Research Institute of Urban History

Abstract

The review is dedicated to activities of Research Institute of Urban History. The main attention turns to directions of the work of the Research Institute: 
 1. Multifaceted studying of urban history (continuation of individual Institute’s member's studies on various components of the urban past; realization of joint research projects connected with urbanization; organization of conferences and meetings dedicated to urban issues; cooperation with other research in­stitutions and associations involved in studying urban past); 
 2. Developing a website of the Institute, which should become a platform for communica­tion scholars and the public involved and interested in urban history as well as for publishing articles and archival collections of the Research Institute; 
 3. Work as editorial board and authors of historical-cultural anthology “Frontiers of the city”. 
 4. Conducting oral historical research on urban history with the formation of an archive of oral historical narrative (theoretical and practical training for interviewers; preparing and conducting expeditions; systematization, processing the collected materials; preparation of materials for publication); 
 5. Development and maintenance of the archive of film doc­uments related to urban history (heuristic work in archives; identifying and copying film documents from private collections; participation in creation on the basis of these film documents documentaries and popular science films on the history of cities); 
 6. Development and maintenance of the depositary of photographs related to the history of “urban space”; 
 7. Creating in the structure of the Research Institute the Museum of Berdyansk State Pedagog­ical University, which is a broader context may be considered as a museum of the history of education in an urban area; 8. Public activities aimed at popularization of urban history and at the interaction of researchers with society (organization of exhibitions, competitions, etc.; initiation and implementation of public projects).