Prize laureates
Ukrainian sociologist and civic activist, editor-in-chief of Dukh i Litera publishing house, director of the Centre for Studies of the History and Culture of East European Jewry at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, and member of PEN Ukraine.
For decades, he has worked to restore the history and intellectual heritage of Central and Eastern European Jewry to Ukraine’s cultural life. As an editor and compiler, he contributed to the major publications Jewish Civilisation: The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies and Jews and Slavs, as well as the large-scale Maidan: Testimonies project, for which around 300 oral testimonies from participants in the Revolution of Dignity were collected. In recognition of his contribution to culture, Leonid Finberg has received, among other honours, France’s Order of Academic Palms.