Agenda

The Confucius Institute of National Research Tomsk State University will hold the international conference “Russian-Chinese Relations: The Siberian Aspect” on 1–2 December 2016.

The project aims to develop young scholars’ and professors’ knowledge of the best scientific and methodological, domestic and foreign achievements in the general issues and in the specific problems of the present stage of cooperation between Russia and China, China and other countries of the world.

The areas of research are:

1. The history of the establishment and development of Russian-Chinese relations

2. Russian-Chinese cooperation in the humanitarian sphere

3. Russian-Chinese cooperation: the economic aspect

4. Cooperation of Siberian regions with China in education, science and technology

5. Socio-economic processes in China in the 20th–21st centuries

6. Domestic policy transformations in China in the context of modernization

7. Modern Chinese / Russian society: the correlation of tradition and innovation in the 20th–21st centuries

8. Cultural processes in Russia and China: the common and the specific

The conference languages are Russian and Chinese. The contributions of students, post-graduate students, young scholars, experts, university professors are particularly encouraged.

Participants are to fill in an application form, write an abstract and send the documents to confucius@mail.tsu.ru by 21 November 2016 (Appendix 1, Inform_letter).

The Organising Committee reserves the right to reject abstracts that do not fall within the scope of the conference.

The Organising Committee covers accommodation costs and meals for participants for the period from November 30 to December 3, 2016. Participants cover travel costs. Foreign participants are kindly asked to inform the organisers about the need for a hotel accommodation by November 21, 2016.

Regular and virtual participation in the conference is available.

Conference Location:

Conference Hall of the National Research Tomsk State University Research Library

34 Lenin Ave., Tomsk

Contacts:

Evgeniya Leskovskaya

Tel. / Fax: +7 (3822)528555

Mob. +79095492037

E-mail: confucius@mail.tsu.ru

On November 23-26, 2016, TSU will hold The University City Forum. The universities are an integral part of an urban culture. Old traditions combine successfully with dynamic development of modern cities. The universities are city-forming for small towns, they determine marketing of such a territory. Small university towns have to specialize for successful competition with theirs big neighbors.
Many university towns take first places by quality of life. The administration of the university, the student’s communities and city halls cooperate for development of infrastructure (for example, Tubingen and Marburg)
Russian university system was established by European pattern. Heritage of European academism should be remembered and developed. The experience of new universities centers of Europe (Passau, Olsztyn) is important as well.
The practice of organization of academic area is especially interesting for Siberian university towns (social support of the students, accessibility of urban infrastructure for them, regular monitoring of the cities, most comfortable for the students).

Goals:

• to determine the criteria of the university town;

• to find a solution: how to improve the relevant policy of city hall and integrate the historic buildings into urban well-developed infrastructure;

• to work out the guidance for the city halls of Tomsk and others Siberian towns: how to make the city more accessi­ble for the students;

• to create Russian university towns rating;

• to start the preparation for putting Tomsk in the list of World Heritage of UNESCO as the classic university town;

• to establish an association of Siberian university towns for development of cooperation with similar associations in Europe and Asia.

CONTACT US

Head of TSSW (Transsiberian Scientific Way) office: Lyudmila Borilo

Project coordinators: Olga Morozova, Evgeniya Kocheva; e-mail: tssw@mail.tsu.ru; +7 (3822) 529 824; Skype: tssw.tsu

Programm (.pdf)

On 20-22 February, 2017, TSU will hold the first international workshop devoted to the radiation imaging detectors based on GaAs:Cr.

TSU colleagues from research centres in the UK, Germany, and Switzerland will participate. The workshop will discuss the results of the testing of GaAs: Cr sensors and questions on improving the characteristics of the material.

TSU possesses a unique technology of compensation of gallium arsenide with chrome, which allows obtaining a high-resistance material that is used to create X-ray detectors. Studies of the sensors are taking place not only in Tomsk but also abroad, in such research centres as the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY), and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI).

City tours and visits to the museums of TSU await the participants of the workshop.

The workshop will take place in the conference hall of Bon Apart Hotel, which has all equipment needed for presentations.

Registration and abstract submission are requested before December 22, 2016.

Proceedings will be published in the Russian Physics Journal

Contact e-mail: gaas.workshop@gmail.com

Information about booking accommodation is here

And here you can download registration card and abstract submission.

 

Tomsk State University is hosting the X International Conference "Physical Culture, Health Care and Education" in the memory of V.S. Pirusskiy on November 17, 2016.

Key themes:

• Contemporary Philosophical, Historical, Sociological Aspects of Physical Culture and Sport in the Light of V.S. Pirusskiy’s Ideas

• Physical Training of Children and Adolescents

• Physical Education and Sports Training of Students

• Preservation of Health and Healthy Lifestyle

• Training of Athletes of the Russian and World Levels

• Medical and Biological Aspects of Physical Culture and Sports Training

• Therapeutic and Adaptive Physical Culture

• Organisation, Management and Methodology of Sports and Recreation Activities on the Protection and Promotion of Health in Education, Health Care, Physical Culture and Sports

• Training and Advanced Training of Specialists in Physical Culture and Sports

• Tourism and Recreation

The conference materials will be uploaded to elibrary.ru (RSCI).

Publication fee:

Russian citizens: 150 rubles per 1 page of text

Foreign participants: contact the Organizing Committee of the Conference

Contacts: Elena Dyakova, Secretary of the Conference

Faculty of Physical Culture, Tomsk State University,

Tel.: +73822529725, +79234015335, e-mail: pirusskyi@sibmail.com

Tomsk State University invites you to participate in VIII National petrographic conference with participation of Foreign Scientists “Petrology of magmatic and metamorphic complexes”, which will be held in Tomsk (Russia) on November 28-December 3, 2016 on the base of Petrography Department of the Faculty of Geology and Geography.

Topics suggested for the conference:

1. Magmatism of crust and mantle

2. Formation analysis, geodynamics, and geological correlation

3. Metamorphism and metamorphic-type  mineral formation

4. Methodology for studying matter composition of geological systems

5. Structural analysis in geological research

6. Metallogeny of crystal and sedimentary complexes

By the date of the conference beginning, a series of papers shall be published as an Almanac of scientific papers. All materials for publication shall be prepared in accordance with requirements listed below and submitted to organization committee before October
23, 2016. 
Deadlines for submission of papers for publication in the Almanac: All papers must be submitted to organization committee before October 10, 2016. Works submitted after the deadline might not be included in the Almanac. Papers shall be submitted in e-form and hard copy form. Electronic documents shall be emailed to: labspm@ggf.tsu.ru, petro@ggf.tsu.ru, gertnerif@rambler.ru.

Address of organization committee: 36 Lenina Ave, Tomsk 634050, Russia, Tomsk State University, Faculty of Geology and Geography, consignee: academic secretary Gertner Igor F. E-mail address: labspm@ggf.tsu.ru.

Organization fee can be mailed to the above address or paid during registration upon arrival to the conference.

The staff of the Faculty of Foreign Languages invite you to participate in the XXVII annual intern ational academic conference Language and Culture (October 26-28, 2016).

Themes of sections:

• Topical questions in theoretical and practical linguistics

• Psycho-pedagogical and socio-cultural aspects of teaching and learning foreign languages

• Translation issues and theoretical basics of discourse analysis

• Topical problems of socio-cognitive and corpus linguistics

• Interdisciplinary studies of culture and intercultural communication

• Literature the in context of modern culture

• Language and society

• Classical philology and the history of Indo-European languages

• Nature motifs in the culture of peoples of the world

Applications can be submitted via the conference website: http://tomskclc.tsu.ru/

The authors of accepted presentations can submit their articles for publication in the conference proceedings, which will be published by the Tomsk State University Publishing House included in the RISC database with an assigned ISBN.

Everyone willing to present and publish an article should register via the conference website: http://tomskclc.tsu.ru/  by October 01, 2016.

Those who want to participate in the conference without publishing an article should register via the conference website: http://tomskclc.tsu.ru/ by October 15, 2016.

Participation fee – 500 rubles.

The cost of publishing for faculty members and research and teaching staff ­– 500 rubles, for students – 200 rubles. 

Please send any questions to: tomskclc@gmail.com

Contact phone numbers: 8 (3822) 52-97-42, 8 (3822) 52-98-96 (Dean’s Office, Faculty of Foreign Languages)

The II International Conference "Museums of the Eurasian Association Universities in the Preservation and Study of Cultural and Natural Heritage" will be held on 25–29 September 2016 in Tomsk, Russia.

The conference objectives are:

1. discussion of issues related to the identification, study and preservation of cultural and natural heritage;

2. exchange of experience between the museums of the Eurasian Association universities on the application of IT-technologies in the preservation and actualisation of cultural heritage of university museums;

3. discussion of issues related to information and interactive forms of museum activities;

4. project activities of university museums;

5. joint research of university museums (with other parts of their university, with other Russian and foreign university museums).

The deadline for proposals is 1 June 2016.

The deadline for paper submission is 15 June 2016.

All submissions must be in line with Author Guidelines.

Contacts:

• Svetlana Kretova, Secretary of the Organising Committee, Tomsk State University, Institute of Arts and Culture: E-mail: museology_77@mail.ru, Tel.: +79131043731

• The Eurasian Universities Association: Tel.: +74959392769

• Svetlana Livantsova, Secretary of the Organising Committee, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Museum of Earth Sciences: E-mail: museology@mes.msu.ru, Tel.:  +74959391221

We are now accepting proposals for the Third International Conference "Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Biomedical Research" with elements of a youth science school which will be held on 24–26 November 2016 on the basis of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics of SB RAS and the International Tomography Centre of SB RAS in Novosibirsk, Russia.

Following the 2014 and 2015 conferences held at Tomsk State University (Tomsk, Russia), it was decided to extend the themes of the conference and include both the scientific results of MRI studies conducted in laboratory animals and the results of advanced clinical research to ensure the close interaction of the fundamental directions and translation of the latest technology to the clinic. The conference on MRI in the Akademgorodok of Novosibirsk will expand the list of participants and the audience.

All participants with oral and poster presentations are to register at http://mrt.green.tsu.ru/eng/register/. The deadline for registration is 14 September 2016.

Information on the title of the presentation and its form (oral or poster presentations, distant participation) is to be sent to mri@mail.tsu by 15 October 2016.

Contact for general questions:

Andrey Akulov, tel.: +79232202524

Contact for technical questions:

Tatiana Kolesnikova, tel.: +79131042522, e-mail: mri@mail.tsu.ru, http://mrt.green.tsu.ru.

We are glad to invite you to participate in the 4rd International School-Conference for Young Scientists in memory of Prof. Kurina L.N. “Catalysis: from Science to Industry” to be held on October 23-27, 2016 on the basis of Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia.

The IV School-Conference for Young Scientists is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Larisa Nikolaevna Kurina, D.Sc., who was a renowned science and education worker. Larisa Nikolaevna, being at the origin of Laboratory of Catalytic Research, was an outstanding teacher and scientist, always treated with deep respect by students, postgraduates and colleagues.

The theme of the conference covers modern tendencies in the field of fundamental and applied catalysis, featuring the basics of catalyst рreparation and production, mechanisms, kinetics and modeling of chemical reactions, promising catalytic processes and application of catalytic processes in industry.

Young scientists will be given a great opportunity to become familiar with research works of leading scientists, present and discuss their research results, define promising trends of scientific research, and establish collaborative relations.

The scientific program of the school-conference will consist of plenary (40 min) and keynote (25 min) lectures of leading scientists, oral (10 min) and poster presentations of young scientists.

The scope of the school conference:

Section 1. Catalyst preparation

• Scientific fundamentals of catalyst preparation

• Novel catalytic materials (micro- and mesoporous materials, hybrid materials, MOFs)

• Modern tendencies in development of catalyst preparation methods

Section 2. Promising catalytic processes

• Processing of oil and natural gas

• Fine organic synthesis

• Environmental protection. Photocatalysis

• Energy saving and processing of renewable feedstocks. Fuel cells, electrocatalysis

Section 3. Research methods in catalysis

• Theoretical modeling of catalytic processes

• Modern research methods in catalysis. In situ and operando research

• Kinetics and mechanism of catalytic reactions. Investigation of catalytic properties

Section 4. Industrial implementation of catalytic processes

• Fundamentals of industrial catalyst preparation

• Development of chemical processes and reactors

• Catalyst deactivation and regeneration

• Catalytic process engineering

Organizers:

• Tomsk State University, Tomsk

• Engineering chemical-technological center (ECTC), Tomsk

Potential oral and poster contributors are invited to submit an abstract via the website http://catconf.tsu.ru/ by July 1, 2016.

School-conference organizer: Laboratory of Catalytic Research, Chemical Department, TSU, 49 A. Ivanov Street, Tomsk 634050 (6 building); http://lcr.tsu.ru/, Tel./Fax: +7 (3822) 200-419.

Secretary: Tuguldurova Vera, e-mail: catconf2016@gmail.com

School-conference on the Internet: http://catconf.tsu.ru/, http://www.facebook.com/catconf, http://vk.com/catconf/

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The II International scientific conference “Population Ecology of Animals” dedicated to the memory of academician I.A. Shilov will be held in Tomsk, at Tomsk State University on October 10-14, 2016.

The Conference is organized by National Research Tomsk State University, Institute of Biology, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology M.V. Lomonosov MSU, SRC of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Russian Theriological Society, Russian Bird Conservation Union, A.M. Nikolsky Herpetology Society.

Conference topics:

1. Population dynamics – phenomena and mechanisms

2. Mechanisms and adaptive function of heterogeneity of natural populations

3. Mechanisms of populational adaptation to environmental change

4. Population basis of the exploitation and the conservation of the animal biota

5. Population processes and epidemic risk

6. Modeling of population processes

7. The experience of continuous ecological education at international projects

Working languages: Russian, English.

Registration deadline: April 15, 2016.

Address: pr-t Lenina, 36, Tomsk State University, Biological Institute, Dept. of Vertebrates Zoology and Ecology (room 126), Tomsk, 634050, Russian Federation

Mailto: zoo.tsu.conf@mail.ru, Phone: +7 (3822) 52-95-43

Web-site: http://pea.zoo.tsu.ru/en/

Download 2nd Information Letter: 2nd Information Letter (ENG) (DOC)

Download 1st Information Letter: First Information Letter (PDF)

The international scientific conference "The Slavic World: Responding to New Challenges" will be held in the city of Tomsk on October 7-8, 2016. The conference is organized by National Research Tomsk State University and the editorial office of the international journal of history "Rusin".

The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for a discussion of the current status of Slavic peoples, their statehood, culture and language in the context of global social and cultural processes.

Main Topics:

1. Slavic languages in the current social and cultural context

2. Problems of the Slavic community: yesterday and today

3. The Slavic world: the political challenges of today

4. Literature and the processes of nation-building in the Slavic world

5. The Round Table about crisis on Ukraine

Registration for participants is open up at the conference site (http://conference.tsu.ru/slavworld). Deadline for abstract submission is 10 September 2016. Abstracts should not exceed 3 000 – 5 000 characters including spaces.

Abstracts will be selected by the Program Committee after review. Notification of acceptance will be sent before 15 September 2016.

Forms of participation:

• abstract submission and presentation;

• abstract submission only (distance participation).

Article submission deadline – 30 October 2016.

Conference languages: Russian, English, all Slavic languages.

Organizing Committee Address: Russia, 634050, Tomsk, Lenina 36.

Contacts: sermeral@yandex.ru (Merkulov Sergey Aleksandrovich). Please state "Slavic World 2016" as Subject.

International Academic Conference “The National, The Imperial, The Colonial In Russian Literature” is organized by Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, National Research Tomsk State University, Department of Russian and Foreign Literature, Imagology and Comparative Studies Journal.

The Conference is to be held in the city of Tomsk on September 22—23, 2016.

The Conference aims to focus on the discussion of the role, nature and instruments of Russian literature in the reflection and modeling of the imperial-colonial and nation-building experience at different stages of cultural evolution (pre-modern, modern and postmodern).

Proposals are invited for report presentations on the following key issues:

1. Russian literature in the imperial and post-imperial culture: institutional and aesthetic aspects:

• imperial culture as a social and historical phenomenon;

• Russian literature and institutions of imperial culture (ideological, social and communicative interaction);

• Russia's "imperial imaginary" and tools of its literary modeling;

• features of formation and functioning of the national literary canon in the imperial conditions;

• Russian literature in the post-imperial cultural situation.

2. The ethnic diversity of the country and strategies of its representation in Russian literature (colonial, post-colonial, transnational):

• features of Russian colonialism as a theoretical and historical problem, its place in the imperial nation-building;

• literature and colonial institutions of the empire (administrative, religious, scientific, educational, cultural);

• literary imagology of the Russian imperial space: regions, ethnic groups, local cultures;

• colonial, post-colonial and transcultural consciousness in contemporary Russian literature.

3. The imperial experience of Russian literature in the comparative context:

• European-American and Russian scenarios of the "power" and "knowledge" interaction;

• Orientalized and Westernized images of Russia in the Western cultural consciousness and literature;

• Russian imperial imagology in the European context;

• poetics of Russian colonial / post-colonial discourse in the comparative perspective.

The contributors are asked to register and upload abstracts of their reports (3000–5000 characters with spaces) to the conference website by 31 May 2016.

The Program Committee will select reports for the Conference on a competitive basis after the review of applications and abstracts. The decision of the Program Committee on accepting reports for the Conference will be communicated by 30 June 2016.

The Organizing Committee will support accommodation and meals for participants of the conference. The Organizing Committee does not cover travel expenses.

By the results of the conference, the Organizing Committee will publish articles on the material of presented reports after they go through a review process. Articles will be published in the conference proceedings and / or in Imagology and Comparative Studies, a Tomsk State University journal. Articles are to be submitted by 30 November 2016.

Languages: Russian, English.

The Organizing Committee address: 36 Lenin Ave., Tomsk, 634050, Russia.

Executive Secretary of the Conference: Professor Vitaly S. Kiselev

For any questions please contact the Secretary at kv-uliss@mail.ru. Please specify "Conference 2016" in the subject line of your e-mail.