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On April 19, 2017 “Agency of Dnipro Development” hosted representative brand session aimed at discussing synergistic effect of forming Dnipro city new brand with the projection of business tourism and attraction of investment with the general public, members of different communities of the city, top managers of business, education and local government. Dr. Igor Shchupak, “Tkuma” Institute and the Holocaust Museum director, was invited participate in the discussion.
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On April 06, 2017 Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” was visited by famous Ukrainian artist Matvei Vaisberg together with a group of colleagues. Research associate Vladyslav Bazylevsky conducted guided tour for the guests.
Read more: The Visit of Ukrainian Artist Matvei Vaisberg to the Holocaust Museum
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On April 4, 2017 Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University hosted discussion “How to Write Your Own History for Neighbors”. The reason to conduct the discussion, organized by Polish Institute in Kyiv, was publication of the book “Poland. Outline of History”. The Polish side was represented by chief editor of the book and author of the chapter dedicated to recovery of Polish statehood in 1918 - 1939, Prof. Włodzimierz Mędrzecki (Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences), co-chairman of the Polish-Ukrainian Commission for the improvement of school textbooks on history and geography and Prof. Piotr Kroll (Institute of History of the University of Warsaw), member of the Polish-Ukrainian Commission for the improvement of school textbooks on history and geography. Ukrainian side was represented by Prof. Leonid Zashkilniak, Head of Department of History of Central and Eastern Europe of Ivan Franko Lviv National University and Dr. Iegor Vradii, “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies.
Read more: Polish and Ukrainian Discussion “How to Write Your Own History for Neighbors”
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On March 31, 2017 Dnipro City Council hosted All-Ukrainian Scholarly and Practical Conference “Park of Totalitarian Periods as a Tool for Dnipro Decommunisation”, organized by communal enterprises “Ethnographic Parks of Dnipro” and “Agency of Dnipro Development” of Dnipro City Council.
The main goal of the event was to form and improve the basic principles of construction of park of totalitarian period, its content, techniques and methods by which park and museum compositions have to be settled for overcoming the rudiments of the Soviet past and development of Ukrainian historical memory of Dnipro residents and guests.
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On March 27, 2017 “Menorah” Center art-gallery hosted grand opening of the 3rd All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in Hebrew Language and Jewish Literature, organized in Dnipro by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, “Beit Chana” International Humanitarian Pedagogical Institute together with Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine, “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies, Institute of Modernization of Education Content and other educational institutions.
Read more: Opening of All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in Hebrew Language and Jewish Literature