The head of the Center is Bohdan Kindratiuk, Doctor of Arts, Professor.
The main goal of the Center research bell ringing is to conduct research and development activities in the field of bells and everything related to them, primarily in the Western region of Ukraine.
Main tasks:
- Organization and coordination of bell studies (campaignology) by scholars of various specialties whose interests are focused on the study of church and secular bells and chimes, including the creation of a source base for their history and distribution throughout the millennia of Christian culture in Ukraine, the place of bell ringing in church rites and folk culture, its reflection in prose, poetry, visual arts, music, etc., ways to involve children and youth in the perception of bell music in classrooms, extracurricular and extracurricular activities.
- The creation of a scientific source base (source studies) involves the search, systematization, study, and introduction of archaeological, written, iconographic, and folklore sources as the basis for historical and practical research, and the establishment of the peculiarities of Ukrainian bell ringing.
- The ergological direction involves: a) studying the history of bell production in Western Ukraine, in particular, as the most characteristic and responsible type of casting; b) chemical and analytical research on certain chronological periods and establishing local phenomena regarding the level of physical and chemical knowledge of craftsmen, their skills in handling metals and alloys; c) researching the peculiarities of various forms of bells, materials, their influence on sound, etc.
- The direction of studying the statutory basis for the use of bells, their canon in worship;
- Musicology direction;
- Instrumental studies;
- The direction of studying bell towers as plein air musical structures;
- The area of research on the art of playing bell ringers and their training;
- Visual and artistic direction;
- Cultural Studies;
- Literary and memoir direction.
- Monument protection direction
- Educational direction. For more details, see the Regulations of the Center for Bell Research
Contact information: bohkind@ukr.net