The Foreign Students’ Conference has taken place at NEOU PetrSU. This academic year the topic was designated as "DIALOGUE of CULTURES".
The list of participants and reports:
1. Seonjoo Woo (South Korea) “Traditional Korean Etiquette”
2. Liisa Vuonokari (Finland) “Into the Open! Summer in Terijoki: a resort life of the Russian people in Finland in the end of XIX - the beginning of XX centuries”
3. Seong Yun Heo (South Korea) “Russian Songs in Korea”
4. Elin Gosby (Great Britain) “Food is not only for Eating”
5. Nicola Dockray (Great Britain) “Russian Ballet in England: Value and Influence”
6. Jeong Hyeon Seo (South Korea) “The Traditional Korean Holidays and Influence of the European Tradition”
7. Elina Manninen (Finland) “Hopak (or Gopak): Dance as an Example of Dialogue of Cultures”
8. Tommaso Primavera, Leandro Georgudakis (Italy) “Italian Stereotypes”
9. Hyebin Kim (South Korea) “Korean «Kalevala»: Myths about Creation of the World and Heroes”
Conference’s working language was Russian; reports have been prepared in Russian and attended by not only Power Point presentations, but also small performances. So, during the performance of Seonjoo Woo all the participants could repeat poses and gestures of the Korean etiquette, together with Elina Manninen they could do elements of Hopak, admire the Korean dress shown during Jeong Hyeon Seo’s report and listen to Russian songs in Korean thanks to Seong Yun Heo.
All the reports have been well prepared and accepted by the audience with interest and attention. The atmosphere at the conference was working, but very friendly and warm.
At the end of the conference Nicola Dockray and Jeong Hyeon Seo have received Prizes of Audience Liking. Liisa Vuonokari has been noted by teaching jury.
