Educational Institutions in Shaping the Global Cultural Space - Programme - St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum
Panel Discussion
RUS, ENG

Educational Institutions in Shaping the Global Cultural Space

11/09/2025
10:00 — 11:30
General Staff Building, Third Atrium 6/8 Palace sq., St. Petersburg

Topics for discussion:

  • The role of educational institutions in promoting national cultural traditions on the international stage.
  • Internationalization of arts education: pros and cons.
  • Art and education: pathways of interaction for forming a shared cultural space.
  • Ethnic and cultural differences in arts education: myth and reality.
  • Creating an international educational product: avenues and opportunities.
  • Symbols and images of culture in student creativity: how does art shape worldviews?
  • How educational processes influence the perception and reproduction of symbols and images of various cultures.

Moderator:
Grigory Zaslavsky, Rector, Russian Institute of Theatre Arts — GITIS.

Speakers:

  1. Saito Manami, Chair of the Board of Directors, Japan Dance Research Academy;
  2. Oumy Sene, Secretary General, Russian Cultural Center “Kalinka”;
  3. Viktor Nizhelskiy, Senior Researcher; Associate Professor of Directing and Acting; Russian Institute of Theatre Arts — GITIS; Moscow State University of Culture;
  4. Ergobek Kulbekuly, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, T. K. Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts;
  5. Vicente Barrientos, President, BRICS Center;
  6. Mahmud Mirzo Nazarzoda, Rector, Tajik Institute of Culture and Arts;
  7. Evgeny Knyazev, Rector, Shchukin Theatre Institute;
  8. Irakli Khintba, Director General, F. A. Iskander State Russian Drama Theatre;
  9. Alexey Vasiliev, Rector, St Petersburg State Conservatory named after N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov;
  10. Natalia Pakhomova, Rector of the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts (RGISI);
  11. Vladimir Malyshev, Rector of the Gerasimov All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK);
  12. Elena Yaremenko, Director of the Institute of Animation and Digital Technologies, VGIK;
  13. Yaroslava Kabalevskaya, Assistant to the Rector, Associate Professor in the Department of the History of Russian Music, PhD in Art History, Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory.