On May 09, 2025, the X International Conference “Dialogue of Cultures in the European Education Space” was held at Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, which was organized by scientific and pedagogical staff of the Department of Philology and Translation of the Institute of Law and Modern Technologies.
The conference was held on the initiative of Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
Co-organizers of the conference were: Pryazovskyi State Technical University (Dnipro); Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University (Poltava); Vasyl Stus Donetsk National University (Vinnytsia); Donbas State Engineering Academy (Ternopil); T. H. Shevchenko National University “Chernihiv Colehium”; State University “Kyiv Aviation Institute”; Odesa State Agrarian University; Rivne State University of Humanities; National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”; Jagiellonian University (Institute of Eastern Slavonic Studies, Department of Ukrainian Studies), Poland; Baku Slavic University, Azerbaijan; Tskhum-Abkhazian Academy of Sciences (Institute of Slavic Languages), Tbilisi, Georgia; Sokhumi State University (Tbilisi, Georgia); Georgian International University GIU (Georgian-Ukrainian Institute of Languages and Culture), Georgia; Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg, Germany; University of Granada, Spain; Academy of Applied Sciences Higher School of Management and Administration in Opole, Poland; Dumlupınar University of Kütahya, Turkey; Istanbul University Language Center, Turkey; International Cultural and Educational Association (ICEA), USA.
The ceremonial opening of the conference began with the welcome speech of Doctor of technical sciences, Professor, Vice-rector for digital transformation of Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design Volodymyr STATSENKO. He congratulated the international community and emphasized the importance of cultural diversity and equal dialogue of cultures for a modern civilized democratic society, scientific work for modern specialists and wished the audience persistence and productive work.
In the welcome speech, Tetiana VLASIUK emphasized that the anniversary conference, which works annually within the celebration of the Day of Europe and the Day of Science in Ukraine, is a reputable professional playground for discussing philological aspects of intercultural dialogue.
The moderators of the conference were Svitlana DVORIANCHYKOVA, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Philology and Translation and Yelizaveta ISAKOVA, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Philology and Translation.
The conference was attended by more than 150 scientists, teachers and applicants of higher education institutions in Ukraine (Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Dnipro, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kramatorsk, Kryvyi Rih, Lviv, Odesa, Pereiaslav, Poltava, Ternopil, Kherson, Chernivtsi, Chernihiv), Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ireland, Germany, Poland, the United States of America and Turkey.
Six sections worked within the framework of the conference:
1. Cultural and educational traditions of Ukraine and other countries.
2. Development of modern institutions of higher education and general secondary education of Ukraine and the world.
3. Traditions and prospects of teaching foreign students at the institutions of higher education of Ukraine and the world.
4. Philology through the prism of the dialogue of cultures.
At the plenary meeting, the greeting words and reports were announced by the organizers and guests of the conference:
Tetiana VLASIUK, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Director of the Institute of Law and Modern Technologies of Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design;
Temur CHILACHAVA, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Scien Professor, President of Tskhum-Abkhazian Academy of Sciences (Georgia);
Zurab HONELIDZE - Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor, Rector of Sokhumi State University (Georgia);
Eliso ELISASHVILI – Rector of Georgian International University GIU, Professor, Sinologist, Member of the Board of Directors, China International Education Group;
Grigol KALANDADZE – Doctor of Political Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of International Relations at Georgian International University (GIU, Georgia);
Zoia ADAMIA - Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor, Director of Georgian-Ukrainian Institute of Languages and Culture of Georgian International University, GIU; Director of the Institute of Slavic Studies of Tskhum-Abkhazian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Professor at Sokhumi State University (Tbilisi, Georgia);
Kakha KVASHILAVA - PhD in Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Sevice of Public and Media Relations at Sokhumi State University (Tbilisi, Georgia), Journalist;
Viktoriia DMYTRENKO - Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor, Director of the Educational and Research Institute of Philology and Journalism of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University (Poltava);
Olena SEITZ - Vice-President of the International Cultural and Educational Association (ICEA), Director of International Programs (USA);
Marina TURAVA - PhD, Associated Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities of Sokhumi State University (Georgia);
Maka KACHARAVA - PhD, Associate Professor, Head of Department of Quality Assurance of the Faculty of Humanities at Sokhumi State University (Tbilisi, Georgia);
Nataliia PAZIURA, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Professional Foreign Languages at the State University “Kyiv Aviation Institute”;
Olga BEZKOROVAINA – Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Theory and Practice of Foreign Languages and Methods of Teaching of the Faculty of Philology, Rivne State University of Humanities (Rivne, Ukraine);
Lesia SHEVCHUK - Ph.D. in Pedagogy, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Foreign Philology and Translation of the National Transport University (Kyiv, Ukraine);
Oksana BARANIVSKA - Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor of the Department of Ukrainian Studies of the Institute of Eastern Slavic Studies of Jagiellonian University (Poland);
Tamara GOLI-OGLU - PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Translation of Pryazovsky State Technical University (Dnipro);
Kateryna ZUBENKO - PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Language Training of Donbas State Engineering Academy (Ternopil);
Liudmila ROMASHCHENKO - Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of the Ukrainian Language and Slavic Philology of Pryazovsky State Technical University (Dnipro);
Diana MIKELADZE - Doctor of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor of Sokhumi State University (Tbilisi, Georgia);
Nataliia GLINKA – Ph.D. in Philology, Ass. Professor, Ass. Professor of the Department of Theory, Practice and Translation of the English language of the National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" (Kyiv, Ukraine);
Ella KRAVCHENKO - Doctor of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of General and Applied Linguistics and Slavic Philology of Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University (Vinnytsia);
Nataliia YUHAN - Doctor of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Literary Studies, Oriental Philology and Translation of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University (Poltava), intern at the Institute of German Studies of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf;
Liudmyla KRUHLENKO - PhD in Pedagogy, Researcher at the Department of English and American Studies of Bamberg Otto-Friedrich University (Germany), Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Translation at Pryazovskyi State Technical University (Dnipro);
Lesya KERIMOVA - Senior Lecturer of the Department of Translation and Slavic Languages, Director of Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Center of Baku Slavic University (Azerbaijan);
Elmira SALAKHATDINOVA - PhD in Philology, Lecturer of the Department of Ukrainian Studies of Istanbul University (Turkey), Lecturer of Language Center at Istanbul University (Turkey);
Yelizaveta ISAKOVA - PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Philology and Translation of Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design;
Svitlana DVORIANCHYKOVA - PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Philology and Translation of Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design.
The speakers noted that the dialogue of cultures has become the basis of a new cultural and educational strategy in the conditions of rapid increase of the world interest to Ukraine, and that communication in foreign languages is especially relevant in the aspect of world globalization.
The educational and scientific activity of the staff of the Department of Philology and Translation of Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design is consistent with the European vector of modern Ukrainian education. The lecturers of the Department have implemented a number of international projects with foreign partners. The participants and guests of the conference emphasized fruitful and promising cooperation with scientific and pedagogical staff of the Department of Philology and Translation of KNUTD, the relevance of the theme and directions of the Conference “Dialogue of Cultures in the European Education Space” and high professional level of its organization.
During the work of section meetings, reports of scientific and pedagogical workers, graduate students and applicants were represented.
A number of reports were of great interest to the participants of the conference and aroused a lively discussion. The authors highlighted the most important relevant theoretical and practical aspects of intercultural dialogue, translation and philology, multiculturalism and mastering foreign languages in Ukraine and the world, which will contribute to the globalization of society and Ukraine's entry into the international community:
Viktor DZHERDZH, a student of Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design
Challenges in learning German as a second foreign language (Academic supervisor - Senior lecturer of the Department of Philology and Translation Tetiana KETOVA);
Sofiia MELNYK, a student of Jagiellonian University
Peculiarities of Ukrainian and Polish fairy-tale traditional formulas (Academic supervisor - PhD, Doctor of Jagiellonian University Victoriia GOISAK);
Diana MOSKALENKO, a student of Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design
Forms of slang tokens in the English language (Academic supervisor - Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Department of Philology and Translation Iryna KORNIEIEVA);
Valeriia POVIDALO, a student of Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design
Use of artificial intelligence in learning foreign languages: opportunities and challenges (Academic supervisor - Senior Lecturer of the Department of Philology and Translation Liudmila ROIENKO);
Iryna POPOVA, a student of Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design
Word formation and basics of translation (Academic supervisor - Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Department of Philology and Translation Iryna KORNIEIEVA);
Oleksandra SOTNICHENKO, a student of Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design
Reflection of intercultural dialogue in the poetic heritage of Mykola Zerov (Academic supervisor – Doctor of Sciences, Professor of the Department of Philology and Translation Ivan DZYRA);
Anastasiia STELMAKH, a student of Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design
English and fashion brands promotion: challenges and strategies (Academic supervisor – Senior lecturer of the Department of Philology and Translation Svitlana GONCHARENKO);
Oleksandra UNHURIAN, a student of Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design
Benefits of learning German as a second foreign language (Academic supervisor – Senior lecturer of the Department of Philology and Translation Tetiana KETOVA);
Oleksandra SHEVTSOVA, a student of Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design
Dialogue of cultures in Maxym Rylskyi works (Academic supervisor – Doctor of Sciences, Professor of the Department of Philology and Translation Ivan DZYRA);
Кateryna SHUSHURA, , a student of Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design
Dialogue of cultures in the European educational space: cultural and educational traditions in Ukraine and Latvia (Academic supervisor – Senior lecturer of the Department of Philology and Translation Nataliia LIUBYMOVA).
Based on the results of the conference, an electronic collection of the materials will be formed.
We express our sincere gratitude to the organizers and participants of the International Conference "Dialogue of Cultures in the European Educational Space"!
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