The Ukrainian Association for Jewish Studies (UAJS) is a professional non-governmental organization aimed to coordinate activities for the development of Jewish Studies in Ukraine.
In cooperation with world’s top academic institutions, the UAJS organizes round tables, discussions, public lectures, mini courses, and other academic events.
In 2015–2020, the UAJS co-administered the MA in Jewish Studies Program at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
Judaica Ukrainica, a peer-reviewed annual journal of the UAJS, accepts scholarly contributions – articles, documentary publications, and reviews – in a variety of fields ranging from Jewish civilization broadly conceived to Jews, Jewish history and culture in Ukraine.
The membership of the UAJS is open for scholars resident in Ukraine and abroad, who work in the field of Jewish Studies. There are two membership categories – Full membership and Student membership.
UAJS ADMINISTRATION
President
Dr. Vitaly Chernoivanenko
president [AT] uajs.org.ua
Vice President
Dr. Serhiy Hirik
vice-president [AT] uajs.org.ua
Secretary
Tetiana Batanova
secretary [AT] uajs.org.ua
Program Director
Svitlana Semenova
info [AT] uajs.org.ua
UAJS ACADEMIC BOARD
Prof. Maksym Gon
Chair of the Political Science Department,
Rivne State University of Humanities,
Director of the Center for Studies
of Memory Policy and Public History "Mnemonics"
Prof. Oksana Dovhopolova
Department of Philosophy and Methodology of Cognition,
Illia Mechnikov Odessa National University
Prof. Eugeny Kotlyar
Monumental Painting Department,
Curator of the Center for Oriental Studies,
Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Fine Arts
Dr. Kateryna Malakhova
Research fellow, Hryhoriy Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy,
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Historical research officer, ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative
Prof. Ivan Monolatii
Department of Political Science,
Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University
Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce,
Branch in Piotrków Trybunalski (Poland)
Dr. Taissa Sydorchuk
Director of the Omeljan Pritsak Research Center for Oriental Studies,
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Prof. Oleksiy Khamray
Director of the Middle East Department,
Ahatanhel Krymskyi Institute of Oriental Studies,
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Co-director of the Master Program in Jewish Studies,
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Prof. Dmytro Tsolin
Director of the Center for Jewish Studies,
National University of Ostroh Academy
UAJS Administration and Executive Committee (2015–2019)