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

On September 17, 2023, a large-scale educational event took place at Samara University – the first All-Russian Physics Day, which was attended by about 200 students in grades 9-11 from schools in Samara and the Samara region, along with parents and teachers. All-Russian Physics Day brought together 18 cities and 25 leading universities across the country. The event was dedicated to the birthday of the outstanding Russian scientist Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky. During the event, you could test your knowledge of physics at the first All-Russian Physical Dictation. Anyone could participate in the Physical Dictation. Based on the results of the …

On 5 September, the International Day of Charity, a all-Russian launch of the “Service Learning” educational programme took place at Samara University. Samara University was among the hundred national universities that this year are introducing a new federal programme “Service Learning” into the educational process. It combines the study of academic disciplines with the formation of skills for socially useful work. The project combines theoretical training and practical socially significant activities into a single educational process, allowing each student to gain professional experience in implementing community projects. “The university today is a point of concentration of all existing opportunities of …

On 1 September, the Primakov Centre hosted the presentation of the film tour “Extraordinary” Samara. As part of the event, journalism students were able to talk to the film’s creators and ask all the questions they were interested in. The duration of the film is only 18 minutes. However, even in such a short period of time it turns the viewer’s perception of Samara 180 degrees. During the film, the viewer is accompanied by the voices of the city’s residents, who tell their stories related to Samara’s places. The film is called “Extraordinary”, because we wanted to overturn the perception …

On September 1, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Farit M. Mukhametshin visited the Primakov Centre. Thanks to his initiative together with the President of Samara University Victor A. Soifer our Centre was established. In the UN Hall Farit Mukhametshin met with students who are actively involved in the work of the Primakov Centre. The students shared their experience of events organization and attended internships. They also discussed the development prospects of the Primakov Centre and plans for the new academic year. The students shared their thoughts on how to make the Centre’s work better. «It …

There they are! Our first-year students! On August 30, the first meeting of first-year students of the Social and Humanitarian Institute of Samara University took place. Our ambassadors made a real journey through the faculties, where they told the newly graduated students more about the work of the Primakov Centre. They were happy to see the interested faces of future philologists and journalists, historians, sociologists and internationalists. As part of the History Department meeting, the first-year students were addressed with welcoming words and necessary information within the walls of the Primakov Centre: Vice-Rector for Educational Work and Youth Policy M.M. …

From August 28 to 30, the Primakov Centre hosted the National Research Conference “Mathematics and Math Modeling”, which included sections on fundamental mathematics and applications, on math modeling and problems of mathematics education. The event provided for both face-to-face and online participation. On the first day, a number of plenary lectures were presented: One of the leading experts in the theory of integer and (pluri) subharmonic functions, Bulat N. Habibullin; Leading Researcher of the Laboratory of Mathematical Analysis of the St. Petersburg Branch of the V.A. Steklov Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir V. Kapustin; Leading researcher …

Everything starts with love! On June 16 the Primakov Centre became a participant of Volgafest 2023 together with our SinoClub, TurkishClub and DerKlub. Let’s talk about everything in order! At 16.00 there was a SinoClub master class, where the participants learned the secrets of writing Chinese names, especially how to read and spell them correctly. SinoClub speakers told the audience that the Chinese language is based on characters, which are in turn made up of keys, keys are made up of features, and features are made up of lines. Finally, as the theme of VolgaFest was love, the citizens of …

On June 10, Vitaly Roschupkin, the head of the Regional Centre of Public Diplomacy and International Relations named after Evgeniy M. Primakov, and Daria Gul, the director of the Turkish language centre “TAMAM”, a teacher of TurkishClub at Samara University in International Relations department, organized a meeting with Ivan Starodubtsev, a Turkicologist, analyst, expert on Turkey, consultant of the Middle East Institute, with the 2nd year students of Samara University in International Relations. Ivan Igorevich told the students about his path in the field of international relations, what you need to know while doing business with Turks, about the main …

Here was the last DerKlub meeting of this academic year, dedicated to the works of R.M. Rilke … We didn’t expect so many of us, but were very happy about it! A great lecture about Rilke’s poetry, his unique creative method and the project “Rilke’s Society” was given by Inna Yamshchikova, Head of the Project Technologies Department of the MBUK Samara “SMIBS”. We learned about what Dinggedicht is and what “Rilke’s last poet” means. But the biggest discovery for all the guests of the club was that not only translators can translate With the scientific supervisor of “DerKlub” Y.V. Nesteryuk …

On May 31, the final ISClub meeting of this academic year was held. The children presented dances of different nations, namely: Spanish and Turkish dances. We had a picnic in nature and tried to replay Spanish national dances, as well as the national Turkish dance that is usually performed at celebrations! They also discussed common elements of dances of different nations. For example, Eastern countries are characterized by the use of circular movement of hands during the dance. But our meeting didn’t end there, and we started singing songs and even trying to communicate in different languages with native speakers. …