PetrSU Welcomed Delegations from Tubingen and the Consulate General of Germany in Saint Petersburg
The visit took place in the framework of the Days of Germany in Petrozavodsk.
The Humanities Innovation Park of PetrSU hosted a meeting between the employees of the university and a delegation from Tubingen and a working group from the Consulate General of Germany in Saint Petersburg. The meetings were dedicated to the 30-year anniversary of the twin-city relations between Petrozavodsk and Tubingen.
Petrozavodsk State University was represented by the Vice-Rector for International Affairs Marina Gvozdeva, the Director of the Institute of Foreign Languages Inna Kreneva, and the Head of the Academic Mobility Department Natalia Karakina.
The delegation from Tubingen included the Mayor of Tubingen Daniela Harsch, the Head of the Department of Culture Christopher Blum and Dr. Rolf Frankenberger from the Institute of Political Studies of the University of Tubingen.
The working group from the Consulate General of Germany in Saint Petersburg consisted of Mr. Eric Lartz, coordinator of the Days of Germany in Petrozavodsk in 2020, and Annika Essen, assistant to coordinator and interpreter.
The Vice-Rector for International Affairs of PetrSU Marina Gvozdeva told the guests about the principal activities of Petrozavodsk State University. The delegations were taken on a tour around the university and introduced to the Humanities Innovation Park of PetrSU and the ethnographic exhibition of the Museum of History of PetrSU.
The delegates and the representatives of PetrSU took part in the roundtable discussion “Petrozavodsk – Tubingen: experience and prospects for cooperation”. The discussion concerned both the experience of the twin-city relations between the two cities and the current projects and prospective areas for cooperation, as well as the role of universities in the regional development. Among the participants of the discussion were the Director of the Institute of History, Political and Social Sciences Sergey Verigin, acting Head of the Department of Social Studies and Social Work of the IHPSS Yulia Petrovskaya, the Associate Professor of the Department of World History, Political Studies and International Relations of the IHPSS of PetrSU Elena Chernenkova.
The Vice-Rector for International Affairs of PetrSU Marina Gvozdeva said:
The Flagship University Development Program of PetrSU includes the project of soft security, and though it is mostly designed to facilitate the cooperation with partners across the border, the framework of twin relations and cooperation with educational institutions, research centers is advantageous for our collaboration. Thirty years of the twin-city relations mean many years of cooperating in various areas. PetrSU acts in many roles in this, as it implements educational programs enriched with the participation of our colleagues in various seminars, joint projects, internships for students in the twin-cities within the cooperation with NGOs, cultural ties, etc. This is a very substantial program. In the course of 30 years it has evolved and brought a new partner – the University of Tubingen. This is a new start for PetrSU in the field of research and education, development of interdisciplinary cooperation. We are glad that not only the high officials of Tubingen delegation are interested in promoting mutual understanding and cooperation. We hope that by the Days of Germany in Russia next year we will find new promising forms of collaboration.
