The International Interdisciplinary Certificate Program in Judaic Studies has successfully concluded its 2026 winter lecture session, dedicated to rare currents in Judaism.

Throughout January and February, a series of four thematic online meetings took place on the Diye-Slovo Studio platform. As in previous years, the lectures were held in an open format.

This year, interest in the session was particularly high, with more than 150 participants registering for the lectures.

Agreements have already been reached with several guest lecturers to offer further courses within the framework of the Certificate Program.

Recordings of the winter session lectures are available below:

“How rabbis and priests created the Frankist movement“

https://youtu.be/pap4jAIqQio

Paweł Maciejko (Associate Professor, Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Chair in Classical Jewish Religion, Thought, and Culture). From 2005 to 2017, he taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His 2011 monograph on the Frankist movement, The Mixed Multitude, received wide scholarly recognition. He is currently working on a new biography of Sabbatai Zevi.

“Karaism and the Karaites in the 20th-21st centuries“

https://youtu.be/tKoH7M09oKc

Gerşom Qiprisçi (Netherlands/Latvia)
LIRTAM — the Leiden Institute for Rational Theology and Monotheism (the Netherlands).

“The Father of the Haskalah — Isaac Baer Levinsohn“

https://youtu.be/lE8xSTx_EIM

David Fishman, American historian and professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary (New York).

“Introduction to Samaritan Studies: Ancient texts, the living tradition of the Torah, and the Ukrainian scholarly contribution“

https://youtu.be/kmUIY5Wdlx0

The winter lecture session was organized by the International Interdisciplinary Certificate Program in Judaic Studies under the auspices of the A. Yu. Krymskyi Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The Program continues to operate on the Diye-Slovo Studio platform.

We also remind prospective applicants that enrollment for the 2025-2027 academic years is currently open.

To apply to the Program, please complete the application form at the following link:
https://forms.gle/R8YazHsRmNn56QE5