Book Launch for Babyn Yar: History and Memory
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Book Launch for Babyn Yar: History and Memory
Paul Magocsi (University of Toronto)
Babyn Yar: Chalenges of Memorialization
The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) was honoured to sponsor the recent revised publication of Babyn Yar which has been edited by Prof. Robert Magocsi. It is a culmination of papers written by renowned scholars who have specialized in and/or researched the experiences of Babyn Yar in Ukraine during World War II. This new publication provides insights into the tragedy of Babyn Yar. Prof. Magocsi will provide an in depth presentation followed by an opportunity to ask questions and obtain a copy of Babyn Yar along with the additional UJE sponsored publication, Jews & Ukrainians: A Millenium of Coexistence.
This event will be moderated by Prof. Anna Shternshis (Al and Malka Green Professor of Yiddish studies and director of the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies). This book launch will feature a short presentation by Prof. Paul Magocsi from his book, Babyn Yar: History and Memory followed by a Q&A session.
This event is co-sponsored by the John Yaremko Chair of Ukrainian Studies.
Paul Robert Magocsi is professor of history and political science at the University of Toronto, where since 1980 he also holds the John Yaremko Chair of Ukrainian Studies.
He completed his education at Rutgers University (B.A. 1966; M.A. 1967), Princeton University (M.A. 1969; Ph.D. 1972), and Harvard University (Society of Fellows 1976). He is a member of the Harvard University Society of Fellows (1976). Professor Magocsi has taught at Harvard University, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Prešov University in Slovakia, and on five occasions was historian-in-residence at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany. In 1996 he was appointed a permanent fellow of the Royal Society of Canada—Canadian Academies of Arts, Humanities, and Sciences, and has been awarded honorary degrees from Prešov University in Slovakia (doctor honoris causa, 2013) and from Kamianets-Podilskyi National University in Ukraine (pochesnyi profesor, 2015).