Project Participants

  • Marat Balyshev

    Central State Scientific and Technical Archive of Ukraine
    Director, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Senior Research Associate

    Documenting the war using the example of the Central State Scientific and Technical Archive of Ukraine: experience, challenges, and prospects

    E-mail: m.a.balyshev@gmail.com

  • Serhii Bilivnenko

    Zaporizhzhia National University
    Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor

    Changes in Urbanonyms in Zaporizhzhia during the Contemporary Russo-Ukrainian War (2014–2025)

    E-mail: bilivnenko@ukr.net

  • Hanna Bondarenko

    V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University
    Candidate of Historical Sciences

    Foreign citizens: perceptions of Kharkiv among international students

    E-mail: abondarenko@karazin.ua

  • Anastasia Bozhenko

    V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University | Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa
    Ph.D. in History

    The Metaphor of the "Embroidered City" as a Method for Studying and Rethinking the Identity of Kharkiv’s Industrial District

    E-mail: a.o.bozhenko@karazin.ua

  • Olesia Chagovets

    O.M.Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv
    Ph.D. student

    The Metaphor of the "Embroidered City" as a Method for Studying and Rethinking the Identity of Kharkiv’s Industrial District

    E-mail: olesia.chahovets@kname.edu.ua

  • Alla Demycheva

    Dnipro State University of Internal Affairs
    Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Assistant Professor

    Zoning and landscape of the city

    E-mail: demicheva.alla@gmail.com

  • Yuliia Dmytrenko

    V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University
    Student

    View postcards of Kharkiv as a historical source, 1950s–1980s

    E-mail: kolyzmalynivky@gmail.com

  • Mariia Dotsenko

    V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University
    Ph.D. student

    Digital Heritage in Ukraine

    E-mail: m-i-dotsenko161@ukr.net

  • Moritz Florin

    Max Weber Foundation
    Ph.D. and habilitation, PD Dr., Vice Director of Max Weber Network Eastern Europe

    Tbilisi’s Changing Memory Landscape in Times of War

    E-mail: Moritz.florin@mws-osteuropa.org

  • Hanna Holubkina

    Central State Scientific and Technical Archive of Ukraine
    Head of the Documents Information Using Department

    Challenges of Wartime: The Activities of the Central State Scientific and Technical Archive of Ukraine during Russian Military Aggression against Ukraine

    E-mail: an.golubkina@gmail.com

  • Oksana Hela

    V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University
    Ph.D. student

    Self-representation of Kharkiv in coins, stamps, and envelopes

    E-mail: gela.oksana95@gmail.com

  • Vadym Ilin

    Kharkiv National Medical University
    Ph.D. in History

    Medical zoning of Kharkiv: infrastructure development and accessibility of care

    E-mail: ilin_vadim@ukr.net

  • Varvara Kabargina

    V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University
    Student

    Jewish heritage of Ukrainian cities

    E-mail: kabarginmobile@gmail.com

  • Maksym Kavun

    Dmytro Yavornytsky National Historical Museum of Dnipro
    Candidate of Historical Sciences

    History of Katerynoslav

    E-mail: mkavun@i.ua

  • Artem Kharchenko

    Kharkiv I.P.Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts
    Candidate of Historical Sciences

    War as a Factor in the Transformation of Urban Cultural Practices

    E-mail: 81archi19@gmail.com

  • Olena Kozak

    V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University
    Candidate of Historical Sciences

    Consumer goods in the symbolic space of the city

    E-mail: kozakalenka11071601@gmail.com

  • Olha Krasko

    Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
    Candidate of Historical Sciences

    Survey of Kharkiv residents

    E-mail: helgakrasco@gmail.com

  • Kateryna Kravchenko

    V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University
    Ph.D. in Geography, Associate Professor

    The New "Face" of Kharkiv as a Frontier City (Experience of Mental Mapping)

    E-mail: kateryna.kravchenko@karazin.ua

  • Oleksandr Kravchenko

    Ukrainian Catholic University | Oles Honchar Dnipro National University
    Doctor of Cultural Studies, Professor

    The dynamics of urban culture patterns in wartime (based on the example of Kharkiv)

    E-mail: kultart@ukr.net

  • Serhii Leheza

    Oles Honchar Dnipro National University
    Candidate of Historical Sciences, Assistant Professor

    The city as an object of semiotic analysis

    E-mail: slegesa@gmail.com

  • Yulia Leshchenko

    V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University
    Student

    The images of Kharkiv in the guidebooks of the 20th century

    E-mail: yleshchenko4@gmail.com

  • Anna Medvedovska

    “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies
    Candidate of Historical Sciences

    Holocaust memory in the symbolic space of Dnipro

    E-mail: medvedovskaya_an@ukr.net

  • Volodymyr Milchev

    Zaporizhzhia National University
    Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor

    Head of the Zaporizhzhia working group
    History of Zaporizhzhia

    E-mail: vladmilchev@ukr.net

  • Svitlana Muravska

    Lviv Polytechnic National University
    Doctor of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor

    Academic Heritage of Major Cities in Southern and Eastern Ukraine: Current State, Transformations, and Preservation Challenges

    E-mail: svitlana.v.muravska@lpnu.ua

  • Valeria Novodran

    V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University
    Student

    Commemorative coins of the National Bank of Ukraine

    E-mail: valerianovodran@gmail.com

  • Anna Olenenko

    Khortytsia National Academy
    Candidate of Historical Sciences

    Ecological history of the city

    E-mail: olenenkoag@ukr.net

  • Alexander Overchenko

    Oles Honchar Dnipro National University
    Student

    Monuments of Dnipro

    E-mail: overchenko9924@gmail.com

  • Alla Petrenko-Lysak

    Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
    Ph.D. in Sociology, Associate Professor

    Sociology of Urban Space: The Phenomenon of “Home” in Wartime

    E-mail: petrenko-lysak@knu.ua

  • Kateryna Petrova

    Zaporizhzhia National University
    Ph.D. in History

    Mural Art and Local Identity: The Zaporizhzhia Dimension

    E-mail: petrowa_katerina@ukr.net

  • Ivana Podnar

    University of Zagreb
    Ph.D. in History, Assistant Professor

    Resymbolization of the City through the Effects of War: The Dynamics of Images and Counter-Images in Public Space

    E-mail: ipodnar@arhitekt.hr

  • Tetiana Portnova

    Oles Honchar Dnipro National University
    Candidate of Historical Sciences

    Ukrainian-Jewish-Russian contacts in the urban space of Katerynoslav/Dnipropetrovsk/Dnipro

    E-mail: tportnova@yahoo.com

  • Yana Prymachenko

    Institute of History of Ukraine, The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine | Princeton University
    Candidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher | Lecturer

    Decolonizing Urban Space: The Rupture and Rearticulation of Zaporizhzhia’s Symbolic Landscape After Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion

    E-mail: yana.prima@gmail.com

  • Olga Ryabchenko

    University of Cambridge
    Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor

    Representations of Urban Resilience in Ukrainian Visual Culture: Between Official Narratives and Alternative Visions

    E-mail: lerche555@ukr.net

  • Valeria Riadynska

    V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University
    Student

    The impact of street art on the formation of the city's image

    E-mail: arel2104@gmail.com

  • Witalina Radchenko

    V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University
    Student

    Sculptural art of Kharkiv in Soviet and post-Soviet period

    E-mail: vitalinaistfak28021998@gmail.com

  • Kateryna Semenyuk

    Memory Culture Platform Past / Future / Art
    Co-founder, curator

    Memorialization of the Russo-Ukrainian War

    E-mail: katya.smk@gmail.com

  • Yuliia Stadnik

    M.F.Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum
    Research Associate

    Urban landscapes

    E-mail: yuliia.domna@gmail.com

  • Yelyzaveta Tomashko

    V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University
    Student

    Archiving cultural heritage data of Ukraine

    E-mail: lisatomashco@gmail.com

  • Varvara Turchan

    V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University
    Student

    Intangible cultural heritage of Ukraine

    E-mail: turchanvarvara@gmail.com

  • Artem Tyshchenko

    V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University
    Student

    Digital Heritage in Ukraine

    E-mail: artemtysenko837@gmail.com

  • Farida Tykhomirova

    Odessa I.I.Mechnikov National University
    Candidate of Philosophical Sciences

    Philosophical reflection of the social ecology of the city

    E-mail: faridatykhomirova502@gmail.com

  • Irina Vegerya

    Oles Honchar Dnipro National University
    Student

    D.I.Yavornytsky as a historian of Katerynoslav

    E-mail: irinavegerya@gmail.com

  • Iryna Voloshyna

    Indiana University
    Ph.D. Candidate (ABD), Adjunct Lecturer

    Traditional Culture, City, and War: New Challenges and Conclusions on Safeguarding and Preservation of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Ukraine

    E-mail: ivolosh@iu.edu, voloshyna.iryna@gmail.com

  • Oleksii Yankul

    V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University
    Ph.D. in History

    Urban street painting

    E-mail: ayankul93@gmail.com

  • Andrii Yashchuk

    National Museum of the History of Ukraine
    Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher

    Coats of Arms and Emblems of Major Cities in Southern and Eastern Ukraine as Components of the Urban Cultural Landscape (2014–2025)

    E-mail: ayashuk4@gmail.com

  • Oleh Zhurba

    Oles Honchar Dnipro National University
    Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor

    The image of the city in reference publications from the late 19th to the early 21st century

    E-mail: zhurba.oi@i.ua
    Website: https://www.facebook.com/zhurba.oi