The department was formed in 1995, then it was called "The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences". At its foundations were such scholars as: d.filos. sciences, Prof. Pazenok Viktor, d.filos. science , Prof. Rudich Felix, d.h.s, prof. Soldatenko Valery, d.filos. s., Prof. Yarotsky Peter d.filos.s., Prof. Antonenko, Vladimir , d.filos.s., Prof. Levickaya Alexandra, d.filos.s. , Prof. Semashko, Alexander, d.filos.s. , Prof. Liakh Vitaly. 

Head of Department - Doctor of philosophical sciences , Prof. Bazaluk Oleg.

Trainer chair - Panchenko Svetlana.  

Established teachers:

• Doctor of Philosophy, Professor Pazenok V.S.
• Doctor of Philosophy, Professor Bazaluk O.O.
• Candidate of Social Sciences, Assoc. Professor Gorsky S.V.
• Candidate of Philosophy, Assoc. Professor Maslov V.V.
• Candidate of Historical Sciences, Assoc. Professor Volynets V.V.
• Candidate of Historical Sciences, Assoc. Professor Kruchek A.A.
• Candidate of Philosophy, Assoc. Professor Sviridenko D.B.
• Candidate of Historical Sciences, senior lecturer Sobolev V.V.
• Lecturer Panchenko S.A.

Combine: 

• Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Bevz T.A.
• Doctor of Philosophy, Professor Lyubuviy Y.V.
• Doctor of Philosophy, Professor Lyakh V.V.
• Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Nikolaenko I.I.
• Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Lyubovets O.M.
• Candidate of Philosophy, Assoc. Professor Andreyev D.V.

Disciplines taught in the department:

• Current Problems of Modern Social Science - Professor Lyakh V.V.
• Ethics and aesthetics in the work of a lawyer - Prof. Lyubuviy Y.B, Assoc. Professor Maslov V.V.
• Ethics and aesthetics - Assoc. Professor Maslov V.V., Solyanik S.F.
• Business etiquette and protocol - Assoc. Professor Gorski S.V.
• History of Ukraine - Prof. Nikolaenko I.I., Prof. Lyubovets O.M., Prof. Mukovskyy I.T., Assoc. Professor Kruchek O.A., Assoc. Professor Andreev D.B., lecturer Panchenko S.A.
• History of Ukrainian Culture - Assoc. Professor Maslov V.V., lecturer Sobolev V.V., Assoc. Professor Andreev D.V., lecturer Panchenko S.A.
• The national consciousness as a universal value - lecturer Sobolev V.V.
• Conflict Management - Assoc. Professor Gorski S.V.
• Logic - Prof. Lyubuviy Y.V.
• Political Science - Prof. Bazaluk O.O., Prof. Bevz T.A.
• Political and religious culture - Prof. Bazaluk O.O., Assoc. Professor Volynets V.V.
• Religion - Prof. Lyubuviy Y.V., Assoc. Professor Sviridenko D.B., Assoc. Professor Andreev D.V.
• Sociology - Assoc. Professor Gorski S.V.
• Sociology of Tourism - Assoc. Professor Gorski S.V.
• Sociology of law - Assoc. Professor Gorski S.V.
• Philosophy - Professor Pazenok V.S., Prof. Bazaluk O.O., Assoc. Professor Maslov V.V., Professor Lyubuviy Y.V., Assoc. Professor Sviridenko D.B.
• Philosophy of Law - Prof. Pazenok V.S.
• Philosophy of Tourism - Prof. Pazenok V.S.

Research chair`s topic: «Tourism as a phenomenon of social culture».

Plan of events Chair of Philosophy and Social Sciences in the first half of 2011/2012 academic year

• Publication of Scientific notes of KUTEL (Issue 10): Series - Philosophical Sciences (responsible for the issue Pazenok V.S., Bazaluk O.O.) (September 2011).
• Conducting a University round table "Tourism as a phenomenon of social culture" (October 2011).
• Conducting a University Round Table "Modern higher education in Ukraine" (November 2011).
• Conducting a University round table "Art and architecture of Turkey and their use in tourism: Current Status and Prospects" (December 2011).
• Publication of Scientific notes of KUTEL (Issue 11): Series - Philosophical Sciences (responsible for the issue Pazenok V.S., Bazaluk O.O.) (November-December 2011).

Outstanding individuals - members of the department:

Pazenok Victor  - corresponding member of NASU (1988), d. filos. sciences, professor. Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine.

1934 birth. He graduated from the philosophical department of the Kiev Taras Shevchenko University, postgraduate and doctoral Academy of Social Sciences. Senior Fellow, Institute of Philosophy G.S.Skovoroda.

Pazenok V. - Recognized in Ukraine and abroad, an authoritative scholar in the history of philosophy, in particular, foreign, social philosophy and ethics. He owns the fundamental development of topical problems of methodology of philosophical studies, philosophy, culture and politics. He is a leading specialist in the theory of philosophical Humanities. He has a scientific priority in the creation of the original direction of modern social science - Ethnic Ethics, it was initiated by the International Conference "Culture and Ethnic Ethics. Important for the development of philosophy of science have his work on the formation of the modern world, democratic values, moral relations in transitional societies, social and moral foundations of the state. He has written over 200 scientific papers (8 individual and 12 collective monographs: "The sociological and ethical relativism" - K., Naukova Dumka, 1986, "Society on the threshold of XXI-st century. A philosophical interpretation of the fluid of the world" - K., Ukrainian Center for Spiritual Culture, 1999), including those published abroad (the Netherlands, Russia, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania).

Actively involved in the development of state programs of humanitarian and socio-political development of Ukraine, in particular the concept of the humanitarian sphere in Ukraine.

Conducts extensive educational and scientific and educational activities. He is a member of the Academic Scientific Council for the Coordination of Legal Studies, member of the Ukrainian Philosophical Society and the Ukrainian Association of Political Scientists, President of the Ukrainian Humanist and Ethical Association, a board member of International Association of Ethos and Company's "knowledge" of Ukraine, member of the editorial boards of the journals "Philosophical Thought", " Politics and Time.

He prepared 5 doctors and 15 candidates of science.

Vitaly Liakh

Born January 1, 1942 in the village Terni Krasnolimanskaya district, Donetsk region (Ukraine).

In 1969 graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of the Kiev National University Shevchenko in "Philosophy".

Since 1969 he works at the Institute of Philosophy GSScovoroda HAH Ukraine: PhD (1969-1972), Associate Research Fellow (1972-1979), senior researcher of modern philosophy (1979-1989), head of the Anglo- American Philosophy (1989 - 1996), head of foreign philosophy of history (since 1996).

Since 1999 he is Professor of Philosophy of Social Sciences Kyiv University of Tourism, Economics and Law.

Research current issues related to the history of foreign philosophy, in particular, problems of social development (the theory of postindustrial, information society), changes in cultural orientations, freedom and humanism in existential philosophy, identity in the era of globalization, mobility in the interpretation neofroydyzmu ratio irratsionalizmu and rationalism, finding new types of rationality and so on.

Author of over 150 scientific papers.

He prepared five doctors, 12 candidates.

Main published works:

1. Vitaly Liakh Svoboda: current dimensions and alternatives. -K: Ukr. Center of Spiritual Culture, 2004. - 486 pp. (Co)
2. Vitaly Liakh Community on the threshold of XXI century. - K: Ukr. Center of Spiritual Culture, 1999 - - 272 pp. (Co)
3. Vitaly Liakh Humanism: modern interpretations and perspectives. - K: Ukr. Center of Spiritual Culture, 2001. - 380 pp. (Co)
4. Vitaly Liakh Phenomenology human existence: contemporary Western European philosophical reflection. - K: Ukr. Center of Spiritual Culture, 1999 - 278 pp. (Co)
5. Vitaly Liakh Ideological and methodological innovations in Western European philosophy. - K: Ukr. Center of Spiritual Culture, 2001. - 296 pp. (Co).