The XII Annual Round table discussion “Holocaust Commemoration and the Ukrainian Society: Research and Educational Aspects” on occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day
On the 27th of January 2019 Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies and Goethe-Institut in Ukraine under the support of the Embassy of the State of Israel to Ukraine held the XII annual round table discussion “Holocaust Commemoration and the Ukrainian Society: Research and Educational Aspects”.
Among the topics discussed were:
- the newest research in the Holocaust studies;
- representation of the Holocaust in Ukrainian textbooks for schools and universities;
- challenges and perspectives of public history in Ukraine, research and art projects and their potential;
- presentation of the Babyn Yar Memorial Museum concept.
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