Pritsak Book Prize Winner Announced by ASEEES

The Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) has announced the first winner of the Omeljan Pritsak Book Prize in Ukrainian Studies.

HURI congratulates Maria Rewakowicz for winning the prize for her outstanding book, Ukraine’s Quest for Identity: Embracing Cultural Hybridity in Literary Imagination, 1991-2011.

The Other Dimension of Ukraine's Civil Society: Q&A with Svitlana Krasynska

Why are Ukrainians less involved in civil society than citizens in some Western countries? Why have Western donors’ attempts to build nonprofit institutions in Ukraine enjoyed only limited success? According to Svitlana Krasynska, Mihaychuk Research Fellow at HURI, these may not be the right questions to ask; the degree of Ukrainian civic activity is underreported because it fails to recognize the informal contributions of civil society.

Стипендіати УНІГУ 2019-го року: що їм вдалося зробити за час стажування

Заради наших читачів, ми все ж таки вирішили поставити кожному з українських вчених, котрі одержали міжнародні стипендії й перебували минулого семестру в УНІГУ, одне запитання: ЩО ВАМ ВДАЛОСЯ ЗРОБИТИ ПІД ЧАС СВОГО СТАЖУВАННЯ В УНІГУ? І ось їхні відповіді. Як бачимо, кожен зі стипендіатів має свій стиль і власні уявлення про цілі та пріоритети своєї наукової праці. Тим цікавіше порівняти їх.

Now Hiring: Programs Coordinator

The Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University is accepting applications on a rolling basis for the full-time position of Programs Coordinator.

The programs coordinator is responsible for the administration of the Ukrainian Research Institute’s events and programs throughout the calendar year. Portfolio of responsibilities includes administration of conferences, symposia, memorial lectures, weekly seminars, research fellowships and visiting scholars; administration of the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute.

Serving the People: Will Ukraine’s Political Culture Change? HURI Experts Weigh In

Just after his election in April, Zelensky called for snap parliamentary elections, which were previously set to take place in October 2019. Instead, voters brought his party, Servant of the People (Sluha Narodu), into parliament with unprecedented numbers: the party won 254 of 450 seats (only 424 of which are currently active; the 26 seats representing Crimea and the Donbas remain vacant), the first time a party has won an outright majority since Ukraine’s independence in 1991. What will Zelensky do with this consolidated power?