Faculty Of History Research Articles

City Women in the 18th century, followed by an interview with Dr Amy Erickson (Robinson College, Faculty of History, Cambridge University), Curator of the exhibition

To commemorate the centenary of the Sex Disqualification Removal Act in 1919, which legally opened all professions to women as well as men, the City of London, together with the University of Cambridge and the British Museum, sponsored this Autumn a free, open-air exhibition on the history of women in trade (21st September — 18th October 2019). To be precise, “City Women in the 18th century” is somewhere between an exhibition and a promenade around eleven displays stands and 36 unique panels,...

Getting HIP: A study on the implementation of asynchronous discussion boards as a high-impact practice in online undergraduate survey history courses

Asynchronous discussion boards are a common pedagogical tool used by history faculty to promote engaged learning, content comprehension, and historical thinking, writing, and research skills in online courses. Although many higher education institutions are increasing their online history course offerings, there is a gap in the literature about the effectiveness of online teaching on student learning. As initiatives aimed at promoting HIPs at colleges and universities continue to grow, there is a need to examine whether the implementation of the asynchronous discussion board can be considered a HIP, especially when promoting writing intensity and undergraduate research in online history courses. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine whether the facilitation of asynchronous discussion boards serves as a HIP. The researcher conducted this study with a total of 167 undergraduate students enrolled in three sections of an online survey United States history course where she taught at a large four-year university in a metropolitan region of the Southeast.

General history of the Church. Textbook for universities in the specialty 030600.62 “History”. In 2 vols., 4 books. Comp., Ed. V. V. Simonov. Moscow: Nauka, 2017 (Writings of the historical faculty of Moscow State University: 78-81; Ser. II. Historical research, 35-38)

General history of the Church. Textbook for universities in the specialty 030600.62 "History". In 2 vols., 4 books. Comp., Ed. V. V. Simonov. Moscow: Nauka, 2017 (Writings of the historical faculty of Moscow State University: 78-81; Ser. II. Historical research, 35-38). Vol. 1: From the birth of the Church to the Reformation: I-XV centuries. Book 1: Theological and organizational formation of the Church: I-III centuries. 368 p. Book 2: Doctrinal challenges of the Church: IV-XV centuries. 829 p. Vol. 2: From the Reformation to the age of secular globalization: XVI-beginning of the XXI century. Book 1: Organizational challenges of the Church: XVI – early XX century. 538 p. Book 2: The challenge of religious syncretism: The problem of ecumenism: XX – the beginning of the XXI century. 511 p. ISBN: 978-5-02-039218-2.

Introduction to the history of the Church. Textbook. Edited by V. V. Simonov. Moscow: Moscow University Press

Introduction to the history of the Church. Part 1: Overview of sources on the general history of the Church . Textbook. Edited by V. V. Simonov. Moscow: Moscow University Press, 2012. 752 p. ISBN: 978-5-211-05972-6, 978-5-211-06193-4 Introduction to the history of the Church. Part 2: Review of historiography on the general history of the Church . Textbook. Edited by V. V. Simonov. SPb., 2015. 728 p. ISBN: 978-5-9906782-1-7 Introduction to the history of the Church. Part 3. Review of sources on the history of the Church in Russia . Edited by V. V. Simonov. SPb.: BAN, 2018-2019. (Writings of the Historical faculty of Moscow State University; 96, 103) (Ser. II: Historical studies; 50, 56). Book I: Sources of pre-Petrine time. SPb.: BAN, 2019. 696 p. Book II: Sources of the XVIII-beginning of the XXI century.: BAN, 2018. 488 p. ISBN 978-5-211-06193-4

Belousov A. V. Ancient Greek and Roman Religions of the New Testament Epoch. Educational and methodical manual for the course "Religious environment of Early Christianity". (Writings of the Historical Faculty of Moscow State University, vol. 165. Series II: Historical Research. 104). Moscow, 2019. 152 p. ISBN: 978-5-19-011465-2

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110th anniversary of the teacher Dora Naumovna Keyser (1909-1972) who worked at the Faculty of History at Kuibyshev State Pedagogical Institute

The paper is dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the teacher Dora Naumovna Keyser (07 March 1909-14 May 1972) who worked for General History Department at Kuibyshev State Pedagogical Institute. The author of this paper for the first time considers the biography of D.N. Keyser on the basis of materials from the archive of Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education, the Central State Archive of the Samara Region and the Samara Regional State Archive of Socio-Political History. D.N. Keysers scientific activity was examined using bibliographic sources stored in the library of Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education, Samara Regional Universal Scientific Library and the Russian State Library. The author also studies the circumstances and consequences of the defense of the first PhD by D.N. Keyser, which made it possible to supplement the idea of the content of political and ideological campaigns of the second half of the 1940s - early 1950s at pedagogical universities. It was possible to find new documents about one of the opponents of her dissertation - Professor of Syzran State Teachers Institute Vladimir Evgenievich Favorsky. In general, the analysis of documents proved the prospect of further archival research aimed at expanding the research field of studying the history of higher historical education in the province and the fate of historians in the post-revolutionary period.

N. K. Roerich’s Contribution to the Knowledge of the East

The article deals with activities of a famous Russian artist and public figure Nikolai K. Roerich in the field of Oriental studies. N.K. Roerich read law at the St Petersburg University, however he also attended the lectures at the faculty of history. His genuine interest in history later revealed in numerous studies in archaeology, ethnography, folklore, general and cultural history of the Eastern counties. As a scholar, he visited Altay, Mongolia, India and Tibet, lived there and conducted his research. He was also instrumental in organizing two complex research expedition to Central Asia and Manchuria. Besides he took part in short term expeditions to Western Himalaya as part of the work of the Himalayan Research Institute. This Institute was founded by the Roerich family and was based in the Kullu valley (India). During his expeditions he collected vast material, which comprised historical sources of different art and nature. This material was subsequently researched by himself as well as by his elder son the Orientalist scholar George (Yurii) Roerich. Nikolaj Roerich developed a unique research method, which combined purely academic and artistic approach.

Female Lecturers at the Faculty of History and Philology of the Bestuzhev Women’s Higher Education Courses as a Manifestation of Russian Emancipation of the Second Half of the 19th — Early 20th Century

The article describes the phenomenon of female “intrusion” into academia, particularly the social and legal status of the first female historians in Russia who became university lecturers. Analysis of the self-fulfillment strategies that Russian female historians pursued in the second half of the 19th — early 20th century allows to reconstruct the social mechanisms that they used in their zeal to achieve the status of highly-qualified scholars and lecturers at universities. Regulatory documents defining the status of faculty in the Russian Empire, as well as Bestuzhev Courses faculty meeting reports and unpublished memoirs are analyzed to reconstruct the sources and mechanisms of overcoming gender stereotypes, the long way that female historians had to go to be allowed to teach and study the science of teaching, the innovations that they brought to the Bestuzhev Courses teaching practices, the specific aspects of their approach to teaching, and the legal and social norms they had to change to secure themselves a faculty status equal to that of male academics. This article is the first publication analyzing the regulatory enforcement of placing the graduates from the Faculty of History and Philology of the Bestuzhev Courses into jobs. It also addresses for the first time the economic aspects of female teaching and the ways in which female lecturers interacted with course administrators and other faculty staff.

«…Имею честь заявить факультету»: заявления М.Н. Ершова в адрес историко-филологического факультета Томского университета (1918 г.)

«…Имею честь заявить факультету»: заявления М.Н. Ершова в адрес историко-филологического факультета Томского университета (1918 г.)

«THEY CONSTANTLY FELT CENSORSHIP AND A SET OF STANDARDS THEY HAD TO MEET»: THE IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LVIV IN THE 1970S – MID-1980S (STRUCTURE, FACULTY MEMBERS, STAFFING POLICY)

The article analyzes structural changes at the Lviv University, changes within the composition of University students and professors, as well as staffing policy in the 1970s‒mid-1980s using new sources and the perspective of individual experience – published memories and oral history. The Era of Stagnation's ideological environment determined the state of higher education and Lviv University in particular. The beginning of prolonged stagnation of the 1970s‒mid-1980s became particularly evident for the University after a high-profile condemnation campaign of «anti-Soviet group of students» from the Faculty of History and Philological Faculty who expressed critical opinions on the limited use of the Ukrainian language, Russification, and Soviet national policy. Elimination and «appeasement» of unwanted professors in the early 1970s was effected through their forced retirement, change of employment, and issue of admonitions, marking the end of a whole epoch in the life of the University, which lasted since after the war and was associated with the personalities of certain professors. From now on, staffing policy was determined by the constructed image of the «right» Soviet scientist and teacher for whom enhanced «political principles» prevailed over solid scientific achievements, which is proven not only by archival documents but also highlighted in contemporary narrative memory. At the same time, in the 1970s‒1980s, similarly to the Soviet era in general, the University continued its structural development – a new faculty was created, the activities of structural units were expanded, new research laboratories were opened, the number of departments increased together with the number of faculty members, whose substantial research distinguished the University among other schools of the Soviet Union. In the mid-1970s, Lviv University already had thirteen faculties with over seven hundred faculty members, including 8.5 % Doctors and Professors and 45 % of Candidates of Science and Docents. The largest faculties were Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Law, and Philological Faculty with 1,500 students each. Overall, the University had 5,500 full-time students, 4,900 extramural students and 1,700 part-time students. Faculty of Journalism, Faculty of Geography, and Faculty of Geology did not have a part-time department, while the Faculty of Physics and Faculty of Chemistry did not have an extramural department (as of the early 1970s). Even sporadic and 1970s focused study (complete paperwork of the Scholarly Council, administrative and research units of the Lviv University for all the upcoming years is currently not available at the State Archives of Lviv Region (SALR) and the Archives of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv) can help us raise various issues of the university life, which require further profound study using a systemic and comprehensive approach and the prism of individual experience – published memories and oral history. Keywords: the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv in the 1970s‒mid-1980s, students, faculty members, staffing policy, historical memory.

Spiritualitate, resursă pentru revigorarea, efectiv, sufletește și trupește, a omului

In the current conditions, the Church is called to answer many existential questions, which Christians, more or less practitioners, ask her. It is like a dialogue between a mother and her sons, more faithful or more rebellious. The love of the Church, which is the love of Christ, seeks to respond to every spiritual need and every personal search, and desires the recovery of every man. Orthodox spirituality is such a possible answer to the great existential pursuits of man living in an increasingly secularized social context. Prayer, the spiritual life, fasting, the cultivation of virtues, the selfless and caring interpersonal relationship are values that spring from the Gospel and can serve as solutions for the man who wants to rediscover God. To the practicing Christian, Orthodox spirituality offers the chance to participate in the worship of the Church – especially in the Holy Mass, the joy of communion with the Holy Sacraments and the possibility of perfection through asceticism. The present study, the result of an exhibition at an international symposium organized by the Faculty of History, Philosophy and Theology of the “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galaţi, is an invitation to reflect on this topic.

Museums of Archeology and Ethnography at Lesia Ukrainka Volyn National University: History, Formation of Collections and Exhibition Activities

Purpose of the study. The publication considers the activities of two university museums – the Museum of Archeology and the Museum of Ethnography of Volyn and Polissya which operating at the Faculty of History, Political Science and National Security at the Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University. The preconditions of their creation are analyzed and the main stages of development are singled out. Attention is focused on the initiators of the research museums. The contribution of the heads in development of the Museum of Archeology and the main directions of their work are highlighted. The research methodology is based on a comparative study of the main directions of the research were the peculiarities of the fund and exposition-exhibition work of the Museum of Archeology and the Museum of Ethnography of Volyn and Polissya at the Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University. The scientific novelty. Scientific novelty lies in the fact that the first named to the reasons for three changes in the location of the Museum of Archeology. The preconditions that prompted re-expositions in these museums are highlighted. The ways of replenishment of the fund collections of the Museum of Archeology and the Museum of Ethnography of Volyn and Polissya at the Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University are singled out. Findings. The characteristic features of the construction of the expositions of these museums, which are due to the specifics of the use of their premises as the auditorium fund of the university were highlighted. The classification of monuments, which can be conditionally combined into groups, is given. The fund groups of both museums are characterized. Prospects for further development of the studied university museums are outlined.

СУСПІЛЬНО-ПОЛІТИЧНІ ПОГЛЯДИ ОСИПА ГЕРМАЙЗЕ

In the late 19th – early 20th century intelligentsia of various ethnic origins in Ukraine formed the idea of the importance of personal contribution to the development of scientific, cultural and educational potential of the peoples in the Russian Empire. Leading figures of Ukrainophile community called on talented intellectuals to contribute to the development of education and science in Ukraine. Osyp Hermaize was one of those who responded to this unofficial call. The purpose of this article is to analyze the social and political beliefs of O. Hermaize as one of the active representatives of the intelligentsia of Kyiv in the first third of the 20th century. In the research, the method of historicism, objectivity and science has been used. The scientific novelty is that the article is the first attempt to investigate the social and political views of the famous historian of the 1920’s O. Hermaize. The social and political views of the scientist determined his deep interest in Ukrainian studies. His cultural and educational work began immediately after graduation from the Faculty of History and Philology of Kyiv University when he joined the local community of Ukrainians. The February Revolution of 1917 radically changed the life of the scientist. The scientist devoted a significant part of his life to cultural and educational activities, including work at Kyiv “Prosvita”, the Ukrainian Scientific Society named after Taras Shevchenko, the Kyiv Labour School, organization of the research on the history of RUP and other Ukrainian parties at All-Ukrainian Academy of Ukrainian sciences. The study of social and political views of O. Hermaize allowed us to identify three main stages in the formation of his beliefs: 1) the 1916-1917 determined his interest in Ukrainian studies; 2) the 1918-1924 put forward an educational factor in his public activities, and 3) during the 1924-1929 both pedagogical and scientific work came forward.

The 21st Sergeev Conference at the Department of Ancient History, Historical Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, January 29 – February 2, 2019)

The 21st Sergeev Conference at the Department of Ancient History, Historical Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, January 29 – February 2, 2019)

Университет в годы Гражданской войны: судьба первого историко-филологического факультета Иркутского государственного университета

Университет в годы Гражданской войны: судьба первого историко-филологического факультета Иркутского государственного университета

КОРРЕЛЯЦИЯ МЕСТНОГО ЛАНДШАФТА И КАТЕГОРИИ ТВОРЧЕСТВА В ПРОСТРАНСТВЕ БЕЛОРУССКОЙ КУЛЬТУРЫ

The paper investigates the correlation of a small homeland, or more broadly, a landscape, with the work of many Belarusian writers, artists, scientists. This correlation can be very significant, and even becomes for many of them the main component of the creative process in life. The article analyzes the work of Belarusian writers who have become classics, for whom the theme of the homeland takes a central place: Ivan Naumenka (the novel «The pine-tree at the rode», Mikhas Streltsov (the short story «Hay on the Afalts»), Boris Sachenka (the trilogy «Vyaliki Les»), Larisa Geniyush (memories «Confession»). In addition to the homeland, another place where there is a correlation, is Kiev and other places in Ukraine, where many Belarusian distinguished people lived and worked. These are the princes of Ostrog – Fedor, Konstantin and Vasilii. In this work, we draw attention to the indissoluble connection between the Belarusian and Ukrainian life and activities of the Ostrozhski family. A native of Belarus, the famous Ukrainian hetman, creator of the first Ukrainian constitution Philip Orlik (1672–1741) studied at the Kiev-Mohyla Academy. Saint George of Konisskyi, was born in 1717 in the city of Nizhyn (Chernigov region), was a church and public figure of the Commonwealth and the Russian Empire. Graduated from the Kiev-Mohyla Academy (1743). In 1755 he was ordained Bishop of Mogilev (Belarus). In 1993, Archbishop George was canonized. The prominent historian Mitrofan Viktorovich Dovnar-Zapolsky was born in 1867 in Rechitsa (Belarus). In 1893 M. Dovnar-Zapolsky graduated from the historical and philological faculty of Kiev University. Author of over 150 works on the history of Lithuania and Belarus. Writer Vladimir Korotkevich (1930–1984) is a significant figure for many generations of Belarusians. It is a national symbol of the second half of the 20th century. He graduated from the philological faculty of the Taras Shevchenko Kiev State University in 1954.

Scientific and Informal Communication of Soviet Historians in 1930’s: Letters of Olga Dobiash-Rozhdestvenskaya to Dmitri Petrushevski

The author analyzes the correspondence between two leading Soviet mediaevists Olga Dobiash-Rozhdestvenskaya and Dmitry Petrushevsky as an example of not only scientific, but also informal communication. In her letters, from 1932 to 1939, Dobiash-Rozhdestvenskaya informed Petrushevsky about significant events that took place at the Faculty of History of the Leningrad State University, in the GAIMK, in the Public Library. Often the details contained in the letters, as well as Dobiash-Rozhdestvenskaya’s point of view on certain issues related to appointment, leadership, teaching, editing and publication of textbooks, open up a different, informal side of making key decisions that influenced the development of Soviet historical science. In particular, the letters of Dobiash-Rozhdestvenskaya of the 1930s demonstrate both the importance of the system of "scientific schools" for Soviet historians and the negative consequences of such a system.

APPLICATION OF THE INTERDISCIPLINARY RELATIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY ASSURANCE

The article highlights the issue of ensuring the quality of higher education through the prism of the use of interdisciplinary links on the example of the study of historical disciplines and foreign languages. The analysis of the legal framework, as well as the scientific literature made it possible to identify effective ways to ensure the quality of higher education. One of them is the application of the principles of interdisciplinary relations. The implementation of the interdisciplinary approach is considered as a promising method for the professional training of students of the Faculty of History with the use of knowledge of a foreign language. It is proposed to create integrated programs, teaching professional disciplines in English. It is recommended to offer students English literature. In the context of the interdisciplinary approach, the integration of professional components using the skills of linguistic literacy is considered. The concept of interdisciplinary research is based on the premise that concepts and facts are not studied in isolation from each other. Implementation of the disciplinary approach is considered as a promising method for professional training of students for the application of knowledge in other disciplines. The European vector of higher education development is determined by the high level of requirements for the specialist, which necessitates the search for effective ways to ensure the quality of higher education. One of the directions of updating the learning process is the integration of educational material from different disciplines, namely: historical disciplines and foreign language. To apply the principle of interdisciplinary links, it is important to use the CLIL approach in foreign language classes. The teaching of professional disciplines in English is relevant today in domestic universities, as it is an important factor in increasing prestige, internationalization and improving the quality of professional training. When creating integrated programs to enhance the independent cognitive activity of students of the Faculty of History, it is important to recommend students to English-language literature. The use of interdisciplinary connections allows students of the Faculty of History to discover their creative potential and develop as a person.

Zhores Khachatryan

Zhores Khachatryan, the former head of the Department of ‘Archaeology of Ancient Armenia’ of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS RA was one of the most devoted and honored archaeologists in Armenia.He was born in 1935, into a family with their origins in Sivas/Sebastia, which had fled during the Armenian Genocide. After a long and arduous journey, they found a home in Yerevan. After graduating from school, he was accepted to the Faculty of History of the Yerevan State University. He started his academic activities in 1959 as an assistant in the Department of ‘Ancient and Medieval Archaeology’ of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography. During 1962-1965 he was a postgraduate student in the Department of ‘Antique Archaeology’ of the same institute. His advisor was Prof. B.N. Arakelyan, one of the leading archaeologists in Armenia. This was an essential school for Zh. Khachatryan for his specialisation in the problems of the Antique Period archaeology and history of Armenia. He worked at that same Institute until the final years of his life (2015).

Профессор Н.В. Минаева: портрет в контексте эпохи. К 90-летию со дня рождения

The article deals with the main milestones of the biography of Doctor of History, Professor N.V. Minaeva, who worked at the Faculty of History of Moscow Pedagogical State University for almost half a centuryin the context of the history of her family, which largely reflected the dramatic and tragic pages of the Soviet era. The author shares his impressions of communication with N.V. Minaeva, tells about her character traits, life position, her as a teacher and a scientist. For the first time, a systematic bibliography of her scientific works is provided.