Institutional Communication Between Dnipro and Kharkiv in the Field of Historiography
Abstract
The essay contributes to our understanding of the development of historiographical studies in the last quarter of the 20th and first quarter of the 21st centuries through the exploration of academic communication between the historiographers and historiographical research establishments of Kharkiv and Dnipro. The author employs quantitative analysis of the collections of research papers periodically published by the Department of Historiography, Source Studies, and Archival Science of Oles Honchar Dnipro National University (DNU) and Department of Historiography, Source Studies, and Archaeology of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (KhNU). From 1975 to 2022, the DNU department produced 28 such collections, featuring 21 articles by colleagues from Kharkiv. From 1995 to 2018, the KhNU department published 17 issues of the Kharkiv Historiographical Collection, which included 36 contributions by Dnipro historiographers. Three distinct periods of cooperation can be identified based on the dynamics of communication. The first period (mid-1970s to mid-1990s) was marked by a low level of interaction, limited to sporadic contacts and publications. Only the Dnipropetrovsk historiographical collection was in existence at that time, and scholars in both departments looked primarily towards Union-level research hubs. The second period (mid-1990s to mid-2010s) represents the peak of Kharkiv-Dnipro communication, as both of these regional historiographical centers entered their most productive era, marked by the development of two powerful cohorts of researchers, the appearance of the Kharkiv Historiographical Collection, and the establishment of both departmental periodicals as authoritative platforms for historiographical scholarship. Regular colloquiums were held, dedicated to the memory of the prominent scholars V. I. Astakhov and M. P. Kovalsky. The third period, starting in the mid-2010s, coincided with a time of trial for the nation, which, combined with non-stop reforms in higher education, led to a notable decline in historiographical studies. Regular academic gatherings and the publication of historiographical collections ceased, the department at DNU was closed, and the Kharkiv historiographers sustained significant losses. Under such conditions, institutional communication gives way to personal contact.
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