Andrii Petrash

Andrii Petrash

National Reserve "Davnii Halych"


  • Research topic:
    "Galicia Occulta": Esoteric Ideas in the Galician Cultural Environment (1772-1939)
    Period:
    September – October 2024
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PhD (history and archeology). He received his doctorate at the Department of World History, Faculty of History, Political Science and International Relations at Vasyl Stefanyk National University. He was a scholarship holder of the "Programu Rządu RP dla Młodych Naukowców" and did a research internship at the Jagiellonian University (2020-2021). He researched the activities of the Society of Jesus in the Lviv Archdiocese in 1852-1914. He works as a leading researcher at the research department at the Davnii Halych National Reserve. He is a leading specialist at the Center for Medieval Studies at Vasyl Stefanyk National University of Lviv.

Andriy's research interests center on the history of ideas. He is interested in the genesis, development, interconnection of various paradigms, the causes, and consequences of their emergence, and their impact on human thinking. His personal interests include European philosophy, spirituality, and culture.

The scholar will work at the Center for Urban History on the study of esoteric ideas in Galicia, focusing on sources, documents, and local societies, as well as on analyzing the prospects for further study of occult movements in the region. The result of his work will be a series of scholarly publications that will cover this little-known topic in the context of the history of ideas.