SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LITERATURE AND SLAVIC LANGUAGES

Scientific research of the Department of Foreign Literature and Slavic Languages is carried out in accordance with the complex themes approved by UkrInTI «Principles of development and interaction of European literatures in XIX - XXI centuries» (State registration number 0116 U 004330 of 07.14.2016) and «Principles of functioning of Slavic languages: dynamic, pragmatic and methodological aspects» (State registration number: 0117 U000812 of 03.24.2017).

Scientific schools have been formed in the Department by Doctor of Philosophy, Prof. Frizman L.G. under whose leadership 5 doctoral dissertations and 54 candidates defended; 5 doctoral dissertations and 16 candidates defended led by Doctor of Philosophy, prof. Hetmanets M.F.; 1 doctoral dissertation and 13 candidates defended led by Doctor of Philosophy, prof. Kalashnikovo G.F.; 1 doctoral dissertation and 10 candidates defended led by Doctor of Philosophy, prof. Stepanchenko І.І.; 1 doctoral dissertation and 10 candidates defended led by Doctor of Philosophy, prof. Skorobohatova O.O.; 10 candidates defended led by Doctor of Philosophy, prof. Gulak A.T.

The lectures of the department actively participate in specialized scientific and practical conferences and publish their scientific works in collections of scientific papers, specialized domestic and foreign journals, publish monographs and textbooks. For the last year, 70 articles and abstracts have been published within the department topics, of which 8 in publications included in Scopus and Web of Science (WOS) and 22 publications in professional journals.

Scientific publications of the Department of Foreign Literature and Slavic Languages:

  • since 1997, it has been published «Scientific Notes of H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University. Study of Literature», whose editor-in-chief was their founder L.G. Frizman. During 2014-2018 the editor-in-chief of the journal was prof. O.A. Andrushchenko. Since 2018 the editorial board of the scientific collection has been headed by the professor of the Department of Ukrainian Literature and Journalism named after Professor Leonid Ushkalov L.V. Garmash. Up to date 95 volumes have been published. Requirements for printing articles in a scientific publication are added: Information letter;
  • from 1994 until 2021, a professional scientific and methodological journal «Russian Philology. Bulletin of H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University» (editor-in-chief - Professor I.I. Stepanchenko). Up to date more than 68 issues have been published. Requirements for publishing articles in a scientific publication are added: Information letter;
  • since 2001 the «Philological Collection» has been published. In 2016, the collection received a new name «Philological Studios».
  • since 2020, it has been founded the anglophone electronic magazine «Astrea» initiated by S.K. Krivoruchko. Information letter. The journal can be found at the link //journals.hnpu.edu.ua/index.php/astraea/issue/ view/184

The scientific and pedagogical staff of the department take an active part in the work of regional, all-Ukrainian and international scientific conferences, for example, in 2020 conferences were in Kharkov, Kiev, Bakhmut, Lvov, Kherson, Ardahan (Turkey), Stockholm (Sweden), etc.

The department organizes scientific, methodological and scientific conferences. During 1995-2012, the Department of World Literature held a conference «Livshitski Readings». Since 1980, international scientific conferences on topical problems of semantic research have been held at the Department of Slavic Languages. Since 2005 it has been organized conferences of young scientists. The United Department of Foreign Literature and Slavic Languages maintains the traditions.

According to the research topics of the Department of Foreign Literature and Slavic Languages from 2015 to 2020 the scientific conferences were held, such as:

• XVI International conference on topical problems of semantic research «Semantics of linguistic units» (based on Russian and Ukrainian languages) (April 14-15, 2016).
• V conference of young scientists «Actual problems of Russian and Slavic studies» (April 11, 2017).
• XVII International Scientific Conference on Actual Problems of Semantic Research «Fiction Text: Vocabulary, Grammar, Stylistics» (May 15, 2018).
• XVIII International Scientific Conference on Actual Problems of Semantic Research «Language – text – discourse: problems of structure and semantics» (May 15-16, 2019).
• Round table devoted to the «Day of Science» «Harmony and Chaos: Unity or Conflict», 2019;
• All-Ukrainian scientific conference «Values in the artistic space – the individual and the social context», 2020;
• All-Ukrainian scientific conference «Scientific and methodological heritage of L.P. Cherkasova: continuation of traditions», 2020,
• All-Ukrainian scientific conference «Freezman readings: scientific and methodological heritage, continuation of traditions», 2020

The lectures of the department in the context of scientific department topics involved students in research work, as a result there were publications of student scientific articles, theses and reports (44 scientific publications were in 2020).

Annually in November the department holds student scientific conferences «Slavistic studios», in May it holds student Cyryl and Methodius readings.

A student scientific conference «Actual problems of philological sciences» was held on May 26, 2020.

On November 24, 2020, it was held the conference «Philological Studios» dedicated to the birthday of V.I. Dahl and International Dictionary Day.

The department has doctoral and postgraduate studies in specialty 035–«Philology». Since 1978 about 150 candidate and more than 15 doctoral dissertations led by the lectures of the department have been prepared and defended.

Valentynivska st., 2, 403-V, Kharkiv, 61168

Phone num.:+38(057)68-02-23
E-mail:

kaf-world-literature@hnpu.edu.ua

Head of the Department
Professor
Doctor of Philological Sciences

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