Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, «Tkuma» Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies announce XVI International Contest of creative works for school and university students, teachers, postgraduates «Lessons of the War and the Holocaust. Lessons of Tolerance»
Representatives of Ukraine and other countries can be the contestants:
- school, gymnasiums, lyceums students of 8−11 forms;
- teachers of general educational institutions;
- class teachers and organizers of educational work at general educational institutions;
- university students and postgraduates.
Period: March – September 2019
Application and work deadline – until July 15, 2019.
Summing up, contest winners and laureate rewarding – September 27−29, 2019.
The following is accepted for the competition:
- research works on history, literature, philosophy, sociology, political science and other humanitarian and social disciplines;
- search work (interviews, researches on local or family materials, etc.);
- creative work (essays, stories, poems, drawings, documentary films, animated films, multimedia works and other works);
- teachers’ methodological developments.
THE SUGGESTED TOPICS OF CONTEST WORKS
Armenian Genocide in 1915 and its historical lessons.
Interethnic policy of the UPR and ethnic group’s reaction on it.
Advantages and disadvantages of Hetman P. Skoropadsky's national policy.
Babyn Yar – history and historical lessons.
«Babyn Yar’s» of Ukraine – places of mass extermination of Jews.
Lessons of World War II – warning to humanity.
The historical significance of the Victory over Nazism.
«There can’t be poetry after Auschwitz » (Т. Adorno).
Stockholm Forum on the Holocaust tragedy commemoration in 2000.
Ukrainian people during World War II: Nazi genocide and resistance movement.
Children and the War: comprehension of history lessons (philosophical, ethical, moral, theological approaches).
Genocides of ХХ century and its devastating impact on the mankind development.
The nature of genocides against nations: lessons of ХХ century and its implications in ХХІ century.
«Jewish question» in the national policy of the Bolsheviks / Ukrainian governments / White Guards during the Ukrainian Revolution.
Operation Vistula and its influence on the formation of the Ukrainian community of Poland in the second half of ХХ century.
Holodomor of 1932-1933 — genocide of the Ukrainian nation.
«Little-known» famine during 1920.
The mass famine of 1946-1947.
Destruction of nations by ethnicity: philosophical, psychological and historical aspects.
The Holocaust on the territory of Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Russia.
Nazi policy of the Romes (Gypsies) destruction during World War II.
Ukrainian nationalism and «Jewish question» during the Holocaust.
Genocide against the Slavic population of Ukraine.
The deportation of Crimean tatars.
The Soviet policy of silencing the Holocaust.
«Nazi destruction machine»: action and counteraction to genocide mechanisms.
Ukraine under the influence of the double terror of Nazi Germany and the Stalinist regime.
Ukrainians – Righteous Among the Nations.
The role of Ukrainians spiritual and other people’s leaders during the critical periods.
International assistance during the tragic events of World War II.
Contemporary Ukrainian society and Holocaust lessons (psychological, social aspects).
Interreligious tolerance as a manifestation of moral and spiritual choices.
International experience of responsibility for denying the facts of genocide in history.
Holocaust historical lessons and modern problems of tolerance.
Propaganda as a weapon of totalitarian, authoritarian regimes to justify genocide and military aggression: from the Gobbels to modern examples.
Problems of World War II and the Holocaust history studying under the conditions of the modern war against Ukraine.
The works, which did not take earlier participation in other contests, exhibitions, and are exclusive, can be submitted for the contest «LESSONS OF THE WAR AND THE HOLOCAUST – LESSONS OF TOLERANCE».
In the cases of violation of deadline, lack of necessary documents or information in the application (e-mail, phone, false data, etc.) the works won’t be allowed to the Contest.
For more details about Competition Regulations follow www.tkuma.dp.ua