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Book Release — Omeljan Pritsak and the Intellectual Origins of the Ukrainian "Harvard Miracle" by Andrii Portnov

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HURI Books is pleased to announce the release of Omeljan Pritsak and the Intellectual Origins of the Ukrainian "Harvard Miracle" by Andrii Portnov, a professor of Ukraine and East-Central Europe.

Book Release — David and Goliath: Commentaries on the Russo-Ukrainian War by Serhii Plokhy

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HURI Books is delighted to announce the publication of David and Goliath: Commentaries on the Russo-Ukrainian War by Serhii Plokhy, a renowned scholar of Ukrainian history.

Exploring Ukrainian Holocaust Literature with Hanna Protasova

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Today at 5 PM EDT, Ukrainian literary scholar and journalist Hanna Protasova delivered a lecture on representations of the Holocaust in Ukrainian literature. This talk kicked off the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute (HUSI) evening lecture series, which...

Our Life Behind Barbed Wire Pt 2: Alex Averbuch on Ukrainian Ostarbeiters

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This is the second of a two-part explainer on Nazi era Ukrainian forced laborers (“Ostarbeiters”), adapted from an in-depth interview with researcher Alex Averbuch. By collecting the photographs and correspondence of the Ostarbeiters, Averbuch assembled...

Our Life Behind Barbed Wire, Pt 1: Alex Averbuch on Ukrainian Ostarbeiters

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Researcher Alex Averbuch has been studying the photographs and correspondence of Ukrainian forced laborers (“Ostarbeiters”) in Nazi Germany. Using letters and images, he has put together an exhibit at the Fisher Family Commons (FFC) Gallery (CGIS Knafel)...

Serhii Plokhii: Casus Belli: Did Lenin Create Modern Ukraine?

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Vladimir Putin has justified his ongoing invasion of Ukraine on the basis of a bizarre reading of history and accusations that Ukraine is at the same time Lenin’s creation and the homeland of the Nazis. Much has been said in the last few years to show the...

The Return of History: The Post-Soviet Space Thirty Years after the Fall of the USSR

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by Serhii Plokhy Originally published in Spanish under the title, “El retorno de la historia,” Política exterior, 204 (November/December 2021): 40-50. In December 1991, as the Soviet Union was falling apart, I asked my students in a course on “The USSR in...

Serhii Plokhii on The Frontline: Author Q&A

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The Frontline: Essays on Ukraine’s Past and Present, published by HURI in September, is the latest book from acclaimed historian Serhii Plokhii (Plokhy). The collection of essays represents the breadth of the author’s research over the past decade and a...

Book Release: Serhii Plokhy's Collection of Essays on Ukraine

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HURI is pleased to announce the release of its latest publication, The Frontline: Essay's on Ukraine's Past and Present by HURI Director Serhii Plokhii (Plokhy). Now available for purchase on the HURI Books website Currently offering free shipping to...

Contextualizing Putin's "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians"

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Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent essay, "On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians," which was published on the Kremlin's website in Russian, English and Ukrainian, elaborates on his frequently stated assertion that Ukrainians and...