The past helps to understand the present – UCU opens the Mykola Haievoi Center for Modern History
On 17 October in Lviv, the Mykola Haievoi Center for Modern History had its ceremonial opening. The center was jointly founded by Ukrainian Catholic University and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.The center is named in honour of a young historian and graduate of the UCU Humanities Faculty, a doctoral candidate who perished in the Kursk area on 27 August 2024. The hero was 28 years old. The Modern History Center will research the history of Ukraine and Europe in the 20th century.
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Recruitment for the project “One Stone – One Life: 80 Stumbling Stones for Kyiv” is ongoing
Recruitment will remain open until 9 September 2025.
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Happy Independence Day, Ukraine!
Today, we celebrate not just a date on the calendar — we honour the strength, dignity, and resilience of the Ukrainian people.
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Research team needed for “One Stone, One Life: 80 Stumbling Stones for Kyiv” Project
If you are a teacher, lecturer, student, staff member of an educational center, informal education organization, or a civic initiative working with teenagers — we invite you to join!
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Educational seminar-school “History of the Holocaust in Ukraine: Research, Education, Commemoration”
From 13 to 16 August 2025, the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies, in partnership with Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies, held its annual seminar The History of the Holocaust in Ukraine: Research, Education, Memory.
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Invisible. Resilience: The Past and Present of the Roma
On 2 August 2025, International Roma Genocide Remembrance Day, the exhibition Invisible. Resilience: The Past and Present of the Roma opened at the Living Memory Exhibition Centre of the Babyn Yar National Memorial Museum.
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