Kherson State University

On April 25, 2025, the Department of Cultural Studies at Kherson State University held the XIII All-Ukrainian (with international participation) Scientific and Practical Conference 🎓 "Current Issues of Art Education in Higher Education." This year’s event brought together scholars from Ukraine, Germany, Switzerland, and Spain, who joined efforts to address the pressing challenges facing art education amid war and global transformations. 🕊️ The conference began with a tribute to those who lost their lives in the Russian-Ukrainian war — a symbolic video presentation that reminded everyone of the price of our freedom. 🎤 The opening speech was delivered by: ▪️ Serhii Omelchuk — First Vice-Rector of Kherson State University, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, and Honored Scientist and Technician of Ukraine. Greetings to the participants were extended by: ▪️ Nataliia Tereshchenko — Acting Dean of the Faculty of Culture and Arts at Kherson State University ▪️ Lidiia Lymarenko — Acting Head of the Department of Cultural Studies, Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine 🔍 During the event, the following topics were discussed: ✅ the transformation of art education in times of war ✅ teachers’ readiness to face new educational challenges ✅ spiritual guidelines and cultural memory ✅ the experience of Ukrainian integration abroad ✅ the role of the media in preserving cultural heritage ✅ student initiatives and projects for Ukraine’s recovery 📸 The atmosphere was filled with professional exchange, warm meetings, and new ideas! We sincerely thank all participants, speakers, and organizers for their significant intellectual contribution to the development of Ukrainian art education!

Awarding of the Presidential Scholarship of Ukraine for Young Writers and Artists
in the fields of music, theatre, visual arts, choreography, variety and circus arts, and cinema

Aliona Movchan, Head of the Literary and Dramaturgical Department of the Kherson Regional Academic Music and Drama Theatre named after Mykola Kulish,
a first-year Master's student pursuing a degree in Cultural Studies (Specialty 034), has been awarded the Presidential Scholarship of Ukraine.

On March 21, 2025, a teachers' council meeting will be held at the School of Humanities on the topic "How to Create Conditions for the Development of a Creative Personality."
The discussion will focus on the experience of Mykola Hryhorovych Levchenko, Professor of the Department of Cultural Studies at Kherson State University and Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine.

At the Faculty of Culture and Arts of Kherson State University, an attestation of higher education applicants specializing in 034 Cultural Studies took place. In their qualification projects, master's students explored important cultural studies topics that have gained particular significance during the war. These included: the necessity of preserving and promoting cultural heritage through digital technologies; the impact of internet memes on youth culture; contemporary cinema as a means of mass propaganda in interethnic conflicts; the specificity of representing worldviews and human models in Ukrainian musical culture of the first quarter of the 21st century; profound changes in Ukrainian sociocultural and artistic spaces during Ukraine's Independence period; an analysis of the development of Ukrainian theater under modern military conflicts and its influence on civic consciousness and national identity; and an examination of Ukrainian animated cinema during the years of Independence as a revival of interest in national cultural heritage.
The future specialists in the field of culture proposed specific solutions to the problems that have arisen during the war

With the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the 7th International Multi-Genre Yard Competition-Festival "SPIVOGRAI" was held in Kropyvnytskyi from October 25 to 27, 2024.

The goals of the competition-festival were as follows:

Aimed at identifying and supporting talented youth.
Establishing creative contacts, ensuring communication among teachers, leaders, art educators, performers, and creative teams.
Preserving, developing, and enhancing the best artistic and performing traditions of national and world art.
Fostering high spiritual and moral qualities in youth and forming an active life position for the future generation through various forms of artistic creativity.
Aimed at supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine, peace, and territorial integrity.
The jury of the competition-festival consisted of honored cultural and art figures, national artists, choreographers, artists, and faculty members of higher art education institutions from Ukraine, Poland, Canada, China, and Ireland.

Students from Kherson State University also participated in this prestigious competition-festival.

In the "Artistic and Creative Project" category, graduate students pursuing a second master's level degree, under the supervision of the distinguished educator, Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine, Professor Lidia Lymarenko, received one Grand Prix diploma and thirteen first-degree diplomas:

Logvynchenko Liliya and Storonchak Kyrylo (Faculty of Culture and Arts), project "Dancing Under Fire" – Grand Prix diploma;
Andrusyshyn Maryana (Faculty of Culture and Arts), project "Theory of the Dead Internet" – First Degree diploma;
Bokiy Karina (Faculty of Culture and Arts), project "Theater of Childhood and War" – First Degree diploma;
Karpov Ihor (Faculty of Computer Science, Physics, and Mathematics), project "Future Digital Technologies" – First Degree diploma;
Kolykhaieva Valeriya (Faculty of Culture and Arts), project "Everyday Life in a New Country: Helping Ukraine and Missing Home" – First Degree diploma;
Kyryliuk Andriy (Faculty of Culture and Arts), project "Storks with Glass Nests" – First Degree diploma;
Murashkina Anna and Smyrnova Margarita (Faculty of Culture and Arts), project "PRIMA MARIA" – First Degree diploma;
Olshanska Olga (Faculty of Culture and Arts), project "An Artist Who Paints Souls" – First Degree diploma;
Pleshynets Iryna, Yatsentiuk Viktoriya, Hushulyak Darya (Faculty of Culture and Arts), project "Red Viburnum Through the Ages" – First Degree diploma;
Raskina Vira (Faculty of Culture and Arts), project "The Ensemble 'NUANCE' Gives a Chance" – First Degree diploma;
Trukhacheva Yana (Faculty of Culture and Arts), project "Small Steps to a Big Dream" – First Degree diploma;
Fedorova Olga and Sobolevska Polina (Faculty of Culture and Arts), project "Moves of Inspiration: Dance to Live" – First Degree diploma;
Frik Olena (Faculty of Biology, Geography, and Ecology), project "Lesya Ukrainka – A Gem of Ukrainian Poetry" – First Degree diploma;
Chumachenko Nataliya (Faculty of Culture and Arts), project "Art that Heals" – First Degree diploma.
In the "Theatrical Art" category, undergraduate students in the "Cultural Studies" major, under the guidance of Professor Lidia Lymarenko, received one Grand Prix diploma and three first-degree diplomas:

Pavlenko Mariya (1st year, Faculty of Culture and Arts), theatrical composition "The Ballad of Dragons" – Grand Prix diploma;
Abramova Anna (1st year, Faculty of Culture and Arts), literary and musical composition "Moonlight Nocturne" – First Degree diploma;
Shkolyarenko Yuliya (1st year, Faculty of Culture and Arts), theatrical composition "Once You Loved a Narcissist" – First Degree diploma;
Mykytas Oleh (4th year, Faculty of Culture and Arts), theatrical poem by Tetyana Vlasova "Angels Share Cigarettes" – First Degree diploma.
It is noteworthy that the artistic and creative projects were created by graduate students during their study of the certificate program "Organization and Direction of Cultural and Artistic Projects".

Professor of the Department of Cultural Studies of Kherson State University L.I. Lymarenko, for three months she completed the International online training program for employees of higher education institutions 

"The power of social networks in the professional development of university representatives: personal brand, tools for educational products, promoting the values of sustainable development", organized by the Zofia Zamenhof Foundation (Warsaw, Poland).

 According to the results of mastering the educational load of the online internship (6 credits of ESTS - 180 hours), Lidia Lymarenko received a certificate certifying the successful completion of the scientific and pedagogical program.

Lydia Lymarenko, professor of the department of cultural studies, honored cultural worker of Ukraine, took part in the All-Ukrainian scientific and practical conference "Newest researches of culture and art: searches, problems, prospects", which took place on May 18 at the National Academy of Managerial Personnel of Culture and Arts. The organizers of the scientific forum are the Department of Cultural Studies and Intercultural Communications of the Academy. The event was attended by reputable scientists, graduate students, and awardees. Important aspects of modern cultural education, the issue of preservation and promotion of cultural heritage, prospective directions of art development in the modern information society were discussed, and the popular scientific, educational publication "Art of the World. Contribution of Ukraine". Professor Lidia Lymarenko presented the cultural and artistic projects of master's students of the Faculty of Culture and Arts of KSU, which vividly reflect the spiritual values of student youth during the Russian aggression.

Co-organizers of the 1st International Scientific and Practical Conference "Art without Borders: Creative Dialogues" (Kropyvnytskyi, April 11, 2023) were representatives of the following educational institutions:

• Central Ukrainian State University named after Volodymyr Vinnichenko;
• Faculty of Arts named after Anatoly Avdievsky Ukrainian State University named after Mykhailo Drahomanov;
• Kherson State University;
• Berdyansk State Pedagogical University;
• Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University;
• Pomeranian Academy in Slupsk (Poland);
• National Education Commission Pedagogical University in Krakow (Poland);
• Privately licensed educational institution "Slavic Music School" (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada).

The teaching staff of the Faculty of Culture and Arts of KSU took an active part in the discussion of artistic problems. The following presented their reports for discussion by the international scientific community:

• Mykola Hryhorovych Levchenko – Dean of the Faculty of Culture and Arts of Kherson State University, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Cultural Studies, Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine "ROLE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN FORMING PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES OF FUTURE ART TEACHERS";
• Lymarenko Lidiya Ivanivna – Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Cultural Studies Department of the Faculty of Culture and Arts of Kherson State University, Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine, Member of the National Union of Theater Actors of Ukraine "TRANSFORMATION OF THE SPIRITUAL VALUES OF THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE IN MODERN CULTURAL AND URBAN PROJECTS OF STUDENTS";
• Nataliya Oleksandrivna Gunko - Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Musical Art of the Faculty of Culture and Arts of Kherson State University "INNOVATIVE TRENDS OF VOCAL TRAINING OF TEACHERS-MUSICIANS IN DISTANCE EDUCATION REGIME IN HIGH SCHOOLS";
• Chehunina Alina Oleksandrivna – Candidate of Art Studies, Associate Professor of the Department of Music, Faculty of Culture and Arts, Kherson State University "TEACHING OF MUSIC AND THEORETICAL DISCIPLINES IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER ART EDUCATION IN CONDITIONS OF DISTANCE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS";

Scientists, cultural and artistic figures from Ukraine, Poland, Canada, Germany, Austria, Israel, and China joined the international conference. Issues and problems of the specifics of the professional training of future art teachers, innovative forms and methods of teaching art disciplines in educational institutions of various types were discussed. , varieties of art in the formation of a spiritual and creative personality, domestic and foreign experience in the development of art education.

Scientists, teachers, graduate students and young students of higher education institutions (Kherson State University, National Academy of Managers of Culture and Arts, Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, Kyiv National University named after T. Shevchenko, Mariupol State University, Rivne State Humanitarian University and others ) took part in a lecture-discussion on the topic "The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the troops of the Russian Federation in memes of the Ukrainian digital space: humor, political ideas and ideological images", speaker: doctor of historical sciences, professor Olha Ryabchenko (Kharkiv National Pedagogical University named after H.S. Skovorody / the Faculty of History in the University of Cambridge). The scientific meeting was organized on the initiative of the German-Ukrainian Academic Society and the Embassy of Ukraine in the Federal Republic of Germany.
The lecture was extremely interesting, especially for cultural scientists, practitioners and students of higher education. Everyone who wanted to join the discussion of the lecture. Among them is Lydia Lymarenko, professor of the department of cultural studies, who is convinced that memes are a modern phenomenon, a component of human culture, where humor and reality are successfully combined. The war of Ukrainians with the Rashists gave rise to new heroes, such as our steadfast, invincible Chornobayivka - the Ukrainian Bermuda Triangle, hell for the occupiers. Memes are a great space for scientific research.

To the 85th anniversary of the birthday of the outstanding scientist, philosopher, teacher, director of the Institute of Pedagogical Education and Adult Education of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (1993–2014), on March 2, 2023, flowers were laid at the Institute of Pedagogical Education and Adult Education named after Ivan Zyazyun of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine memorial plaque on the facade of the building (Berlinskogo St., 9).
This special day ended with a round table "Founder of Pedagogy of Good" and benevolence in pedagogy: to the 85th anniversary of Ivan Zyazyun's birthday, which was held online. 82 people joined.
The moderators of the event were doctors of pedagogical sciences, professors L.O. Khomych, O.A. Lavrinenko, V.L. Cerebral
Academician Vasyl Hryhorovych Kremen, president of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, addressed those present with a word of congratulations. Speakers: Academician Nelya HryhorivnaNichkalo - Academician-Secretary of the Department of Professional Education and Adult Education of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; academician Georgy Georgiyovych Filipchuk; Dr. Habilitation, Professor of the State Institution of Higher Education named after Stefan Batory in Skierniewice (Poland) Teresa Janicka-Panek.
The round table was held in a family atmosphere, an atmosphere of love and sincerity, which is carried by students, colleagues and friends of I.A. Zyazyuna through his life and his professional activity. Memories of years of cooperation, friendship, and scientific growth were shared by: A.I. Kuzminskyi, O.H. Romanovskyi, T.D. Fedirchyk, M.I. Piddyachy, P.M. Koval, O.I. Shcherbak, L.P. Pukhovska, D.V. Khomenyuk, L.I. Lymarenko, A.V. Tkachenko and others.

Together with institutions of higher education (Kherson State University, Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, National Academy of Managerial Personnel of Culture and Arts, Kyiv National University named after T. Shevchenko, Mariupol State University and others) on the initiative of the German-Ukrainian Academic Society (regional group Berlin-Brandenburg) hold a series of lectures dedicated to the culture of Ukraine.

On February 28, 2023, doctor of cultural studies, professor Iryna Petrova (Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts / "Die Cologne/Bonn Academy in Exile" (Germany) made a report on the topic "Cultural practices of Ukrainians during the war". The lecture was attended not only by famous scientists and practices in the field of cultural studies, as well as graduate students, students of higher education majoring in 034 Cultural Studies.

After an extremely interesting, relevant and highly professional lecture by Iryna Petrova, the moderator: Dr. Olesya Lazarenko (Viadrina European University in Frankfurt am Oder) invited everyone to join the discussion of cultural practices of Ukrainians under martial law. Lidia Lymarenko, professor of the Department of Cultural Studies of the Faculty of Culture and Arts of the KhSU, took an active part in the discussion.

Після надзвичайно цікавої, актуальної та високопрофесійної лекції Ірини Петрової, модератор: д-р Олеся Лазаренко (Європейський університет Віадріна у Франкфурті-на-Одері) запросила долучитися всіх бажаючих до обговорення культурних практик українців в умовах воєнного стану. Активну участь у дискусії взяла і професор кафедри культурології факультету культури і мистецтв ХДУ Лідія Лимаренко.

Thank you Lydia Ivanivna Limarenko and Diana Volodymyrivna Kuzyakina!

On December 20, 2021, participants of the Student National Theater of KSU "Study-Art" and graduates of the first and third years of the specialty "Culturology" of the Faculty of Culture and Arts under the leadership of Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine, Professor Lydia Lymarenko congratulated members of the Academic Council of Kherson State University Nicholas and the coming New Year.

On December 1, 2021 the teaching staff of the Department of Cultural Studies took part in the XIX International Art and Pedagogical Readings in Memory of Professor Oksana Petrovna Rudnytska "Continuing Pedagogical Education of the XXI Century: Experience, Innovations, Trends" of the Ivan Zyazyun Institute of Pedagogical and Adult Education. The participants of the conference were Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine, Head of the Department of Cultural Studies Lydia Limarenko; Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Culture and Arts for Organizational and Educational Work Anatoliy Forostyan; Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Musical Arts Natalia Gunko; Candidate of Art History, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Cultural Studies Alexander Chumachenko; Assistant of the Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Culture and Arts Diana Kuzyakina

The mission of the event was to promote openness of science and educational practice, partnership of educational institutions and scientific institutions in reforming art and pedagogical education, honoring the memory of significant figures for Ukrainian education, great in producing innovative research ideas of individuals.

In the end, the participants focused on the need to prepare a complete edition of scientific and educational works of Oksana Petrovna Rudnytska, which will be an important methodological basis for updating the content, methods, forms and technologies of teaching in art and pedagogical education.

We would like to thank the organizers and participants for their fruitful work, the opportunity to present their achievements and get acquainted with the developments of others.

"On the way from I to WE" is an amazing show that went through two lockdowns, two emergency changes of actors, replenishment of the cast and fascinated everyone who came. On November 18, 2021, the final show in honor of the 104th anniversary of the founding of our Kherson State University took place.

The play played with new colors with an updated cast and a new title. Four new characters, three role changes and it's all for the record, three rehearsals. It is important that students of higher education from all over the university play in the Studi-Art folk educational theater under the direction of Lydia Limarenko. Everyone who is not indifferent to theatrical art and bullying problems.

This is a special story that concerns each of us: children, parents, teachers and just passers-by.
We believe that after visiting our show, people will think at least a little about their lives and all those around them.

On November 12, 2021 within the framework of the International Specialized Exhibition "Education and Career - 2021" the Department of Content and Technologies of Pedagogical Education of the Ivan Zyazyun Institute of Pedagogical Education and Adult Education of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine held a webinar "Practical training of modern teachers in vocational modern challenges ".
Teachers, heads of practices from different regions of Ukraine (Sumy State Pedagogical University named after AS Makarenko, Kherson State University, Poltava National Pedagogical University named after VG Korolenko, Chernivtsi National University named after Yuri Fedkovych, Berdychiv Pedagogical College, Ivano-Frankivsk College SHEI "Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University", Lutsk Pedagogical College) presented the experience of practical training taking into account modern problems. Lidia Lymarenko, Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Cultural Studies, spoke on behalf of the Faculty of Culture and Arts of Kherson State University with a report "Industrial practice in training future culturologists"
Based on the results of the event, it was recommended: to conclude a workshop for the organization of pedagogical practice of future teachers in the conditions of distance learning for institutions of higher pedagogical education; to involve teachers, heads of practices in the preparation of analytical materials on the problems and prospects of organizing various types of practices in institutions of professional higher and higher education.
I would like to express my gratitude to the organizers and participants for such fruitful work and the opportunity to share experiences.

From September 6 to 10, 2021, the Library of Kherson State University hosted the Educational Platform within the framework of the XXIII International Theater Festival "Melpomene of Tavria".

The program of the platform included master classes, trainings, lectures from leading directors, screenwriters, choreographers and coaches.

September 6 - a master class for actors "Plastic Theater" by director Vlada Belozorenko.
September 7 - a master class from the Belarusian playwright, screenwriter, director Andriy Kureichik "How to write the best play in the world".
September 8 - training on "Theatrical marketing, if you are still interested in the result" from theater blogger, certified coach, author, leading portal and online community "Theatrical Fishing" Sergei Vynnychenko.
September 9 - a lecture on "Theater that you did not know. Different types of modern theater "from the founder and director of" Wild Theater "Yaroslava Kravchenko.

Students of the Faculty of Culture and Arts attended each master class and took the maximum knowledge from the educational platform.

"After this event, I realized that body plastic surgery and similar practices are like a puzzle that I personally lacked in my life, because I can pump up the intellect, to develop the emotional sphere, but the body is always blocked in this regard, and It turns out you need to turn it on and listen to it. The master class was very useful in terms of developing professional competence, it is a great opportunity to improve and develop your skills as an actor. " Yuliya Pulinets is a 3rd year student majoring in culturology.

"The meeting with Andriy Kureichyk was really useful, interesting and exciting, after which I remembered for a long time the ideas of plays invented by different teams. The lecture in the first part of the master class was especially interesting and made me consider the already known facts from a different angle. at some points, even changing my point of view. The practical part turned out to be even cooler, and although I didn't take part in teamwork, it was very interesting to even watch the thought process and the birth of new ideas. " Tatiana Ilyina 4th year majoring in culturology.

The educational platform within the framework of the XXIII International Theater Festival "Melpomene of Tavria" has become a unique form of professional competence, theoretical acquisition of new knowledge and development of professional skills for graduates of the Faculty of Culture and Arts of Kherson State University.

Учасниці навчального народного театру «Студі-Арт» – Каріна Бокій, Вікторія Баран, Марія Гудкова (факультет культури і мистецтв) та Марія Андреєва (факультет української й іноземної філології та журналістики) 6 березня 2021 року взяли участь у щорічному обласному конкурсі читців, присвяченому пам’яті Т.Г. Шевченка «Світлиця Кобзаревих дум», засновником якого є департамент реалізації гуманітарної політики Херсонської обласної державної адміністрації та Херсонський обласний Центр народної творчості. Конкурс проводився на базі Новокаховського міського Палацу культури за номінаціями: читці-аматори; поетичні театри; студенти вищих навчальних закладів сфери культури та освіти. Марія Андреєва отримала Диплом І ступеню, Вікторія Баран і Каріна Бокій – Дипломи ІІ ступеню, а Марія Гудкова була нагороджена Грамотою у номінації «Глибоке прочитання твору». Підготовкою студентів Херсонського державного університету до обласного конкурсу займалася заслужений працівник культури України, завідувачка кафедри культурології, докторка педагогічних наук, професорка Лідія Лимаренко.

Дипломи

Професор Лідія Лимаренко 11.02.2021р. взяла участь у роботі науково-методичної комісії МОН України з підготовки стандартів ВО.

Шановні колеги! 30 жовтня 2020 року на базі кафедри культурології буде проходити ХІ Усеукраїнська (із міжнародною участю) науково-практична конференція "Актуальні проблеми мистецької освіти в системі вищої школи"

Інформаційний лист конференції за посиланням.

Викладачі кафедри Культурології отримали свідотство про реєстрацію авторського права на хрестоматію-довідник "Мистецтвознавство ХХ століття".

Протягом карантину студенти вдосконалюють свої знання іноземної мови

Переглянути відео Щидловської О. "History of pop-art"

Переглянути відео Смірнової М. "Surrealism"

Переглянути відео Малюк Т. "Impressionism"