The National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy hosted the interdisciplinary academic conference

On May 27, 2026, an international roundtable will bring together Ukrainian and international scholars to discuss Ukrainian-Jewish historical memory, the traumatic experiences of the 20^th century, the politics of memory and contemporary approaches to understanding the past. The discussion will focus on the Holocaust and the Holodomor, the impact of totalitarian propaganda on the formation of historical narratives, postmemory, silence surrounding trauma and the multiculturalism of Kyiv.

On 1–2 July 2026, the concluding event of the project "Jewish Heritage in Ukraine: interdisciplinary reflections through the prism of archival documents, culture, history, and literature" will take place. The project is being implemented in partnership with UNESCO and with the financial support of the European Union.

As part of the research project, "Jewish Heritage in Ukraine: Interdisciplinary Reflections Through the Prism of Archival Documents, Culture, History, and Literature," which was implemented under a partnership agreement with UNESCO, the search and research phase has been completed.

The Virtual Museum of Jewish history and culture of Ukraine presents a new exhibition section dedicated to the archives of Jewish writers. This project was created by the cultural heritage research group within the framework of the «Jewish Heritage in Ukraine» initiative.

The preliminary results of the research were presented on March 26, 2026, at the thematic conference «Jewish studies in the archives, libraries and museums of Ukraine: challenges in search, research and preservation».

The project’s literary group continues its series of video essays, designed to make academic research accessible to a wider audience and to bring the conversations about the text, figures and phenomena beyond the academic community.

The Virtual Museum of Jewish history and Culture of Ukraine has been expanded with a new exhibition hall dedicated to the tragedy of Babyn Yar.

The literary group of the «Jewish Heritage in Ukraine» project has announced the launch of a series of video essays designed to make academic research more accessible to a wider audience and to bring discussions about significant figures and cultural phenomena into the public sphere. The first episode is already available for viewing.

Every year on January 27, the world observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day, honoring the victims of the Nazi regime, including six million Jews. In Ukraine, the tragedy of the Jewish people is an inseparable part of the nation’s history and collective memory.

An important stage of the project was the research trip of Anna Umanska, a member of the historical research team, to Odesa - a city that was one of the most important centers of Jewish cultural, religious, and intellectual life in the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries.

The Virtual Museum of Jewish History and Culture in Ukraine is launching a new page dedicated to the legacy of Moisey Beregovsky, one of the leading researchers of Jewish musical folklore in Eastern Europe.

These efforts are part of a broader UNESCO initiative aimed at preserving Ukraine’s Jewish documentary heritage, honoring collective memory, expanding knowledge and access to archives, and promoting intercultural dialogue, implemented with the support of the European Union.

On October 30, 2025, the official opening of the large-scale research project «Jewish Heritage in Ukraine: Interdisciplinary Reflections through the Prism of Archival Documents, Culture, History, and Literature» took place at the NaUKMA Museum.

We are starting a series of publications about the work of our project’s literary research group. Our scholars will share their insights on the Jewish component of Ukrainian literary heritage, our shared experiences, and how we perceive each other.