About Seminar

The Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers started in 2006. The sessions are held every month (except July and August) the last Tuesday, in the H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the NAS of Ukraine (room 327 or 318).

Publications

  • Yuriy Zavhorodniy. Perception of the Indian Philosophy in Ukraine: The Line of the Vedas (1840–1930-s).
  • Anastasia Strelkova. Buddhism: Philosophy of Emptiness
  • Sergii Kapranov. Shinto in the Social and Cultural Transformations of ХІХ–ХХ Centuries.

  • Contacts

    Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy,
    Department of History of Foreign Philosophy
    H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the NAS of Ukraine:

    4 Tryokhsviatitelska St., room 327, 01001, Kyiv, Ukraine
    phone: +380 (44) 278-31-78.
    e-mail:  tovdsf@ukr.net

    News

        27th February 2024 (Tuesday), on-line in Zoom, 16:00–18:00
    Session CXLІV of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «The problem of perception of Eastern and Western culture in the philosophy of Richard Rorty». Speaker: Ksenia Meita, graduate of the PhD program of the National University of «Kyiv-Mohyla Academy». Announcement and paper (Ukr).
        30th January 2024 (Tuesday), on-line in Zoom, 16:00–18:00
    Session CXLIIІ of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «The place of the «non method-anupāya» among the four methods of spiritual liberation on the example of an analysis of translation of the second chapter of Abhinavagupta's Śrī Tantrāloka (Shine of Tantra. Speaker: Kateryna Dovbnya, PhD in pedagogical sciences, associate professor, independent researcher (Kyiv). Fields of research: working on a complete Ukrainian translation of Abhinavagupta's Śrī Tantrāloka (Shine of Tantra) with a religious and philosophical commentary. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
        28th November 2023 (Tuesday), on-line in Zoom, 9:45–18:00
    Round table «THE STUDY OF THE UPANISHADS: TEXTS, SENSES, RECEPTIONS» (on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the first translation of an Upanishad into Ukrainian by Pavlo Ritter). Program (Ukr).
        31st October 2023 (Tuesday), on-line in Zoom, 16:00–18:00
    Session CXLIІ of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Metaphor of reflection and concept of reflection in the modern research on Kashmir Shaivism». Speaker: Ivan Ulitko, PhD student, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
        26th September 2023 (Tuesday), on-line in Zoom, 16:00–18:00
    Session CXLІ of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «The animistic turn in modern anthropology and the study of indigenous communities». Speakers: Vitalii Shchepanskyi, independent researcher (Rivne), Taras Mamenko, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU (Kyiv). Invited to participate in the seminar: Yurii Dzhulai, National University of «Kyiv-Mohyla Academy», Nina Polishchuk, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU (Kyiv). Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       September 11–16, 2023 in Łódź (Poland)
    Section of Non-Western Philosophical Traditions of the Twelfth Polish Congress of Philosophy (XII PZF) (Sekcja Pozaeuropejskich Tradycji Filozofii XII Polskiego Zjazdu Filozoficznego).
    Registration: until the 31st of May 2023 (extended deadline) if you send your proposal directly by e-mail to the addresses: mszieba@poczta.pl (chairman of the Section) or olucyszyna@iksio.pan.pl (secretary of the Section), or until the 14th of May 2023 if you upload your abstracts of papers via the EasyChair internet platform form: https://www.zjazdfilozoficzny.uni.lodz.pl/.
    Announcement of congress.
       27th June 2023 (Tuesday), on-line in Zoom, 16:00–18:00
    Session CXL of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Something about Yoga and Yogis in the second part of the Bhagavata Purana: some preliminary considerations». Speaker: Yurii Zavhorodnii, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       25th April 2023 (Tuesday), on-line in Zoom, 17:30–19:30
    Session CXXXІX of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Meditation in the context of the dialogue between Buddhism and science». Speaker: Ihor Kolesnyk, PhD in Philosophy, associate professor, post-doctoral degree candidate, Ivan Franko Lviv National University. Research interests: Buddhist meditation, Buddhist modernism, science and Buddhism. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       27th September 2022 (Tuesday), on-line in Zoom, 15:00–17:30
    Event organized by The Buddhological Laboratory in Ukraine (with the support of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers). Subject: «Perspectives of Buddhist Studies in Ukraine». Participants: Olena Kalantarova, Andriy Skibitskyi, Mykyta Samsonenko, Maria Vasylieva. Event page (Ukr).
       15th September 2022
    We bring to your attention the transcript of the first part of the CХXXVII Session of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers, which took place on May 31, 2022 and was devoted to the discussion of the book: «Junsei Terasawa. The Life is an Eternal Journey. – Kyiv: Mahasangha, 2020. – 152 p.». The book was published on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the birth of the famous Buddhist teacher and 50th anniversary of his monastic practice. Participants: Anastasia Strelkova (Kyiv), Sergii Trylis (Irpin), Hennadii Khrystokin (Bucha), Vitalii Shchepanskyi (Rivne), Olena Kalantarova (Kyiv), Oleksandr Klykavka (Brovary), Yuriy Zavhorodniy (Kyiv). Transcript text (preliminary version) (Ukr).
       28th June 2022 (Tuesday), on-line in Zoom, 16:00–18:00
    Extended session CХXXVIII of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Actuality of intellectual legacy of Pavlo Ritter (1872–1939)». Commemoration of 150th birth anniversary. Participants: Mykyta Barkovsky, Yurii Zavhorodniy, Olena Ogneva, Andriy Skibitskyi, Anastasia Strelkova. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       18th of June 2022 (Saturday), on-line in Teams (and off-line in Riga), 10:00 – 16:00
    The International Conference "Freedom of Consciousness" for International Day of Yoga, by International Institute of Indic studies, U.L (University of Latvia). For more details (announcement and entrance form): Institute web-site or Facebook.
       31st May 2022 (Tuesday), on-line in Zoom, 16:00–18:00
    Session CХXXVII of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Discussion of the book: «Junsei Terasawa. The Life is an Eternal Journey. – Kyiv: Mahasangha, 2020. – 152 p.». The book was published on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the birth of the famous Buddhist teacher and 50th anniversary of his monastic practice. Participants: Anastasia Strelkova (Kyiv), Sergii Trylis (Irpin), Hennadii Khrystokin (Bucha), Vitalii Shchepanskyi (Rivne), Olena Kalantarova (Kyiv), Oleksandr Klykavka (Brovary), Yuriy Zavhorodniy (Kyiv). Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
    For more details about the books of Terasawa Junsei and Nipponzan Myōhōji Order click here (Ukr).
       26th April 2022 (Tuesday), on-line in Zoom, 18:00–20:00
    Session CХXXVI of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «The historicistic foundations of periodization of the history of Indian philosophy». Speaker: Hanna Gnatovska, PhD in Philosophy, associate professor at the History of Philosophy Department, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       22nd February 2022 (Tuesday), on-line in Zoom, 16:00–18:00
    Session CХXXV of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Discussion of proposals for the forthcoming research topic of the sector: «The idea of wisdom in the philosophical traditions of the East: contemplative and practical dimensions» (preliminary title). Participants: Oleg Yarosh, Anastasia Strelkova, Kateryna Malakhova, Oleksandr Kikhno, Sergii Kapranov, Yuriy Zavhorodniy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       25th January 2022 (Tuesday), on-line in Zoom, 18:00–20:00
    Session CХXXIV of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «The relevancy (actuality) of social and political ideas of svami Vivekananda today». Speaker: Mridula Ghosh, PhD, NaUKMA. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       30th November 2021 (Tuesday), on-line in Zoom, 16:00–18:00
    Session CХXXIII of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «The Concept of “Suffering” in Buddhism: Ontological Problematics (the Problem of the Body)». Speaker: Anastasia Strelkova, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       28th September 2021 (Tuesday), on-line in Zoom, 16:00–18:00
    Session CХXXII of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Yoga and Yogis in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa (Book One)». Speaker: Yuriy Zavhorodniy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       25th May 2021 (Tuesday), on-line in Zoom, 17:00–19:00
    Session CХXXI of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Philosophical Legacy of the Muslim South of Ukraine». Speaker: Mykhaylo Yakubovych, University of Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany). Respondent: Oleg Yarosh, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Announcement and links (Ukr).
       30th March 2021 (Tuesday), on-line in Zoom, 16:00–18:00
    Session CХXX of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Classical Indian Philosophy in Oxford series «A History of Philosophy Without any Gaps». Review of: Adamson, P., & Ganeri, J. (2020). Classical Indian Philosophy: A History of Philosophy Without any Gaps. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Volume 5». Speaker: Yuriy Zavhorodniy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Respondent: Oleksandr Kikhno, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Announcement and plan (Ukr).
       23rd February 2021 (Tuesday), on-line in Zoom, 16:00–18:00
    Session CХXIX of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «The Four Vaishnava Sampradayas and Specifics of the Gaudiya Vaishnava Philosophy. Is Bengali Vaishnavism the Fifth?». Speaker: Mykhaylo Sheludko, Bachelor of Theology, Licentiate of the Ukrainian Catholic University. In the 1991–1999 – member of the Vaishnava movements The International Society for Krishna Consciousness and Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. Presently – deacon of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Founder of the community for Christian-Vaishnava dialogue Satya Dharma Path. Respondent: Svami B.A. Dandi (Dmytro Ugai), Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Saint Petersburg. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       26th January 2021 (Tuesday), on-line in Zoom, 18:00–20:00
    Session CХXVIII of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Attitude toward Nature in Hinduism and the Ecological Situation of Modern India». Speaker: Yulia Fil, PhD in History, Junior Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific Department, A.Yu. Krymsky Institute of Oriental Studies of NASU. Research interests: colonial history of India, problems of modern religiosity of the Hindus and Indian nationalism. Respondent: Dmytro Bazyk, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Religious Studies, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       24th November 2020 (Tuesday), on-line in Zoom, 19:00–21:00
    Session CХXVII of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Reception of Siberian Shamanism in Ukrainian Intellectual Tradition». Speaker: Vitalii Shchepanskyi, PhD in Philosophy, independent researcher. Respondent: Oksana Smorzhevska, PhD in History, associate professor, associate professor at the Department of Modern History of Ukraine, Faculty of History, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       25th February 2020 (Tuesday)
    Session CХXVI of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Lao-zi Comes to the West: the First Acquaintance of Europe with “Dao de jing” (18th century)». Speaker: Sergii Kapranov, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific Department, A.Yu. Krymsky Institute of Oriental Studies of NASU. Respondent: Anastasia Strelkova, Doctor in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       28th January 2020 (Tuesday)
    Extended session CХXV of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: Report of the results of the official research theme of the Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU «“Orientalist Paradigm” in the Study of Intellectual Traditions of the East: 19th – 1st half of 20th century». Speakers: Yuriy Zavhorodniy, Sergii Kapranov, Oleksandr Kikhno, Kateryna Malakhova, Anastasia Strelkova, Oleg Yarosh. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       26th November 2019 (Tuesday)
    Session CХXIV of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Scientific Study of Influence of Reiki on the Human Brain». Speaker: Tetyana Duhelna, Master in Psychology, author of the system Spiritual Psychointegration and patented method «Lightbearing breathing», master-teacher of Usui Reiki Ryoho. Respondent: Iryna Valiavko, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow at H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU, psychologist, psychoanalyst, Reiki practitioner. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       24th September 2019 (Tuesday)
    Session CХXIII of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «“Universal Sufism” of Inayat Khan, Theosophy and Orientalism in Socio-Cultural Environment of “Silver Age” in Russia». Speaker: Oleg Yarosh, PhD in Philosophy, Head of the Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Respondent: Denys Bryliov (Kyiv), PhD in Philosophy, lecturer, National Pedagogical Dragomanov University. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       25th June 2019 (Tuesday)
    Session CХXII of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Yoga and Yogis in Bhagavata Purana». Speaker: Yuriy Zavhorodniy, Doctor in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Respondent: Vasyl Semenov, PhD in Physics and Mathematics, post-doctoral degree candidate, Institute of Cybernetics of NASU. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       28th May 2019 (Tuesday)
    Session CХXI of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Yoga Sūtra: Deconstruction of the Text». Speaker: Andriy Safronov, PhD in Physics and Mathematics, associate professor (at the Department of Socioeconomic Disciplines); psychologist (Medical Psychology); President of Ukrainian Federation of Yoga. Fields of research: yoga, esoteriology, psychopractices in mystical traditions, Sanskritology. Studied Sanskrit in Varanasi, Heidelberg and Leiden Universities. Respondent: Oleksandr Kikhno, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Announcement and abstract (fragments of original text included) (Ukr).
       23rd April 2019 (Tuesday)
    Extended session CХX of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Experience of Study of Jaina Yoga and Anekāntavāda in India». Speakers: Larysa Karachevtseva, PhD in Philosophy, Junior Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy of Culture, Ethics and Aesthetics, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU, Nataliya Pavlyk, PhD student at Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU, Head of The Oriental Studies Circle. Respondent: Yuriy Zavhorodniy, Doctor in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       26th March 2019 (Tuesday)
    Session CХIX of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Tibetan Buddhism and Science: Kalachakra Teaching». Speaker: Olena Kalantarova, Master in Applied Mathematics, PhD student at H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU, Dr.h.c. of Tibetan Studies at the European Academy of Tibetan Medicine and Yoga (EATMY, Latvia). Respondent: Anastasia Strelkova, Doctor in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       27th November 2018 (Tuesday)
    Session CХVIII of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Nameless Way: Ethnocultural Meditativity». Speaker: Yuriy Botvinkin, PhD in History, professor of Hindi Language at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, founder and participant of the ethno-trance band «Prelesta», author of poetry collections. Special guest: Anna Ponomarenko, indologist, professor of Hindi Language at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, soloist of the ethno-trance band «Prelesta». Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       25th September 2018 (Tuesday)
    Session CХVII of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Sufi Traditions in Pakistan». Speaker: Olena Bordilovska, Doctor in Political Science, associate professor at the Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Respondent: Oleg Yarosh, PhD in Philosophy, Head of the Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       26th June 2018 (Tuesday)
    Session CХVI of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Actuality of Madhyamaka Philosophy in 21th Century». Speaker: Khenpo Karma Gyurme, scholar, philosopher, specialist in traditional Buddhist sciences, senior monastic professor at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute, Kathmandu University Centre for Buddhist Studies, Nepal. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       12th June 2018 (Tuesday)
    Round Table «The Problem of Freedom in Eastern Philosophies: Theoretical and Existential Dimensions». Moderator: Oleg Yarosh. Participants: Yuriy Zavhorodniy, Sergii Kapranov, Oleksandr Kikhno, Kateryna Malakhova, Anastasia Strelkova. Announcement and summary (Ukr).
       29th May 2018 (Tuesday)
    This Tuesday we invite the participants of our seminar to the presentation of the book by the Ambassador of India to Ukraine H.E. Mr. Manoj Kumar Bharti «Understanding Indian Philosophy through Modern Science». Place of event: Media-center DP «GDIP» (Pyrohova Str., 6-А). Announcement and information (Ukr).
       24th April 2018 (Tuesday)
    Session CХIV of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Concept of “Bhakti” in Indian Religious and Philosophical Culture». Speaker: Bogdan Vynychenko, independent researcher. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       27th March 2018 (Tuesday)
    Session CХIII of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Philosophical Aspects of Evolution of Mathematical Thought in the Countries of Ancient East». Speaker: Yuriy Strelkov, independent researcher. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       27th February 2018 (Tuesday)
    Session CХII of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Reception of Chinese Philosophical Thought in the Works of Matgioi». Speaker: Sergii Kapranov, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow at A.Yu. Krymsky Institute of Oriental Studies of NASU, Research Fellow at H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
        10th February 2018 
    Sad news – 10.02 at 21.00 passed into eternity
    Myroslav Volodymyrovych Popovych,
    Director of H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU.

    Teacher, scientist, philosopher, simple, wise and kind man. Without him many good things wouldn't be possible. Let us remember also this fact: on the initiative of Myroslav Volodymyrovych, on May 15th 2006 was signed the order no.4(о) about creation in the H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU of the Sector of Eastern Philosophy and by this was started a new direction of research in Ukrainian science – studies of philosophical thought of the East.

    For information on the time and place of farewell ceremony visit the Institute of Philosophy site and the Institute's Facebook page.
       30th January 2018 (Tuesday)
    Session CХI of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Doctor Freud in Hasidic World: Menahem Nahum Friedman from Itscan and his treatise "Dream and its Interpretation"». Speaker: Kateryna Malakhova, PhD in Philosophy, researcher of history of Hasidism and Rabbinic thought of Modernity, Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       28th November 2017 (Tuesday)
    Session CХ of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Hindu Approaches to Perception of Rigveda». Speaker: Kateryna Dovbnya, PhD in pedagogical sciences, associate professor at the Department of Near and Middle East, Institute of Philology of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       31st October 2017 (Tuesday)
    Session CIХ of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Levels of Yoga Practice in the System of Nine Vehicles of Nyingma School». Speaker: Lama Pema Dudul (Segiy Dudko), Buddhist teacher (lama) of the Kathok Order of Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism (lives in Kathmandu, Nepal); accomplished PhD studies at the Department of Ancient Orient of the Institute of Oriental Studies of RAS (Moscow). Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       26th September 2017 (Tuesday)
    Session CVIII of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Ukrainian Reception and Introduction of the Principles of Indian Philosophy on the example of L. Tolstoy — Descendant of Hetman Ivan Skoropadsky». Speaker: Dmytro Burba, author, translator. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       27th June 2017 (Tuesday)
    Session CVII of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Religious and Philosophical Basis of Meera Bai's (1498–1546?) Poems». Speaker: Kateryna Dovbnya, PhD in pedagogical sciences, associate professor, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, in 2012 received the government award of the Republic of India for invaluable contribution in development and spread of Hindi in the world, expert in Hindi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Marathi. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       30th May 2017 (Tuesday)
    Session CVI of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Book of Changes” as Possible Factor for Arrangement of Social Space in Ukraine». Speaker: Roman Moskal, lawyer, independent researcher of Chinese culture and tradition of Chinese Yi Jing studies, author of the book: «Yi Jing. To Think Correctly in order to Foreknow: Introduction to Yi Jing Studies». – Kharkiv: Akta, 2016. – 280 p. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       25th April 2017 (Tuesday)
    Session CV of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Philosophical Polemics in Tibetan Buddhist Schools: Main Questions and Answers». Speaker: Lama Pema Dudul (Segiy Dudko), Buddhist teacher (lama) of the Kathok Order of Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism (lives in Kathmandu, Nepal). Accomplished PhD studies at the Department of Ancient Orient of the Institute of Oriental Studies of RAS (Moscow). Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       28th March 2017 (Tuesday)
    Session CIV of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Reiki – Spiritual Tradition or Secret Society?». Speaker: Iryna Valiavko, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow at H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU, Research Fellow at UVAN in USA, Reiki practitioner-healer of 2nd degree. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       28th February 2017 (Tuesday)
    Extended session CIII of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «East of Nietzsche. Nietzsche in the East». Speakers: Larysa Garmash, Yuriy Zavhorodniy, Sergii Kapranov, Taras Lyuty, Anastasia Strelkova. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       31st January 2016 (Tuesday)
    Session CII of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Spiritual Practice of Buddhism as Modification of Primarily Obvious Experience of Life: Concerning the Phenomenology of Buddhist Experience». Speaker: Karpitsky Nikolai, Doctor in Philosophy, professor at the Department of History of Philosophy Subjects, Lugansk National Agrarian University. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       20th December 2016 (Tuesday)
    Session CI of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Adventures of Newton-philosopher in Jewish Thought of XVIII – beginning of XIX century». Speaker: Kateryna Malakhova, PhD in Philosophy, Junior Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU, coordinator of the Association for Creative Academic Jewish Studies "Sambation" in Ukraine. Announcement and illustrated abstract (Ukr).
       29th November 2016 (Tuesday)
    Session C of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Multifaceted Deliverance (√मुच्). Case of “Mānava-dharma-śāstra (मानव धर्म-शास्त्र)” (continued)». Speaker: Yuriy Zavhorodniy, Doctor in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       25th October 2016 (Tuesday)
    Session XCІХ of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Mishima Yukio and Yangming Philosophy in Japan». Speaker: Sergii Kapranov, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, A.Yu. Krymsky Institute of Oriental Studies of NASU. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       27th September 2016 (Tuesday)
    Session XCVIII of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «The Image of Saint Siddhas in the Literature and Art of Vajrayana Buddhism in Connection with the Attribution of the 18th Century Thangka from the Collection of The Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko Museum of Arts». Speaker: Yevgen Osaulenko, Principal Research Fellow, The Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko Museum of Arts. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       21st June 2016 (Tuesday)
    Session XCVII of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Metaphysical Realism of Yu. V. Mamleev as a Western Interpretation of the Vedanta Philosophy». Speaker: Oleksandr Artamonov, editor-in-chief of the magazine "Apocrypha" (Ukrainian agency), philosopher-traditionalist, translator (Lviv). Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       31st May 2016 (Tuesday)
    Session XCVI of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «The Problem of Detection of Anthropological Invariants in Mystic and Religious Systems». Speaker: Yaroslav Lyubyvyy, Doctor in Philosophy, Principal Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Announcement and paper (Ukr).
       26th April 2016 (Tuesday)
    Session XCV of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Consciousness Nature and the Process of Perception in the Worldview of Buddhist Tantra (on the example of the division of highest tantras)». Speaker: Oleksandr Gomonov, scientific consultant at the Shang Shung Institute (Russian branch), researcher of traditional culture (Saint Petersburg). Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       29th March 2016 (Tuesday)
    Session XCIV of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Reception of the Chinese Philosophy in the works of H. Hesse (on the example of analysis of the story “Klingsor's Last Summer”)». Speaker: Oleksandra Bibik, Master in Religious Studies (Kyiv). Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       23th February 2016 (Tuesday)
    Session XCIII of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Teaching of the Buddha about Unity». Speaker: Sergiy Filonenko, Buddhist monk, Monk Order Nipponzan Myōhōji (Cherkasy). Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       26th January 2016 (Tuesday)
    Session XCII of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Dhammapada». Discussion. Announcement (Ukr).
       22th December 2015 (Tuesday)
    Session XCI of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Evolution of the Daśa-Mūla (Ten Main Statements of Sri Chaitanya Teaching) Idea in the Works of Bhaktivinoda Thakur (1838–1914)». Speaker: Kostiantyn Perun (Brijabasi Das), researcher of Bengali Vaishnavism, graduate of the VIHE (Vrindavan Іnstutute for Higher Education), senior lecturer at the Kiev Theological Academy of the ISKCON, member of SAC (Sastric Advisory Committee), translator from Bengali and Sanskrit. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       24th November 2015 (Tuesday)
    Session XC of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Anthropogenesis in Mithology of Shinto». Speaker: Sergii Kapranov, PhD in Philosophy, Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       3rd November 2015 (Tuesday)
    Session LXXXIX of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers. Subject: «Ideas of Emptiness and Purity in Western and Eastern Philosophy». Speakers: Anna Ilyina, PhD in History of Arts, Junior Research Fellow, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy of the H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU, Anastasia Strelkova, PhD in Philosophy, Research Fellow, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy of the H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Announcement and abstract (Ukr).
       7–8th October 2015
    Round table «Buddhism in Ukraine and in the West». Information, Program (Ukr).
       29th September 2015 (Tuesday)
    Session LXXXVIII of the Seminar of Eastern Philosophies Researchers.
    1. Report: «Traditionalistic Orientation of Vaishnava Neo-Vedantism (on the example of ISKCON)». Speaker: Ruslan Halikov, PhD in Philosophy, Religious Studies Researcher.
    2. News of the Scientific Life.    Announcement and abstract (Ukr).