Natalia Aksonova

PhD in History, Associate Professor

Qualifications:
Candidate of Historical Sciences (November 8, 2007)
PhD thesis: «Mytho-ritual basis of children’s games (on the materials of Slobozhanshchina of the late XIX – early XX centuries»

Education:
Specialist in History: V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Historical Faculty,
1987–1992, teacher of History and Socio-Political Disciplines.
PhD in History: M. T. Rylskyi’s Institute of Art History, Folklore and Ethnology,
2002–2006, Applicant of the Ethnology Department.

Work experience:
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University:
Senior laboratory assistant of the Department of Historiography, Source Studies and Archaeology, the Faculty of History 1994–1997;
Methodologist of the training department 1997–2008;
Senior Lecturer, Department of Ukrainian Studies 2008–2013;
Department of Ukrainian Studies, Faculty of Philosophy Associate Professor: 2013 – present.

Research interests:
Cultural anthropology, material and intangible cultural heritage, Ukrainian diaspora, museumification, inculturation processes, sacred and symbolic field of culture, rituals, ethnic stereotypes, ethnic consciousness, ethnic minorities of Ukraine.

Courses:
«History of Ukraine» (Educational and Scientific Institute of Ecology, Faculty of International Economic Relations and Tourism Business),
«History of Ukraine and Ukrainian Culture» (Faculty of Medicine),
«Urban Images: Problems of Conservation and Study» (Faculty of Philosophy),
«Museology» (Faculty of Philosophy).

Language proficiency:
Ukrainian – native.
Russian – fluent.
Bulgarian – competent (certificate А2).
German – basic.

Soft skills, communication management and networking:
Laureate of the Library Prize named after I. K. Rubynsky for the compilation of bibliographic reference books (2007);
Executive Secretary of the international professional periodical «Drinov’s Collection» (2009–2011);
Organizer of scientific and practical seminars on ethnology of Slobozhanshchina: «Folk medicine of Izyumschina» (2016), «Pastry traditions of Ukrainians» (2017), «Drinks and tinctures in the life of Ukrainians» (2018); scientific consultant of all-Ukrainian festivals «Pearls of Slobozhanshchina» (2016, 2017) «Vertep-fest» (2017, 2018, 2019); Organizer of the meetings of the Club «Slavic Dimensions» to popularize the cultural heritage of Slavs at Karazin’s Kharkiv National University (since 2018);
Scientific consultant of the Regional Municipal Institution «Kharkiv Organizational and Methodological Centre for Tourism» (since 2016); Trainer-consultant on the history of ethnic minorities of Ukraine of the All-Ukrainian seminar-training «To the Future Together» of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine (Kyiv, April 2017; Chernihiv, October 2018);
Participant of the residence and developer of the concept of revival of the architectural monument within the framework of the project «ТАРТАКІВ&ТАРТАК» (2019);
Member of the Commission for the collection, processing and compilation of a list of elements of the intangible cultural heritage of the Kharkiv region (since 2021);
Member of the Guild of Professional Guides and Translation Guides (since 2021).

Executive Secretary of scientific forums:
Third International Congress of Ukrainists (Kharkiv, 1996);
International Scientific and Practical Conference «Historical and Cultural Phenomenon of the Ukrainian Economic Academy in Podebrady» (2022, Podebrady–Kharkiv);
International scientific conference «Ukraine & Czech Republic: horizons of interaction: to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Mikhailo Drahomanov Ukrainian Studio of Plastic Art and the Ukrainian High Pedagogical Institute in Prague» (2023, Prague);
Ukrainian Scientific Conference «Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Biographical Studies» (Kharkiv, since 2016).

Additional trainings:
International summer seminar on the study of the Bulgarian language and culture Velykotyrnovo University of Saints Cyril and Methodius (2017, Velyko Tyrnovo);
Summer School on Memory Policy in Ukraine «How Cities (Do Not) Remember» (Rivne, 2018);
Grant program «Historical Heritage and National Identities» (Berlin, 2019);
Internship «Organization of final control of knowledge in a remote format using LMS Moodle» (2020);
Internship «Innovations in the system of distance (mixed) learning» (2021);
Internship «Online tools for teaching the course «Culture of good neighborliness» in high school» (2021);
Internship «Inclusive education and training in modern conditions of transformation: psychological and pedagogical foundations of inclusive education» (2023);
Summer Symposium «Ukrainian Studies in Sweden. Methodological Challenges and Perspectives» (Södernthorne, 2023);
Advanced training in the regional course «Kharkiv Region Studies» (2023);
Grant Program «PRESERVE & DOCUMENT: Expert Meeting & Workshop» (Berlin, 2023).

Profiles in databases:

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Contacts:
E-mail: aksyonova@karazin.ua