Viktor Matvienko

Head of the Chair and Deputy Director of the Institute for Distance Learning (secondary high education)
Education: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Faculty of History); completed postgraduate studies in Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, followed the program “National security of Ukraine” in the University of Harvard (USA), held internship on the distance education in Athenes (Greece).
Scientific interests: in scientific respect researches the scientific problems of international relations of the XX century and Ukrainian diplomacy, multilateral diplomacy and modern integration processes, foreign policy and diplomatic practice of Ukraine, author of more than 100 scientific publications on the above-mentioned topics. Succeeded candidate’s thesis “The policy of Unites States and Latin American states towards the central – American problem in 80th”(1992), and succeeded doctor dissertation on the topic “The policy of Ukrainian Public Republic and Ukrainian State due to newly appeared states on the territory of the former Russian Empire” (2003). Responsible secretary, member of the editorial board of "Ukrainian Diplomatic encyclopaedia", author of its 272 articles (2003-2004), member of editorial board of scientific journals: "Historical magazine", "Actual problems of the international relations".
Member of the specialized scientific councils of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and the Diplomatic Academy of the MFA of Ukraine.
Awards: the sign of the Ministry of education of Ukraine “A-officer of Ukrainian education” (1999), Kiev City Mayor Award (2003), MFA of Ukraine Honour paper (2007), the Sign of Ministry of Science and Education of Ukraine “Petro Mohyla” (2008), honorary award of the Honoured Worker of Education of Ukraine (30.10.2009).
Teaching activities: as Head of the Chair of International Organizations and Diplomatic Service, he lectures in the following core courses:
- History of Ukraine (Diplomatic History of Ukraine;
- Basics of Diplomacy and Diplomatic Activities;
- Diplomatic and Consular Service;
- Special course in Diplomacy of Ukraine.
According to the study courses, the study working programs were developed. All study courses are provided with the study literature.
Had prepared 4 candidates of political sciences and 1 candidate of historical science:
• Oleksandr Panteleimonov, 23.00.03 – political culture and ideology, 2003;
• Olga Viunitska, 23.00.04 – political problems of international systems and global development, 2005;
• Yury Kozloff, 23.00.04 - political problems of international systems and global development, 2008;
• Olena Kovtun, 23.00.04 - political problems of international systems and global development 2008.
• Ivan Goncharenko, 07.00.02 – world history, 2009.
In 2010, he is supervising the following 3 PhD students (part-time students): Cherin’ko Igor, 3rd year of studies, 23.00.04 - political problems of international systems and global development; Sakhno Stanislav, 2nd year of studies, 23.00.04 - political problems of international systems and global development; Kasyan Olga, 1at year of studies, 23.00.04 - political problems of international systems and global development.
Main publications:
Monographs:
- Matvienko V, Holovchenko V. The history of Ukrainian diplomacy in persons. Kiev, 2001. - 126 p.
- Matvienko V. Ukrainian diplomacy in 1917-1921 in the territory of post-imperial Russia. Kiev, 2002, 373 p.

Study manuals and manuals approved by the Ministry of Education of Ukraine:
- Intergovernmental regional organizations. Collective authorship. Kiev, 1998, 151p.
- Intergovernmental regional organizations. Collective authorship. Kiev, 2001, 199p.
- International organizations. V.Matvienko, V.Bruz, Y.Skorokhod and other. Kiev, 2005. 406p.
- Matvienko V., Holovchenko V. Diplomatic history of Ukraine. Kiev, 2007. 512p.
- Matvienko V., Holovchenko V. The diplomacy of Ukraine from the ancient times. Kiev, 2008, 200p.
- Matvienko V., Holovchenko V., Soldatenko V. Diplomatic History of Ukraine. – Kyiv, 2010. – 534 p.
Study books approved by the Ministry of Education of Ukraine:
- International relations and foreign policy in 1945-1970. V.Matvienko, V.Bruz and other. Kiev, 1999. 560p.
- International relations and foreign policy in 1945-1970. V.Matvienko, V.Bruz and other. Kiev, 1999. 621p Matvienko V., Holovchenko V. Diplomatic history of Ukraine. Kiev, 2007. 451p.
- Matvienko V., Holovchenko V. Diplomatic History of Ukraine. – Kyiv, 2010. – 456 p.
- Matvienko V. (co-author). International relations and world policy. – Kyiv, 2010. – 863p.
 

Yury Skorokhod

Education: Graduated from the Historic Faculty of the Kiev State Pedagogic Institute named after Gorkiy in 1979, succeeded candidates thesis “The US policy in the Middle East: Lebanon aspect” in 1989 and doctor thesis “International political dimension of the Lebanon crisis management” at Taras Shevchenko State University of Kyiv in 2003. Doctor of political sciences, professor, political scientist. Member of the editorial boards of publications "Actual problems of the international relations" and “Research herald of the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine”.
Teaching activities: as a Professor, her lectures in the following courses: "International organizations”; "Theory and practice of negotiations”, "Аctual problems of theory and practice of international organizations”, "UN in the modern world”, "Ukraine in the universal and regional organizations”, „Great states in the international organizations”, "Ethnic and cultural development and the diplomacy of the states of the world".
Scientific interests: theory and practice of international organizations, integrations processes in the Middle East, international relations in the Middle East, foreign policy of Arab states.
Main publications:
Monographs:
- Skorokhod Y. International aspect of the Lebanon crisis management in 80-90. Kiev, 2000. 264p.
- Skorokhod Y., Parakhonsky B. The Middle East: international security, regional relations and the prospects for Ukraine. Kiev, 2008. 591p.
Study manuals and manuals approved by the Ministry of Education of Ukraine:
- Intergovernmental regional organizations. Collective authorship. Kiev, 1998, 151p.
- Intergovernmental regional organizations. Collective authorship. Kiev, 2001, 199p
- International organizations. V.Matvienko, V.Bruz, Y.Skorokhod and other. Kiev, 2005. 406p.
Study books approved by the Ministry of Education of Ukraine:
- Skorokhod Y. (co-author). The economy of foreign states. Kiev, 1996.
 

Natalya Yakovenko

Education: Graduated from the philological faculty of the Dniepropetrivs’k State University, speciality “English language and literature” in 1976, historical faculty of the Kiev Taras Shevchenko State University in 1985, succeeded PhD on the topic “The problems of social justice in the USSR in 1980th in modern British and Americal scientific literature (historical and political analysis)” in 1991, studied in the doctoranture of the Kiev University in 1999-2002 and succeeded doctorship on the topic “European integration policy of Great Britain and international factors of its shaping (the second part of the XX century)” in 2005. Doctor of history, associated professor, philologist, historica.
Teaching activities: as a Professor, she lectures in “Ukrainian Language (professional language)”; “The language of diplomatic documents” (part II „The business language of Ukraine”); „Diplomatic and consular service”; „Diplomatic protocol and etiquette”; "Іntegrational units of the post-Soviet space”; International security organizations ("OSCE"; "NATO in the modern worrld"); "Great States in the international organizations"; "Ethnic and cultural development and the diplomacy of the states of the world".

Scientific interests: home and foreign policy of Great Britain; history and specify of the British diplomacy, integration processes in the modern world.
Main publications:
Monographs:
- Yakovenko N. Great Britain in the modern system of international relations: call for European leadership. Kiev, 2003. 227p.
Study manuals and manuals approved by the Ministry of Education of Ukraine:
- Yakovenko N. Concise British History. Кyiv, 1999. – 192 p.
- Yakovenko N., Yakovenko I. British History: Advanced Reading: Кyiv, 2007. 376 p.
 

Tetiana Shynkarenko

Education: Graduated from the historic faculty of Chernigiv Taras Shevchenko Pedagogical lnstitute in 1981, postgraduate studies in the Institute of International Relations of Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University in 1998. Succeeded PhD on the topic “Ukrainian liberation movement in 1920-1923 in the foreign policy of the western states” in 1999. Held internship in the State protocol department of the MFA of Ukraine, candidate of history, associate professor.

Teaching activities: as an Associate Professor, she lectures in the following courses: “Ukrainian language (professional language)”, “Diplomatic protocol and etiquette”, “Diplomatic activities and diplomatic documents”, “Diplomatic correspondence”, “Council of Europe: political and legal cooperation mechanism”, “European Union: institutional grounds and common policy”, “Ethnic culture and diplomacy of countries of the world”.

Scientific interests:
Scientific interest: the problems of European integration; Ukraine in European international processes; diplomatic protocol, ceremonial and etiquette, diplomacy and diplomatic service.

Main publications:
Study manuals and manuals approved by the Ministry of Education of Ukraine:
- Shynkarenko T., Kopiika V. Founding and stages of development of the European Union, Part I. Kiev, 2000. 174 p.
- Shynkarenko T., Kopiika V. Founding and stages of development of the European Union, Part I. Kiev, 2000. 230 p.
- Shynkarenko T., Kopiika V. Founding and stages of development of the European Union, Part II. Kiev, 2001. 448 p.
- Shynkarenko T. Diplomatic protocol and etiquette. – Кyiv, 2007. – 296 p.
- Shynkarenko T, Fedorova A, Zablotska L. Political and law aspects of the activities of the Council of Eorore. – Кyiv, 2007. – 224 p.
- Shynkarenko T., Kopiika V. European Union: history and functioning principles. – Kyiv, 2009. – 751 p.
- Shynkarenko T. Diplomatic protocol and etiquette. – Kyiv, 2009. – 296 p.
- Shynkarenko T., Gumenyuk A., Kovtun O. Language of diplomatic documents. – Kyiv, 2009. – 112 p.
 

Natalya Shpakova

Education: Graduated from historic faculty of the Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University in 1980, postgraduate studies in the Institute of International Relations, succeeded PhD on the topic “The policy of the Republic of Bulgaria to the states, which become free in the 70th”. PhD, senior assistant professor.
Teaching activities: as a teacher, she lectures in “International organizations”, “UN specialized agencies”.
Scientific interests: specialist in political and legal systems of the CIS countries and Western European countries, conducts research in geopolitical situation and foreign policy of the countries in the post-Soviet arena. Author of more than 30 scientific and educational materials.
Main publications:
- Shpakova N. Political system of Belgium // Actual problems of international relations. Kyiv, 1999. No. 5
- Shpakova N. Specifics of political and legal system of France // Scientific notes. Kyiv 2000
- Shpakova N. Presidential and parliamentary republics as forms of democratic transformations and post-Soviet experience // Research notes of IUAD, Kyiv 2004
- Shpakova N. Increased role of humanitarian vector in international relations // Research herald of the Odessa state economic university, 2008, No. 22 (79)
- Shpakova N. Patterns and problems of post-communist transformations: post-Soviet experience // Research papers of the Zaporizhzhya state university, 2008, No. ХХIV
- Shpakova N., Doroshko M. Geopolitical orientation of countries of the post-Soviet arena, Kyiv, 2010.
 

Olena Kovtun

Education: Graduated from the Department of International Relations of the Institute of International Relations of Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University in 2003 and postgraduate studies herein in 2007 by non-stationar form, succeeded PhD on the topic “Evolution of multilateral cooperation of the states of post-Soviet space” in 2008. PhD, political scientist, interpreter.
Teaching activities: as an Assistant Professor, she lectures in the following core courses: „Diplomatic and consular service”, “Diplomatic correspondence”, “History of Ukraine”, „Diplomatic protocol and etiquette”, "Peacekeeping activities of Ukraine", „Іntegration units of the post-Soviet space”.
Scientific interests: integration units of the post-Soviet space, activities of international organizations in this area.
Main publications:
Study manuals and manuals approved by the Ministry of Education of Ukraine:
- International organizations. V.Matvienko, V.Bruz, Y.Skorokhod and other. Kiev, 2005. 406p.
 

Artem Sapsay

Education: Graduated from the Department of International Relations of the Institute of International Relations of Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University in 2003, succeeded PhD on the topic “Corellation of intergovernmental and supernational levels in the EU” in 2009. PhD, political scientist, interpreter.
Teaching activities: as an Assistant Professor, he lectures in "International organizations", “Ukraine in international organizations”, "International non-governmental organizations", "Multilateral diplomacy and regulation mechanisms in modern international relations".

Scientific interests: theory of international relations and integration processes, international organizations and global governance.

Main publications: Sapsay A. European political region and Ukraine // Integration of Ukraine in European political, economic and law structures (one of the authors.). – Kiev, 2007. – p. 5 – 24.
 

Igor Cherin'ko

Assistant Professor of the Chair (part-time PhD student in 2008-2012).
Education: Graduated from the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (2008), working on his PhD paper “Policy of Great Britain towards Enlargement of the European Union (1997-2010)”.
Teaching activities: as an Assistant Professor, he conducts practical classes in “Diplomatic and consular service”, “History of Ukraine”, “Diplomatic protocol and etiquette”, “International organizations in security sphere”.
Scientific interests: political system and foreign policy of Great Britain, comparative political science, practice of final punishment in the modern world.
Main publications:
Author of more than 40 scientific publications and more than 100 research and popular publications. Honoured with the Award of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for your researchers (2007).
 

Valeriy Soldatenko

Part Timers

Education: Graduated from historic faculty of the Kiev State Taras Shevchenko University, doctor of history, professor, head of the Department of Ethnic and historic Studies of the I.F. Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory. Part-time professor of the Chair. Awards: National Academy of Sciences M.Kostomarov Award (2000) and International V.Vynnychenko Grant (2005).
Teaching activities: as a Professor of the Chair (part-time), he lectures in “History of Ukraine” (“Diplomatic history of Ukraine”).
Scientific interests: the history of social and political revolutionary national liberation movements in first decades of the XX century in Ukraine. Studies the genealogy of the Ukrainian idea, social and political thought, the experience of Ukrainian state building, unity of Ukrainian territory, diplomatic and military history. Develops the problems of historiography and methodology of scientific research, contemporary Ukrainistic and political science/
Main publications:
Monographs:
- Ukrainian idea. Historic portrait. – Кyiv, 1995.
- Ukrainian revolution: the concept and historiography. Volume.1. – Кyiv, 1997
- Ukrainian revolution: the concept and statehood. – Кyiv, 1998.
- Unity and regionalism in Ukrainian statehood. Kyiv, 2001.
- Ukraine in revolution times. Historical essays and chronicles. Volume. 1: The year of 1917. Kharkiv, 2008.
- Ukraine in revolution times. Historical essays and chronicles. Volume. 1: The year of 1918. Kharkiv, 2009.
- Ukraine in revolution times. Historical essays and chronicles. Volume. 1: The year of 1919. Kharkiv, 2010.
- Ukraine in revolution times. Historical essays and chronicles. Volume. 1: The year of 1920. Kharkiv, 2010.
 

MASTER CLASSES

Borys Humenyuk

Doctor of History, Professor, Honorary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador
Education: Graduated from the faculty of international relations and international law of Kiev State University in 1976, succeeded PhD in 1980 on the topic “The role of the coloured population of the South African Republic in the forces of protest” and doctor thesis in 1994 on the topic “The problem of bridging the gap of the former colonial states” (1994).
At Kyiv University: Assistant Professor (1979-94), Associate Professor (1985) of the Chair of History and Foreign Policy of countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America of the International Relations and International Law Faculty, Deputy Dean of the International Relations and International Law Faculty (1986-88), Deputy Director of the IIR (1989-90). In 1995-2003, Professor, Head of the Chair of International Organizations and Diplomatic Service of the IIR. Obtained the academic rank of a Professor in 1995. In 1996-2003 and starting from 2007, he is the Rector of the Diplomatic Academy of the MFA of Ukraine, member of the Collegiums of the MFA of Ukraine. Head of the Presidium of the Supreme Attestation Commission of Ukraine (since 2009). In 2003-07, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Cyprus. Successor of the Education of Ukraine (1999). Awards: Honorary Certificate of the MFA of Ukraine (2000), Saint Yuriy Order the Winner (2007), Order of Saint Kyrylo and Mefodiy (2008), Medal for contribution to guarding the State Border of Ukraine (2008), award pin “Honorary award of the MFA of Ukraine” of the III rank (2008), Order of Saint Knyaz Volodymyr the Great of the III rank (2009), Gratitude of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for valuable personal contribution to dissemination of knowledge in history and modern state of development of Ukrainian diplomacy (2009). Honorary figure in science and technique of Ukraine (2009). Author of more than 200 scientific and educational papers.
Teaching activities: lectures in “Diplomatic activities and diplomatic documents”.
Research interests: specialist in the field of the world history, theory and practice of international relations, problems of shaping and development of the modern diplomatic service.
Main publications:
- The horizons of the «Third World». Кyiv, 1990;
- Between past and future. Кyiv, 1991;
- The grounds of diplomatic and consular service. Кyiv, 1998;
- Сontemporary diplomatic service. Кyiv, 2001 (one of the authors).
- Diplomatic service: law regulation. Кyiv, 2007.
 

Anatoliy Zlenko

Ukrainian politician and diplomat. Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (1990 – 1994; 2000 – 2003). Candidate of political sciences.
Teaching activities: lectures in "Diplomacy of Ukraine".
Scientific interests: Theory and practice of diplomacy.

Main publications:
- UNESCO and modern actual problems. Кyiv, 1986.
- New realities of foreign policy. Кyiv, 1992.
- Important step to Europe. Кyiv, 1994.
- Ukraine - UN: negotiations, compromises, decisions. Кyiv, 1997.
- Foreign policy of Ukraine: from romantics to pragmatism. Кyiv, 2001.
- From internal needs to foreign priorities. Кyiv, 2002.
- Diplomacy and politics. Ukraine in the process of geopolitical changes. Кyiv, 2003.