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23 hours ago · Institutions of Imperial Orientalism: Academic, Military-Administrative, and Missionary. In Russia, modern Oriental studies began in earnest at Kazan University in 1807.The first holders of the chair of Oriental letters, Christian-Martin Frähn and Franz Erdmann, were “imported” Germans; they gave their lectures in Latin and thereby failed to establish a coherent school. 24 These men ...
23 hours ago · Exiled Jesuits set up elite boarding schools until their order was expelled in 1815. At the highest level, universities were based on the German model—in Kazan, Kharkov, St. Petersburg, Vilna (refounded as the Imperial University in 1803) and Dorpat—while the relatively young Imperial Moscow University was expanded. The higher forms of ...
2 days ago · During the 18th century Moscow retained its major role in the cultural life of Russia. In 1755, on the initiative of the great man of letters and science Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov, Moscow University (now formally M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University) was founded, the first university in Russia; a medical and surgical college was opened in ...
4 days ago · Rurikid Muscovy. in Russia in History. Also known as: Rossija, Rossiya, Rossiyskaya Federatsiya, Russian Federation, Russian S.F.S.R., Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic. Written by. Edward Louis Keenan. Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University.
3 days ago · Under its provisions several new universities were founded, and gymnasiums (pre-university schools) were established in most provincial capitals. Less was done at the lower levels, for the usual reason of inadequate funds.
2 days ago · Protesters hold portraits of “comfort women” – women forced into sexual slavery by the imperial Japanese army during World War II – and their testimonies, in Seoul, South Korea, on August ...
3 days ago · Fall 2024 Schedule Now Available. The Fall 2024 Course Schedule Information is now online! For those of you looking to get a head start researching the classes you'd like to take in the Fall, you can now browse the online/printable versions of our Fall 2024 schedule.
