Yahad-in Unum #BeyondMemory Autumn Conference

The final installment of Yahad-in Unum's #BeyondMemory autumn online conference series will be taking place on Thursday, November 25th at 12PM CST. They are delighted to welcome Dr. Martha Havryshko, Research Associate at the I. Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies. Her research has focused on sexual violence during the Second World War and the Holocaust.

Dr. Martha Havryshko holds a PhD in History from the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine). She is currently a research associate at the Department of Contemporary History of the I. Krpiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Her research interests are primarily focused on sexual violence during World War II and the Holocaust, women's history, feminism, and nationalism. Her recent publications include the book Overcoming Silence: Women's War Stories (2018), as well as articles such as "Women's Bodies as Battlefield: Sexual Violence during Soviet Counterinsurgency in Western Ukraine (1944-1953)." Dr. Havryshko is a senior fellow at the Center for Holocaust Studies, Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History research. Her research has been supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Yahad-in Unum, Monash University, the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, St. Gallen University, USHMM and Yad Vashem among others.

The conference is free and open to the public.

Register here.