Pavlo Shydlovskyi

I, Pavlo Shydlovskyi, born in 1974, am a graduate of the Historical Faculty of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, specializing in History and Archaeology (1997). I have worked at the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Kyiv Regional Center for the Preservation of Monuments of History, Archaeology, and Art, and the Scientific Research Institute of Monument Protection Studies under the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine. Since 2002, I have been teaching courses in prehistoric archaeology and the preservation of archaeological heritage at the Department of Archaeology and Museology of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. In 2008, I defended my dissertation titled "Cultural Adaptation of Early Hunters in Eastern Europe (18-10 thousand years ago)" to obtain the academic degree of Candidate of Historical Sciences in the specialty of World History. In 2014, I was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor. I lead the expedition of the Department, focusing on the study of prehistoric sites in the Middle Dnieper region. I am the founder of the NGO Center for Paleoethnological Research and the scientific editor of VITA ANTIQUA publishing. Since the beginning of the large-scale aggression by the Russian Federation in February 2022, I participated in the Territorial Defense Service of Kaniv District (March-May 2022) and became an employee of the Ukrainian State Institute for Cultural Heritage, concurrently, to implement the monitoring of archaeological sites during the war in Ukraine. Since January 2024, I have been elected as the Head of the Department of Archaeology and Museum Studies at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv through a competitive selection process.