Zlata-Yaryna

Curriculum Vitae
Matsko Zlata-Yaryna
DATE OF BIRTH Current Mailing Address & Telephone
August 3, 2006 Home: 2a Kozelnytska str., Lviv, 79000,
Ukraine
Tel: [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)
Email: [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)

Research Interests
Oral history • memory studies • museum studies • modern Ukrainian history • nationality studies
• identity transformation and cultural memory in post-Soviet Ukraine

Education
2023 – up to now — Bachelor of History, Faculty of Humanities, Ukrainian Catholic University
(Lviv, Ukraine). Expected graduation: 2027.

● Relevant coursework: Oral History: Current Research Areas; Russia as Empire: From
Peter I to Putin; Religion and Modern Geopolitics.
● Honors and Scholarships: Recipient of the "Sur-Place" Scholarship from the Konrad
Adenauer Foundation for academic excellence and civic engagement.

Additional Training & Academic Fellowships
January – May 2026 — Erasmus+ Exchange Study Abroad Program, Institut Catholique de
Vendée (ICES), La Roche-sur-Yon, France.
● Relevant coursework: History of the United Kingdom; American Civilisation.

March 2025 – June 2026 — Online Non-Degree Fellow, Invisible University for Ukraine
(IUFU), Central European University (Budapest, Hungary).
● Completed courses: "Semi-Periphery and Borderlands in European Integration"; "Civil
Society and State in Times of War"; "Intellectual Debates in Modern Ukrainian History”.
● Summer Schools: Participated in the IUFU Summer School "Rethinking Soviet for
Ukraine" at Central European University (Budapest).
● Research Project: Conducted independent research “Identity Claims in the Activities of
the Kharkiv Literature Museum (1989-1992)”, analyzing national identity markers through
archival materials and qualitative interviews.

July 2025 — Peace Walk Program Fellow, Yale International Leadership Center (United
Kingdom).
● Selected as 1 of 10 global fellows focused on post-war recovery, community leadership,
peacebuilding, and resilience for youth affected by war.

Volunteering & Leadership Experience
2020 – up to now — Scout Leader, PLAST – National Scout Organization of Ukraine (Kharkiv
/ Stryi, Ukraine).
● Leading weekly scouting activities for youth groups (ages 6–11), organizing educational
quests, and managing logistics and equipment for regional camps.

March – May 2025 — Volunteer History Teacher, StudMentor (Teach for Ukraine) – Online.
● Delivered bi-weekly history lessons to 6th-grade students from frontline territories to
mitigate educational losses caused by the ongoing war.

August 2024 — Volunteer, Building Ukraine Together (BUR), Sumy Region, Ukraine.
● Contributed to the physical reconstruction and renovation of a kindergarten damaged by
war activities in the Lypova Dolyna region.

July 2024 — Volunteer Staff, Atlas United Music Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine.
● Managed merchandise sales and security for the volunteer zone at a charity event that
raised 100 million UAH for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

June 2023 — Voluntary Research Assistant, Center for Urban History of East-Central
Europe, Lviv, Ukraine.
● Digitized Soviet-era photographic collections and provided support for the international
symposium "The Most Documented War".

Languages
Mother tongues
● Ukrainian

Other languages
● English (C1 — proficient user)
● French (B1 — independent user)

Hobby & Personal Interests
Competitive hiking and orienteering (1-3 day backcountry races using topographic maps and

compass).