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Open lecture by Sergei Dmitriev “Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty: From Emperor to Street Merchant”
On November 26, an open lecture by Sergei Dmitriev “Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty: From Emperor to Street Merchant” was held in the Center of Oriental Literature of the Russian State Library.
Asian and African Studies students returned from summer school at Jilin University of Foreign Studies
The summer language school for students of the “Asian and African Studies” program of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at Jilin University of Foreign Languages (JUFL) was held August 6-26. The students immersed themselves in learning the basics of the Chinese language, as well as spent several days in the Russian-Chinese border area, visited the sacred mountain Paektusan (Chinese: Changbaishan) on the border of the PRC and the DPRK and the Jingyuetan National Park Reserve.
The fourth lecture on the culture of India with Sofia Karanjia
On December 13, the team of the project “Dialogues about the East” held the fourth lecture of the series on the culture of India with Sofia Karanjia about Indian clothes and textiles.
Exchange studies in Hungary: lost in translation, Africa and life in a baroque atmosphere
Ekaterina Kozlova, a 5th-year student of the ‘Asian Studies’ educational program, became a Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship holder and went to study in Hungary. Ekaterina tells about her impressions in this article.