ROUNDTABLE “JEWISH STUDIES IN INDEPENDENT UKRAINE: BIBLIOGRAPHIC ASPECT (1991–2026)”
On September 3, 2026, a roundtable “Jewish Studies in Independent Ukraine: Bibliographic Aspect (1991–2026)” was held in Kyiv, organized by the Ukrainian Association of Judaica as part of a project in partnership with UNESCO in Ukraine with financial support from the European Union.
The roundtable included a presentation of the Bibliographic Database “Jewish Studies in Independent Ukraine”, which covers studies on Judaica published in Ukraine after 1991. This is still a beta version that will be updated and improved. This project was created to systematize scientific work dedicated to Jewish history, culture and literature published in Ukraine during the years of independence.
During the Round Table
The leading researcher of the Department of Ethnopolitical Studies of our Institute, Candidate of Historical Sciences Anatolii Podolskyi acted as a discussant during the round table. In his speech, A. Podolskyi noted that over 35 years of sovereignty at the Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, along with other academic, scientific, and educational institutions of the country, dozens of publications on Jewish studies, on the history and modern life of the Jewish community of Ukraine, the history of the Holocaust, research in the field of the culture of memory of Ukrainian Jewry, etc. In addition, the participants were presented with a lecture by the Chairman of the Academic Council of the UAYU, Professor Yevhen Kotlyar, on the topic of the current state, preservation, research, and popularization of the Jewish historical and cultural heritage of Ukraine.
Speaking by Anatolii Podolskyi
Speaking by Yevhen Kotlyar
Video recording of the round table