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On November 2-3, a series of educational events organized by “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies took place in Uzhhorod. The main attention was focused on the history of the Catastrophe of European Jewry, forms of resistance to the Nazi genocide, and moral dilemmas that face a person in times of war and genocide. Such activities are not only an important part of historical memory, but also a powerful tool for civic education and the formation of critical thinking in modern society.
The educational events were conducted by Dr. Yehor Vradii, Deputy Director of the Institute for Scientific Work, and Dr. Faina Vynokurova, a leading researcher of the history of the Holocaust in Ukraine, Deputy Director of the State Archives of Vinnytsia Region for Scientific and Methodological Work.
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On October 18, Kyiv hosted the 6th “round table” on Ukrainian-Korean cooperation in the field of textbook publishing, organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea together with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. The deputy director of “Tkuma” Institute, Dr. Yehor Vradii, and the director of “Tkuma” Institute, Dr. Igor Shchupak, were invited to participate in the event.
The general director of the Directorate of School Education of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Ukraine, Ihor Hvorostyany, addressed the participants of the event with congratulatory words, who spoke about the educational reform of the National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine. The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea Kim Hyeong Tae delivered a special lecture, which, in particular, outlined the principles of the humanitarian policy of the Republic of Korea.
Read more: “Round Table” on Ukrainian-Korean cooperation in the field of textbooks publishing
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During the “Publishers' Forum”, which took place in Lviv on October 3-6, 2024, “Tkuma” Institute took part in a number of discussions and presentations devoted to the history of genocides and wars, historical memory, and the reform of historical education in Ukraine. Among them:
Read more: “Tkuma” Institute at the “Publishers' Forum” in Lviv
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Dear colleagues! We are glad to announce that the Curriculum “History of the Holocaust. 10-11 grades (for institutions of general secondary education)” (authors I. Shchupak, V. Maiorskyi) was approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, received the appropriate seal and is already available for viewing on the website of the Ministry of Education and Science. The program was developed based on the State standard of basic and comprehensive general secondary education and is a variable component of the civic and historical educational field.
“Tkuma” Institute has repeatedly received requests for access to the Program from teachers who want to use the Program to introduce a variant course on the history of the Holocaust in their educational institutions. So now you can download materials in pdf format on our website using the link.
Fruitful and successful work!
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On June 24-27, an international seminar for Ukrainian educators “Auschwitz – history and symbolism” was held in Poland, organized by “Tkuma” Institute and the International Center for Education on Auschwitz and the Holocaust of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. This was the first seminar for Ukrainian teachers at the Auschwitz Museum since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine.
Read more: International seminar for Ukrainian educators at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum