On October 18, 2023, a commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of Taras Shevchenko Scientific Society will be held in the Assembly Hall of the main building of Lviv Polytechnic National University.
The program of the event features:
- the opening of the exhibition of scientific work of Yulian Medvetskyi, Rector of Lviv Polytechnic in 1879–1880, 1884–1885, 1887–1888, scientist, geologist, active member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society;
- presentation of the video film «Yulian Medvetskyi: rector, scientist, public figure, active member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society»;
- round table with reports on the following topics:
- «Ukrainian educational and cultural life in Lviv on the eve of the opening of Taras Shevchenko Literary Society in 1873» (Ivan Khoma);
- «Kyrylo Studynskyi and his activities at the Shevchenko Scientific Society» (Olena Hanusyn);
- «Creation of the Natural History Museum of the Shevchenko Scientific Society and the collection of Yulian Medvetskyi» (Vasyl Banakh);
- «Oleksandr Barvinskyi and Shevchenko Scientific Society: between science and politics» (Roman Lekhniuk).
Beginning at 14:00.