The Siberian-African Youth Summit

26
25.03.2025

Siberian-African Consortium

North-Eastern Federal University named after M.K. Ammosov (NEFU), Arctic State Institute of Culture and Arts (ASICA), University of Douala (UD) (Cameroon)

invite to the Siberian-African Youth Summit, which will take place from March 25 - 31, 2025, in Yakutsk

The Goal of the Summit:

The use of the potential of the Siberian-African Consortium, which unites Siberian universities in the field of studying cultural diversity, the identity of ethnic communities in Siberia, the preservation of languages, culture, and traditional ways of life in the context of industrial development of ancestral territories, and their ethnological expertise.

Summit Objectives:

  1. Development of Russian-African scientific, educational and cultural cooperation;
  2. Positive experience of Siberian universities popularization in the study of cultural aspects of transformation and development of the ethnic identity in a multicultural state and their further comparative study;
  3. Export and popularization of Russian education;
  4. Increasing the number of African students and postgraduates at NEFU and Consortium universities;
  5. Expansion of international scientific, educational, social and cultural cooperation for academic departments, NEFU and Consortium universities educational staff

Programme

March 25 –31, 2025

March 25, 2025

09:30 – 11:30 Belinsky St., 58, the Academic Senate Hall

The opening ceremony of the Siberian-African Youth Summit.

Responsible coordinator: Department for International Cooperation, NEFU

14:00 - 17:00 Belinsky St., 58, the Academic Senate Hall

Section 1: Russia-Africa: New Horizons of Cooperation

  • Prospects for the Development of the Siberian-African Consortium;
  • Africa-Siberia Intercultural Dialogue: Relevance and Prospects;
  • Siberian Regions and Africa: Social and Economic, Educational Aspects;
  • African Countries: History and Today;
  • Issues of Adaptation of African Students in Siberian Universities;
  • Promising Areas of Scientific Cooperation;

Responsible coordinator: Department for International Cooperation, NEFU

Applications for participation should be sent no later than March 22, 2025, to the address: frcsvfu@mail.ru, indicating "Summit"

14:00 - 17:00 Chamber Hall of ASICA, hybrid format.

Section 2: From Africa to the Arctic: Art as a Visual Language

  • African Art. The Origin and Modern Era;
  • African Vestimentary Culture. The Influence of African Style on the European Fashion Industry;
  • The Influence of African Art on the Works of Famous Artists;
  • Contemporary Cinema of African Countries;
  • Prospective Plans for Cooperation between Universities: Partners of the Siberian-African Consortium in Culture and Art.

Responsible Coordinator: ASICA

Applications for participation should be sent no later than March 22, 2025, to the address: agiki00@mail.ru, indicating "Summit"

10:00 - 13:00 Kulakovsky St., 42, Center for Student Initiatives, hybrid format

International scientific and educational seminar Francophonie: a space for multilateral cooperation with the participation of students from African countries, NEFU students and schoolchildren Dedicated to the International Day of Francophonie.

Responsible coordinator: Department of French Philology of the Institute of Foreign Philology and Regional Studies with the participation of the Department of Foreign Languages for Humanities, Department of Foreign Languages for Technical Specialties

Applications for participation should be sent before March 23, 2025, to the address: frcsvfu@mail.ru; kff-svfu@mail.ru, indicating "Summit. Francophonie"

March 26, 2025

14:00 - 18:00 Yakutsk, Oyunsky St., 19, NEFU. Sergelyakh canteen, NEFU, 4th floor

International scientific and practical seminar-festival with a tasting event Gastronomic diplomacy from the Arctic to Africa with the participation of students from African countries, students of NEFU. Dedicated to the International Day of Francophonie.

Responsible coordinator: Department of French Philology of the Institute of Foreign Philology and Regional Studies with the participation of the Department of Foreign Languages for Humanities, Department of Foreign Languages for Technical Specialties

Applications for participation should be sent before March 24, 2025, to  the  address: kff-svfu@mail.ru,indicating "Summit. Gastronomic Diplomacy"

March 27, 2025

16:00 - 17:00 Kulakovsky St., 42, the Center for Student Initiatives

Exhibition of African art Go, children, to Africa for a walk! together with the Institute of Arts and Cultures in Nkongsambe of the University of Douala in the Center for Student Initiatives in Nkongsambe (NEFU, ASICA)

Responsible coordinator: Art Gallery of NEFU, International scientific and educational laboratory for the study of modern identification processes, transformation of culture and development of cultural and creative industries of NEFU, ASICA, UD

17:00 Kulakovsky St., 42, the Center for Student Initiatives

Arts Festival "Siberian-African Kaleidoscope" NEFU, ASICA, AGATU

Responsible coordinator: ASICA

March 29-30, 2025

10:00 – 16:00 Yakutsk, Lenin Ave., 5 building 2. Yakut State United Museum of History and Culture of the Peoples of the North named after Ye. Yaroslavsky    

Master classes:

Master class of traditional crafts at the exhibition from the funds of the State Budgetary Institution of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Yakut State United Museum of History and Culture of the Peoples of the North named after Ye. Yaroslavsky for the participants of the Siberian-African Youth Summit on March 29-30, 2025;

Responsible coordinator: Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Peoples of the North-East of the Russian Federation, NEFU. Svetlana Ivanovna Petrova, Associate Professor, Department of Folklore and Culture, Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Peoples of the North-East of the Russian Federation, NEFU, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russian Federation; International Scientific and Educational Laboratory for the Study of Modern Identification Processes, Transformation of Culture and Development of Cultural and Creative Industries, NEFU, ASICA, UD

Applications for participation should be sent no later than March 28, 2025, to the address: petrovasi1954@yandex.ru, indicating "Summit. Master class"

16:00 - 19:00 Venue: Creative cluster Kvartal Truda, Yakutsk, Truda St., 1A   

Master class and opening of the exhibition of Darius Dada Meke, a Cameroonian artist

Responsible coordinator: ASICA; International scientific and educational laboratory for the study of modern identification processes, cultural transformation and  development  of cultural and creative industries NEFU, ASICA, UD

For all questions, please contact:

The Regional Center for Russian-African Cooperation in Science, Education and Culture, DIC NEFU +7 914 22 555 96, frcsvfu@mail.ru; frcsvfu@s-vfu.ru