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A medieval Rus’ princess travels west to start her new life as the bride of a Polish king, bringing westward, too, her natal Eastern Christianity that is increasingly at odds with the Western Church. One year after bearing her firstborn son, she suddenly...

Congratulations to Dr. Talia Zajac, one of our Shklar Fellows during 2018 spring semester, for winning the Canadian Association for Ukrainian Studies Article Prize for 2017-2018. Her article, “The Social-Political Roles of the Princesses in Kyivan Rus,’...

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...

In 1991 a lecture fund was established through a major gift donation from the estate of the late Vasyl and Maria Petryshyn and other Petryshyn and Hnateyko family members. This year's speaker is Volodymyr Kravchenko, a scholar with a special expertise in...

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...