ASEAN Centre in MGIMO-University the MFA of Russia

ASEAN Centre supports a high-scale project by the “Bureau of Creative Expeditions”, a series of exhibitions inspired by Thailand art and culture and presenting art works created by Russian artists during their visits to the country. The events entitled “In the Land of the Emerald Buddha” will be held in 18 Ural, Siberian and Far Eastern cities of Russia, with the final exhibition to be held in the State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow in 2022, the year of the 125th Anniversary of Russia-Thailand relations.

On July 9 New Straits Times published a new article by Victor Pogadaev on the history of Malay Language Studies in Russia and the author’s personal impressions on the study and work with Malay language.

The July 3 meeting has concluded the “Moscow to Manila” webinar series dedicated to the 45th anniversary of Russia-Philippines diplomatic relations. This is the ASEAN Centre and the Benilde School of Diplomacy and Governance joint project, with three webinars in total organized within the series framework.

On June 24-25 the University of Lodz (Poland) held an annual international conference “Lodz East Asia Meeting”. Dr. Ekaterina Koldunova, ASEAN Centre Acting Director, Associate Professor at the Department of Asian and African Studies (MGIMO), Ms. Valeria Vershinina, ASEAN Centre Expert, and Yulia Rachinskaya-Spivakova and Lili Ong, doctoral candidates at the Department of Asian and African Studies (MGIMO) specializing in Southeast Asian studies, participated in the online event.

Dr. Victor Sumskiy, Leading Expert and former ASEAN Centre Director (2010-2021), participated in the discussion on Russia-India relations amid China's rise. The Valdai Discussion Club in cooperation with the Indian analytical center Observer Research Foundation (ORF) organized the discussion.

June 23rd, a delegation from the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar paid a working visit to MGIMO to discuss the ways of cooperation in the fields of education and science between MGIMO and the respective institutions in Myanmar.