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Orest Subtelny, Historian: May 17, 1941 - July 24, 2016
Orest Subtelny passed away peacefully on July 24, 2016. An immigrant of Ukrainian descent from occupied Poland, Subtelny was a professor of history and political science at York University, Toronto, from 1982 to 2015. While pursuing graduate studies at...
From Yonkers to Cambridge: Young Ukrainian Students Visit HURI
The School of Ukrainian Studies, a Ridna Shkola in Yonkers, New York, strives to help young Ukrainian Americans retain their heritage. Like other Saturday Ukrainian schools, the educational center offers courses in Ukrainian language and history for...
Welcome, HUSI Class of 2016!
The Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute (HUSI) has officially begun its 2016 program, with the summer session starting on June 18. The students in this year’s class - the 46th for HUSI - come from all over the United States and Ukraine, bringing their...
Meet the Three REECA Grads Who Researched in Ukraine
Congratulations to all of this year’s graduates! In particular, HURI would like to recognize three 2016 Master’s degree graduates who carried out research in Ukraine during the summer of 2015. Christine Jacobson, Matthew Kupfer, and Cressida Arkwright -...
An Untypical Student Matt Kupfer (in Ukrainian)
НЕТИПОВИЙ СТУДЕНТ МЕТТ КУПФЕР Мабуть, не існує такого поняття, як «типовий гарвардський студент», навіть серед тих, хто вивчає тут українську мову. Про це свідчить весь мій більше, як двадцятирічний досвід викладання в Гарварді. Моїми студентами були...
Mapping Dynastic Marriage in Kyivan Rus (in Ukrainian)
КАРТОҐРАФУВАННЯ ДИНАСТИЧНИХ ЗВ'ЯЗКІВ КИЇВСЬКОЇ РУСІ Монографія Кристияна Раффенспергера «Родинні узи: Генеалогічні зв'язки та династичні шлюби в Київській Русі» Європейська орієнтація завжди була наріжним каменем української незалежності. Це визнавали...
Event Announcement: Director of POLIN Museum to Speak at Harvard
The Harvard community and members of the general public are invited to attend a special lecture with Dariusz Stola, Director of the POLIN Museum of the History of the Polish Jews. The event takes place at 3:00 pm on Saturday, June 18, at the Riesman...
Study Ukrainian at Harvard with HUSI’s 46th Class: June 18 - August 6
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - On June 18, the 2016 Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute (HUSI) will open its doors to admitted students, continuing a tradition that spans nearly five decades. The seven-week summer program offers advanced undergraduates, graduate...
Chornobyl: The Tombstone of the Reckless Empire by Serhii Plokhii
As the world prepares to mark the 30th anniversary of the worst nuclear disaster in its history – the explosion and partial meltdown of the nuclear reactor at the Chornobyl power station in Ukraine – there is a temptation to celebrate that date as well...
WelcomeToDonetsk: Photojournalist Anastasia Taylor-Lind Presents Her Work at HURI
Who records history? Whose stories are told? These are a few of the questions driving photojournalist and Harvard Nieman Fellow Anastasia Taylor-Lind to push the boundaries of documentary photography. Taylor-Lind has created several projects in response...
Families of Power in 18th Century Ukraine: John LeDonne on Hetmanate Genealogy
On Monday, April 25 at 4:15, HURI’s Seminar in Ukrainian Studies features historian John LeDonne. In the words of the editors at Kritika, “[f]ew have done more to explore the deep structures and broad tendencies that shaped Russia’s imperial period...
Ties of Kinship: Genealogy and Dynastic Marriage in Kyivan Rus’
HURI Publications is pleased to announce that Dr. Christian Raffensperger’s book, Ties of Kinship: Genealogy and Dynastic Marriage in Kyivan Rus’, is now available. The book is part of the Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies. Published: April 2016...
