OSUN Course

Registration Open for Smolny Beyond Borders Courses

Deadline Expired on February 10, 2025

Smolny Beyond Borders is offering several English-language courses that are open to OSUN students. To register, students must submit a short letter explaining their interest. Students can follow the links below to lean more about each course and to apply and submit their letter.
The courses, with fascinating topics ranging from world history to political philosophy, begin the week of February 10.

Smolny Beyond Borders was created by former faculty members of Smolny College (Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences of St. Petersburg State University) and other liberal arts programs for students who left Russia and Eurasia due to the invasion of Ukraine and declining educational situations in those countries.

BA Semester Courses

1) How Did Math Begin to Rule? Science from Historical and Philosophical Perspectives (Andrei Rodin)

2) Political Economy in Retrospect (Danila Raskov)

3) Russian History and International Politics since 1985 (Victor Apryshchenko)

4) Understanding Human Behavior (Michael Allakhverdov)

BA mini-courses

5) Climate Crisis and the Struggle for Social Equality and Human Rights: An Introduction to Political Ecology (Felix Jaitner)

6) Generative AI and Global Media: Technology, Ethics, and Practice (Daria Minski)

7) Social Documentary Photography: History and Key Concepts (Denis Skopin)

Graduate-level Semester Courses

8) Machines of No More War (Natalia Fedorova)

9) Philosophy of War and Peace (Artemy Magun)

The deadline to register is Monday, February 10

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