Arkadi Zeltser: "In Israeli historiography, considerable attention has always been paid to the problems of Jewish life and suffering during the Holocaust"

Posted On: April 23rd, 2024
Posted In: Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, Ukraina Moderna, History

[Editor's note: The interview with the author took place before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.] Abstract: A conversation with Dr. Arkadi Zeltser, who is an Israeli historian and specialist in the...

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Tatiana Tairova-Yakovleva: "In my opinion, Russian historians did not play any active role in forming an imperial paradigm"

Posted On: March 25th, 2024
Posted In: Sponsored Projects, Ukrainian statehood and identity, Ukraina Moderna, Other Programs

During our conversation with the Russian historian Tatiana Tairova-Yakovleva, we discussed the following questions: Did Russian historians take part in forming the ideologemes of the Putin regime? What position did they adopt after 24 February...

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"Jewish Studies is an open field today," says the director of an international Jewish Studies program

Posted On: March 4th, 2024
Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Audio/Visual Media, History, Ethnography

Our guest is Olena Zaslavska, director of the International Interdisciplinary Certificate Program in Jewish Studies and executive director of the Zionist Federation of Ukraine. She talks about Jewish studies in Ukraine and the interaction between...

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