Bohdan Shumylovych

Art historian

Bohdan Shumylovych holds a diploma in art history from the Lviv Academy of Arts (Ukraine, 1993–1999) and earned a master’s degree in modern history from the Central European University in Budapest (Hungary, 2004–2005). As a Fulbright fellow (JFDP program), he worked with the archive of the Faculty of Visual Arts at George Washington University (Washington, USA), and, during his MA studies, was also involved part-time with the Open Society Archives in Budapest. Using his experience of working with archives and his competencies as a historian and art historian, Bohdan formed the first archival projects of the Center for Urban History. An important contribution to the Center's archival practices was the formation of a film and television collection, which was later united into the Urban Media Archive. In 2020, Bohdan completed his PhD at the European University Institute in Florence, and he currently serves as an associate professor in the Department of Cultural Studies at the Ukrainian Catholic University.