Program: Ukrainian Jewish Encounter at the Lviv Book Forum

5 October 2023 (Thursday), 20:00 EEST (18:00 UK)

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Prize Ceremony

"Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize" is designed to be based on the common centuries-old experience of Ukrainians and Jews, which has found expression in fiction and non-fiction literature. The prize is awarded annually for the most influential work of fiction and non-fiction (in 2023 - fiction) that promotes Ukrainian-Jewish understanding, helping to strengthen the position of Ukraine as a multi-ethnic society and embodying the motto "Our stories are incomplete without each other." The award ceremony will be held with the participation of Ukrainian writer Sofia Andrukhovych, whose novel Amadoka won the 2023 prize; Marjana Savka, editor-in-chief of The Old Lion Publishing House; Olha Mukha, curator of congresses, committees and new centers of PEN International; Oksana Forostyna, Co-founder at Yakaboo Publishing, editor, translator and writer; Natalia Feduschak, communication director of the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter.

Online event broadcast from Lviv, Ukraine. Register to watch the event here.

6 October 2023 (Friday), 17:30 EEST

Discussion with jury members about the 'Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize' ™ in the context of modern Ukrainian-Jewish relations

By chance, the books shortlisted for the 2023 prize were related to World War II. What does that indicate how Ukrainians see their past and relationship with the Jewish community? Jury head Olha Mukha, jury member Oksana Forostyna, and head of the technical jury Andriy Pavlyshyn discuss the books submitted for this year's prize, their principle themes, and how they relate to contemporary Ukrainian-Jewish relations.

Location:
Memorial Museum of Totalitarian Regimes "Territory of Terror"
Lviv, Chornovola Avenue, 45Г

In-person event held in cooperation with the "Territory of Terror" museum, NGO "Publisher's Forum" and Ukrainian Jewish Encounter.

7 October 2023 (Saturday), 19:30 EEST (17:30 UK)

Babyn Yar: Listening to the Past

Babyn Yar, a ravine in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, was the site of massacres carried out by Nazi Germany's forces during its campaign against the Soviet Union in World War II. On 29–30 September 1941 alone, some 33,771 Jews were killed. Other victims of massacres at the site included Soviet prisoners of war, communists and Romani people. An expert panel gathers to remember the tragedy and honour its victims.

Participants:
Dr. Paul Robert Magocsi, Chair of Ukrainian Studies, University of Toronto; Board Member, Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (Toronto, Canada);

Dr. Vladyslav Hrynevych, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine);

Dr. Igor Shchupak, Director of the Tkuma Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies; Member of the International Council of Auschwitz (Poland); Board Member, Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (Dnipro, Ukraine);

Dr. Yehor Vradii, Assistant Director of the Tkuma Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies and of the Museum of Jewish Memory and the Holocaust (Dnipro, Ukraine).

Moderator:
Oksana Forostyna, Europe's Futures Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna (Kyiv, Ukraine).

Online event broadcast from Lviv, Ukraine. Register to watch the event here.

8 October 2023 (Sunday), 15:00–16:30 EEST

Presentation of the thematic issue No. 34 of the magazine "Ukraine Modern" "The Holocaust in Ukraine: how the history of the crime is (not) written."

The idea for this issue of "Modern Ukraine" arose before the start of Russia's large-scale war against Ukraine, but the issue itself was released after its first year. Most of the texts were also written before 24 February 2022. During this time, after the tragedies of Bucha and Nova Kakhovka, the study of genocides in Ukraine ceased to be a purely academic concept. Accordingly, the history of the Holocaust on Ukrainian lands takes on a new tone. The study of the Holocaust provides the key to a better understanding of what is being done or may happen to us. This is especially important in the case of Ukraine, which occupies an important place in the history of the Holocaust and in which genocide has returned with modern warfare. During the presentation of the issue, there will be a discussion about the current historiographical trends in the field of Holocaust studies in Ukraine and the modern policy of commemorating its victims.

Participants:
Dr. Petro Dolhanov, editor of the section "Overcoming the Past" on the website of the international intellectual journal Ukraina Moderna;

Dr. Igor Shchupak, Director of the Tkuma Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies; Member of the International Council of Auschwitz (Poland); Board Member, Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (Dnipro, Ukraine);

Dr. Yehor Vradiy, Assistant Director of the Tkuma Ukrainian Institute for the Study of the Holocaust and of the Museum of Jewish Memory and the Holocaust (Dnipro, Ukraine).

Location:
Memorial Museum of Totalitarian Regimes "Territory of Terror"
Lviv, Chornovola Avenue, 45Г

In-person event held in cooperation with the "Territory of Terror" museum, NGO "Publisher's Forum" and Ukrainian Jewish Encounter.

8 October 2023 (Sunday), 17:30–19:00 EEST

Judaica in Ukraine yesterday, today, and tomorrow

The Dukh i Litera publishing house and the Center for the Studies of History and Culture of East European Jewry of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv have published several hundred important publications in the field of Jewish studies over several decades. The dynamics of these publications, access to them on online platforms, and cooperation with the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter will be discussed by:

Leonid Finberg, sociologist, cultural researcher, editor-in-chief of the Dukh i Litera publishing house, director of the Center for Researching the History and Culture of East European Jewry of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences;

Andriy Pavlyshyn, translator, member of the Ukrainian PEN, lecturer at the Ukrainian Catholic University; Natalia A. Feduschak, Director of Communications, Ukrainian Jewish Encounter.

Location:
Memorial Museum of Totalitarian Regimes "Territory of Terror"
Lviv, Chornovola Avenue, 45Г

In-person event held in cooperation with the "Territory of Terror" museum, NGO "Publisher's Forum" and Ukrainian Jewish Encounter.