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Offener Brief zur Unterstutzung der Europaischen Universitat in St. Petersburg Die Europaische Universitat in St. Petersburg ist eine der fuhrenden geisteswissenschaftlichen Bildungseinrichtungen Russlands und genieBt international ein hohes Renommee. Unter ihrem Dach unterrichten Wissenschaftlerin ...

The Helsingin Sanomat Foundation (HSF) is deeply concerned about the situation around the European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP). The HSF has with great anxiety followed the alarming news about the possible revocation of the university’s license. The HSF is very proud that EUSP is one of the ...

Dear Rector Kharkhordin: I am writing to express my support for the European University at St. Petersburg. Your colleagues in the social sciences are top-notch and enjoy a stellar international academic reputation—as evidenced by the citations of their scholarly work, invitations to present their r ...

We, the undersigned Oxford academics, wish to express our surprise that the European University at St Petersburg is facing a legal threat to terminate the tenancy of its premises at the Small Marble Palace. The European University has a well-deserved international reputation, and we understand that ...

In recent months, we, as British academicians with a deep knowledge of and admiration for Russian culture and history, have become increasingly concerned by the situation at the European University, St Petersburg. We all know and respect the University's work, which has also been repeatedly recogni ...

The research project EU-STRAT would like to express support for the European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP) from the researchers at ten of its partner institutions: Freie Universitaet Berlin (Germany), Leiden University (Netherlands), Fondation Maison des sciences de I’homme (France), Vilnius ...

The Scientific Council of Sciences Po is deeply concerned about the risks of closure of the European University at Saint-Petersburg and affirms its support to the heads, faculty and students of the university.Its disappearance would deprive our teachers, researchers and students of a university and ...

Dear Dr. Kharkhordin, On behalf of the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Michigan, I want to express our support for European University at St. Petersburg. CREES has been following the news regarding the Russian Ministry of Education’s investigations of th ...

Dear Professor Kharkhordin, As the Director of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, one of the world’s premier institutions studying Eastern Europe, I am writing to share with you our unconditional support for the European University at St Petersburg (EUSP) in the view of the decision ...

Dear Rector Kharkhordin, I am writing to express my appreciation for the high standards of scholarship, and the high productivity, displayed by the faculty of the European University of St. Petersburg. Whenever colleagues ask me where in Russia they might find the best social-science scholarship be ...

The Aleksanteri Institute, the Finnish Centre for Russian and Eastern European Studies at the University of Helsinki, expresses its strong support for the European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP). Since the founding of our institute in 1996, EUSP has been one of our primary partners for scholar ...

Statement of the Council for Science at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation about the situation around the European University at Saint Petersburg April 12, 2017 | Statement original in Russian (pdf) | The Council for Science at the Ministry of Education and Science of t ...

Dear Rector Kharkhordin, For centuries St. Petersburg has attracted scholars and thinkers from around the world. The European University in St. Petersburg stands in this tradition and is internationally renowned as a one of the finest institutes of higher education in Russia. It is with deep regret ...

Colleagues at the European University at St. Petersburg, The Russian and East European Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh extends its strong support for the European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP) in a situation that has given rise to grave concern in the international academic com ...

Letter of support for EUSP Russia is one of the countries that has always had the reputation of having some of the highest qualified intellectuals across the world. Without doubt, one of the main reasons for this is that the Russian government was always fully supporting its thinkers, intellectuals ...

The association of Finnish sociologists, the Westermarck Society, expresses its unanimous support for the European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP) whose activities are endangered due to alleged violations of administrative regulations. The European University at St. Petersburg ranks among the m ...

It has been my good fortune to associate with the faculty and students of the St. Petersburg European University since its foundation in 1994. Its faculty of history has combined the traditions of the famed “Petersburg school” propounding a thorough mastery of the sources and a critical approach to ...

The ASEEES Executive Committee has sent the following letter of of support to Rector Oleg Kharkhordin: Dear Rector Kharkhordin, On behalf of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, we write to express our steadfast support for the European University at St. Petersburg. The ...

The European University is one of the top schools of higher education in social and human sciences in Russia. This university educates new generations of academic and industry professionals by combining teaching and research activities. Today, EUSP attracts leading academics from all over the world ...

Letter of Support for the European University at St. Petersburg The European University is one of the top schools of higher education in social sciences and humanities in Russia. This university trains new generations of academic and industry professionals by combining studies and research activiti ...