A delegation of professors from HSE – Saint Petersburg, Russia (http://spb.hse.ru/en) visited the Universitas Indonesia Faculty of Humanities on November 29, 2017 and delivered a workshop seminar at the Russian Studies Program on Lingvocultural aspects of teaching Russian as a foreign language and Russian culture. Through this workshop seminar, students of Russian Studies Program were able to learn more about the Russian Culture and Traditions and speak to Russian language natives. Dr. Thera Widyastuti, Head of Russian Studies Program said that it was very interesting for the students. This workshop seminar is a part of the HSE – Saint Petersburg’s international project «The role of Russia in the modern dialogue of cultures» that runs within the Federal Programme “Russian Language 2016-2020” and is supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia. The core idea behind this project is to give students around the globe a cultural insight on contemporary Russia and to promote Russian Higher Education and Russian Language – Mr. Konstantin Platonov, Director of HSE – Saint Petersburg Centre for International Cooperation says. The National Research University Higher School of Economics, or HSE for short, is the leading Russian public research university, ranked within QS-by-Subject Top-100 for Economics & Econometrics, Political Science & International Studies and Sociology. HSE is ranked #48 in the QS Top 50 under 50 ranking of world’s best young universities. Please visit http://hse.ru/en to learn more. Saint-Petersburg campus of HSE was established 1998 to serve as HSE’s international hub for most talented students and faculty from all over the world.
