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Ukraine in European and World History: Contemporary Scholar and Educational Discourse

insidethegatesOn May 22, 2026, the Faculty of History at Mykhailo Drahomanov Ukrainian State University hosted the landmark 15th All-Ukrainian Drahomanov Readings of Young Historians: Ukraine in European and World History: Contemporary Scholar and Educational Discourse. This online conference with international participation brought together scholars, lecturers, postgraduate and undergraduate students, and young researchers from various regions of Ukraine and Poland.

During the plenary session, prominent Ukrainian and foreign researchers delivered their presentations. Professor Mykhailo Zhurba raised the issue of the crisis in contemporary historical science and the correlation between academic theory and social practice. Professor Yurii Shapoval emphasized the importance of rethinking the Soviet past in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Polish historian Dariusz Rogut presented on the Katyn massacre as a prime example of russian historical disinformation. Professor Ihor Hyrych addressed terminological issues in rethinking Ukraine's colonial status within modern historiography. Dr. Anatolii Podolskyi highlighted the challenges facing modern Ukrainian historiography of the Holocaust during the Russian war against Ukraine, while Andrii Bulvinskyi focused on the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war on European and global security. Professor Oleksandr Lysenko, a Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, stressed in his report the vital importance of international solidarity and Ukraine's cooperation with its partners in the face of contemporary russian threats.

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