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Associate Professor Sergeii Pakhomenko of Mariupol State University has started lecturing in UL FSS

Assoc. prof. Pakhomenko has commenced his course Historical Narratives in Propaganda: Cases studies of Russia and Ukraine in autumn semester for FSS 3rd year Journalism and Multimedium Production module students as well as Erasmus students.

Instrumentalizing history and using it to achieve political goals has long been a common practice. The rhetoric of Kremlin propagandists and Putin in particular about the absence of national traditions in Ukraine, the absence of Ukrainians as a nation and their unity with Russians, framing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, is a clear example of how history is used not only in foreign policy, but also in aggressive actions against a sovereign state. The subject course focuses on the following topics:

  • how propaganda manipulates history;
  • how the mindset of a society can be influenced by history,
  • how the identity can be formed or destroyed by history,
  • how the present events and vision of tomorrow can be justified by history utilizing propaganda.

Assoc. pro. Pakhomenko has a PhD in history (Institute of History of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2003) MA in history, Mariupol State University (1996)). He has previously given lectures in such courses in other universities:

  • Politics and Securitization of Memory in the Baltic-Black Sea Region (3 ECTS )
  • Ethnopolitical Dynamic in the Baltic-Black Sea Region (2 ECTS)
  • Ethnopolitology (4 ECTS)
  • Nationalism: Theory and Practice (4 ECTS)
  • Regional and Country Studies (8 ECTS)
  • Political Advertisement and Public Relations (3 ECTS)
  • History of Ukraine (4 ECTS)

Publications:

  • Formation of the Historical Memory of the Bulgarian Minority of Ukraine (1991–2020): Actors, Narratives, Commemoration. Istoriya–History, 2022, 3(1), 87–99. DOI: 10.53656/his2022-1-4-form (Co-author O. Sarajeva)
  • Between History and Propaganda: Estonia and Latvia in Russian Historical Narratives. In: Holger Mölder, H., Sazonov, V., Chochia, A., Kerikmäe, T. (eds). The Russian Federation in Global Knowledge Warfare. Influence Operations in Europe and Its Neighborhood. Springer International Publishing, 2021. P. 397–423. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-73955-3_20 (Co-authors: Vladimir Sazonov, Igor Kopytin)
  • Securitization of Memory in the Pandemic Period: Case of Russia and Latvia. Mezinárodní vztahy/Czech Journal of International Relations. Special Issue: Coronavirus and the Future of Liberalism. 2020, 55(4), 94–116. DOI: 10.32422/mv-cjir.1727
  • Securitization of Memory: A Theoretical Framework to Study the Latvian Case. Przegląd Strategiczny/Strategic Review. 2020, 13, 390–410. DOI: 10.14746/ps.2020.1.24 (Co-author O. Sarajeva)
  • Politics of Memory in Latvia and Ukraine: Official Narratives and the Challenges of Counter-Memory. Romanian Political Science Review. 2020, 20(4), 525–548.
  • Рефлексии Латвии на российскую гибридную агрессию против Украины. Кейс политики памяти. [Latvia’s Reflections of Russian Hybrid Aggression upon Ukraine: Politics of Memory Case]. The Scientific Journal of Cahul State University “B. P. Hasdeu”: Social Sciences. 2020. 1(11), 32–47. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3821369
  • Взаємозв’язок між ідентичністю, пам’яттю та безпекою як дослідницька парадигма [Correlation Between Identity, Memory and Security as a Research Paradigm (on Latvian Example]. Politicus. Науковий журнал Південноукраїнського національного педагогічного університету ім. К. Д. Ушинського. 2020, 2, 13–18. DOI: 10.24195/2414-9616-2020-2-13-18 (Co-author O. Sarajeva)
  • Концептуальне поле дослідження історичної політики Латвії [Conceptual Field of Research of Historical Politics of Latvia]. Вісник Київського Національного Університету Тараса Шевченка. Серія: Міжнародні відносини. 2019, 4, 48–53. ISSN 1728-2292
  • The Russian–Ukrainian War in Donbas: Historical Memory as an Instrument of Information Warfare. In: Sayapin, S., Tsybulenko, E. (eds). The Use of Force against Ukraine and International Law. Jus Ad Bellum. Jus in Bello. Jus Post Bellum. Berlin: Springer, 2018. P. 297–313. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-6265-222-4_14 (Co-authors: K. Tryma, J. Francis)
  • “Separatyzm donbaski” jako technologia geopolityczna [“Donbas Separatism” as a Geopolitical Technology]. Wshodni Rosznik Humanistyczny. 2017, 14(4), 115–127. ISSN 1731-982X
  • The Ukrainian Crisis as a Challenge for the Eastern Partnership. In: Kerikmäe, T., Chochia, A. (eds). Political and Legal Perspectives of the EU Eastern Partnership Policy. Springer, 2016. P. 167–181. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27383-9_11 (Co-author: E. Tsybulenko)
  • Identity and Propaganda in Russian-Ukrainian Hybrid Warfare. Sõjateadlane (Estonian Journal of Military Studies. 2016, 2, 42–54. (Co-author: C. Tryma)
  • Конфлікт на Донбасі у дзеркалі італійських медіа [Conflict in the Donbass in the mirror of the Italian media]. Вісник Маріупольського державного університету. Серія: Історія. Політологія. Збірник наукових праць. 2016, 15, 276–287. (Co-author: G. Rudnitska)
  • Identity Factor in Terms of the Ukrainian Crisis (the Example of The Donbas Region). Bezpieczeństwo. Teoria i Praktyka. 2015, 3, 95–102. http://hdl.handle.net/11315/20380

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