April 7.

Days of Iranian Science, Culture and Education are started at the University. The Days are organized by the SPbUHSS and Allameh Tabataba’i University and supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and Russian Academy of Sciences. 

The following speakers took part at the opening session of the forum in the University’s Scientific Library:

Prof. Dr. Alexander Zapesotsky, SPbUHSS Rector, Academician;

Mr. Vladimir Zapevalov, Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation in St. Petersburg, presented a greeting letter to organizers, participants and guests of the forum on behalf of Mr. Igor Morgulov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation;

Dr. Mehdi Sanaei, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iran to Russia;

Dr. Mohammad Khorramshad, Head of the Iranian delegation, Professor of Political Sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i University.

The unique exhibition of Iranian Literature was opened in the solemn atmosphere. More than 200 papers by Allameh Tabataba’i University’s scientists in Humanities were presented at the exhibition. In addition the works of classics of Iranian Literature presented to the SPbUHSS by Embassy of Iran in Russia were there.

The film on Iran and Iranian Culture and video presentation of Allameh Tabataba’i University were shown at the lecture hall #5.

Then the following leading Iranian scientists gave lectures to the SPbUHSS professors, students and guests:

Dr. Reza Maleki, Head of Cultural Representation at the Embassy of Iran in Russia, Embassy Cultural Counsellor of Iran: ‘Iran and Russia: Cultural Interaction between Central Asia and Caucasus’;

Dr. Abass Ali Vafaei, Faculty Member of Department of Persian Language and Literature in Allameh Tabataba’i University: ‘Cultural Similarities among Iran and Eurasian Countries’;

Dr. Mohammad Khorramshad, Faculty member of Department of Political Sciences in Allameh Tabataba’i University: ‘A Review of Cultural Diplomacy of Islamic Republic of Iran’.

The International RUSSIA – IRAN: DIALOGUE OF CULTURES Scientific-Practical Conference in the frames of Days of Iranian Science, Culture and Education will be held at the SPbUHSS tomorrow.

The following scientists, diplomats, cultural workers of the two countries will take part in the Conference: Mr. Alexander Maryasov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Iran (2001-2005); Dr. Andrey Smirnov, Director, Institute of Philosophy at Russian Academy of Sciences; Dr. Mahdi Hosseini Taghiabad, Member of Management Board of Caucasus Foundation at Shahid Beheshti University; Dr. Alikber Alikberov, Deputy Director, the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Center for Study of Central Asia, Caucasus and Ural-Volga Region; Dr. Nina Mamedova, Section Head of Iran in the Center for Study of the Middle East Countries at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Dr. Vladimir Ivanov, Head of the Department of Iranian Philology in the Institute of Asian and African Countries at Lomonosov Moscow State University; Dr. Anna Uspenskaya, SPbUHSS Professor of the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies; Dr. Ludmila Kharchenkova, SPbUHSS Professor of the Department of Advertising and Public Relations. 

Publication date: 27 april 2016