Category: Blog

November 29, 2022.
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm.
Please join a discussion with Ilya Kalinin at the Harriman Institute of the Columbia University. Moderated by Valentina Izmirlieva, Director of the Harriman Institute.

November, 25-26 – WARning the CITIES is a one and a half day long conference devoted to the preconditions and consequences of war and other forms of ongoing and potential military conflicts, and the ways they affect cities, societies and people’s lives.

On November 28, 7 pm (UTC+3) Ilya Kalinin will give an online lecture. This is a first public lecture in a series that aims to describe the mechanisms and practices of the mutual intersection of culture and politics in Russia in recent decades.

On Wednesday November 9 (that was already early morning of Thursday by Central European Time) in the Computer Science department of the City University of New York Andrei Rodin presented a research talk titled “Kolmogorov’s Calculus of Problems and Homotopy Type Theory”.

We reiterate our strong protest against the dismissal of Denis Skopin for political reasons and support Smolny student

November 4, Friday at 18:00 Moscow time / 16:00 Berlin time / 11:00 New York
Meeting with those who want to help Smolny Beyond Borders project.

November 3, Thursday, at 19.00 Moscow time. Boris Grozovsky’s conversation with the participants of the Smolny Beyond Borders project.

The unfair dismissal of Denis Skopin caused a wave of interest in the press. Here is The dismissal of Denis Skopin caused a wave of interest in the press.

On October 24, “Novaya Gazeta. Europe” published a longread about Smolny by Daria Kozlova. I liked this text, which shows how actively the Faculty is fighting for its preservation. I admire the determination and courage of my fellow teachers, and, of course, the loyalty of Smolny students to the ideas of liberal arts.