Kherson State University

On March 29, 2024, Professor of the Department of Philosophy, Sociology and Social Work, Doctor of Philosophy Serhiy Kostyuchkov gave a lecture to scientists of the Institute of Higher Education of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences in the context of a scientific and practical seminar devoted to the problems of the philosophy of artificial intelligence and its use in the system of higher education. The topic of the lecture is "Philosophical overtones of artificial intelligence - Ariadne's thread or Trojan horse?". The event was held remotely in accordance with the implementation of a scientific study by the Department of Interaction of Higher Education and the Labor Market on the topic: "Theoretical foundations and mechanisms of interaction of higher education and the labor market in the conditions of martial law and post-war recovery of Ukraine", within the framework of the Cooperation Agreement of the Institute of Higher Education of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine with Kherson State University.
After the lecture, there was a discussion of topical issues of the use of artificial intelligence, in particular, regarding its impact on the labor market in the conditions of the war and the post-war recovery of Ukraine; identifying the range of skills that people need to be successful in academic and/or professional activities; assistance to domestic universities in the process of adaptation to changes caused by today's realities; assessment of the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence for the higher education system and the labor market; increasing the level of awareness of participants in the educational process about the philosophical (biophilosophical) aspects of artificial intelligence.

The teachers of the Department of Philosophy, Sociology and Social Work, while in Poland on an educational tour, visited the social institution Center of the Veteran of Foreign Missions of the Ministry of Defense of Poland.

They got acquainted with the structure and activities of the institution, got acquainted with the head and employees of the Center, veterans of foreign missions. The issues of the war in Ukraine, problems in working with veterans, the conditions for building the social infrastructure of Ukraine in the field of social protection, etc., were not overlooked either.

Our colleagues spent two busy days at UNIWERSYTET SWPS in Warsaw. It is the only private university in Poland that has received the status of "university".
They got acquainted with the experience of developing educational programs, academic courses and training in the field of postgraduate education.
Outside the university, there were interesting meetings with Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education Andrzej Sheptytskyi, Deputy Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland Vitaliy Bily and the most famous Polish media worker - Malgozhata Skawinska.

Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy, Sociology and Social Work Tetyana Cherkashina took part in the two-day training "Study of the European experience of implementing quality management systems of educational services", which was organized by the National University "Lviv Polytechnic" and held on March 14-15, 2024 in a mixed format.
The event discussed the need to introduce modern quality management standards in Ukraine, presented innovations and best practices in education quality management in Europe, and the possibilities of their implementation in Ukraine.

Halyna Mykhaylenko, assistant professor of the Department of History, Archeology and Teaching Methods of the Faculty of Psychology, History and Sociology, joined the working meeting within the framework of the research initiative of collecting testimonies of eyewitnesses of the occupation regime of the Russian army in Ukraine. The meeting was held with Philip Slaveski, professor of history at the Australian National University, and Oksana Zorych, senior researcher at the Institute of Political and Ethnonational Studies named after Kurasa National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv

On March 12, 2024, teachers, recruiters and training support staff participated in mine safety training and attended the "Explosive Ordnance Awareness Course" with the assistance of the Danish Refugee Council.

On March 13, 2024, the Department of History, Archeology and Teaching Methods invites you to a meeting with historian, professor of Kherson State University Oleksandr Cheremisin "But the people of Kherson decided otherwise"

26 лютого 2024 року відбулась міжнародна конференція "Південь України та повномасштабне військове вторгнення росії 24 лютого 2022 року: джерелознавчий аспект, напрями історичних досліджень, меморіалізація". Організатором наукового заходу, до участі у якому долучилися близько 60 учасників, істориків, викладачів, здобувачів, стала кафедра історії, археології та методики викладання ХДУ. 

The Department of History, Archeology and Teaching Methodology invites everyone to participate in the international conference "South of Ukraine and the full-scale military invasion of Russia on February 24, 2022: source science aspect, directions of historical research, memorialization", which will be held on February 26, 2024.

The scientific event will be held online on the ZOOM platform. You can join by calling (meetingID: 872 3869 0748, passcode: 439621).

Scientists from different cities of Ukraine, as well as Poland, Great Britain and Bulgaria will take part in the conference and present reports. The key topic is a full-scale invasion, in particular the resistance of Kherson, the occupation and in general the experience of southern Ukraine during the war, etc.

Main reports:

Natalia Kuzovova (Kherson). Civil resistance in Kherson during the occupation in March 2022.
Roman Drozd (Slupsk). Polish-Ukrainian relations during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Serhiy Vodotyka (Kherson). Testimony of the military as a source of studying the defense of Kherson 02.24-03.01.2022.
Stefan Goebel (Kent), Soviet War Memorials in Germany: The Impact of the War in Ukraine.
Oleksandr Cheremisin (Kherson). Reconstruction of the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine through the prism of oral history using the example of the city of Kherson.
Laura Tradius (Kent). Conflicted afterlife: The management of Wehrmacht burials in the Soviet occupation zone and the GDR.
Tatiana Vodotika (Durham). Cities at war.
Emma Hannah (Kent). British War Memorial.
Halyna Mykhaylenko (Kherson). The experience of leaving occupied Kherson through the prism of oral history.
Victoria Dobrovolska (Kherson). The occupation of Kherson in 2022 through the eyes of a witness.
Denis Shatalov (Sofia). The modern Russian-Ukrainian war and the Second World War: the image of the enemy and the interaction of ideas (based on the materials of the city of Kryvyi Rih).
Yuriy Mitrofanenko (Kropyvnytskyi). The volunteer movement in the South of Ukraine during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Oksana Zorych (Kyiv). Mental occupation of the inhabitants of Southern Ukraine by means of mass information.
Nadia Ryzheva (Mykolaiv). Mykolaiv - the city of the unconquered: the chronology of the first events of the war, 2022.

Was there a wild field on the territory of Kherson region? Who is the indigenous population of Kherson? Why was this region considered inauspicious in Soviet times? Who and when actually founded the city?

Doctor of historical sciences, professor of the department of history, archeology and teaching methods of KhSU Oleksandr Cheremisin told about the history of the city's founding, all historically important events, Soviet myths and life experience in occupied Kherson in the new edition of the "City of Ukraine" program on Zaporizhzhia TV channel MTM.

We invite you to watch it on our YouTube channel

The organizing committee invites post-graduate students, young scientists, master's students, and students to participate in the 10th All-Ukrainian scientific and practical conference "Social and psychological technologies of personality development", which will be held at Kherson State University on April 5, 2024.

ХДУ_Інформ_лист_конференція_квітень_2024.pdf

Associate Professor of the Department of Psychology, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Ivan Romanovych Krupnyk, introduces the most effective psychological techniques to improve the psychological state. Join in watching short videos on our YouTube channel and be healthy!

Natalya Mykolaivna Kuzovova, head of the department of history, archeology and teaching methods, candidate of historical sciences, assistant professor presented a series of short lectures about Kherson and the Kherson region, about outstanding and little-known figures of our history, about interesting and sad events. We invite you to watch it on our YouTube channel

Вітаємо доктора історичних наук, професора кафедри історії, археології та методики викладання Олександра Черемісіна з виходом з друку книги «Літопис цивільного спротиву Херсона у вимірах повномасштабної агресії росії проти України у 2022 році»!

The staff of the faculty congratulates the associate professor of the Department of Philosophy, Sociology and Social Work, the head of the department of quality assurance of education TETYANA OLEKSANDRIVNA CHERKASHINA with the award of the Kherson Regional Council on the occasion of the 106th anniversary of KhSU! We wish you inspiration and success in your future work, OURS ARE THE BEST!

On November 14, 2023, on the occasion of the celebration of the 106th anniversary of KhSU, the dean of the Faculty Shaposhnikova Iryna Vasylivna was awarded the name watch of Kherson State University for her significant personal contribution to the development of the university. We sincerely congratulate Iryna Vasylivna on her well-deserved award! FPIS is a powerful force of the KSU!

Today, November 11, 2023, the work of the Round Table dedicated to the 1st anniversary of the Liberation of Kherson and the 106th anniversary of the Kherson University took place. The historical and educational event was held to share experiences and life strategies for surviving the occupation of the city in 2022. In the scientific environment, the problems of: the full-scale invasion of Russian-fascist troops in the South of Ukraine, heroism and betrayal, fundamental transformations of the organization of life, the organization of life strategies in the occupation, the moral and psychological state of the transfer of the occupation were brought up to date; educational space in conditions of occupation; organization of the work of the volunteer movement and how much oral history acts as a driving force in documenting the experiences of war and occupation.
Many residents of Kherson, who by the will of fate found themselves in the dramatic conditions of the occupation, had the opportunity to express themselves freely, to tell stories of their own experience of civil resistance to the aggressor country. We express our confidence that the Liberation will come to the left bank of the Kherson region and we will have the opportunity to hold events live.
Volodymyr Sagaydak (acting director of the communal facility of the Kherson Regional Council "Center for Social and Psychological Rehabilitation of Children", head of the NGO "Kherson Volunteer Club"), Laznik Margarita (Ukrainian Radio), Alyona Movchan (Kherson Regional Academic Music and Drama Theater named after M. Kulish), Oleksandr Marushchak (candidate of philosophical sciences, senior lecturer of Mykolaiv National University named after V.O. Sukhomlynskyi), as well as teachers, students, post-graduate students of higher education of Kherson State University
We join in congratulating you on the Liberation Day of Kherson.
Glory to Ukraine!!!💙💛

On November 2, 2023, on the initiative of the Department of Philosophy, Sociology and Social Work of the Faculty of Psychology, History and Sociology, a Round Table Discussion "A Profession Full of Humanism, Mercy and Warmth" was held for the Day of Social Workers. The event is also dedicated to the 106th anniversary of the founding of Kherson State University
and the 1st anniversary of the deoccupation of part of the Kherson region.
The event took place in the Zoom application.
Members of the Department of Philosophy, Sociology and Social Work, scientific and pedagogical workers of KhSU, students of higher education of all levels, public figures, practitioners in the field of social work became participants in the discussion. Among the invited guests are well-known volunteers and public figures in Ukraine and abroad, Ihor Mykolayovych Tsurkan, executive director of the NGO "Kherson League of Social Workers", stakeholder of the educational program "Social Work" and Nataliya Oleksandrivna Shatilova, head of the NGO "Gromada YuA", acting . head of the Dnipro district organization of the Red Cross Society of Ukraine in the city of Kherson, stakeholder of the educational program "Social Work".
The vice-rector for educational and scientific-pedagogical work of KhSU, doctor of geographical sciences, professor Daria Sergiyivna Malchikova addressed the participants of the event with a welcome speech.
The dean of the Faculty of Psychology, History and Sociology, Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Professor Iryna Vasylivna Shaposhnikova made a keynote speech "Fear of returning home: the problem of social pathology of the de-occupied territories". Acting report of the head of the social and psychological service of the KhSU Daria Domanchuk was dedicated to the work of a social worker as a systematically organized professional activity. The specifics of social work as a profession were highlighted in her report by Tetyana Shvets, associate professor of the Department of Philosophy, Sociology and Social Work, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences. The relevance of the chosen profession was substantiated in their reports by Kira Petrenko and Rostyslav Yevsyukov, graduates of the "Social Work" specialty.
The organizers of the event sincerely congratulate Ukrainians on the Day of Social Worker!

On November 2, Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy, Sociology and Social Work Gurich Volodymyr Oleksiyovych held a class at the cultural and educational HUB of KSU in Ivano-Frankivsk. Consultation on the course "Fundamentals of social dialogue: communication course" for master's students of the 1st year of the correspondence form of study of the specialty 231 Social work was conducted in a mixed format, offline-online communication was tested in the conditions of the educational hub of KhSU. An interesting and useful experience for all participants, during the discussion of the pair format, the winners said that there were no difficulties, there is an opportunity to view the recording for those who did not manage to connect.

Dispersed all over the world, in different regions of Ukraine, but united in thoughts and dreams - teachers and graduates of the Faculty of Psychology, History and Sociology joined in writing the RADIO DICTATION OF NATIONAL UNITY-2023.

Dean of the Faculty of Psychology, History and Sociology Iryna Shaposhnikova

Head of the Department of Philosophy, Sociology and Social Work Serhiy Kostyuchkov

Natalya Kuzovova, Head of the Department of History, Archeology and Teaching Methods

Tetyana Shvets, associate professor of the Department of Philosophy, Sociology and Social Work

Oleksandr Cheremisin, professor of the department of history, archeology and teaching methods

On July 5, 20 years ago, an order was signed on the creation of a socio-psychological faculty at Kherson State University. A new chapter has opened in the history book of KhSU. Later, historians joined the faculty. Development is impossible without changes, so today we celebrate under the name of the Faculty of Psychology, History and Sociology!
Dear teachers, employees, students, graduate students and graduates of the faculty!
Please accept the most sincere congratulations on the occasion of the birthday, 20th anniversary of the Faculty of Psychology, History and Sociology of Kherson State University!
Every year, our faculty opens its doors to talented young people who want to gain thorough and modern knowledge of history, psychology, sociology, and social work. With their educational, scientific, and sports successes, teachers, employees, and students have worthily recorded and are recording every word in the history of the faculty and university, so now we have something to be proud of. In a short period of study and from the first years of work, the faculty becomes a second home. Teachers give the most important thing - a guide to life... Students do not let teachers grow old and sad. The Faculty of Psychology, History and Sociology is a team of like-minded people, where experience and initiative are combined!
During its existence, the faculty community has become a real family, where respect, talent, harmonious work and education prevail. We are infinitely grateful to everyone who contributed parts of their minds and hearts to the life of the faculty. Needless to say, the faculty can be proud of its achievements in training highly qualified and competitive specialists in the respective fields.
The faculty team tries to constantly and effectively respond to the challenges of the times. The quality and fruitfulness of our joint efforts is evidenced by the simple fact that for many years our graduates have been in high demand both inside and outside the country as highly qualified, conscientious and creative specialists. By the way, during the 20 years of the faculty's existence, more than 3,000 graduates have graduated from various specialties. We look with faith at the students - the future intellectual elite of the country - and we are confident that we will continue to honor and glorify the name of our native faculty and university!
The thanks of employers-stakeholders, parents, students, the interest of applicants, the interest of colleagues - this is the highest evaluation of our daily efforts!
We are extremely proud of our talented students and graduates!
We always remember everyone who made and continues to make the glory of the faculty and the university!
We wish further development and prosperity, to the entire team - new successes in work for the benefit of our native faculty of psychology, history and sociology and our alma mater, Kherson State University!
Let the faculty prosper with the achievements of its team for long and happy years!
Glory to Ukraine!
Kudos to the Faculty of Psychology, History and Sociology!
Vivat FPIS KHU!
Everyone involved, happy holiday to all of us!

Ours are the best! Slogan of the Faculty of Psychology, History and Sociology. On the day of the election of the rector of KSU, the certificate of the professor of the Department of Philosophy, Sociology and Social Work was handed over to Serhiy Karpovych KOSTYUCHKOV, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences. Science knows no obstacles, and scientists move forward despite all obstacles! Congratulations and we wish you new scientific achievements!