Paul Robert Magocsi was joined recently by French scholar Philippe de Lara for a presentation of the award-winning book Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence in Paris, France. For our French-speaking friends, we offer a video of the presentation, which took place on September 9, 2017 at the Centre Culturel et d’information de l’Ambassade d’Ukraine.
Many thanks to Irena Karpa, first secretary for cultural affairs at the Ukrainian Embassy, and Natalia Kochubey, director of the embassy’s cultural center, for providing a wonderful venue that allowed for engaging conversation. The French-language video is below.
00:00 - 01:25
Natalia Kochubey, Director, Centre Culturel et d’information de l’Ambassade d’Ukraine in Paris, France.
01:26 - 07:13
Natalia A. Feduschak, Director of Communications, Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (Ukrainian with French translation by Ms. Kochubey).
06:28 - 16:44
Philippe de Lara, l’Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas.
16:45 - 32:47
Paul Robert Magocsi, co-author Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence, as well as the chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto.
32:55 - 1:08:57
Question and Answer
Paul Robert Magocsi (left) and Philippe de Lara (right) at the Paris presentation of “Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence” on September 9, 2017.
Presentation of “Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence” held on September 9, 2017 at the Centre Culturel et d’information de l’Ambassade d’Ukraine in Paris, France.
Presentation of “Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence” held on September 9, 2017 at the Centre Culturel et d’information de l’Ambassade d’Ukraine in Paris, France.
Presentation of “Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence” held on September 9, 2017 at the Centre Culturel et d’information de l’Ambassade d’Ukraine in Paris, France.
Presentation of “Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence” held on September 9, 2017 at the Centre Culturel et d’information de l’Ambassade d’Ukraine in Paris, France.
Presentation of “Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence” held on September 9, 2017 at the Centre Culturel et d’information de l’Ambassade d’Ukraine in Paris, France.
Natalia Kochubey, director of the Centre Culturel et d’information de l’Ambassade d’Ukraine (left); Paul Robert Magocsi (center); and Irena Karpa, first secretary for cultural affairs at the Ukrainian Embassy, as well as a well-known Ukrainian writer and singer.
Irena Karpa, writer, singer and first secretary for cultural affairs at the Ukrainian Embassy (left); Natalia A. Feduschak, Director of Communications for the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (middle); and Natalia Kochubey, Director, Centre Culturel et d’information de l’Ambassade d’Ukraine (right).
Philippe de Lara (left) and Paul Robert Magocsi (right) after the presentation at a Parisian café.
Text, video, photos: Natalia A. Feduschak
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