On September 19, 2018 an international scientific conference devoted to the 100th anniversary of the collection "Iz glubiny" ("From the depths") was held at the National Research University "Higher School of Economics"
From 10 to 14 September 2018 in the Italian cities of Bari and Monopoli (Apulia), the First Bargrad Readings "Filosofia del Pellegrinaggio", dedicated to the philosophy and history of Russian pilgrimage, were held
Researchers of the International Laboratory for the Study of Russian and European Intellectual Dialogue took part in the First Congress of the Russian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Senior Research Fellow of IGITI Alexander Rusanov took part in the international conference "Exams, degrees and diplomas: Evaluating abilities in univerities from the 12 century to today" (Examens, grades et diplômes – La validation des compétences par les universités du xiie siècle à nos jours).
On September 12, 2018 in the framework of the seminar "West and East: Universalism of Culture" of the International Laboratory for the Study of Russian and European Intellectual Dialogue, Olga Bazhenova, Doctor of Art History, gave the lecture "Belarusian Culture as a Borderland Culture: Dialogue with Non-Classical Art"
On September 10, a program with the participation of HSE Professor, the head of the International Laboratory for the Study of Russian and European Intellectual Dialogue Vladimir Kantor appeared on the "Kultura" TV Channel
Vladislav Staf participated in the 5th annual conference of International Federation for Public History (IFPH), which took place on August 21-24 in the School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities of the University of Sao Paulo (EACH — USP), Sao Paulo, Brazil. Vladislav presented a paper "Gulag history in camp museums of the region of Perm: some narratives of human rights defenders and prison guards" in the "Difficult Heritage" session.
Professor Helena Knyazeva participated in the section “Philosophy of Life Sciences”, where she made the presentation on the topic “The Biological Roots of Meaning-Making in the Universe".
IGITI Leading Research Fellow and the head of the Research Centre for Contemporary Culture Natalia Samutina participated in the Fan Studies Network conference, held at the University of Cardiff on June 29-30, 2018. The Fan Studies Network unites researchers of fan cultures and participatory cultures from all over the world. Natalia Samutina presented a paper on transcultural manga communities in Russia. See the conference programme.
The head of the International Laboratory for the Study of Russian and European Intellectual Dialogue, Professor V.K. Kantor was awarded a diploma at the literary contest "Bezhin Meadow"
