Public dialogue “Life After Life. Personal Book Collections In Ukrainian Cultural Institutions”
On Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at 5:00 PM, the National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide will host public dialogue “Life After Life. Personal Book Collections In Ukrainian Cultural Institutions”.
As part of the event, the collection of Volodymyr Vasylenko (1937–2023), Doctor of Law, professor, international lawyer, diplomat, author of the legal assessment of the Holodomor as genocide, former employee of the National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide, will be transferred to the museum’s book collection.
What is the destiny of private book collections after their owner passes away? Is it possible for private book collections to “survive” after the death of their owners? How do cultural institutions work with transferred book collections? We will discuss these and other questions with our speakers, sharing our experiences.
Lesia Vasylenko, lawyer, human rights activist, public and political activist, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 9th convocation, Volodymyr Vasylenko’s daughter;
Serhii Kyslytsia, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine;
Ihor Stepurin, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Association of Publishers and Booksellers, Co-founder of the Charitable Foundation “Biblioteka Krayina,” Publisher;
Yevhenia Kravchuk, Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (9th convocation), Deputy Chairperson of the Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy;
Oleh Serbin, General Director of the National Library of Ukraine named after Yaroslav the Wise, Doctor of Social Communications, Candidate of Historical Sciences;
Liliia Pravoverova, Head of the Department of Depository Storage of Scientific Collections of the National Scientific Medical Library of Ukraine;
Svitlana Starovoyt, Acting Director of the Sectoral State Archive of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, Candidate of Historical Sciences;
Taras Marusyk, Journalist, Cultural scientist, Publicist, Translator, Civic Activist;
Olha Patselia, Curator of the Library Collection at the National Museum of Holodomor-Genocide.
Moderator:
Andrii Ivanets, Senior Researcher at the National Museum of Holodomor-Genocide, Candidate of Historical Sciences.
The event will also feature an exhibition of the most valuable books from Volodymyr Vasylenko’s library.
We invite everyone! Admission is free upon prior registration.