European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP) invites bachelor and master degree students, researchers, journalists, and everyone interested in Russian Studies to learn more about history, culture and the modern lifestyle in Russia at our four-week summer school.
Four EUSP professors will deliver courses tailored for a better understanding of Russia through lectures specifically focusing on St. Petersburg. However, the topics explored in each course will provide keys to comprehend Russia’s history, cultural diversity, and relations of state and society. The highlights of each course will be study trips to museums, historic sites, and theatres. Excursions will also include riding the St. Petersburg metro (subway) to see its impressive architecture under the ground, tasting what Petersburgians prefer to eat at various ‘ethnic cuisines’, and watching ballet – to which Russia also owes its fame.
Courses
Weeks 1-2
The Window to Europe: History in St. Petersburg (by prof. Sergei Podbolotov)
Temples, Markets, Diasporas: Diversity in St. Petersburg (by prof. Gevorg Avetikyan)
Weeks 3-4
Empire. State. Building: Architecture of St. Petersburg (by prof. Vadim Bass)
St. Petersburg: Imagining a City, Building a City (by prof. Olga Bychkova)
Culture activities
Visits to Mariinsky Theatre, Philharmonic Hall, the Hermitage, Russian State Museum, walking tours around St. Petersburg, trips to Peterhof, Tsar's Village, Lake Ladoga, and a time-travel adventure by visiting the medieval town of Novgorod.
Two simple steps to apply:
1. Fill in the Online Application Form and attach your CV, motivation letter, and a scanned copy of your latest transcript of study records to it
2. Receive our confirmation
Dates of the School: 03 - 29 June 2019
Application deadline: March 31, 2019
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