Students and teachers of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University did\u00a0not expect Kant\u2019s anniversary to draw such response during the meeting\u00a0with president Vladimir Putin. The chancellor of IKBFU mentioned it\u00a0when answering journalists\u2019 questions on Wednesday (April 3rd), according to\u00a0NewKaliningrad.Ru portal.<\/p>\n
Media representatives were wondering if Putin\u2019s suggestion to use\u00a0philosopher Kant\u2019s image as the symbol of the region was rational, as\u00a0long as very few people in the Kaliningrad region are familiar with\u00a0his works.<\/p>\n
\u201cIndeed, when we were going to visit the president we intended to have\u00a0a conversation about Kant, since his anniversary will occur in a few\u00a0years and our philosophers thought of getting an academic collection\u00a0of Immanuel Kant works published. Such work requires resources and a\u00a0lot of time, that is why this question arose\u201d, – Klemeshev said.\u00a0According to him, the discussion of the issue naturally developed into\u00a0a debate about the role Kant’s image plays not only for the\u00a0university, but for the whole region. \u00abThis idea first appeared in the\u00a0context of Julia Mazur’s speech and was developed by the president as\u00a0he dwelt upon the subject. We did not expect it to spark such\u00a0interest\u00bb, – Klemeshev added.<\/p>\n
Julia Mazur (KBFU post-graduate student) told journalists it was the\u00a0president’s initiative to use Kant as a symbol. \u00abIt had nothing to do\u00a0with renaming the city. But the point is that our region is associated\u00a0with Kant. We have Kant’s museum, but in my opinion it should be\u00a0developed more actively. Kant can attract attention to our region, and\u00a0not only in the academic sphere, but also in favour of tourism\u00bb, –\u00a0Julia added.<\/p>\n
Andrey Klemeshev assured media representatives that students and\u00a0teachers hadn’t had these questions prepared. \u00abThe only thing we arranged with Presidential Executive Office was the topics to be\u00a0discussed with the presidet. We were supposed to present our strategy and priorities. At least two people represented biomedical science.\u00a0Some people were there because there were several issues relevant for\u00a0education in the whole Russian Federation that we wanted to draw the\u00a0president’s attention to\u00bb. Klemeshev made an example: a student from\u00a0Siberian State Medical University came to Kaliningrad to continue his\u00a0education. \u00abWe needed to highlight the issue of academic mobility, –\u00a0he explained, – Professor Wanag participated in the meeting in order\u00a0to raise the issue of the migration of scientists.<\/p>\n
Let us remind you that on Monday while meeting with students and\u00a0teachers president Vladimir Putin stated that \u201cKant might and ought to\u00a0be not only the symbol of your university, but in a sense the symbol\u00a0of the entire Kaliningrad region.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the governor of the Kaliningrad region Nikolay Tsukanov,\u00a0the name of philosopher Immanuel Kant is a \u201cglobal brand\u201d which is notused effectively enough in the region itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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