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From: Michael Mikeshin [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 4:31 AM *********************************************************************** St Petersburg Branch of the Institute for Human Studies RAS St Petersburg Center for History of Ideas hold on 8-22 July 2001 The 4th St Petersburg International Summer School in the History of Ideas EUROPEAN IDENTITY AND RUSSIAN MENTALITY Organizational and financial support by: The Civic Education Project and the Federal Program "Integration" Courses will be delivered by leading specialists in the history of ideas: Prof. Tatiana Artemieva (St Petersburg), Prof. Cairns Craig (Edinburgh), Prof. Vladimir Kantor (Moscow), Prof. Larry Wolff (Boston), Prof. Andrey Zorin (Moscow) The following themes will be discussed: - European as the archetypal - What does it mean to be European - Is Russia a European state? - "The Mysterious Russian Soul", or is it easy to be Russian? - Westernizers and Slavofiles: two directions of the Russian way - Democracy as a Russian historic problem - Sophiocrasy as a Russian historiosophical task - Europe and East Europe as cultural constructions - National historic myths and narratives - European identity and communities of scholars in European history Applicants of the competition should send by e-mail and NOT LATER THAN 15 MAY 2001: - a letter of intention - CV - a text of her/his paper in the topic of the School (about 3 500 words) The working languages of the School are Russian and English. No translation will be provided. Preference is given to applicants under 35, with PhD or working on their dissertation. Participants from Russia, NIS, Central and Eastern Europe will have their travel expenses reimbursed and their accommodation paid, for all others the participation fee is $200 or $620 with the accommodation charge (not refundable). Participants, about 30 scholars, will be able to work at archives and libraries of St Petersburg. The best papers of participants will be published in the almanac "Philosophical Age". [log in to unmask] - Dr. Michael MIKESHIN or [log in to unmask] - Prof. Tatiana ARTEMIEVA http://ideashistory.org.ru *********************************************************************** *** Dr. Michael Mikeshin Co-Director St Petersburg Center for History of Ideas St Petersburg Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences P.O.Box 264, St Petersburg 194358 Russia http://ideashistory.org.ru <[log in to unmask]>