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On February 8-9, 2026, First International Scientific Conference "Human Sciences and Sustainable Development" was held in Iraq. A report at the conference was presented by Prof. Felix Azhimov, Dean of the HSE University Faculty of Humanities.

New interactive editions of Russian classics—Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol and Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky—have been released in the Live Pages mobile app. They were prepared by students and graduates of the School of Philological Studies at the HSE Faculty of Humanities. The project, which has been developing for more than ten years in collaboration with experts from the School of Linguistics, offers readers not just text but digital books enriched with maps, timelines, and commentary for deeper immersion in the works.

HSE University in 2025

The 24th Christmas film seminar of the HSE Laboratory for Studies in Economic Sociology (LSEI), held at the end of December, was devoted to the causes of anxiety and depression among young people. The focus of the discussion was the 2018 film Eighth Grade, whose main character is a 13-year-old schoolgirl.

Following a working meeting between Felix Azhimov and his colleagues from PolyU, a cooperation agreement was signed. The document formalizes plans for joint educational and research initiatives, including the organization of student exchanges and a conference.