Igor Viktorovych Turov

Employment
- At present (since 1997): research fellow of the I. F. Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
- At present (since 2003): Lecturer of the National University «Kyevo-Mogilyanska Academiya».
Education
- November 2013 – Doctor of science in the World History; the title of the thesis: «Early Hasidism: teaching and its socio-historical context» (date of registration –21.11.2013).
- PhD in the World History; the title of the thesis: «The Attitude of the Palestine Sages to Gentiles in Amoraic Midrashim» (date of registration – March 10,1999).
- June-August 2014 – YIVO Summer Yiddish program in New York.
- July 2006 – Brandeis University Summer Institute for Israel Studies.
- Jun-August 2003 – YIVO Summer Yiddish program in New York.
- October 2001 – June 2002: YAD HANADIV BARECHA FOUNDATION Visiting Fellowships, Jerusalem University.
- 1995-1996: postgraduate student of the Institute of the National Relations and Politology of the National Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (NUAS).
- September 1996 – July 1997: Melton Centre Program, Jerusalem University.
- Had passed the exams on the following courses:
– Midrash Genesis Rabbah (prof. Menahem Kahana);
– The Babylonian Talmud (prof. Menahem Kahana);
– The Readings in the Midrash Aggada (prof. J.Levinson);
– History of the Palestine Jewry from the Bar-Kokhba untill the Decline of the Patroarchy (prof. Isaiah M.Gafni).
- 1992-1994: Moscow State University, Institute of Asian and African countries; Bachelor of Jewish History;
- 1984-1989: Kyiv Technological Institute of Food Industry; Master of Chemistry.
Other Academic Activities
- June 2016. – Lecturer of the week course «Early Hassidism: between Talmud and Qabalah» for Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow.
- Februare 2012. – Lecturer of the week course «History of Hassidism» in Limmud program of Jewish community of Lithuania.
- November 2008. – Lecturer of the week course «History of Hassidism» in Latvijas Universit?tes.
- Jenuary 2006 – Jenuary 2007. – Holder of the grant of Dutch Jewish Humanitarian Fund for the project Let us know more about each other of the Society for the cultural-religious study of East-European Judaism Kerem Daat.
- Jenuary 2004 – Jenuary 2005. – Holder of the grant of the Norwegian Fund that is headed by Elie WieselEstablishment of a Society for the cultural-religious study of East-European Judaism Kerem Daat.
- January 2000 – December 2001. – Holder of the fellowship established by the General Committee of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
- June 1999. – Student of the 9-th Jerusalem Summer School in Jewish Studies «Jewish Messianism in its Historical Context».
- June1998. – CEU Summer University, student of the course «Integration and Distinctiveness in the Multicultural Settings: The Variety of Jewish Identities in the Eastern and Eastern-Central Europe,1700-1989».
- Since 1998. – Member of the Editorial board of the United Publishing Project of the Petersburg Jewish University and Russian Jewry Heritage Centre (M.I.R): «New Horizons: Jewish Thought in the contemporary World».
Presentations:
- July 28 – August 1, 2013. – The Sixteenth World Congress of Jewish Studies(Jerusalem).
- December 2008: Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies (Washington,DC). –JULY, 2006. – Moscow. – European Association for Jewish Studies VIII-th EAJS CONGRESS.
- January – February 1998,1999,2006,2007,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013, 2014 : Conferences in Jewish Studies of the «Center for the University Teaching of Jewish Civilization». – SEFER (Moscow);
- August 2005: Fourteenth World Congress of Jewish Studies(Jerusalem).
- September 2004: Postgraduate Student conference in Jewish Studies (London).
- August 2001: Thirteenth World Congress of Jewish Studies(Jerusalem).
- September 2000: Postgraduate Student conference in Jewish Studies (London).
List of publications:
English publications
- Hasidism and Christianity of the Eastern Territory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Possible of Contacts and Mutual Influence // Kabbalah: Journal of the Study of Jewish Mystical Texts. – № 10. – 2004. – P.73-119.
- Rabbi Abraham in the early Hasidic setting // http://www.washingtonobserver.net/rabbi-abraham-in-the-early-hasidic-setting-by-igor-turov. – February 21, 2015. – www.washingtonobser.
Publication on Russian and Ukrainian languages
Books
- Early Hassidism: History. Teaching. Contacts with Slavic environment. – Kiev. – 2003 (Russian).
- The Attitude of the Talmud Sages to Gentiles: according to Palestinian Midrashim. –Zaporozhe. – 2005 (Ukrainian).
- Jewish social and political thought XX – early XXI century in Ukraine. K. : I.F. Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2011 (Ukrainian. In cooperation with A. Podolsky, O. Kozerod, M. Gon and others).
- National Jewish community in the context of the integration of Ukrainian society. – K . : I. F. Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2014 (Ukrainian. In cooperation with A. Podolsky, O. Kozerod, and others).
Articles
- Turov I. Teachings of Talmudic Sages on the Sorcery and Magic // «Collections of scholarly articles» of the Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU). – № 4. – Kyiv, 1997. – P. 142-150 (in Russian).
- Turov I. To the question of the Judeo-Christian Hierarchy // Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the NASU. – № 4. – Kyiv, 1997. – P. 150-165 (in Russian).
- Turov I. Peculiarities of the Sages’ Attitude to Gentiles in times of Amoraim // Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the NASU. – № 4. – Kyiv, 1998. – P. 236-250 (Ukrainian).
- Turov I. The Sages About Missionaries’ Activity // Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the NASU. – № 4. – Kyiv,1998. – P. 251-262 (in Ukrainian).
- Turov I. The Problem of Interaction between Jews and Gentiles within Rabbinic Midrashim // Jews, History and Culture in Ukraine. – Kyiv : Institute of the Judaic Research, 1996. – P.155-160 (Russian).
- Turov I. The Attitude of Sages toward the Social Status of Proselytes // The Oriental Studies. – № 2. – Kyiv : Institute of the Oriental Studies of NASU, 1998. – P. 26-38 (Ukrainian).
- Turov I. The Attitude of Sages toward Gentiles’ Wisdom // The Oriental Studies. – № 3. – Kyiv : Institute of the Oriental Studies of NASU, 1998. – P. 11-26 (Ukrainian).
- Turov I. Sages on the Status of Gerim in the Jewish Community of Palestine // Proceedings of the Third CIS Student Conference in Jewish Studies. – Moscow, 1999. – P. 17-26 (Russian).
- Turov I. The Views of Palestinian Sages on the Propagation of Judaism // Sixth International Conference in Jewish Studies. – Moscow, 1999 (in Russian).
- Turov I. Some problems of the history of the estate of the Romanian Palestine sages // The messenger of the International Solomon University. – Kyiv, 2000 (Ukrainian).
- Turov I. The Notion of World History in the Works of Palestinian Sages // Oriental World. – № 3. – Kyiv, 2000 (Ukrainian).
- Turov I. History of the peoples of the world in the writings of the sages of Palestine. The World of the ORIENT. – Kyiv, 2000 (Ukrainian).
- Turov I. Jews and Christians in the eastern part of Rich Pospolita: problems of contacts. Judaica-Rossica. – № 2. – Moscow, 2002 (Russian).
- Turov I. Hasidism and Christianity of the eastern territory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Hypothesises as to the Possibility of Contacts and Mutual Influence Vestnik Yevreiskogo Universiteta. – № 6. – Moscow-Jerusalem, 2002 (in Russian).
- Turov I. The Hasids Lore Concerning the Peoples of the World. – Parallely. – № 23. – Moscow, 2003 (Russian).
- Turov I. Judaism in Ukraine // Encyclopedia of the Ukrainian History. – Kiev, 2006. – № 3. – Р. 646-650.
- Turov I. Rabbi Abraham Malach in the early Hasidic setting // Oriental World. – № 1. – Kyiv, 2007 (Russian).
- Turov I. Historical thinking of the early Hasidism // Orientology. – № 37. – 2007. P.149-165 (in Russian).
- Turov I. Attitude Hasids to Gentles // Jews and Slavs. – Jerusalem–Kiev : The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2008. – Vol.19. – P. 42-64 (Russian).
- Turov I. Conception of the Torah studding in the early Hasidism // Oriental World. – № 2. – 2008. – P.104-112 (Russian).
- Turov I. Role of intellect in the spiritual practice of the early Hasidism // Oriental World. – № 1. – 2009. – P. 109-122 (Russian).
- Turov I. Repentance role in the mystical practice of the early Hasidism // Oriental World. – № 3. – 2009. – P. 103-111 (Russian).
- Turov I. Messianic conception of Hassidism // Orientology. – № 45-46. – 2009. – P. 89-113 (Russian).
- Turov I. Teaching of the Hassidim about unity of the attributes of the deity // Orientology. – № 49-50. – 2010. – P. 215-229 (Russian).
- Turov I. Imaginative faculty role in the spiritual practice of the early Hasidism // Orientology. – № 52. – 2010. – P. 127-146 (Russian).
- Turov I. Anti-Semitism in Ukraine in XXI century: political perspective of dynamic changes // Scientific Proceedings of the Institute of the National Relations and Politology of the National Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, 2011. – № 4 (54). – P.307-317 (Russian).
- Turov I. Сheerfulness and fun in Hassidic teaching // Oriental World. – № 2. – 2011. P. 134-142 (Russian).
- Turov I. The doctrine of Hassidism about unity of man with God // Orientology. – № 53-54. – 2011. – P.196-215 (Russian).
- Turov I. Messianic concept of Hasidism: Modernity and History // History Pages. – № 33. – 2012. – P. 208-217 (Ukrainian).
- Turov I. Historiosophical aspects of sermons of Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev // History Pages. – № 34. – 2012. – P. 238-260 (Russian).
- Turov I. The role of the ordinary desires in the spiritual practice of early Hasidism // Orientology. – № 57-58. – 2012. – P. 147-157 (Russian).
- Turov I. Anti-Semitism in the media space of Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics: the impact of the Russian factor // «Collections of scholarly articles» I.F.Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the NASU. – № 1 (72). – 2015. – P. 310-322 (Ukraine).
- Turov I. Ideology of ritual as an instrument of sacralization of power in the Hasidic community // Proceedings of the The National University of Ostroh Academy. – № 12. – 2015. – P. 131-160 (Russian).
- Turov I. Conservatism and Modernism in the teachings of the Rebbe of Satmar about Zionism // Oriental World . – № 1. – 2016. – P. 71-83 (Russian).
- Turov I. The concept of power tzaddikim in the Hasidic teaching about prayer // Oriental World. – № 2-3. – 2016. – P. 91-108 (Russian).