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Olessia Kirtchik took part in roundtable discussion “Scaling and (re)counting Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe”

Olessia Kirtchik took part in roundtable discussion “Scaling and (re)counting Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe”
The roundtable was organized as part of the annual venture named “Scales, Norms, and Limit Values in Times of (Digital) Change”, jointly organized by The Society for the History of Technology (GTG) and the Society for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology (GWMT). The venture took place between 17-19 September 2021 in Vienna.

Poletayev Institute researchers participated in the conference on Collective Memory in Contemporary Russia

Poletayev Institute researchers participated in the conference on Collective Memory in Contemporary Russia
Poletayev Institute research fellow Daria Khlevnyuk and research intern Kirill Molotov took part in the international conference "Collective Memory in Contemporary Russia: The Soviet Past in Post-Soviet Context(s)". The conference was held online on September 22-24, 2021, and was organized by the Institute of Russian and Eurasian Studies at the University of Uppsala.

Professor Galin Tihanov was elected a Fellow of British Academy

Professor Galin Tihanov was elected a Fellow of British Academy
On July 22, 2021, IGITI Chief Research Fellow, Professor at Queen Mary University of London Galin Tikhanov was elected a Fellow of British Academy. Congratulations!

Alisa Maximova took part in a conference on DIY cultures

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Junior Research Fellow Alisa Maximova took part in a conference "Keep It Simple, Make It Fast! DIY Cultures and Global Challenges". The conference was held on July 7-10 and took place both online and in Porto, Portugal.

Aleksei Pleshkov took part in the international workshop « Change and Changemakers in Ancient Philosophy», organized by University of Siegen and University of Oxford

Aleksei Pleshkov took part in the international workshop « Change and Changemakers in Ancient Philosophy», organized by University of Siegen and University of Oxford

IGITI Research Fellows took part in the international online conference «Worlds of Imagination: Media, place and tourism in today’s global world»

IGITI Research Fellows took part in the international online conference «Worlds of Imagination: Media, place and tourism in today’s global world»
IGITI Senior Researcher Alexandra Kolesnik, Research Fellow Alisa Maksimova, and Research Assistant Elizaveta Lysenko took part in the international conference "Worlds of Imagination: Media, place and tourism in today's global world", organized online on April 7-9, 2021 by Erasmus University of Rotterdam.

Olga Vinogradova took part in an international online conference in Lille

Olga Vinogradova took part in an international online conference in Lille
On March 23, IGITI Research Assistant Olga Vinogradova made a presentation at the international online conference "Tour du Monde destination l'Asie / World Tour Destination Asia", organized by the Catholic University of Lille (France) with the participation of Stanford University, the University of Strasbourg and other partners.

Alisa Maximova took part in a sociology of culture conference

Alisa Maximova took part in a sociology of culture conference
The international conference was held online on March 10-12. It was organised by the European Sociological Association's Sociology of Culture research network (RN7) and University of Helsinki.

New article by Aleksei Pleshkov

New article by Aleksei Pleshkov
The article “Time as a Political Resource: Early Greek Thought and Plato’s Philosophy of Time” by the director of Poletayev Institute, Aleksei Pleshkov, was published in the journal “In Gremium. Studies in History, Culture and Politics” (No 14, 2020).

Alisa Maximova took part in symposium on museums and public participation

Alisa Maximova took part in symposium on museums and public participation
IGITI Junior Research Fellow Alisa Maximova took part in international online symposium “Making History Together: Public Participation in Museums”. The event took place on 15 December 2020 and was organised by The Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH).