On Thursday, February 19, 2026, at 10:10 a.m., in Room 201 of the main building of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, an open lecture will be delivered by Associate Professor of the Department of Theory and History of Political Science, Mykhailo Vasyliovych Kovalchuk, on the topic: “Political and Legal Thought of the Renaissance and the Reformation. N. Machiavelli’s The Prince”. The lecture is part of the course “History of Political Thought (Part II)” for first-year students majoring in Political...

On Monday, February 16, 2026, at 3:05 p.m., an open lecture by Associate Professor Viktoriia Viktorivna Bun, Department of Theory and History of Political Science, will take place in Room 205 of the main building of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. The lecture, titled “Theories of Ethnicity. Benedict Anderson’s Interpretation of the Nation as an Imagined Community,” will be delivered as part of the course “Ethnopolitology” for third-year students majoring in Political Science.
Everyone interested is welcome to attend the...

THE FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY INVITES you to the presentation of the book by Czech historian Petr Blazek, «Living Torches in the Soviet Bloc: Politically Motivated Self-Immolations in 1966–1989». The book was published in Ukrainian in 2025, translated by Radomyr Mokryk, Associate Professor of the Department of Theory and History of Culture.

The meeting will take place on Tuesday, February 10 at 3:00 p.m. in room 301 (main building of the I. Franko Lviv National University).

This book explores the most radical form...

On January 20, 2026, on the day marking the 365th anniversary of the
founding of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, a solemn ceremony was held
to award diplomas to graduates of the Master`s program of the Faculty of
Philosophy.
At the beginning of the ceremony, participants thanked the defenders of Ukraine
for their resilience and selfless struggle for the freedom and independence of
Ukraine, expressing special gratitude to representatives of the faculty`s academic
community, including teachers, graduate students, and...

Dear Master students!
Dear colleagues, friends and parents!
A special moment has come — years of hard work, intellectual pursuits and philosophical discussions are embodied in the long-awaited master’s degree in Philosophy, Cultural Studies, Political Science and Psychology.
We invite you to share the joy of this event with the community of the Faculty of Philosophy!
When and where?

Date: 20 January (Tuesday)
Time: 14:00
Location: University Assembly Hall (main building, 1 Universytetska Street).

We invite everyone to congratulate our Master students!