Platonov Readings’ dedicated to the memory of Academician Sergey Fedorovich Platonov (1860-1933). The Youth Forum has been organised since 1996 on the initiative of the Department of Russian History. The Chairman of the Organising Committee of the Conference is P.S. Kabytov, Honoured Worker of Science of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Science, Professor, Honorary Professor of Samara University, Head of the Department of Russian History, Honorary Citizen of the Samara Region. The 30th Platonov Readings were attended by more than 70 students, postgraduates, applicants and young scientists …

From 5 to 7 December 2024 in Samara University named after Korolev there was held an All-Russian scientific conference ‘Theory and practice of forms of inter-genre synthesis, interaction and mutual reception of literary and art phenomena’, timed to the 55th anniversary of the Department of Russian and Foreign Literature and Public Relations. The conference in a mixed form was attended by representatives of leading universities of Samara and Russia (participants from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tomsk, Chelyabinsk, Ekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Rostov, Perm, Tyumen, Novosibirsk, etc.), as well as from Belarus and China. During the three days of the conference about …

The Regional Centre for the Development of Public Diplomacy and International Relations named after Yevgeniy M. Primakov hosted a film screening of the film called «Das fliegende Klassenzimmer» based on Erich Kästner’s novel. The event was organised by the Department of German Philology and the German Language Centre of Samara University. Jonathan is only 12, but he has already changed six boarding schools. In Leipzig, he quickly gets to know his new classmates. In an abandoned train carriage they find a script for the play ‘The Flying Class’. With new music and lyrics that the boys come up with, this …