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(New) Street University in Petersburg
The following article was originally published (in Russian) on the website of the Forward Socialist Movement. The translator has slightly altered the original text to reflect certain developments that have taken place since the text was written. ◊◊◊◊◊ The (New) … Continue reading
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European University: A Battle Won (A Letter from Artemy Magun)
Dear Colleagues, As you might have heard, the European University was reopened last Friday! I want to thank you all, on my own behalf (the rector’s general thanks are at www.eu.spb.ru), for your support: many of you have signed letters … Continue reading
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Firehose Isn’t a Band from San Pedro. It’s an Instrument for Strangling Academic Freedom in Russia
Better stay away from those / That carry around a firehose. —Bob Dylan, “Subterranean Homesick Blues” On 29 February 2007, students of the still-closed European University in Saint Petersburg gathered at the monument to Russian renaissance man Mikhail Lomonosov to … Continue reading
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Ousting the Ideological Enemy (More on the Closing of EUSP)
Ousting the Ideological Enemy By Yelena Biberman Russia Profile International Academic Community Sees the University’s Closure as a Bad Lesson about Russia A prominent ivory tower in the Russian cultural capital has become one of the tragic casualties of Russia’s … Continue reading
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Artemy Magun on Dangerous Trends in Russian Education
Artemy Magun, a professor at The European University in Saint Petersburg and a member of Chto Delat, discusses the prospects for a widening of the repressions against non-state, “westernizing” institutions of higher learning in Russian and what this would mean … Continue reading
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Letter of Support for European University in St Petersburg
http://www.gopetition.com/online/17080.html LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY IN ST PETERSBURG Dear colleagues. By now many of you will have heard about the situation at the European University in St Petersburg (EUSPb). The university has been suddenly closed by the Russian … Continue reading
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European University in Petersburg Closed
Last week, the European University in Saint Petersburg was shut down, ostensibly for violating fire codes. Chto Delat member and Petersburg-based philosopher Artemy Magun explains in an open letter posted to platform chtodelat. Dear friends, Many of you have been … Continue reading
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