Press Release Odessa seminar

International conference:
„Civil Society, digital storytelling and 20th Century Jewish History in Ukraine

Where: Odessa, Ukraine

When: April 12-14, 2019

Who: Centropa, a Jewish history institute with offices in Vienna, Budapest, Washington D.C. and Hamburg, and the Ukrainian NGO ”Logos znannya” (LOGOS) bring together 50 education experts, classroom teachers and civil society activists from Ukraine, Moldova and Germany.

What: During this three-day international seminar, we will turn Odessa into a 3-D classroom. Participants share best practices on commemorating Jewish history and culture, explore the history of Odessa through walking tours and films, and attend workshops that promote active citizenship.

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Participants for Odessa seminar have been selected

It took us a while longer as expected but – together with our Ukrainian partner Logos we finally decided on participants for our Trans.History seminar in Odessa from April 12-14, 2019. Thanks to all of you who applied. We received a ton of intriguing applications but we finally had to come to a decision.

All selected participants have already been notified by mail, and will be informed about all relevant details soon. We are looking forward to meeting you in Odessa soon!

We want to encourage all of the applicants we couldn‘t consider this time to stay tuned on our webpage and on Facebook.

We are very much looking forward to all your applications for our future events!

Odessa seminar application closed

Application for our Trans.History seminar in Odessa from April 12-14, 2019 is closed now!
We received 185 (!!!) applications. This is simply overwhelming! We are absolutely delighted by your huge interest in our educational program.
Review of all applications will start right away and we will inform all participants as soon as possible!
So, stay tuned!

New articles about Trans.History seminar in Lviv

Check out the worthwhile blog of Daniel Bernsen, one of the workshop facilitators during our Trans.History seminar in Lviv, about the excursion led by Alex Den to Brody and Busk:
https://geschichtsunterricht.wordpress.com/…/spurensuche-i…/

and the Trans.History seminar report written by our Rohatyn tour guides Marla Raucher Osborn and Jay Osborn of NGO Rohatyn Jewish Heritage:
http://rohatynjewishheritage.org/2018/04/conference-heritage-educators/

Participants for our Lviv seminar will be informed soon!

The application deadline for our international Trans.History seminar in Lviv on “Civil Society, Social Media and Jewish History in Ukraine in the 20th Century” has ended!

Thanks for the overwhelming interest!!

We are in the process reviewing the applications and will inform the participants any time soon!

So stay tuned!

Application for Lviv seminar now open!

We are happy to announce that application for our international Trans.History seminar on “Civil Society, Social Media and Jewish History in Ukraine in the 20th Century” is now open!
The seminar will take place in Lviv from April 3 – 5, 2018 and, together with our local partners Інститут Суспільних Ініціатив / Society Initiatives Institute, we invite educators, community activists, NGO representatives, and journalists from the Ukraine to apply via the SII website now.

Application deadline is February 25, 2018.
Travel expenses, accommodation and meals are covered.

The seminar is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office.