Anton Drobovych (Ukrainian: Антон Дробович; born 28 March 1986) is a Ukrainian philosopher and academic, expert in the field of communications, education and culture, who is the fourth and current head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory.
Anton Eduardovych Drobovych | |
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 Drobovych in 2022 | |
| Head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance | |
| Assumed office 4 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Volodymyr Viatrovych |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 28, 1986 Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Alma mater | National Pedagogical Drahomanov University |
| Occupation | Philosopher |
Biography edit
Anton Dobrovych was born in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, in 1986. During his master's studies at the Institute of Philosophical Education and Science of the National Pedagogical Drahomanov University, he was recognized as the "Best Student of 2010".[1]
He obtained a master's degree in philosophy from the university in 2010, and also became a candidate in political sciences in 2014, and then obtained another master's degree in law in 2018. He is also a graduate of the "Values and Society" program of the Aspen Institute in Kyiv, where he regularly moderated philosophical seminars.[2] Dobrovych is also a laureate of the IV Stedley Art Foundation art competition, a member of the Board of the Youth Association of Religious Studies, a former head of educational programs of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center and a member of the Institute of Socio-Economic Research. He became an associate professor at the Drahomanov University, and authored a series of lectures on mythology in art, as well as more than 50 scientific publications in the field of philosophy, cultural studies, and anthropology.[citation needed]
Dobrovych has worked in state institutions of culture and education, including in the position of advisor to the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine, and as head of the planning and development strategy service of the Mystetskyi Arsenal National Art and Culture Museum Complex.[3] He has the third rank of civil servant.[4]
He is a representative of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in the Board of Trustees of the Foundation "Memory, Responsibility and Future" of the Federal Republic of Germany.[5]
Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Drobovych joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and became a serviceman of the 112th separate brigade of Kyiv's ground defence.[6]
In the Institute of National Memory edit
After the dismissal of Volodymyr Viatrovych from the position of the head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, a competition for this position was announced. In November 2019, 17 applicants remained, and according to the results of the interview at the National Agency for Civil Service, there were two, including Drobovych. After an interview at the Cabinet of Ministers, on 4 December 2019, he was appointed as head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory.[7][8][9] The order of the Cabinet of Ministers was issued on 11 December 2019.[10]
Before his appointment, Drobovych expressed his intention to make the policy of the Institute "more balanced and liberal" and to increase the level of "inclusiveness of official memory - to make more efforts to preserve the memory of the common history of Ukrainians and Ukrainian Poles, Jews, Armenians, Tatars, Greeks, Bulgarians and others".[11][12] Dobrovych's appointment marks a return to form for the institute, which suffered a tarnished reputation as a result of Dobrovych's two controversial predecessors, Valeriy Soldatenko and Volodymyr Viatrovych. Drobovych has espoused "creative decommunisation", involving creating new research centres to reinterpret and preserve Ukraine's Soviet heritage without eradicating it completely.[13]
During the initial period of the tenure, he restored working communication with the Polish Institute of National Remembrance, advocated the preservation of Ukrainian burials in Poland and the observance of bilateral agreements, in particular, regarding the preservation of the graves of Ukrainian rebels on Mount Monastyr.[14] At the same time, the Institute launched a number of digital initiatives, including the Virtual Museum of Ukrainian Emigration,[15] the digital Archive of Oral History[16] and the Virtual Museum of Russian Aggression. The latter received an award from human rights activists as "the best initiative in the field of historical memory in relation to the Russian armed aggression".[17]
Personal life edit
Drobovych lives in Kyiv and is married. He is a fan of poetry, and translated the ballad "The Rains of Castamere" from the TV series Game of Thrones into Ukrainian. Besides his native Ukrainian, he is fluent in Russian, English at the intermediate level, and Spanish at the pre-intermediate level.[18]
References edit
- ^ "НАЙКРАЩІ В НПУ - 2009/2010". Національний педагогічний університет імені М.П. Драгоманова. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Антон Дробович Експерт з питань освіти і культури". Інститут суспільно-економічних досліджень. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "В'ятровичу не подобається: Хто такий Антон Дробович, новий директор Інституту національної пам'яті". Depo.ua. 4 December 2019. Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Про присвоєння Дробовичу А. Е. третього рангу державного службовця". Кабінет Міністрів України. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Про призначення представника та заступника представника Кабінету Міністрів України в Опікунській раді фонду "Пам'ять, відповідальність і майбутнє" Федеративної Республіки Німеччина". Кабінет Міністрів України. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Голова Інституту нацпам'яті Антон Дробович: Ми не маємо займатися душевною терапією росіян. Досить, наїлися вже". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "Кандидати на голову УІНП: Відомий повний список". Історична правда. 7 November 2019. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Конкурс на голову УІНП: Лишилося двоє". Історична правда. 15 November 2019. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Кабмін призначив директора Інституту національної пам'яті". Дзеркало тижня. 4 December 2019. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Про призначення Дробовича А. Е. Головою Українського інституту національної пам'яті". Кабінет Міністрів України. 11 December 2019. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ "Хто такий Антон Дробович, новий голова Інституту національної пам'яті?". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Що чекає УІНП? Бліц із кандидатами на посаду голови. ЕКСКЛЮЗИВ". Історична правда. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Meet the man in charge of Ukraine's national memory | Opendemocracy".
- ^ "Голова Українського інституту нацпам'яті Дробович про результати візиту до Польщі: ми наполягаємо на дотриманні угод". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "Інститут нацпам'яті створив ресурс про місця поховань українських емігрантів". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "УІНП запустив новий онлайн-ресурс "Архів усної історії". ВІДЕО". Історична правда. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "Віртуальний музей російської агресії назвали найкращою ініціативою у сфері історичної пам'яті". localhistory.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "Володіє російською: Кабмін призначив наступника В'ятровича в Інституті нацпам'яті – Depo.ua". www.depo.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.