Iryna Sergieieva, PhD (History), is a Senior Researcher and Head (since 1990) of the Department of Judaic Collection, Institute of Manuscripts, in the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, Kiev. A lecturer in Jewish Studies, she has taught courses on “The Material Culture of East European Jews” at the International Solomon University, the Central European University (Hungary) and in University Kyiv-Mohila Academy. Her doctoral thesis, entitled “Historic-Bibliographic Analysis and Archeographic Description of Jewish Decorated Manuscripts of Ukraine, Late Eighteenth – Early Twentieth Centuries” was completed in 1988. She has published more than 80 professional articles as well as two books: The Jewish Artistic Heritage Album by Semyon Ansky (Moscow, 2001); and Archival Heritage of Semyon Ansky in the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine (Kiev, 2006). She is also an editor of the exhibition catalogue, Kultur-Lige Artistic Avant-Garde (Kiev, 2007). Her research interests include the cultural and intellectual history of East European Jews; history of books, manuscripts, libraries and museums; architectural monuments; and folklore and ethnography. |