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Here I report on recent events and keep materials that I find important to share with you!
Announcements:
- I am happy to announce the publication of two books with my participation:
- From “the Ukraine” to Ukraine. A Contemporary History, 1991–2021. Edited by Matthew Rojansky, Georgiy Kasianov, and Mykhailo Minakov, ibidem Press, 2021 — this book will also be published in Ukrainian by August 2021
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Post-Soviet Secessionism. Nation-Building and State-Failure after Communism. Edited by Daria Isachenko, Mykhailo Minakov, and Gwendolyn Sasse, ibidem Press, 2021
- Our collective work on demodernization is translated into Italian and published on February 18, 2021, as: DEMODERNIZZAZIONE. Un futuro nel passato.
- Koine.Community launched Kοινὴ. The Almanac of Philosophical Essays.
- I was happy to present our new book “The Post-Soviet Secessionism” (ibidem 2021) online for the UkeTube, Feb 18, 2021.
- Georgii Kasianov and I have presented a collective book of the history of contemporary Ukraine “From ‘The Ukraine’ to Ukraine. A Contemporary History, 1991-2021” online for the UkeTube, February 26, 2021.
- I presented the chapter on Democracy in Ukraine (1991-2021) (from the book “From ‘The Ukraine’ to Ukraine. A Contemporary History, 1991-2021“) at UkrLifeTv, March 2, 2021.
News:
Recent academic reports and publications:
- My report “Researching Subculture through the Lens of Actor-Networking Theory“, at the international interdisciplinary conference “Studying Subculture” (panel “Problems of choosing a research path in studying a subculture“) was published on February 22, 2020.
- My essay “The Quest for Kοινὴ: Overcoming the Shibboleth” was published in Kοινὴ. The Almanac of Philosophical Essays in English, Russian, and Ukrainian.
- I made a report on the Belarusian Protest from a Comparative Perspective (in Italian) at the Padova University seminar “La Russia contemporanea. Non solo Russia”, December 7, 2020. The report was later published in Italian (Centro Einaudi/Mondo Economico) and English (Osservatorio su “NUOVI AUTORITARISMI E DEMOCRAZIE”) in December 2020.
- My paper on “What makes it a science/scholarship be genuine?” for the International Conference “Challenges of Source”, Odessa, 23-26 November 2020 was published online.
- My blog on the COVID geopolitical imagery was published on the Institute for European Studies EUV site, December 5, 2020.
- My analysis of the philosophical background of Pope Francis’ new encyclical “Fratelli tutti” was published at the Nuovo Mondo Economico (ITAL), Koine Community (ENG) / Sapere Aude (RUS), October 22, 2020.
- Video of the debate with sociologists Tatsiana Vadalazhskaya and Gennaiy Korshunov on Social and Political Sciences Understanding of the Processes in post-Soviet Societies (within the frameworks of the festival of intellectual books ‘Pradmova’) was published on October 18, 2020.
- My article “OTHERING FROM WITHIN. THE IDEOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF NATIONAL REMEMBRANCE IN 2015–2018” was published in the Ideology and Politics Journal, October 19, 2020.
- My report at the round table on “Protest Culture in Ukraine and Belarus: Differences and Commonalities” was published on the Wilson Center website, October 8, 2020.
- My analysis of the Change in Eastern Europe’s Authoritarian Belt is published at the Focus Ukraine, October 6, 2020.
- My paper on “The Ontology of Photographic Seeing” (in Russian) was published in the Journal of Odessa Photographic Society (#3, 2020).
- A chapter on “Shades of Periphery: A Typology of States in New Eastern Europe” was published in a book “Centres and Peripheries in the Post-Soviet Space” (Nicolas Hayoz, Jens Herlth & Julia Richers·eds., Berlin, Peter Lang, 2020), August 20, 2020.
- My assessment of CoviD-19 and related crises impact on the political development of contemporary polities was published in May – June 2020 on Kennan Focus Ukraine (in English), European Dialogue (in Russian), and VoxUkraine (in Ukrainian).
- My new research on Ukraine’s Europeanization and Democratization in the 21st century was published by CEPS, June 9, 2020.
- My report Pandemics and Political Regimes (in Russian) at the PALE International Conference was published on May 23, 2020.
- My report on Biopolitical Trilemma and its Impact on Global Political Development (in Russian) is published on EEDialogue, May 20, 2020.
- My article on “Hundred years of the Ukrainian political system” (in Russian: Stoletiie ukrainskoi politicheskoi sistemy) is published at Neprikosnovennyi Zapas, #129 in March 2020.
- Transcript of my lecture on differences between revolution and progress (in Ukrainian) was published at The Studrespublika site, April 29, 2020.
Recent non-academic publications and interviews:
- My interview with Daria Tarusova on History of Government’s University Control (in Russian, Part 1 and Part 2) was published in the “Granit Nauki” Journal, December 12, 2020.My interview on Belarus protests for the Belarus Market was published on December 28, 2020.
- My lecture “Opportunities for a Periphery in contemporary World System” (in Russian) was published by the Studrepulic on December 21, 2020.
- My interview with Daria Tarusova on History of Government’s University Control (in Russian, Part 1 and Part 2) was published in the “Granit Nauki” Journal, December 12, 2020.
- My interview with Liudmila Nemyria on the socio-political change as a result of the COVID pandemic (in Russian) is published on UKRLIFE, December 4, 2020.
- My report on Ukraine’s local elections and constitutional crisis at the round table”Local Elections and the Future of Local Self-Governance in Ukraine” was published on November 5, 2020.
- My report at the round table on “Protest Culture in Ukraine and Belarus: Differences and Commonalities” was published on the Wilson Center website, October 8, 2020.
- My interview on Global Core and post-Soviet Periphery to Liudmila Nemyria (Ukrlife) was published on September 4, 2020.
- My interview on Photography’s role is scholarly work (also republished here) was published by Odessa Association of Photography, July 31, 2020.
- My interview on Political trends and forecasts for Eastern Europe in 2020ies with Artem Filatov (in Russian) was published as a podcast, July 8, 2020.
- My interview on the pre-revolutionary situation in Belarus is published on the Belarussian service of Svoboda Radio web-site (in Belarussian and English), June 29, 2020.
If you are interested in my academic projects and publications, please visit Research&Publications
You may find interesting materials on the Public Events page where I post my attempts of discussing philosophical ideas with the wider audiences or apply scholarly methods for the analysis of the reality we live in.
There are two pages where I share information on my teaching to students and political leaders.
Since it’s a personal web site, I added a page with my biography and a page dedicated to my hobby, photography.
I am grateful
to Nadiya Kravets for the idea of creating this web site and
to Mykhailo Koltsov who turned it into reality.