This International Center for the Study, Prevention and Treatment of Multigenerational Legacies of Trauma commemorative, solidarity, psychohistorical webinar is held on the anniversary of Babyn Yar Tragedy. In late September 1941, SS and German police units and their auxiliaries perpetrated one of the largest massacres of World War II. It took place at a ravine called Babyn Yar (Babi Yar) just on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Multidisciplinary experts will examine the cumulative effects of this historical devastating event and collective traumata and their impacts on succeeding generations.

English-Ukrainian interpretation will be provided

English Version

Ukrainian Version

Speakers:

Tetiana Pastushenko, PhD 

Dr. Tetiana Pastushenko is a Candidate of Historical Sciences (Ph. D.) and a Senior Research Associate at the Institute of History of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv). She is a Vice-President of the International Mauthausen Committee. Since May 2022 Dr. Pastushenko has scientific scholarships from the Vector Foundation and from Philipp Schwartz Initiative at Heidelberg University. She is studying civilian victims in Ukraine during the Second World War, prisoners of war, the Nazi occupation, Oral History, Memory Studies.

Iryna Maydan, MD, PhD

Dr. Iryna Maydan is a medical doctor specialized in psychiatry and psychotherapy. She works as a researcher at the Institute of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv.  As well, she is a member of ICMGLT’s Working Group on Ukraine.

Vadym Farber, MSc

Vadym Farber holds advanced degrees in Education, and has held leadership roles for over 20 years, which focused on building cultures of tolerance, creating vibrant multi-ethnic communities, and serving vulnerable groups such as internally displaced refugees. Since 2015 Vadym has served as Director of the Jewish Cultural Center “Solomonika” – an organization based in Dnipro, which became the largest volunteer and humanitarian service provider for Ukrainians impacted by war.

Yael Danieli, PhD

A Clinical psychologist, traumatologist, victimologist and psychohistorian, Dr. Danieli is Founder and Executive Director of the International Center for the study, prevention and treatment of MultiGenerational Legacies of Trauma; Director, Group Project for Holocaust Survivors and their Children and Past-President, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.