This conference is an amazing basis for involving young professionals and students into academic career. It is very well organised, it creates friendly atmosphere and it offers a wide range of academic themes. All this makes the conference really unique and useful for everyone.

I want to say huge thanks to the organisers of the conference. I participated as a volunteer and this gave me a chance to see all the processes from the inside and to realise what a titanic effort has had to be made to manage such event at the highest standards.

The yearly conference “Actual problems of theory and history of art” becomes an important event in the academic community over and over again. The lively exchange of information and experience between experts not only helps to stay at the cutting edge of academic study, but also gives a new impulse to a further research of various aspects of history and theory of art.
It is worth noticing that holding the conference in turns in Moscow and in Saint-Petersburg strengthens academic ties between the two advanced research centres in our country. It also helps in familiarising with the academic community and with cultural landmarks in both cities.
The fact that there were a lot of students, who participated in the conference, creates a good basis for the development of academic study: during the conference everyone gets a chance to learn from both Russian researchers and experts from abroad, to be inspired by their achievements and move towards one’s own goal in academic career.

I’ve attended the conference “Actual problems of theory and history of art” for three times already and I have presented my work once. To my mind, this conference is an amazing and quite a rare opportunity for a young professional to participate in an event of such level and scale. It’s very important that a student can present his work along with renowned academics. Special thanks for the tour programme and other events during the last days of the conference.

The conference “Actual problems of theory and history of art”’14 impressed me by its scale and wide range of themes. During the conference I had a chance to meet a lot of interesting people, involved in arts. It was amazing that students could participate and get an experience of presenting their works. Apart from Russian specialists, there were a number of experts from abroad presenting their achievements. The idea of a compendium solves a problem of impossibility to attend all sections at the same time. Trips and tours are a real gift for participants of the conference. The high level of organisation of all aspects of the conference is worth mentioning. So to say, the conference turned out to be very interesting and busy and I want to say huge THANKS to the organising committee and volunteers.

I took part in the very first conference in 2010. I am happy to see that it has become a yearly event of such a significant scale and that it attracts more young professionals every year.

V International conference “Actual problems of theory and history of art” is a significant event, which had a dazzling opening in the State Hermitage Theatre.
No doubts that one of the main advantages of the conference was that is gave young professionals an opportunity to represent their works and ideas along with renowned experts. This dialogue, which was also joined by experts from abroad, is very important especially in the 21st century, when our society reaches another level of interaction and becomes more dynamic. The significance of this dialogue is well illustrated by creating a possibility to exchange various opinions, which leads to a more objective understanding of the reality around us. In particular, this fact is reflected in a wide range of sections and a variety of interesting presentations. The only thing I regret was that all the sections worked at the same time: I had to choose one in favour of the others. Nevertheless, I can read texts of the presentations I missed in the compendium later.
Tours to the restoration centre at “Staraya Derevnya”, Pavlovsk, Novgorod and to other places were rather important as well. Every trip was very well organised and turned out to be fairly enriching.
Finally, I want to say many thanks to the organising committee of the conference and to volunteers, whose work helped to hold it at the highest standards.

“Actual problems of theory and history of art” is a child of SPbSU and MSU. This conference gives students and young professionals a chance to showcase themselves and learn from experts, get an experience of engaging in an academic dialogue and expand the horizons of their themes and general understanding of art history. It is nice that both renowned academics and experts from abroad take part in the “Actual problems of theory and history of art” conference. And of course, this amazingly warm and friendly atmosphere of every single conference in both Moscow and Saint-Petersburg is the best thing to remember.

This outstanding conference gives students a chance to get involved into the world of academia and bring some new, probably not yet that valid, but already decent ideas in it. I would like to say thanks to the organising committee and to everyone, who helps to make this yearly lively event real.

Huge thanks to the organisers for the amazing conference, for its perfect management and busy schedule, special events and friendly atmosphere. It is a pleasure to take part in events of such level and at the same time it is quite a responsibility. The conference allows not just presenting your own achievements to the academic community, but also hearing presentations by leading Russian and foreign experts and getting to know the most recent research tendencies. Thanks for the invitation to take part in the conference in 2015!