The Yabloko Party University will host an online lecture by social scientist Yelena Zdravomyslova
Announcement, 17.04.2020
On 21 April, the Yabloko Party University will host an online lecture by sociologist Yelena Zdravomyslova “Turning to the problems of an aging society in the Russian context”. The lecture will be held on the Zoom platform and will begin at 17.00.
Yelena Zdravomyslova is Professor on the European University (St. Petersburg), social scientist, specialist in gender studies. Her interests lies in the field of gender in the Russian society, social movements and problems of an aging society.
In modern society ideas about age boundaries and norms of behaviour associated with age have been changing, new categories have emerged so that to indicate age groups: the third age, the fourth age, young adults, and so on.
These changes are caused by many circumstances, but, first of all, they are closely related to the global trend of population aging and this trend has reached Russia.
Recently the Russian society has found that it can be classified as an aging society. What followed this discovery? What transformations are taking place and expected for the older generation? How are the problems of the social organisation of life of the older generation is reflected in professional discourses? The lecture will be devoted to these issues.
The lecture can be viewed here.
Zoom Conference ID: 841 7554 2755
Password: 527413
Posted: April 20th, 2020 under Conferences and Seminars, Без рубрики.