Hybrid (offline+online) Session “PAINFUL CHANGES IN RUSSIAN EDUCATION”

Dear colleagues, you are welcome to participate in Hybrid (offline+online) session “PAINFUL CHANGES IN RUSSIAN EDUCATION” of the international academic conference “War and World: The Obvious and the Probable,” scheduled for March 4, 2025, at Ruhr University (44780, Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, GB 5/160) and on the Zoom platform of the "Academic Bridges" Laboratory.

Co-organizers: the “Academic Bridges” Lab, Osteuropa-Kolleg NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, the Boris Nemtsov Foundation, and the Ideas for Russia project. 

Three years of war have had a significant impact not only on the warring countries but also on the political, economic, and social systems of neighboring—and even more distant—states. Substantial changes have occurred in the scientific and educational spheres linked to institutions in countries
involved in the military conflict.

During the session, we will discuss both the obvious and potential consequences of the war for education and science in Russia, Ukraine, and other countries, as well as explore possible ways to overcome the difficult situations and challenges faced by educators and students.

We invite university faculty, scholars, researchers, PhD students, journalists, and members of civil society organizations to participate in person, either as speakers or audience members. Due to limited seating, we encourage early registration.

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Preliminary Program (Time is CET):

10:00–11:00. Keynote speech: “Russian Education after February 2022”
Dmitry Dubrovsky, Faculty Lecturer, Charles University; Research Fellow, CISRUS;
Professor, Free University (Riga). Discussant –
Alena Vandysheva, Director of Transparency International - Russia (in exile)

11–11:30 Break

11:30–13. Panel: “Russian Education: New Turn”
Panel on Changes in Russian Education since February 2022
Participants:
1. Public Expression in Russian Academic Institutions in Times of War: Toward a General
Logic of Control in Symbolic Institutions
Ilya Kiriya, Professor, Laboratory Gresec, University Grenoble-Alpes
2. Russian Scientists During the War in Russia and Abroad: Prospects and Experience.
The report will be prepared on the basis of materials published in T-invariant
Olga Orlova, Editor-in-Chief of the multimedia journalism project "T-Invariant"
3. Challenges, Risks, and Opportunities for Educational Projects in Emigration"
Andrey Lavrukhin, Academic Head of the "Non-Russian World" Project

13–14. Lunch Break

14–16. Round Table: "Prospects for Educational and Scientific Initiatives Beyond Russia:
Challenges and Opportunities for Continuing Research/Academic Careers in
Emigration"
The Roundtable deals with the emergence and development of emigrant educational and
scientific initiatives, as well as the integration of Russian scholars and students into the
international academic world.
Participants:
1. Filipp Fedchin (Smolny Beyond Borders, Bard College Berlin)
2. Dmitry Dubrovsky (Free University)
3. Dilyara Ibrahimova (Faculty Liberal Arts and Sciences in Montenegro)
4. Ivan Fomin (Boris Nemtsov Program for Russian Studies, Charles University)
5. Nina Belaeva (Nomadic University in Batumi)

16–16:30 Break

16:30–18:00 Panel “Eastern European Studies”
Participant
1. Reorientation of Eastern European Studies in Germany
Nikolai Plotnikov, Professor at Ruhr University Bochum

Contact Information:
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Conference Organizing Committee
● Vladimir Kozlov, Ph.D. in Economics
● Ekaterina Goryachenko, Ph.D. in Philosophy
● Alexander Kukalev, Ph.D. in Biology
● Olga Rusinova, Ph.D. in Art History
● Andrey Yakovlev, Ph.D. in Economics
● Yurii Latysh, Ph.D. in History
● Sergey Ehrlich, Dr of Sc. in History
● Nikolay Plotnikov, Professor at Ruhr University Bochum
● Sergey Chernyshov, Ph.D. in History
● Alexander Agadjanian, Dr of Sc. in History

Conference Partners
● Проект “Ковчег”
● Science at Risk Emergency Office
● T-invariant
● Проект “Рефорум”
● Журнал “Историческая экспертиза”
● Свободный университет
● Osteuropa-Kolleg NRW

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