Professor  Georgiy Kasianov, affiliated with the Institute of History and Politics of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, has an outstanding academic record, among other areas  including  research and writing on the historical politics. He is an author and co-author of 15 books and numerous articles in prestigious magazines. He was a visiting professors and scholar at various universities in the United States ( including Harvard and North Carolina U), Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Lithuania, and Finland. He participated in over a dozen international research projects.

When at UMCS Prof. Georgiy Kasianov will be conducting a research project "Seeking the Past: Politics of Memory in the United Europe and Its Surroundings (Actors, Actions, Results / Late 1980s–2020)" focusing on the analysis of history politics in modern Europe after 1989. 

He is also  expected  to make a significant contribution to the Institute of Political Sciences and Administration international research teams, initiating further grant applications and increasing internationalization of research. 

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