Міжкультурний діалог слов’янських академій наук із Науковим товариством імені Шевченка у Львові (кінець ХІХ- перша третина ХХ ст.)

Abstract

The present article deals with the peculiarities of cultural and scientific cooperation of the Slavic Academies of Sciences with the Shechenko Scientific Society in Lviv. The paper is the first attempt to systematically represent, on the basis of the epistolary heritage of the Society and the preserved copies of editions of the Slavic academies of the main vectors of the NTSH intercultural dialogue with the Slavic academies of sciences at the end of the nineteenth and first third of the twentieth century. The book exchange issues with Slavic Academy of Science of South East Europe were described with particular attention. The objective of this paper is the scientific-publishing production of the Slavic Academies of Sciences and their correspondence with the Society. The problems of intercultural contacts are also considered. The author describes the forms and methods of cultural and scientific cooperation of Slavic academies with NTSh according to the principles of historicism and objectivity. It is claimed that the Slavic scientific world treated NTSH as a worthy partner and representative of 20th century Ukrainian scientific thought. Slavic academies of sciences readily supplemented the funds of their scientific book collections with the editions of the Lviv Scientific Society, considered it a matter of honor to welcome Ukrainian members on the occasion of various celebrations, highly valued scientific researches of Ukrainian scientists, published in professional academic collections, considered their associates about the retirement of Ukrainian scientists and public figures into the eternity, gladly received certificates of honorary members of NTSh, joined the publications of their researches in scientific collections of society, established interpersonal contacts, which eventually developed into a strong friendship. The valuable book and archival heritage of the Slavic Academies of Sciences is a confirmation of the multi-vector research activities of the Society, caused by the desire of its members to bring Ukraine to the level of European national peoples. A general conclusion is made concerning the editions of the Slavic Academies of Sciences, collected and preserved thanks to the thoughtful and far-sighted bibliographic policy of NTSH, are nowadays an inexhaustible source of diverse Slavic studies Keywords: Slavic academies of sciences, NTSH research and publishing, Serbian Royal Academy, book exchange, Slavic congresses, Slavic collections, books, academic publications.