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Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University continues to actively develop international scientific partnerships. The Russian-Armenian University successfully hosted the international scientific and theoretical conference "Images of the Past: Representations, Historiography, and Historical Memory." The Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences and SPbPU co-organized this large-scale forum.
The conference brought together leading scholars—historians, cultural scientists, philosophers, and political scientists—to discuss pressing issues in contemporary scholarship. Participants focused on the role of historical memory and historical research in shaping national identity, the representation of the past in educational literature, and the fight against the falsification of history.
At the plenary session, Anastasia Lisenkova, Director of the Higher School of Social Sciences at SPbPU, delivered a keynote address, "Silence as a Cultural Choice, Algorithmic Bias, and Digital Commemoration." She touched on the complex aspects of the interaction between history, culture, and digital technologies in the modern world. She also moderated one of the conference's central sections, "Images of the Past in Historical Memory."
Participants were particularly interested in the specialized section "Sport as a Factor in the Formation of National Identity in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Spaces," organized as part of the Russian Science Foundation project #24-28-01790. The section was moderated by Svetlana Ulyanova, a professor at SPbPU's Higher School of Economics and Social Sciences. Researchers from Moscow, Tomsk, Petrozavodsk, Leeds, and Yerevan participated in the section. Presentations were given by Ilya Sidorchuk, a professor at SPbPU's Higher School of International Relations, and Anastasia Fisheva, a senior research fellow at SPbPU's Higher School of Economics and Social Sciences.
The visit of the delegation from the Higher School of Social Sciences at SPbPU to Yerevan yielded not only scientific but also important practical results. Following talks with the leadership of the Russian-Armenian University and the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, specific agreements were reached, strengthening and expanding the format of cooperation. SPbPU faculty are organizing advanced training courses for RAU faculty on the "History of Russia." A joint SPbPU-RAU-IWH RAS academic conference on "Civilization and Barbarism: From Antiquity to the Age of Artificial Intelligence" is planned for April 2026.
Furthermore, research teams from SPbPU's HSE and RAU have agreed to prepare and publish joint articles in Scopus-indexed journals. A new joint project to create a scientific electronic journal, Perspectiva Temporis, dedicated to history, sociology, and cultural studies, will begin in January 2026.
The conference and the agreements reached were a clear demonstration of the dynamically developing partnership between the Polytechnic University and the Russian-Armenian University. This collaboration not only strengthens academic ties but also makes a significant contribution to the development of the humanities internationally.
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