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Chronologically, the last and at the same time the main event of the second day of Lviv Book Forum was the “Zustrich” literary award ceremony, which took place on October 5. The award 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 award is awarded annually for the most influential work of fiction and non-fiction (alternating) that promotes Ukrainian-Jewish understanding, helping to strengthen Ukraine's position as a multi-ethnic society and embodying the motto “Our stories are incomplete without each other.”
The initiative to establish the “Zustrich” Award, as well as its implementation, takes place with the full support of the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter (UJE) initiative (Ukraine-Canada).
Read more: The ceremony of awarding the literary prize “Zustrich” at the Lviv Forum of Publishers
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On September 26-28, Warsaw (Poland) hosted the XXIII meeting of the Ukrainian-Polish Commission of Experts on Improving School Textbooks on History and Geography, which met live for the first time in the past few years. A Ukrainian delegation met with Polish colleagues in the premises of the Ministry of National Education: prof. Stanislav Kulchytskyi (Co-Chairman of the Commission), Raisa Yevtushenko, Roman Gladkovskyi, Dr. Igor Shchupak; Prof. Igor Hyrych and Dr. Yehor Vradii. Ukrainian educators studied new Polish history and geography textbooks; Polish colleagues studied Ukrainian ones.
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On September 30, seminar for teachers of history and civic education “Without retelling paragraphs and studying notes: how to change approaches to teaching history” was held in Kyiv, organized by the educational centers “I and my school” and “MriyDii”. Dr. Igor Shchupak was invited to participate in the event as a speaker.
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During August 7-11, an international educational seminar for Ukrainian museum specialists and teachers was held in Berlin, organized by “Tkuma” Institute together with the Jewish Museum of Berlin with the support of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ukraine. The program of the seminar included meetings with employees of museum institutions in Berlin, discussion of methods of conducting educational classes on various historical topics, opportunities for cooperation.
Read more: International educational seminar of “Tkuma” Institute in Berlin
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During June 18-26, a seminar for Ukrainian educators was held at the Yad Vashem International School for Holocaust Studies (Jerusalem, Israel), organized by “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies with the support of the project “Holocaust studies in Ukraine for the formation the atmosphere of tolerance”. The participants of the group, among whom were history teachers and professors, staff of scientific institutions, methodologists from different parts of Ukraine, had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the methods of work of one of the world's leading centers for studying and teaching the history of the Holocaust.