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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 is also published in Ukrainian in September 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
- Koine.Community launched Kοινὴ. The Almanac of Philosophical Essays.
News:
Recent academic reports and publications:
- My article “Post-Soviet Sovereignty and Ukraine’s Political Development” was published in Ukraine Analytica journal, October 2021.
- I made a report on “The Mass Protest Outcomes in the Times of Autocratization: The Belarus Case” at an International Seminar “The New Belarus: Societal Change, Regime Repression, and Western Reactions” (organized by the German Association for East European Studies (DGO) and the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)(, Berlin, 6/7 October 2021.
- My interview based on the assessment of political and economic outcomes of the post-Soviet transit was published in Sapere Aude Podcast on October 6, 2021.
- I made a report on “Complexity of Periphery: Typology of States in New Eastern Europe” at the panel “Variants of Post-Soviet Peripheries, 10th ICCEES World Congress, on 8 August 2021.
- A discussion of our book “From ‘the Ukraine’ to Ukraine. A Contemporary History, 1991-2021” with Andrii Portnow and Timm Beichelt was published on the website of the Institute for European Studdies, Europa Universitaet Viadrina, on 22 June 2021.
- My chapter “Democratisation and Europeanisation in 21st Century Ukraine” is published in the Emerson, M., Cenușă, D., Kovziridze, T. & Movchan, V. (eds.), The Struggle for Good Governance in Eastern Europe, Brussels: CEPS; Lanham, MA: Rowman & Littlefield, 2021: 83-120.
- My article on Ukraine’s near future development models (in Italian) was published in the LIMES journal, 12 July 2021.
- I delivered the report “Re-defining the Russian People: Heideggerian Philosophy and Contemporary Russia’s Conservative Turn” at the International Conference “Populism and Anti-liberalism: Practices, Challenges and Counteractions”, Malaga University, June 24, 2021.
- I delivered a report on Ukrainian Science’s post-Soviet Path at the panel “Transformations of Science Policy In Post-Soviet Academic Institutions: Tendencies, Contradictions, Perspectives” at MAG Congress, Minsk 23-25 June 2021.
- My essay “The Ideological Creativity. A Conceptual Introduction” (in Russian) was published at the Kοινὴ. The Almanac of Philosophical Essays, June 15, 2021.
- I delivered the report on the Thirty Years of Ukraine’s Democratization Attempts (video of the seminar can be seen HERE) at the Instytut Europy Środkowej, June 15, 2021.
- I reported on “THIRTY YEARS OF UKRAINE’S DEMOCRATIZATION” at the INTERNATIONAL ONLINE SEMINAR “CHALLENGES TO DEMOCRACY IN A TIME OF GREAT CHANGES” organized by SIKORSKY KYIV POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES on May 31, 2021.
- I delivered a report on “Transition of the post-Communist Transition Concept” at the INALCO International Conference “Thirty years after the disintegration of the CMEA: what lessons for Europe today?” on May 28, 2021.
- I delivered a report on The Europeanization as the Contested Concept: Values, Ideology, and Realpolitik at 2021 Jean Monnet International Conference ”Towards a More Secure Digital Europe: Multilevel Governance for Countering Online Disinformationand Hybrid Threats” in Odessa on May 24, 2021.
- I am happy to announce that a new issue (#1 2021) of the Ideology and Politics Journal dedicated to Universalism in a Time of Sovereigntism was published on May 1, 2021:
- introduction to the issue can be read HERE
- my article “The Soviereigntist Turn: Sovereignty as a Contested Concept Again” was published in the issue
- I delivered a report on the Transitions of the post-Soviet Transition Concept at the ASN 2021 Convention, May 8, 2021.
- My first Italian column on Photosophy was published at Antinomie on March 24, 2021.
- I delivered the report “National Security and Private Ownership on Channels of Communication: US and European Contexts” at the 2021 Jean Monnet European Cybersecurity Days in Ukraine, Odesa Law Academy, March 26, 2021.
- It was truly an intellectual delight to participate in the Kennan Institute’s discussion with Nina Jankovich, Angelina Kariakina, and Viktor Andrusiv on Freedom of Speech and War with Propaganda in Ukraine, March 13, 2021.
- It was a pleasure participating in the seminar “European experience of peacemaking and of overcoming social traumas” (EU Delegation in Ukraine, TeamEurope Network, and Zaporizhzhia State University) with my report on “Strategic Tolerance lessons for the Divided Nations”, March 12, 2021.
- Our collective work on demodernization is translated into Italian and published on February 18, 2021, as: DEMODERNIZZAZIONE. Un futuro nel passato.
- 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.
- 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 analysis of the Afghanistan Syndrome and its impact on the US relations with the allies and partners was published in English and Italian, September 2021.
- My analysis of Ukraine’s achievements in the recent 30 years was published in English, Italian, and German, September 2021.
- My analysis of the philosophical background of the Vachovskys’ Matrix was published on Zaborona, September 18, 2021.
- My interview with Marta Dell’Asta on Ukraine’s 30 years (in Italian) was published at La nuova Europa, August 23, 2021.
- My interview on ideological processes in Ukraine was published at the UkrLife.TV, July 13, 2021.
- My interview on the current political situation in Ukraine was published at the Commons, June 15, 2021.
- My report on “The Good Long Solidary Will” (text and video are in Ukrainian) at the Studrepublika’s seminar “Politics and Progress” were published on April 24, 2021.
- 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.
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I am grateful
to Nadiya Kravets for the idea of creating this web site and
to Mykhailo Koltsov who turned it into reality.