Discussing the Issues of Constitutionalism

23:40, April 22, 2013

Ural Federal University hosts the 2nd Yeltsin Readings dedicated to the issues of Russian constitutionalism

The 2^nd Yeltsin Readings are taking place at the Ural Federal University on 23-25 April. The event comprises the international conference "Constitutionalism in the contemporary Russia and world history" (23-24 April) and the youth forum "Youth and Constitutionalism" (24-25 April).

The conference will start with the greetings from the UrFU Rector Viktor Koksharov, Vice-Governor of Sverdlovsk region Yakov Silin, Deputy Director of the Foundation of the First President of Russia B.N.Yelstin Evgeny Volk, and Rector of Ural State Law Academy Vladimir Bublik.

The conference is aimed at encouraging cooperation among the academic community, public organizations, lawyers and political scientists in order to get deeper understanding of the global transformations which the adoption of the new constitution led to.

The conference participants will discuss historical, social, and political aspects of the formation and development of constitutionalism in Russia and the world. Special focus will be made on the role of the first President of Russia Boris Yeltsin in the genesis of the Russian constitutionalism in nineties.

There are world’s leading researchers among the speakers: Ariel Cohen, a senior research fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Policy (Heritage Foundation, USA), Christoph Grabenwarter, Member of the Austrian Constitutional Court (Vienna, Austria), researchers from France, Italy, and Hungary.

The participants of the international youth forum will attend the lectures by Gennady Burbulis, Viktor Sheynis, Yoshiko Herrera, and the representatives of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. There will be a presentation of international programs for students and young scholars and the discussion “Youth and Russian Constitution: are there any meeting points?”

The forum will take place on 24-25 April, at UrFU 2^nd Building (ul. Turgeneva, 4).

Ural Federal University is one of the leading universities in Russia founded in 1920. UrFU is located in Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Ural region, an economic, industrial, scientific and cultural center of Russia. The university is the project office of the Ural Interregional Research and Education Center "Advanced Industrial Technologies and Materials" designed for solving tasks of "Science" National Project.