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UFCJS | Making Space for Jewish Experiences in Ukraine

On November 17th, 2023, the UFCJS hosed an evented titled, "Making Space for Jewish Experiences in Ukraine." The event was sponsored by the Harry Rich Chair in Holocaust Studies. What does it take to voice experiences? What does it take to hear these voices, in our research and our practice? This talk argues that it takes both research and practice to make space for Jewish experiences in Ukraine. In the last ten years we have witnessed a rise in interest, and hopefully awareness, in the importance of Jewish history and culture in Ukraine. The spectrum is wide, from new research, to new public and artistic projects, and new educational initiatives. But the challenge is that in Ukraine, the dynamic is never binary. This region demands consideration of Jews, Ukrainians, Russians, Poles, Soviets, Crimean Tatars, Armenians, and Germans, to name a few. In our work, how do we highlight these diverse experiences, without appropriating them under the umbrella of a “national history”? This talk will include the story of Dina Pronicheva, both a survivor of Babyn Iar and Nazi occupation, and a successful Soviet Ukrainian puppet theater actress. Her testimony is critical for understanding Holocaust history, as well as the history of Kyiv, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe. Then we will move to Lviv and recent initiatives that brought the voices and experiences of the city’s Jewish inhabitants to the wider public. These initiatives are spatial and material interventions in the city’s historic Jewish quarter, and reflect the ways research about the past can transform into everyday urban life in the present–and perhaps inspire new research. Our Speakers: Dr. Sofia Dyak is a historian and the director of the Center for Urban History (Ukraine), a research and public history institute. Her research includes postwar urban transformations and recoveries, especially in post-displacement cities, and the role of heritage practices and concepts in socialist contexts. Dr. Dyak is a member of the board of directors of Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter (Ottawa) and of the academic board of the Centre for Historical Research in Berlin of the Polish Academy of Science. She has published on history and architecture in Ukraine, curated exhibitions and commemorative projects, and is currently finishing her book New Lives in Old Cities: Postwar Lviv and the Power of Appropriation. Dr. Mayhill C. Fowler is an associate professor in the Department of History at Stetson University. She has published widely on culture in Ukraine, including her book Beau Monde on Empire's Edge: State and Stage in Soviet Ukraine (Toronto, 2017), forthcoming in Ukrainian translation, and several articles on Yiddish theater. She is currently finishing a book on theater women in Ukraine across the long 20th century. She is an affiliated researcher with the Center for Urban History, teaches online in the Program in Theater Studies at Ivan Franko National University, and is a former actress. Subscribe to keep up with the Center! Follow us on Facebook   / ufcjs   Follow us on Twitter   / jewishstudiesuf   Follow us on Instagram   / jst.uf   Visit our website https://jst.ufl.edu/ Give a donation https://jst.ufl.edu/make-a-gift/