As part of the educational «Africa» track the HSE Center for African Studies invites African students of the HSE University to submit proposals for projects to be implemented in Africa with Russian participation.
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On June 11, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the HSE Center for African Studies, as part of the educational «Africa» track, will organize a lecture for students and a roundtable titled «Regional Security Governance: International Experience and African Practice». The event will take place in the HSE University White Hall (Room A-201), located at 11 Pokrovsky Boulevard. Representatives of the African Union Commission (AUC) will participate in the discussion.
On March 22, 2025, the Open Doors Day of the "International Relations" educational programme took place at the HSE University's Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs. Vsevolod Sviridov, Deputy Director of the Center for African Studies, shared his vision on the future of African studies in Russia, and also spoke in details about the educational “Africa” track that is being implemented by the Center.
In February 2025, Angelina Pshenichnikova and Olesya Kalashnik, students of the "International Relations" bachelor program and the staff members of the Center for African Studies, spent about three weeks interning at the UN Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa. In the interview they spoke about their work in the organization and their interest in Africa in general, as well as about the unusual features of the daily life of Ethiopians.