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The Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies (UCHS) was established in 2002. It is a non-governmental organization founded in partnership with I. Kuras Institute for Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The main directions of the UCHS's activities embrace Holocaust research and Holocaust education. The research direction comprises regional aspects of the Holocaust on Ukrainian lands; reflection of the Holocaust in the mass-media of the Nazi-occupied Ukraine; Nazi ideology and the mechanisms of its implementation, anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial, comparative research of the Holocaust and other cases of genocide. The UCHS holds scholarly conferences and seminars on these issues. In frames of the educational activities the UCHS consults Holocaust history teachers of secondary schools and higher educational establishments, promotes the creation of curricula and manuals on the Holocaust, organizes annual competitions of students' research and art works. Alongside with the main working directions the UCHS is actively involved into publishing and has its own periodical editions: semi-annual scholarly journal "Holocaust and Modernity" and bi-monthly informative-pedagogical bulletin "Lessons of the Holocaust". The UCHS also participates in international projects in alliance with academic and educational institutions all over the world. Presentation of activities UCHS

"Teaching Materials against discrimination, anti-Semitism and xenophobia" Seminars held in Kyiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Vinnytsa As planned, on the 1st of October 2009 the series of Ukrainian implementation seminars withing the European OCSE/ODIHR project on Teaching Materials against discrimination, anti-Semitism and xenophobia was launched. The seminars are aimed at secondary school teachers and set as a goal acquaintance of the teachers with Teaching Materials, methodology of their use in classroom, advice of Ukrainian expert-teachers, basic theoretical knowledge in Jewish history, xenophobia and anti-Semitism. Details…

Scholarly Journal "Holocaust and modernity" ISSUE № 2 (6) (2009) Dear Colleagues, The fresh 2 (6) 2009 issue of the "Голокост і сучасність. Студії в Україні і світі" [Holocaust and Modernity. Studies in Ukraine and the World] scholarly journal of the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies (UCHS) has been published. This issue contains papers presented for the conference "Roma of Ukraine during World War II: current state of research, education and commemoration" run by the UCHS on August 2, 2008 in Kyiv. More...

Continuous cooperation with German Research Society 3rd update of the adacemic library of Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies In the late 2009 the adademic library of Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies once again received a large number of new items! And once again owing to the fruitful cooperation with our German colleagues from German Research Society (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) and namely Ms. Christine Reuter. As before, among the donated books one shall find mostly works in English and German - classical, fundamental publications on the Holocaust and genocide studies as well as works on many interdisciplinary subjects, e.g. psychology, literature, language, art etc. At present the books are being catalogized and added to the general library fund of the Center. Very soon they will be made available for researchers, students and other visitors at the library of Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies, like it had happened to the books from the previous donations.

2nd Educational-methodical Selective Seminar for Ukrainian History Teachers From 20-22 August 2009 the second "Educational-methodical Selective Seminar for Ukrainian History Teachers" took place in Yaremche, Ivano-Frankivsk region due to the financial support of the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research (ITF). Thirty participants from eighteen Ukrainian regions were present, not only being given excursions to important historical places related to the Holocaust, but also participating in various workshops. Furthermore Yad Vashem - The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority as well as the Memorial de la Shoah - Musee, Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine provided experienced historians who contributed to the success of this very seminar by holding their lectures. A peculiarity constitutes the fact that as of August, 21 about twenty advanced teachers concerning the teaching of Holocaust History were invited to the same location in order to take part in another seminar conducted simultaneously from August 21-22, the focus of which was the exchange of experience and elaboration of methods to improve the teaching of Holocaust History in Ukraine. Photos