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Ukrainian Studies

ОК09

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2023/2024

2 Semester

4

1.1 To know the main trends in the development of Ukrainian studies as a research field, geopolitical and socio-cultural factors of development, the main research centers and leading researchers, the main achievements. 1.2 To know the main types of ethno-territorial units of Ukraine. Historical and ethnographic zoning of Ukraine. Material and spiritual components of Ukrainian folk culture. 2.1 Conduct intercultural research, using the conceptual apparatus of Ukrainian studies and the latest methods and approaches to characterize socio-cultural processes in Ukraine and in the cultural regions of the world. 2.2 Demonstrate knowledge of specialized literature on Ukrainian historical and cultural research. 2.3 Analyze trends, patterns, causes and consequences of development and problems of Ukrainian society. 2.4 Ability to identify distinctive features of Ukrainian culture in the intellectual and artistic spheres, themes of Ukrainian folklore and value-semantic mechanisms.

Full-time form

Students should be aware of cultural-historical, socioeconomic and sociopolitical processes in Ukraine.

1. Ukrainian studies as a research field, basic concepts and definitions. Classical and contemporary cultural theories and research methods of Ukrainian studies 2. Material and non-material components of Ukrainian culture: socio-historical aspects. 3. Socio-political ideas of contemporary Ukrainian studies. 4. Ukrainian studies and socio-economic aspects. 5. Contemporary trends of coexistence of Ukrainian and world cultures under conditions of globalization and intercultural dialogue.

1. Berkhoff K. C. Harvest of Despair: Life and Death in Ukraine under Nazi Rule. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2004. 448 p. 2. Klid B., Motyl A. J. The Holodomor Reader: A Sourcebook on the Famine of 1932–1933 in Ukraine. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, 2012. 434 p. 3. Lindheim R. Luckyj G. Towards an Intellectual History of Ukraine: An Anthology of Ukrainian Thought from 1710 to 1995. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996. 420 p. 4. Magocsi P. R. A History of Ukraine: the Land and Its People. 2nd ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. 894 p. 5. Plokhy S. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine. New York: Basic Books, 2015. 460 p. 6. Ševčenko I. Ukraine between East and West. Edmonton: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, 2009. 234 p. 7. Yekelchyk S. Ukraine: Birth of a Modern Nation. By. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2007. 280 p.

Lecture, practical classes, independent work

1. Assignments at practical classes - 20/12 points. 2. Individual analytical paper - 20/12 points. 3. Midterm test - 20/12 points. Final assessment - exam.

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