Student Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

The closing event of Science Days 2026 at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities was a student research conference. On 15 May, the «Current Issues in History and Law» section took place, where future historians, lawyers, history teachers and their academic supervisors presented their research findings. The topics of the presentations, covering not only the history of Ukraine but also world history and jurisprudence, demonstrate the breadth of the students’ interests and passions.

Thus, the Master’s students demonstrated their ability to combine the achievements of several disciplines. Undergraduate students delved into the study of the history of Southern Ukraine within the framework of the comprehensive theme «The Ukrainian South in the Context of European History» (state registration number 0124U001388, dated 04.02.2024), highlighted issues in religious studies, and discussed matters relating to marriage and family relations, civil law, and current legal issues in modern Ukrainian society.

The relevance of the issues raised sparked the audience’s interest in the presentations by I. Derman, O. Kalyuzhny, V. Matus, V. Chepelenko and D. Kryshtal. A presentation by A. Bondarenko sparked debate. The author proposed for consideration some under-researched questions regarding the history of the Second World War.

The best papers were recognised as those by I. Redko on the topic «Protestantism and Power: The Doctrinal Models of Martin Luther and John Calvin» and by I. Derman on the topic «Registered Partnership as an Alternative to the Institution of Marriage: A Legal Analysis and Prospects for Implementation in Ukraine». The authors received a certificate of appreciation for the best student research paper in the section «Current Issues in History and Law».

Certificates from the Rector of BSPU for significant achievements in student research were awarded to A. Bondarenko, a first-year student on the second (master’s) level of higher education, O. Kalyuzhny, a fourth-year student in the first (bachelor’s) cycle of higher education, and T. Khvostova, a second-year student in the first (bachelor’s) cycle of higher education.

We wish our researchers strength, inspiration, new research topics and achievements on their path of scientific inquiry.

This article was prepared by M.M. Antoshchak, Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy