Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod)

From Diver to Astronaut: the PostVenture Project Re-creates More Than 40 Types of Mail Service

Sending messages in more than 40 different ways and inventing new types of postal communication, this unique historical & geographical expedition, involving employees of HSE University Nizhny Novgorod, has claimed a place in the ‘Guinness Book of Records’. Timur Khusyainov, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, spoke about the Project.

Society professors HSE Campus in Nizhny Novgorod

October 21, 2020

Alessandro Caglio: ‘What International Students Need to Bring with Them is Courage and Curiosity’

‘I started learning Russian in Italy; I’ve lived in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but came to Nizhny Novgorod to learn Russian in "real" Russia and become an international journalist’: Alessandro Caglio, first-cohort graduate of the Master’s programme "Literature and Media", speaks about intercultural communications, hypertext novels, and the Russian winter.

On Campus alumni international students master's programmes HSE Campus in Nizhny Novgorod

July 29, 2020

‘People Used to Fear and Poke Fun at Total Surveillance, But We Will All Soon Get Used to It’

The coronavirus infection has had a significant impact on the whole world. The threat hanging over everyone’s heads has led to the current self-isolation policy, which has restricted people’s ability to move freely about the city. The current circumstances will inevitably change society as we know it. How? This is what NN.DK.RU discussed with Timur Khusyainov, senior lecturer of the Faculty of Social Sciences at HSE Nizhny Novgorod.

Research&Expertise expertise HSE Campus in Nizhny Novgorod

April 28, 2020

Expedition “Russian province 2019”: in the footsteps of the Demidovs

At the end of August, second – year students of the educational program “Philology” visited the next expedition. This time they were in the village of Bykovka in Vorotynsky district. This is the ancestral home of one of the wealthiest families of Imperial Russia.

September 10, 2019

Understanding Finland

Nizhny Novgorod exchange student Polina Zhukova, a student of the Humanities Faculty, HSE Nizhny Novgorod, is currently studying at University of Jyvaskyla (Finland) in the framework of international academic mobility programme. She has shared with us her impressions on living and studying in Finland.

International Relations Office HSE — Nizhny Novgorod

February 21, 2017

Tolerance: New Perspectives and Stereotypes in Russia and Abroad

A round table ‘Tolerance: New Perspectives and Stereotypes in Russia and Abroad’ timed to conincide with the International Day for Tolerance declared by UNESCO in 1995 and observed on November 16th, was held at HSE Nizhny Novgorod. The event was organised by the Faculty of Humanities, the International Relations Office, and the Department for Educational work at HSE Nizhny Novgorod.

Research&Expertise Reporting an event international cooperation tolerance HSE Campus in Nizhny Novgorod

November 16, 2016