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An international Spring School 'Texts and Places: Introduction to Russian History, Language and Culture' ('I testi dei luoghi: introduzione alla storia, alla cultura e alla lingua russa') held at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) on March 15–23, 2016. The School was jointly organized by the Poletaev Institute for Theoretical and Historical Studies in the Humanities (IGITI) and the University of Eastern Piedmont 'Amedeo Avogadro.' From IGITI, the organizing committee was represented by leading research fellow Julia Ivanova and senior research fellow Pavel Sokolov, while associate professor of the Faculty of Humanities Stefania Irene Sini invaluably contributed to the organization process from the Italian side.
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The Article by Natalia Samutina entitled "Emotional Landscapes of Reading: Fan Fiction in the Context of Contemporary Reading Practices" was published in International Journal of Cultural Studies.
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The Poletayev Institute for Theoretical and Historical Studies in the Humanities (IGITI) held an international conference on 29-30 October 2015 on ‘Biological Concepts, Models, and Metaphors in Social and Human Sciences’. For two days, Russian, European and American researchers discussed the relations between social sciences and the humanities and various life sciences. This topic arises largely in the light of the recent boom in genetics, medicine and biology which have led academics to reconsider previous concepts of boundaries and connections between disciplines.