International Scholarly and Practical Conference “Ukrainian Culture in the Coordinates of Identity, Memory, and Recovery”
October 27-28, 2026, Yevhen Rachkov, Associate Professor in the Department of Historiography, Heritage Studies, and Archaeology, participated in the International Scholarly and Practical Conference “Ukrainian Culture in the Coordinates of Identity, Memory, and Recovery,” dedicated to the 105th anniversary of the M.T.Rylskyi Institute of Art Studies, Folklore, and Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
During the conference, he delivered a presentation addressing contemporary challenges and prospects for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in the context of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Particular attention was paid to the risks of heritage instrumentalization and to the need to preserve its “living” character as a dynamic and community-based phenomenon.
