International Academic Seminar "In search of the Face of the City"

On May 14-15, 2021, in order to summarize the outcomes of the CityFace project, the international academic seminar "In Search of the City Face: Practices of Self-Representation of Multinational Cities of Ukraine in the Industrial and Post-Industrial Era" was held. The seminar was attended by more than 50 scholars from universities in Kharkiv, Dnipro, Odessa, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Berdiansk, and Ostroh. Scholars from Ukraine, Germany, and Poland reviewed the reports.

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Roundtable with the participation of young scholars "Urban Studies in Ukraine: Urban Space and Symbolic Images"

On November 27, 2020, a roundtable with the participation of young scholars "Urban Studies in Ukraine: Urban Space and Symbolic Images" was held online.

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Conference "AB URBE CONDITA: Urban Space of Southern Ukraine in the Last Quarter of the 18th - First Half of the 20th Century"

Chair of Project CityFace Prof. Sergiy Posokhov and and assistant chair dr. Yevhen Rachkov attended the International Scientific and Practical Conference "AB URBE CONDITA: Urban Space of Southern Ukraine in the Last Quarter of the 18th - First Half of the 20th Century" (October 16-17, 2020, Zaporizhzhia). The conference was held within the Days of Hospitality in Zaporizhzhia.

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Seminar “Urban Studies in Ukraine: The Urban Space and Symbolic Images of Kharkiv”

On 22 May 2019, the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University hosted another academic seminar within the framework of the project “CityFace: Practices of the Self-Representation of Multinational Cities in the Industrial and Post-Industrial Era.” The seminar was attended by representatives of several of Kharkiv’s institutions of higher education: the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv State Academy of Culture, O. M. Beketov Kharkiv National University of Urban Economy, and Kharkiv

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Seminar “The Historian in the Digital Age: Research Challenges, Tools, Practices”

A seminar on “The Historian in the Digital Age: Research Challenges, Tools, Practices” was held on 12 April 2019. The event focused on the problems of using digital tools and methods in historical and archaeological research today. The participants also discussed how modern information technology could help scholars present their work and explore multidisciplinary approaches.

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Research-to-practice seminar “The Ukrainian Other in History, Historiography, and the Politics of History”

On 8 February 2019, the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University hosted a research-to-practice seminar on “The Ukrainian Other in History, Historiography, and the Politics of History,” organized by the charitable foundation “Institute for the Development of Education” and V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, with the participation of the Institute of the History of Ukraine at the NAS of Ukraine and financial support of the Kennan Institute.

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Seminar “Urban Studies in Ukraine: The Urban Space and Symbolic Images of Zaporizhia”

On November 28-30, 2018, another seminar was held as part of the ongoing international research project “Practices of the Self-Representation of Multinational Cities in the Industrial and Post-Industrial Era.”

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“Kharkiv-Poznań: Common Trends of Historical Development across Centuries”

On November 9, 2018, an international conference was held on the subject of “Kharkiv-Poznań: Common Trends of Historical Development across Centuries.” The event was co-organized by the G. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, and the Faculty of History at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Republic of Poland).

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International Academic Seminar “Urban Studies in Ukraine: Current Issues (Foundational Session)”

On July 6, 2018, the international academic seminar “Urban Studies in Ukraine: Current Issues (Foundational Session)” was held. The chief organizer of the event was the Department of Historiography, Source Studies, and Archaeology at the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University.

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