Meeting of the SKIF Discussion Club

6.3.2026

The next meeting of the SKIF Discussion Club became a platform for a thorough analysis of the events that determined the modern vector of development of Ukrainian statehood.

Bachelor’s and Master’s degree students from the Faculty of Social and Humanitarian Sciences focused on the Revolution of Dignity, considering it as a logical continuation of the long tradition of Ukrainian resistance. The discussion began with the origins of national subjectivity, where a special role was assigned to three revolutions that, step by step, shaped the political will of the people and their ability to self-organize. The moderators of the event, 4th year bachelor’s degree students, Valeria Ilnytska and Viktoria Makarenko, structured the discussion in such a way as to trace the transformation of Ukraine’s image in the world’s perception: from the position of a “victim” of circumstances or external aggression to a subject that demonstrates unprecedented strength of resistance.

Special attention during the meeting was paid to the phenomenon of student life as a driving force of social change. Drawing on the experience of the Revolution on Granite and subsequent protest movements, the participants analyzed why it is precisely the youth that becomes the detonator of transformations at critical moments in history. The relevance of the topic was enhanced by the fact that the modern Ukrainian educational space is already actively integrating the experience of the Maidan into the curriculum. Valeria Ilnytska focused in detail on how the Revolution of Dignity is transforming from living memory into a structural element of textbooks, forming the value orientations of new generations. This is important for understanding how state institutions and civil society adapt to post-Maidan realities, changing approaches to management and interaction.

The valuable focus of the meeting was the commemoration of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes — those who were the first to take the blow in the struggle for Ukraine’s civilizational choice. The participants in the discussion emphasized that their self-sacrifice became the foundation of a new national identity based on the uncompromising defense of dignity.

The relevance of the discussion was enhanced by the presence of direct participants in the fighting and activists of the revolutionary movements. Their experience allowed us to move the conversation from the theoretical to the practical level, demonstrating how the ideals of the Maidan are embodied in real actions on the front and in the rear. At the same time, students who did not participate in those events due to age offered a fresh perspective on how modern warfare is rethinking the experience of past protests. The dialogue between generations revealed a common understanding: the struggle for subjectivity, which began on granite in 1990 and continued on the barricades of 2014, has reached its critical point today. The participants concluded that the current resistance is the final stage of decolonization, where every success on the battlefield or in the educational space brings closer the final establishment of Ukrainian independence.

The meeting concluded that the Revolution of Dignity remains an unfinished process of internal transformation, which requires constant reflection and professional analysis within the academic community.

The SKIF Discussion Club invites everyone who seeks to go beyond official textbooks and is ready for an honest, professional analysis of our past and present. Join the next meetings to jointly shape an intellectual space where every voice matters for understanding our common subjectivity and future!

Faculty of Social and Humanitarian Sciences