Educational and Research Institute of History, International Relations and Socio-Political Sciences
General information
Address: 36007, Полтавська обл., м. Полтава, вулиця Слави 4/2, ауд. 206
Tel.: +380 95 87 86 303
Е-mail: hinst.lnu@gmail.com
Administration
Director – Anton Vasylovych Bader, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Docent
Deputy Director for Educational Work – Yuliia Serhiivna Nuzhna, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Docent
Deputy Director for Socio-Humanitarian Work – Ihor Viacheslavovych Zhurba, Assistant
Educational activity
The Institute of History, International Relations and Socio-Political Sciences provides training in the following directions and specialties:
Bachelor’s degree
- History;
- Country Studies;
- International Relations
- Political Science;
- Sociology;
- Social Work.
Specialist’s degree
- History;
- Country Studies;
- Political Science;
- Sociology;
- Social Work.
Master’s degree
- History;
- Country Studies;
- Political Science;
- Sociology;
- Social Work.
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Educational materials |
The educational process is provided by:
Department of World History and International Relations
Head of Department – Ihor Serhiiovych Mykhalskyi, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor
Department of History of Ukraine
Head of Department – Alexander Naboka, PhD hab. (History), Associate Professor, Head of Department of Ukraine’s History of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University
Department of Political Science and Legal Studies
Head of Department – Vovk Svitlana Oleksandrivna, Head of Department, Doctor of Political Sciences, Associate Professor
Department of Social Work
Acting Head of Department – Tatyana Vladimirovna Ivchenko, Candidate of Pedagogic Sciences, Senior Lecturer
Department of Philosophy and Sociology
Head of Department – Illia Fedorovych Kononov, Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Professor
Scientific Activity
Today the Institute has five departments each of which implements separate directions of the scientific activity.
The Department of History of Ukraine researches national history of the XX century, in particular problems of socio-economical and intellectual development: history of education, labor class and church in Ukraine and the issues of historiography and source study of the history of Ukraine. It is worthy to note department participation in the development of complex topic “Ukrainian Society through the eyes of Chekists” according to the plan of the Institute of Political Science and National Relations of NAS of Ukraine, preparation to publishing of work “Rehabilitated by History: Luhansk Region”. The first two volumes of ten-volume collective work “Memory Book of Ukraine. Winners. Luhansk Region” were published in 2006.
Within the Department of World History and International Relations three scientific schools have been formed and developed. The first of them was founded by the Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Volf Mendelevych Beilis (1923 – 2001) in the 1970s. His followers keep studying the Eastern literature monuments as the source of the Middle Ages history. In 1990s the Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Mykhailo Stepanovych Burian founded the second scientific school, representatives of which study the history of the international relations and foreign policy of Great Powers in the East during the modern and contemporary ages. In 2000s the third school “Sources for Political History and Idea of XIX – XX Century” was developed under the guidance of the Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Ihor Serhiiovych Mykhalskyi.
Political research laboratory at the Department of Political Science and Legal Studies was created to develop joint scientific and research work of the teachers, postgraduates and students. This laboratory works on the following complex topics of the department: “Globalization of the Information Society, Development of Political Culture and Integration Processes of Ukraine as a Subregion of Europe: History, Status and Development Prospects” and “Sources for Political History and Idea”.
A complex topic of the Department of Social Work is “Theoretical and Methodological Basis of Training Social Workers for Work in Society”. The department teachers publish scientific articles, take part in the international and Ukrainian scientific conferences, seminars and round tables. Every year the Department of Social Work presides the sections “Theory of Social Work” and “Methods of Social Work” at LNU Science Days.
The main direction of the scientific activity of the Department of Philosophy and Sociology is the implementation of research program “Relations of the East and the West of Ukraine: Search for Historical Compromise” supported by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies of the University of Alberta. Besides, the teachers of the department work on the following directions: “The Borders of Ukraine in the World of the Second Modern”, “Role of Humanistic Ideas in Search Process for Model of Economical, Political and Cultural Integration of Ukraine”, “Mass Consciousness of Citizens of Luhansk Region in Crisis Time”, “Role of Regional Media in Establishing Democratic Society”, “Value Basis of Modernization in Modern Society”.
04.07.2022
