We spoke to Lilia Omelianenko, the co-founder of the Vydavnytstvo publishing house, about the debut of a graphic novel about Anne Frank. Iryna Slavinska: Is this a film adaptation or a comicization of the diary?…
In the studio with me today is Oksana Forostyna, who is one of the members of the Nestor Group, a publisher, and a translator. We will be talking with this thinker and columnist about a…
Part 2 of the conversation with the poet, writer, and translator about Olga Tokarczuk’s novel The Books of Jacob. In 2020 the Tempora Publishing House issued Ostap Slyvynsky’s Ukrainian translation of this novel. Iryna Slavinska:…
We are talking about The Books of Jacob, by Olga Tokarczuk, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. The plot of The Books of Jacob unfolds across several borders, and quite a few events take…
A transcript of this discussion is available here. On 7 July 2020, the Ukrainian Institute London, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, hosted a panel discussion on the current debate in Ukraine about a…
We are talking about the Jewish scout movement, which originated in western Ukraine. Our guest today is the historian Yurii Yuzych, head of the Supervisory Board of the Plast youth organization. Vasyl Shandro: When did…
On this Encounters program, we talk about Taras Shevchenko and the interpretations, translations, and elucidations of his Yiddish translators. Our guest on the show is Oksana Pashko, a literary specialist, Candidate of Philological Studies, lecturer…
There is no European culture that did not experience the vital and essential influence of Jewish figures, says Anna Sherman, editor in chief of the journal Antikvar. Vasyl Shandro: To what degree are interethnic relations…
“When something nice is said in Israel about Ukrainians, people go on the attack right away. I have been attacked many a time. It’s the same with Poles, but Ukrainians get the worst of it….
Our guest in the studio is Marianna Kiyanovska, a Ukrainian poet, translator, and member of the National Writers’ Union of Ukraine and the Ukrainian branch of PEN. In 2020 she was awarded the Shevchenko Prize…
