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Center for Language and Brain invites applications for postdoctoral research positions

Center for Language and Brain invites applications for postdoctoral research positions

Center for Language and Brain invites applications for postdoctoral research positions

Center for Language and Brain invites applications for postdoctoral research positions

Riccardo Cucciolla – Pursuing Postdoctoral Studies on the History of Soviet Uzbekistan

On November 1, Riccardo Cucciolla began a postdoctoral fellowship at the HSE International Centre for the History and Sociology of World War II and Its Consequences. During his year at HSE, he intends to pursue a research project that follows from his dissertation entitled ‘The Crisis of Soviet Power in Central Asia: The Uzbek Cotton Affair (1975–1991)’, which he wrote while completing a PhD in Political History at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca in Lucca, Italy.

Translation Studies Expert Speaks at School of Philology

On September 26 and 27, the HSE School of Philology hosted Professor Brian Baer of Kent University (Ohio, USA) for a lecture entitled ‘The Translator’s Biography in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia: Art, Politics, Identity’, followed by a workshop on ‘Teaching Translation Studies’. Following his lecture and workshop, Professor Baer spoke with the HSE News Service about his career as a translator, the role of the translator in society and his recommendations for international readers looking for exposure to Russian literature.

Our lab member at the V International Luria Memorial Congress

Our lab member Nikita Zmanovsky at the V International Luria Memorial Congress

Frode Alfson Bjørdal: "All Properties are Divine or God exists"

Frode Alfson Bjørdal: "All Properties are Divine or God exists"
On October 16th Frode Alfson Bjørdal (professor emeritus at The University of Oslo) presented a talk "All Properties are Divine or God exists" at the joint meeting of Logico-philosophical club and Formal philosophy group (HSE)

Expert on Soviet Economic and Demographic History Speaks at HSE

On October 10, Stephen Wheatcroft, Professor of the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne delivered a lecture on ‘The importance of the grain problem in the Russian Revolution and for the next 40 years of Soviet Economics' at HSE Moscow as part of a long and busy schedule. A participant at previous April Conferences at HSE, Professor Wheatcroft is one of the world’s foremost experts on Soviet social, economic and demographic history, as well as famine and food supply problems in modern world history.

Results of Grant Competition for the Creation of Spoken Language Corpora Announced

The results of the competition for grants to create spoken language corpora, which was held by the International linguistic convergence laboratory from May 30th to June 25th, have been announced. The scientific committee selected five winners who will receive funding to create their corpora.

Psychological assessment in Lisbon

The conference ECPA-14t - is the 14th European Conference on Psychological Assessment​hat, which took place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 5th till 8th June

HSE’s Yulia Ivanova and Pavel Sokolov Present Seminars at University of Cologne

Yulia Ivanova and Pavel Sokolov, Leading Research Fellows at the HSE Poletayev Institute for Theoretical and Historical Studies in the Humanities, conducted three seminars for the students of the University of Cologne’s Slavic Department on June 27 and 28. The aim of the HSE researchers was to inform students about the relations between Rus and Italy during the Middle Ages and the early Modern period, as well as shed light on some facts of how Italian culture was perceived in Russia from the 18th through the 20th centuries.