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On March 26-28, 2019, the Children and Youth Centre with support from the Departments for Education and Science, Domestic Policy of the Primorye Region and with active involvement of the members of the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences conducted the Regional Applied Science Conference within the framework of the government program “Patriotic Education of Citizens, Realization of National Policy and Development of Institutes of Civil Society in the Primorye Region in 2018-2020”.

The Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences has become a participant of the regional network of partner research centres which will help to organize a large-scale study of the history of Russian regions. This cooperation will help research fellows and PhD students of the Institute take part in conferences, workshops, internships and other events organized by the laboratory.

On March 1, 2019, the press conference dedicated to the position of the Ainu organizations in Japan on the bill of the Japanese parliament “Decree on Advancement of Measures for Creating the Society Where the Ainu People Are Respected” was held in the “Foreign Correspondents’ Club” in Tokyo.

On March 1, 2019, the discussion “What Do We Mean When We Speak about Values: Modern Сriticism of Axiological Awareness” was held at the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The moderator of the discussion was Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Victor Larin.
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The monograph summarizes the studies of the Sinel’nikovo-1 Mountain Fortress in the Maritime Province of Russia, which were conducted in the 1990s  and in 2015-2016 by archaeologists of the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East together with Japanese and Korean colleagues.

The book available here

On December 17, 2018, the International Seminar “Russian Emigration in China” was held at the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East. The scientists of the Institute of World History of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing) and the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East, FEB RAS participated in the seminar.
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On November 21-22, 218, the Regional Scientific Conference “Second Readings in Memory of Zhanna Vasilyevna Andreeva” was held at the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East, FEB RAS.
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On November 20, 2018, a delegation from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) visited the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East, FEB RAS. The delegation consisted of the scientists of the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies, the Institute of World Economics and Politics and the Institute of Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).
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On November 13, 2018, the Round Table “Culture of the Russian Far East at the End of the Nineteenth Century – the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century and Intergroup Communication: Cooperation and Interaction” was held at the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East, FEB RAS. The Round Table was organized by the Center for Cultural History and Intercultural Communication.
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On November 8-10, 2018, All-Russian Scientific Conference with international participation was held at the Far Eastern Federal University. The conference was dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the International UNESCO Chair in “Marine Ecology” of FEFU. One of the organizers was the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East, FEB RAS.
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Japan prepares to enter the new era. The current 125th emperor Akihito will abdicate and will make way for his eldest son Naruhito.

On March 24, the first parliamentary elections happened in Thailand since 2011. They became very special because they occurred while the military junta was in power and despite political restrictions announced and held general elections into the supreme representative body of power taking into consideration basic democratic principles including freedom of speech.

On February 27-28, 2019, the negotiations between North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump were held in Hanoi. It was the second summit meeting between the leaders of two earlier irreconcilable states (the first summit was conducted in Singapore in June 2018). There were many expectations from this meeting as both sides were interested in its success.

On November 6, 2018, the midterm elections happened in the US: Americans elected the members of the US Congress, 35 Senators and 35 Governors.

The beginning of December 2017 turned out to be full of unusual events on the global political stage. The most unexpected event was the statement by the President of the United States D. Trump on recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel as well as on the relocation of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv (later on the same day, Trump signed a waiver delaying the move of the U.S. Embassy for another six months).

On October 26, 2017, Thailand said goodbye to its King Bhumibol Adulyadej – Rama IX. The epoch of 70 years of the King’s reign is over and the country faces considerable changes which can radically reverse domestic policy as well as amend a political image of the country.

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