The academic platform for the history of agricultural education, science, and technology (2002–2025): From the concept of its creation to the academic tradition of personalized forums
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This article presents a historical and scientific analysis of the formation and development of the research platform «History of Education, Science, and Technology in Ukraine» during the period 2002–2025. Its development reflects the process of institutionalizing historical and scientific research and the evolution of contemporary forms of academic communication in Ukraine. The aim of the study is to reconstruct and summarize the evolution of this scientific platform–from the concept of its creation at the beginning of the 21st century to the establishment of a stable academic tradition of holding thematic and personalized scientific forums. The methodological foundation is an interdisciplinary approach that combines historical-scientific analysis with content analysis of sources and conference materials. Systemic and structural-functional approaches made it possible to view the platform as a holistic scientific and communicative environment. It has been shown that the launch of the scientific platform, founded by the National Scientific Agricultural Library of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences and established by V. Vergunov, has become a key factor in the creation of a regular academic forum for discussing issues in the history of education, science, and technology. The main stages of its development, the transformation of its organizational forms of activity, and the expansion of the range of research topics are traced. Particular attention is paid to the establishment and development of the tradition of personalized scientific forums dedicated to prominent figures in Ukrainian science, education, and technology. It is argued that this model of organizing scientific events contributes to the deepening of historical-scientific research through the prism of scientific biographies, intellectual networks, and scientific schools. In this context, examples of forums dedicated to outstanding scientists, in particular O. Sozinov, are examined, demonstrating the growing significance of the personalistic approach in contemporary historical-scientific studies. The article examines the platform’s operation amid the pandemic and military challenges, which necessitated a transformation of the forum’s format to align with new social realities while simultaneously demonstrating its viability, adaptability, and crucial role in maintaining the continuity of scientific communication. It has been established that over the course of more than two decades, the platform has taken on the characteristics of a stable institutional form of scientific communication, combining conference practices, scientific publishing activities, and interdisciplinary research initiatives.
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