This year's "Intercultural Study Week" at Studium-fundamentale took place in early May. Students and faculty from two Russian universities—one in Saint Petersburg and one in Kostroma—took part.
Once again, Russian students from Kostroma State University (RUS) had traveled to Zittau/Görlitz. For some time now, German students in the Studium Fundamentale program have been participating in an intercultural summer school in Kostroma. The program includes lectures, seminars for short presentations, classroom observations, as well as cultural tutorials and field trips/courses/fieldwork at local sites. It also fosters dialogue across national borders—a dialogue among students, faculty, and the interested public. In addition to promoting international academic mobility, the program aims to familiarize students with everyday life at the host universities in order to attract more international applicants.
In Zittau, an informational meeting was held with the Vice President for Education and International Affairs, Prof. Dr. Christa M. Heidger. Lecturer Dr. Tamara Denisova conveyed greetings from the administration of Kostroma State University. The two universities have maintained diverse academic ties for more than eleven years as part of a higher education partnership. Discussions focused on continuing joint collaboration in various areas, such as joint degree programmes leading to dual degrees, student exchanges during semesters abroad and summer schools, as well as further academic cooperation in several fields, including “interculturality” and the East-West working group “LABIK” (Laboratory for Intercultural Studies).
A lecturer and a student from the State University of Economics (UNECON) in Saint Petersburg (RUS) participated. Both also gave guest presentations in the “Interculturality” seminar for first-year students. Later, the focus shifted to questions regarding further collaboration within LABIK.
An international seminar was held in Görlitz with students and faculty from Germany, Poland, France, and Russia. At the conclusion of the seminar, all students from Kostroma received the joint German-Russian certificate of completion.
In addition to the participation of Russian scholars and students in the Senior College in Görlitz, the event schedule also included a tour of the new buildings on the Zittau campus.
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