IV International Russian-Chinese Summer School on International Relations: ‘Space and Time in the Eurasian Era,’ Moscow, July 3-10, 2014

HSE’s Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs and East China Normal University in Shanghai will hold the fourth International Russian-Chinese Summer School on International Relations called 'Space and Time in the Eurasian Era' in July 2014. The School is for third, fourth and fifth year students of this specialization, as well as for master’s and post-graduate students from the HSE and other Russian universities that specialize in world economics, world politics, international relations, political science or area studies.

English is the working language of the Summer School.

Between July 3 and July 10, 2014, Summer School participants will be able to do the following without even leaving Moscow:

• Attend lectures by professors of East China Normal University (Shanghai) and lectures by leading Russian experts.
• Learn how Russian international affairs experts and their Chinese colleagues approach problems with China’s and Russia’s development and their roles in the changing environment of global economics and politics. In 2014, Summer School instructors and participants will focus on the topic 'Space and Time in the Eurasian Era.'
• Pose interesting questions to specialists concerning problems in international relations and Russian-Chinese cooperation, as well as communicate directly with Chinese experts.
• Gain experience in developing approaches to solving pressing international problems by participating in and preparing a joint project.  And by presenting this project at the end of the Summer School!
• Lay the foundation for future professional contacts. At themed culture nights of the two countries, Russian undergrads and post-graduate students will be able to talk with Chinese peers and professors in an unofficial setting.
• Gain experience in intensive study, during which knowledge is acquired in the most effective way possible by alternating between lectures by experienced professors and open discussions.

Students who would like to continue their studies in China will be able to find out all details of interest directly from Chinese students, and future academics will have the chance to find an academic supervisor from China. All of this can be carried out in English, which is and has been in previous years, the official language of the Summer School.

In the eight days that the Summer School is held, participants will gain unique experience, develop and defend a joint project, acquire new knowledge, and of course, have the opportunity to become personally acquainted with leading specialists from China and Russia. For students planning to combine their professional activity with international relations in the future, such experience will prove to be invaluable. The School’s extracurricular program also includes Russian and Chinese culture nights and excursions around Moscow.