UKRAINIAN STUDIES IN SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The article illustrates the process of formation and the current state of the specialty of Ukrainian language and literature in Shanghai International Studies University (SISU). Founded in 2007, it is one of the first Ukrainian studies in the People’s Republic of China and nowadays has significant educational achievements and an interesting history of China-Ukrainian educational and cultural relations. The Ukrainian studies in SISU develop in the context of general progress of the university and organization of foreign language teaching: from the Shanghai School of Russian (1949) to the modern multidisciplinary university of foreign languages with high international level. Now, SISU, teaching 46 foreign languages, is one of China’s leading universitiesand demonstrates a high level of international cooperation. Ukrainian studies have an interesting academic history among the specialties of SISU. The author widely covered the institutional history of the specialty: the establishment of educational program of Ukrainian studies at the Faculty of Russian Language and Literature (2007) and its gradual development into a selfsufficient specialty (2015). Among the important moments in the history of Ukrainian studies at SISU is the foundation of Ukrainian Research Center (2015) as an important center of regional and national studies. The author showed in detail the content and structure of the curriculum of the specialty Ukrainian language and literature, presented the scientific and methodological achievements of teachers of Ukrainian studies, and displayed a wide range of educational, cultural and artistic activities in Ukrainian studies. The integral element of successful teaching of the Ukrainian language in a non-native environment was separately illustrated, such as cooperation of teachers and students with Ukrainian universities, national and social organizations both in China and in Ukraine (in particular with Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Consulate-General of Ukraine in Shanghai, the Association of Ukrainians in Shanghai, etc.). Key words: Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), Ukrainian studies, specialty of Ukrainian language and literature, Ukrainian Research Center, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv