SUMMER SCHOOL UPO / HSE "THE PATHS OF PERESTROJKA" RESERVED FOR "FREE MOVER FOR PROJECTS" STUDENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES ATTENDING THE COURSE OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURES A (Prof.ssa Stefania Irene Sini) A.Y. 2018/2019

Students of the Comparative Literature Course A (Prof. Stefania Irene Sini) are advised that a Call will be published which will allow selected students to spend a period of study in Moscow and St. Petersburg from 26 July to 5 August 2019.

The experience is closely linked to attendance of the course in question and to the performance of supplementary preparatory activities; if carried out in a manner consistent with the regulations of the Call, it will be recognized as a mobility experience with achievement of the credits required by the examination of Comparative Literature. A marked as "international mobility" to which 2 extracurricular credits attributed by UPO and, after evaluation by the host University, another 2 certified extracurricular credits will be added.

There are 10 candidates whose Summer School costs will be covered. 4 participants will also be admitted willing to independently cover their own travel and accommodation expenses, who are also bound by all the selection criteria.

For more information: prof.ssa Stefania Irene Sini.

From 15 to 23 March 2016, eleven students from the Department of Humanities went to the Russian Federation for the first Spring School organized by UPO together with the Moscow Higher School of Economics. A unique training full-immersion made them protagonists in the comparison of two cultures. Their busy schedule included lectures, seminars and presentations (also in Russian).

This is the meaning of the verb ‘internationalize’, especially when it means improving your skills. On these premises, the Department of Humanities (DiSUm) of the University of Eastern Piedmont set up, thanks to the collaboration of the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, the first edition of the spring school "The texts of places: introduction to history, culture and language ".

Dania Spadoni, Eleonora Geda, Lorella Cattaneo, Martina Vialardi, Valentina Tomasin, Veronica Davico, Nicolaluciano Cannone, Alessio Cerreia Varale, Giulia Silvani, Marta Sansottera, Isabella Orsogna - these are the students, enrolled in both the Bachelor's and Master's of DiSUM – coordinated (as well as by Professor Stefania Sini) by Russian teachers Julia Ivanova, Pavel Sokolov, Il'ya Gurjanov and Jurij Rudnev.

"The Spring school in Russia ended in the best possible way” observed Professor Sini. “Of course, the terrible world news has not failed to deeply disturb us. We too observed a minute of silence for the young victims of the accident in Spain. The students were very good both at work and in everyday life. It was a splendid experience for me, not only from the didactic but also from the human point of view".

"A wonderful didactic experience” commented Eleonora Geda. “It seems pointless to say it, but the days really flew by, full of visits and excursions that allowed us to improve our knowledge of Russian culture. The work of the spring school really has enriched us, both in personal and cultural terms, allowing us to discover a country that we thought was distant but which turned out to be close and a harbinger of suggestions and memories that we will always carry with us ".