Project Ukrainian Books for Education in Tolerance
Teaching tolerance in multicultural Europe and world is one of the challenges posed by modernity. In 1995 the UNESCO General Conference Resolution passed the Declaration on the Principles of Tolerance and the first decade of the XXI century was pronounced by the UN "The International Decade for the Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the Earth".
Over the recent years not the content but methodology of the education in humanities has been changing greatly. It became obvious that to have a notable effect on teenagers' personality the methods and forms of activities employed by history, social science, law or other subjects has to change. The new approaches include techniques actively influencing the child, subconsciously forming certain social skills: effective communication, group interaction, critical thinking, tolerant relationships…
Dissemination of such technologies is to be fostered by the project "Ukrainian Books for Education in Tolerance" that started in Ukraine in 2009. The project is implemented under the support of MATRA programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Kingdom, Anne Frank House and Central and East European Book Publishing Fund. The project will last for three years. Its goal is to combat discrimination, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and to form tolerance and respect for others via dissemination of books in the educational system and wider society.
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Bulletin «Lessons of the Holocaust», № 2 (82), 2025
Dear colleagues! The fresh issue of information-pedagogical bulletin of UCHS «Lessons of the Holocaust», № 2 (82), April-June, 2025 has been published.
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Joint Initiative of the Ministry of Education, UCHS, and the Shoah Memorial
On 26 June 2025, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine hosted a meeting between representatives of the Directorate of School Education and representatives of the Ukrainian Centre for Holocaust Studies and the Shoah Memorial (Paris).
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History of the Holocaust in Ukraine: Research, Education, Commemoration. Educational seminar-school.
The annual Franco-Ukrainian academic seminar, titled History of the Holocaust in Ukraine: Research, Education, Commemoration, has become a tradition.
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History as a Weapon: Soviet Past, russian Narratives, and the War Against Ukraine. – Public Discussion
In the Main Building of the War Museum hosted a public discussion dedicated to the issues of historical memory and russia’s use of history as a tool in its aggressive war against Ukraine.
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Online Course: How to Talk to Students About the Holocaust
On 10 June 2025, the online course “How to Talk about the Holocaust with Students” was launched. This course was developed by the staff of the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies and implemented in cooperation with leading experts on the topic and the online educational platform Open University of Maidan.
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