Representative offices
Memento mori: are animals aware of their own mortality, and if so, to what end?
The SPbU Representative Office in Spain invites you to an online lecture «Memento mori: are animals aware of their own mortality, and if so, to what end?» The lecture will be given by Daria Podvigina, Candidate of Psychology.
The concept of "silence"; in contemporary literature and culture
Hugo writes of the "timid, obscure noise, made of darkness", Virgil of the "friendly silence of the mute moon", Dante writes — "the sun is silent". What do fiction writers mean when they write of silence? Of quiet and stillness?
Beauty with meaning: floral framing in religious imagery and secular portraiture
What is the language of flowers? Who can speak it and what can you say with it? In the Victorian era, the language of flowers was used to secretly express feelings that could not be spoken openly. Would you like to decipher these floral mysteries and coded messages?
Valery Bryusov and "The Fiery Angel"
St Petersburg University and its Representative Office in Barcelona invite you to the online lecture ‘Valery Bryusov and "The Fiery Angel"’. The lecture will be given by Nina Shcherbak, candidate of philology.
The world and its limits: doctrines about the universe from antiquity to the present day
The St Petersburg University Representative Office in Spain cordially invites you to an online lecture "The world and its limits: doctrines about the universe from antiquity to the present day", which opens our new lecture series "Physicists in search for unity in nature". The lecture will be given by Anton Sheikin, theoretical physicist and associate professor at SPbU.
Tarkovsky and art
St Petersburg University Representative Office in Barcelona invites you to the online lecture "Tarkovsky and art". The lecture will be given by Lyubov Bugaeva, Professor at the Department of History of Russian Literature at SPbU, author of the book Literature i rite de passage (2010) and more than 200 articles on the theory and history of literature and cinema.
Science and religion: searching psychophysiological foundations of religious experience
The SPbU Representative Office in Spain invites you to the online lecture "Science and religion: searching psychophysiological foundations of religious experience". The lecture will be delivered by Daria Podvigina, Candidate of Psychology.
"Impossible happiness": Alexander Bloks’ poetry
St Petersburg University and its Representative Office in Barcelona invite you to the online lecture "Impossible happiness": Alexander Bloks’ poetry. The lecture will be delivered by Nina Shcherbak, associate professor in the Department of English philology and cultural linguistics candidate of philology.