Defense Academic Council Д 26.178.01 that works in Shevchenko Institute of Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine according to the resolution of the Supreme Certification Commission of Ukraine has a right to consider and to conduct defenses of dissertation for Doctor of Philology or Candidate of Philology degrees in such specialties:
- 10.01.01 – Ukrainian Literature;
- 10.01.04 – World Literature;
- 10.01.05 – Comparative Literature;
- 10.01.06 – Theory of Literature.
Chairman of the Defense Academic Council Д 26.178.01 – Mykola G. Zhulynsky, Doctor of Philology, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Director of Shevchenko Institute of Literature. Specialty – 10.01.06, 10.01.01.
Deputy Chairman of the Defense Academic Council Д 26.178.01 -Dmytro S. Nalyvayko, Doctor of Philology, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, leading scientific associate of Shevchenko Institute of Literature. Specialty – 10.01.05, 10.01.04.
Executive Secretary of the Defense Academic Council Д 26.178.01 – Gennady M. Noga, Candidate of Philology, Scientific Secretary of Shevchenko Institute of Literature. Specialty – 10.01.01.
Term of office of the Defense Academic Council Д 26.178.01 – from 7/2/2008 till 7/2/2011.

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