INTERNATIONAL SCHOLAR CONFERENCE “PECULIARITIES OF THE FORMATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC DISCOURSE ON THE HOLOCAUST IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES”

On December 16, 2025, the State Institution “Institute of World History of the NAS of Ukraine” held the International Scholar Conference “Features of the Formation of the Scientific Discourse on the Holocaust in European Countries”.

The main areas of work of the conference were the following:

1. The phenomenon of the Holocaust and its place in world history.
2. Problems and specifics of Holocaust research in the USSR and post-Soviet space.
3. Features of the formation of modern scientific and socio-political discourse on the Holocaust in Western European countries.
4. Current problems of Holocaust research in Ukraine and the world.

The leading researcher of the Department of Ethnopolitical Science of our Institute, Candidate of Historical Sciences Anatolii Podolskyi, delivered a speech at the conference on the topic “Research and Teaching of the Holocaust History in Ukraine: challenges during a modern war”. The report, in particular, discussed new forms of commemorative practices for honoring the victims of World War II, the experience of perpetuating the memory of war victims, which is now very important for our country during the Russian aggression and war against us.

During conference

The conference was also attended by well-known Ukrainian historians: Professor, Doctor of Historical Sciences Andriy Kudryachenko, Professor, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Oleksandr Lysenko, Professor, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Ihor Sribnyak and others.