UNESCO Chair on the Cultural and Historical Psychology of Childhood

For several years department of cultural-historical psychology organizes courses for PhD students; these courses provide a unique possibility to discuss the ideas of one’s PhD dissertation and research with leading specialists in cultural-historical psychology.
The main objective of the study courses is propagation of ideas of cultural-historical psychology, aid in training specialists in psychology with profound theoretical and experimental knowledge and good orientation in contemporary interdisciplinary research performed in the framework of cultural-historical school of thought. These courses provide knowledge in history and methodology of psychology, development psychology, psychology of art, up-to-date trends, both Russian and foreign, of cultural-historical psychology.
The general topic which unites all courses is: “Theoretical and practical problems in cultural-historical psychology of today”

1. Experimental methods of conceptual development of children in the system of cultural-historical psychology, Rubtsov V.V.
2. Cultural-historical psychology as an instrument of psychological practice, Venger A.L.
3. The strategy of transformative experiment in the general (genetic) psychology, Obukhova L.F.
4. History of cross-cultural research in psychology and alternative projects of cultural-historical psychology, Mescheryakov B.G.
5. Culture Historical Psychology of Art, Lubovsky D.V.

Courses are held in Russian. MSUPE PhD students and all interested in culture-historical psychology students, PhD students and scholars are invited.