On May 24th – 26th
the Samuel P.
Huntington Memorial Symposium on Culture, Cultural Change and
Economic Development took place at the HSE. It was organized by the
Cultural
Change Institute (the Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA) and the
Higher
School of Economics. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met with the
Symposium participants.
On April 15th a round-table discussion entitled ‘Does Culture Matter for Development?' took place at the Higher School of Economics. Chandran Kukathas, Professor at the London School of Economics, opened the discussion with his report. You can watch a video of the event here.
On March 23 - April 3 the Higher
School of Economics hosted a joint Spring School Public Policy and
Transformation. Roman Kotov, Head of the HSE Center
for International Education speaks about the project.
On April 7th session A-07 entitled 'Macro and Micro Dimensions of the Global Crisis in Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia' took place at the HSE as part of the 11th International Conference on the Problems of Economic and Social Development. Video of the event added.
Mark Katz, a Professor and political scientist at George Mason University, the USA, recently visited the HSE Faculty of Applied Political Science for two weeks, delivering lectures and holding seminars. Prof. Katz talked to us about his visit to Moscow.
Sergey Karaganov, Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, told us what kind of education this faculty offers to its prospective students.
On March 1st a roundtable discussion entitled ‘Germany, Russia and Europe: Chances for the Growing Integration’ took place at the HSE. The event was organized on the initiative of the ‘Liberal Mission’ Foundation with the support of Friedrich Naumann Foundation. Werner Hoyer, Minister of State at the Foreign Office of Germany spoke at the meeting.
On February 17th Lord George Robertson gave a lecture entitled ‘Political Leadership: the Way to Success' at the HSE. You can watch a video of the event here.
Between September 10th and 16th,‘Stanford Week’ organized by the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs took place at the HSE. Leading Stanford professors conducted short courses of lectures and master classes for students. Below is a selection of their comments about the event.
Mark Manuilov, a second-year student of the HSE Faculty of Management master’s course, told us about a new student initiative – aRussian-American forum involving the HSE, several other Moscow universities and Stanford University. Mark is one of the students who organized this project.
