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The scientific and practical conference “Expanding Boundaries” was held at RUDN Faculty of Philology. 123 postgraduate students from Kazakhstan, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ethiopia and Russia spoke at round tables about their dissertations and theoretical and practical problems they face in their research.
The VI Firsova Readings conference “Modern languages and cultures: variability, functions, ideologies in the cognitive aspect”, held at the Faculty of Philology brought together speakers from Russia, England, Hungary, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands, working in 9 thematic sessions. The conference featured a workshop, a round table and three seminars in Russian and English.
RUDN University staff, together with Moscow school students, composed audio guides in 5 languages for the “Feat of the Army” exhibition at the Victory Museum.
Why do people read Viktor Pelevin in China? Who are the New Historicists and what is their theory about? How can an author create new frontiers for a story? Read an interview with Tian Yang, graduate of RUDN Philological faculty.
A team of linguists from RUDN University established that a person’s ability to accurately differentiate between vowel sounds of a foreign language correlates with the size of their vocabulary in said language.
“I am deeply convinced that if the goal is to change the world, journalism is the most effective weapon for this,” a master’s student of RUDN would readily agree with these words of the Oscar-winning British screenwriter. She believes that the profession of a journalist is the best way for a person with ambition and sharp tongue.
After finishing school, Elisaveta Batyrova never expected to devote her life to psychology or weight-lifting, let alone combine the two things she liked to do into one specialization! Today, the future sports psychologist is sure: entering RUDN University (Peoples' Friendship University of Russia) was her golden ticket.
If asked why they enrolled at a university, most students would probably say, "To gain knowledge." But future journalist Balzhan Samigullina is thinking bigger. Still a student, she is already dreaming of sharing her knowledge with the people of her country, so that together they can welcome guests from all over the world!
As a child, Kasthuri read Russian folk tales and dreamed of coming to Russia. Today he is a student of the Philological Faculty of RUDN University where he studies the Russian language and culture. He has an ambitious goal: to tell about Russia back in his home country of Sri Lanka.
The IX festival "Soirees of Russian Cinema in Bordeaux" was held in Bordeaux (France). More than a dozen films of Russian cinema were shown at the Mégarama cinema and in the cultural space of Cité du Vin. Classics of the Soviet era and modern films were united by a common theme, where a woman was the main character. The film, voiced by Tatyana Yevsikova, lecturer of the Philological faculty of RUDN University, won the prize "For deep and soulful disclosure of the plot." RUDN University also took part in the preparation of the educational program of the festival.
Jessica Bustinsa, graduate of the Faculty of Philology of RUDN University in 2010, talks about how she got acquainted with Russian culture, how she spent the years of her student life and what Russian traditions she adopted.
Cypriot Maria Christu, a student of the Faculty of Philology, dreams of teaching Russian in her homeland. Read the interview about having A’s 10 semesters.