On February 26, the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Southern Ukraine and the Full-Scale Military Invasion of Russia on February 24, 2022: Source Aspect, Directions of Historical Research, Memorialization” was held at Kherson State University. The conference was organized by the Faculty of Psychology, History and Sociology of Kherson State University together with the Pomeranian University (Poland) and the University of Kent (Great Britain), as well as the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund. Representatives of the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University joined the event. The meeting was moderated by the Head of the Department of History, Archaeology and Teaching Methods of KhSU, Natalia Kuzovova.
The first vice-rector of KhSU, Serhiy Omelchuk, welcomed the conference participants and thanked the Polish partners for their support in the fight against the Russian invasion and cooperation with our university. He also noted that the department's staff is conducting powerful scientific work on documenting war crimes and testimonies about the occupation of Kherson.
The representative of the Pomeranian University in Slupsk, director of the Institute of History, Robert Kusnezh, welcomed the conference participants. He expressed support for the Ukrainian people and the KhSU community, and also noted the long-term cooperation between the two universities.
The director of the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Kent, Susanna Ivanych, also joined the congratulations of Ukrainian colleagues. KhSU established contacts with this university in 2022, and since then the institutions have been cooperating in various areas of work, in particular, British colleagues are actively involved in KhSU's English conversation clubs.
The Dean of the Faculty of Psychology, History and Sociology of KhSU, Iryna Shaposhnykova, wished the conference participants success and interesting discussions. She also thanked her colleagues from PNU and invited them to cooperate, in particular in the framework of student internships.
The conference participants presented reports of topical and interesting content of the most painful issues of our present, which created conditions for discussions and the establishment of scientific dialogue.
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