International Conference ‘Russia a Hundred Years after the Revolution: Causes and Consequences’
On April 27-28, 2017 HSE hosted the first research conference ‘Russia a Hundred Years after the Revolution: Causes and Consequences’.
The event was organized by the International Laboratory for the Study of Russian and European Intellectual Dialogue, in conjunction with the Institute of Central and Eastern European Studies (Eichstätt), the University of Granada and the Euroacademy (Estonia). The conference was timed to mark the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution in 1917, which changed the course of both Russian and world history.
The event was attended by leading Russian and international researchers (Vladimir Kantor, Vladimir Porus, Alexey Kara-Murza, Alexandr Dobrohotov, T. Shchedrina, Tatiana Sidorina, Marina Kiseleva, Olga Zhukova); literary critics (A. Volgin), historians (Leonid Luks, Vitaly Buldakov, S. Bychkov, I. Khailova), sociologists (Alexander Filippov), legal experts (Boris Gerenrot, Anastasija Tumanova), musical experts (I. Karpinsky), as well as students and doctoral students from the HSE School of Philosophy.
Reports on how the Russian revolution is perceived by Russian philosophers, historians, writers, musicians and political leaders were presented during the conference. Participants also discussed the cultural and socio-political causes of the situation in Russia that created an environment in which revolution was possible, as well as its historical and civilizational consequences for Russia, Western countries and the world.