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"Tkuma" Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies conducts international scholarly conferences, releases scholarly literature (monographs, scholarly journal, textbooks, manuals, collections of documents and memoirs, etc.), coordinates and implements important research projects.
One of the main "Tkuma" Institute research topics is the feat of Righteous Among the Nations who rescued Jews during the Holocaust risking their own lives and lives of their families.
The mechanism of the Nazi "final solution of the Jewish question" in occupied Ukraine, problems of international relations during the World War II, the Holocaust, resistance etc. hold the important place in "Tkuma" Institute research.
Among "Tkuma" Institute publications issued in the first half of 2015 there are: new issue of the scholarly journal "Holocaust Studies", collection of memoirs "Reviving Memory", Proceedings of the International Scholarly Conference "Righteous and Other Rescuers during the Holocaust: Ukraine's Example in Comparative Context", album of photographs and documents "Nazi New Order in Ukrainian Cities" and others. We plan to release books on the Holocaust in Ukraine, the phenomenon of Righteous Among the Nations, research on regional aspects of the Holocaust.
"Tkuma" Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies closely and effectively cooperates with research, museum and archival institutions from Ukraine, Austria, Belarus, Canada, Germany, Israel, Moldova, Polans, Russia, the USA, Sweden, etc.
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On September 28-29, 2025, the tenth annual international scientific conference of the Ukrainian-German Commission of Historians (DUHK) – “Lenses on Agency: The Ukrainian Lands under Imperial Rule, 18th–19th Centuries” was held in Chernivtsi. The event was supported by DAAD and the German Foreign Ministry, with the assistance of Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies, as well as other partners.
This year's conference brought together historians, cultural experts and researchers from Ukraine, Germany, Poland and other countries. The participants aimed to look at the past through the prism of subjectivity – that is, through the interaction of centers and peripheries, authorities and local communities. This approach allows us to rethink the complex relationships between imperial centers and Ukrainian regions, the processes of creation and reinterpretation of border spaces, as well as the social and cultural transformations of the time. Among the issues that were in the focus of the participants' attention were:
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On April 25, 2025, the XXVII annual scientific and practical conference “Zaporizhzhia Jewish Readings–2025” was held in a hybrid format – in person and online. The event was organized by “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies together with Zaporizhzhia National University with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
The participants were welcomed by the Vice-Rector for Scientific Work of ZNU, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Prof. Hennady Vasylchuk; Director of “Tkuma” Institute, member of the Board of Directors of UJE (Canada) Dr. Igor Shchupak; Dean of the Faculty of History and International Relations of ZNU, Associate Professor, Dr. Olga Maklyuk.
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On November 19, a scientific conference “Religious Communities of South-Eastern Ukraine: Experience of Counteracting Soviet Totalitarianism and Modern Challenges” was held in Dnipropetrovsk, organized by the D. I. Yavornytskyi Dnipropetrovsk National Historical Museum, the Institute of Church History of the Ukrainian Catholic University (Lviv), and the Donetsk Exarchate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
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From October 31 to November 1, Toronto (Canada) hosted an international scientific conference dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the death of the head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytskyi. Dr. Igor Shchupak was invited to participate in the event organized by the Institute of Eastern Christian Studies named after Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky of St. Michael's University College at the University of Toronto with the assistance of the Temerty Foundation.
During the conference, the participants discussed a number of issues devoted to the activities of Metropolitan Sheptytsky before and during World War II, his life between politics and religion, his memory in Ukraine and the world. Attention was also paid to the topic of the Holocaust and the rescue of Jews in the Greek-Catholic monasteries of Lviv.
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On May 16, the annual scientific and practical conference “Zaporizhzhia Jewish Readings-2024” was held in a hybrid format – live and online – organized by “Tkuma” Institute and the Zaporizhzhia National University with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
The rector of the Zaporizhzhia National University, doctor of historical sciences, professor of the department of ancient and modern history of Ukraine and methods of teaching history of ZNU Mykola Frolov, dean of the history faculty of ZNU Dr. Olga Maklyuk, vice-rector for scientific work of ZNU prof. Hennadiy Vasylchuk, Dr. Igor Shchupak.
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