Join the roundtable “Testimonies of War: From Oral History to National Documentary Heritage”

On February 21, 2024, leading experts in oral history and archival studies will gather to discuss the archival preservation of oral testimonies related to Russia’s war in Ukraine. This event is organized by the Ukrainian Oral History Association and the State Archival Service of Ukraine, in partnership with the National Museum of the Revolution of Dignity and the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory.

Moderator:
Natalia Khanenko-Friesen, Co-Chair of the Ukrainian Oral History Association, Director of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies

Speakers:

• Anatolii Khromov, Head of the State Archival Service of Ukraine
• Anton Drobovych, Director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory
• Tetyana Yemelianova, Director of the Central State Audiovisual and Electronic Archives
• Albert Venger, Member of the UOHA working group, Head of the Department of World History at Oles Honchar Dnipro National University
• Olha Salo, Deputy General Director for Development and Cultural-Educational Work, National Museum of the Revolution of Dignity
• Serhii Bilivnenko, Head of the Department of Source Studies and Social Communications, Zaporizhzhia National University, Chair of the Yakiv Novytskyi Zaporizhzhia Scientific Society.

Date and Venue:
The roundtable will take place on February 21, 2024, at the Information and Exhibition Center of the Maidan Museum (18/2 Independence Square, Kyiv). The event will begin at 5:30 PM.

A recording of the roundtable will be available to view here.

We welcome everyone interested in the preservation of oral histories and the role of testimony in documenting war.