European studies at Kemerovo State University, 1963-2014

In this paper the authors evaluate the factors facilitating the development of European Studies in the Faculty of History and International Relations at Kemerovo State University. Initially, Professor Yury V. Galaktionov initiated this line of research after 1991, when new opportunities appeared for establishing international contacts with foreign researchers. Later, in 1999, an "International Relations" major was introduced by the faculty, which contributed to activation of International Studies. That year, the West Siberian Centre for German Studies was also established at Kemerovo State University, with intellectual and financial support from the German organization DAAD, the Volkswagen Foundation and the Department of East-European Research at Ruhr-University (Bo-chum). The major result of this collaboration was the 3-volume History of Germany. Since 2003, Kemerovo historians have also participated in the Tempus project for establishing a network of European research centres in 5 Siberian universities and in the European Union Centre in Siberia Project, headed by Tomsk State University. In this paper the authors also offer a summary of the research output of the European Studies at Kemerovo State University in terms of doctoral and PhD theses defended, international conferences held, monographs and other papers published.

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