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450 Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E8
Former CIUS minority education, the politics of pared to the Canadian Encyclopedia in
language and culture in Canada, terms of its magnitude and scope.
Director Named
multiculturalism, and the history of Dr. Lupul’s signal contribution has
Ukrainians in Canada. At the same been the promotion and defence of
to the Order of
time, Dr. Lupul showed exceptional multiculturalism in Canada. In his
writings, such as “Multiculturalism
Canada
and Canadian National Identity,”
“Canada’s Options in a Time of Politi-
Dr. Manoly R. Lupul has been cal Crisis and Their Implications for
named to the Order of Canada, the Multiculturalism,” and “Multicultural-
country’s highest honour for lifetime ism as State Policy,” he elaborated
achievement. The announcement of some of the philosophical and moral
new appointments, released by Gover- principles that justified the adoption of
nor-General Adrienne Clarkson on 5 multicultural policies at the federal
August of 2003, stated that “Manoly and provincial levels of government.
Lupul has worked to preserve and Dr. Lupul also pointed out the need
enhance Ukrainian culture and lan- for government support of second-
guage within Canada’s multicultural language education, addressed in such
mosaic.’ A highly respected teacher, essays as © Bilingual Education and the
scholar, educational innovator and Ukrainians in Western Canada: Possi-
administrator, Dr. Lupul played an bilities and Problems” and “Ukrainian-
important role in the development of Language Education in Canada’s Pub-
~ multicultural policy in Canada in its lic Schools.” He followed up with prac-
formative and early stages, which cul- tical work, helping to support educa-
minated with its enshrinement in Sec- tional programs in the Ukrainian-
Dr. Manoly Lupul
tion 27 of the Canadian Charter of English bilingual school program in
Rights and Freedoms. leadership and organizational skills in Alberta. This was done largely through
A native of Willingdon, Alberta, Dr. the university community. It was research and publication programs at
Lupul was educated at the universities largely through his efforts that Native CIUS, which developed educational
of Alberta (B.A., 1950, and B.Ed., Studies courses were introduced at the materials for teachers and students
1951), Minnesota (M.A., 1955), and University of Alberta in the 1960s, well under his leadership.
Harvard (Ph.D., 1963). Dr. Lupul before courses of this kind were of- Dr. Lupul promoted understanding of
joined the staff of the Faculty of Edu- fered in other university departments. Canada’s multicultural diversity not only
cation at the University of Alberta in Dr. Lupul was also a founder of the in his writings, but also in practice. He
1958, retiring in 1990. He is the author Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Stud- supported, organized and participated in
of The Roman Catholic Church and the ies (CIUS). Under his leadership as its seminars and conferences on Ukrainian
North-West School Question, a pioneer- first director (1976-86), CIUS emerged relations with Jews, Russians, Germans,
ing study that remains the definitive as an internationally recognized centre and Poles. His commitment to these
work on the topic. In the course of his of Ukrainian studies. One of the Insti- endeavours reflected his firm belief that
distinguished academic career, he ed- tute’s major accomplishments, initi- in a democratic and multicultural society
ited several books and published nu- ated under his leadership, was the it is crucial for ethnic groups, often his-
merous articles on a wide range of publication of the six-volume Encyclo- torically antagonistic, to discuss past and
subjects, including education in West- pedia of Ukraine. This ambitious schol- current issues openly in a scholarly con-
ern Canada, church-state relations, arly endeavour has often been com- text.
CIUS Newsletter Fall 2003 1
From the Director |
From the Ukrainian Studies. In June 2003, long-
time CIUS staff member Dr. Andrij
Director Hornjatkevyé retired after more than 25
years of service at the University of Al-
berta.
The publication you are holding in
This fall CIUS is hosting two scholars
your hands has a different look and
from Lviv National University, Dr. Ro-
format from those issued in recent years.
man Rykalyuk (computing science spe-
It does not have a glossy cover, the text is
cialist) and Dr. Myron Kapral (histo-
shorter, and only selected programs and
rian), who will be working on their
projects are featured. CIUS has decided
projects in consultation with colleagues
to begin issuing a semi-annual newsletter
at the Institute as well as in other univer-
instead of the Annual Review. We believe
sity departments.
that a shorter publication issued more
We hope that you enjoy reading our
frequently will allow us to inform you
newsletter. If you would like further
about our activities and new publications
information on any of the projects and
in a more timely manner, while still
activities briefly mentioned above, please
making it possible to highlight one or
contact me. As always, we welcome your
two CIUS programs or projects per issue. Dr. Serhii Plokhii
comments and suggestions on how to
In the current newsletter we feature the
improve our coverage of the Institute’s
Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine Project scholarship in Ukraine, expanding its
activities and our links with the aca-
and the Ukrainian Canadian Program. activities to Chernihiv and Zaporizhia.
demic and broader communities in
Summarizing the accomplishments The Church Studies Program organized
Canada and beyond.
of other units in the 2002-3 academic a successful Bohdan Bociurkiw Memo-
year that will not be featured in this issue, rial Lecture delivered by Dr. Andrii Serhi Plokhi, Acting Director
I would like to mention that the Ukrain- Krawchuk of St. Paul University in Ot-
Canadian Institute of —
ian Language Education Centre (ULEC) tawa and helped publish the book Reli-
and its partners completed phase one of gion and Nation in Modern Ukraine. Last Ukrainian Studies
the Ukrainian Knowledge Internet Portal but not least, CIUS Press published two 450 Athabasca Hall
Project (UKiP) and embarked on phase books described in this issue and signifi- University of Alberta =——=s
Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2E
two, with core funding provided by the cantly increased its sales. In-depth infor-
Technologies Learning Branch of Alberta mation on activities in these programs Telephone: [phone]
Learning. Several individuals, including will be featured in forthcoming issues of FAX: [phone]
Kim Robinson as general manager, were the newsletter. E-mail: [email protected]
brought on staff for this phase of the There is also news to report on the CIUS Website: www.cius.ca
project. ULEC is also preparing for print Institute’s former and current staff. We CIUS Newsletter
Ukrainian language learning resources are extremely proud to announce that Reprints permitted with acknowledgement
for Nova 4, 5 and 6. The Canada- the Institute’s founding director, Dr. ISSN 1485-7979
Ukraine Legislative and Intergovern- Manoly R. Lupul, has been named to the Publication Mail Agreement No. 40065596
mental Project completed the third year Order of Canada. Another important
Editor: Bohdan Klid
of its program, organizing Canadian development of the last academic year Ukrainian Translation: Halyna Klid
study tours for Ukrainian legislators and was the reappointment of Dr. Zenon E. Design and layout: Peter Matilainen
government officials on such topics as Kohut as director of the Institute, effec-
To contact the CIUS Toronto Office
tobacco control legislation, land title tive July 2004. Dr. Kohut is on sabbatical
(Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine Project,
registries, and citizen participation in during the fall semester of 2003, as is Journal of Ukrainian Studies, CIUS Press, or
government and decision-making. The Professor David R. Marples, director of Peter Jacyk Centre), please write c/o:
Peter Jacyk Centre advanced work on the the Stasiuk Program for the Study of
preparation for print of volume 9, book Contemporary Ukraine. Both will return 1 Spadina Crescent, Rm 109
University of Toronto
1 of Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s History of to their duties in January 2004. I am
Toronto ON M5S 2J5
Ukraine-Rus’ and co-sponsored a happy to welcome back to CIUS Dr.
number of publications in Ukraine. The Taras Zakydalsky, who previously Telephone: [phone]
Kowalsky Program for the Study of East- worked on the Encyclopedia of Ukraine Fax: [phone]
ern Ukraine stepped up its support of Project, as the new editor the Journal of E-mail: [email protected]
2 Fall 2003 CIUS Newsletter
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Focus on Projects and Programs
Internet
Encyclopedia
of Ukraine
Imagine that a vast information
resource containing in-depth knowl-
edge about Ukraine and Ukrainians
were freely accessible to anyone at any
time and in any place in the world.
Imagine that students in Asia learning
about world history, or American jour-
nalists conducting research for their
The Homepage of the Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine Web Site
articles on Eastern Europe, or Euro-
pean diplomats being dispatched to and culture to the world. working on the painstaking task of
their official posts in Ukraine could Initially, the IEU will be based on correcting conversion errors and edit-
simply turn on their computers and the material published in the six-vol- ing IEU entries in order to adapt them
gain access to more than 20,000 de- ume Encyclopedia of Ukraine (1984— for Internet use. Andrij Makuch and
tailed articles and encyclopedic entries 2001). However, the original EU data- Mark Andryczyk have been working on
on all aspects of Ukraine, its history, base has been and will continue to be various aspects of this complex and
people, geography, society, economy, considerably expanded and updated, time-consuming task under the supervi-
diaspora, and cultural heritage. Imag- so that the IEU will represent a new sion of Dr. Stech, who prepares the final
ine that these entries were accompa- and previously unavailable learning version of each entry once it has been
nied by thousands of maps, photo- and information resource. Thousands edited and uploads it to the IEU site.
graphs, illustrations, tables, music files, of maps, photographs, illustrations, More than 800 entries have already
and multimedia materials that allowed tables, and other graphic or audio been uploaded, and Internet users can
viewers to look at photographs of materials will accompany the text to now obtain detailed information on
prominent people they were reading make the IEU site more interesting and such topics as “Black Sea,’ “Bukovyna,”
about, find exact locations of cities, attractive to viewers. “Central Rada,’ “Christianization of
towns, mountains, lakes, and rivers, Since the launch of the project in Ukraine,” “Cossacks,” “Danylo
examine architectural monuments and 2001, the IEU team, headed by Roman Romanovych,” “Ivan Franko,’ “Bohdan
works of art, and listen to musical Senkus (managing editor) and Dr. Khmelnytsky, “Kyivan Rus,” “Ivan
compositions mentioned in the text. Marko R. Stech (project manager), has Mazepa, “Yaroslav the Wise,’ and
Through the efforts of a team of successfully completed a number of many others. Apart from the text dis-
specialists working on the Internet important stages of its work. Dr. Stech play, which features advanced search
Encyclopedia of Ukraine (IEU) project was responsible for developing the and linking capabilities, the site incor-
at the Toronto Office of CIUS, such a general concept of the IEU Internet porates sophisticated map displays,
sophisticated and user-friendly infor- site and for supervising its program- tables and music files.
mation resource is becoming a reality. ming by Jaroslaw Kiebalo. The pro- In the meantime, the writing of new
Once completed, the IEU will be the gramming stage has been successfully IEU entries is also under way. Under
most comprehensive Web-based re- completed. The IEU site is fully opera- Mr. Senkus’s supervision, Andrij
source in English on Ukraine and tional and accessible at Makuch, the IEU senior manuscript
Ukrainians. This immense repository <www.encyclopediaofukraine.com>. editor, has begun editing new entries,
of knowledge, based on the contribu- Dr. Stech was also responsible for particularly those dealing with post-
tions of hundreds of leading specialists the conversion of the old Xywrite EU Soviet Ukraine.
from around the world, is designed to database into the WordPerfect 2002 Owing to the complexity and la-
present Ukraine and its people, history format. Currently the [EU team is bour-intensive nature of work on the
CIUS Newsletter Fall 2003 3
achieve its goal. CIUS invites donors to interact with a broad range of people
help the project succeed in producing and make its resources and expertise
the best and most authoritative elec- available to the community at large.
tronic source of information in Eng- The main focus of the program re-
lish about Ukraine. All donations will mains the writing of the second
be gratefully acknowledged, and re- installment of the multi-volume his-
ceipts will be issued for tax purposes. tory of Ukrainians in Canada. Orest
Martynowych, the author of the pio-
neer-era volume, is now beginning to
Reflecting the
write the narrative that will provide a
comprehensive overview of the evolu-
Ukrainian
tion of Ukrainian Canadian society in
the turbulent interwar years. The co-
Experience
directors of the UCP, Andrij Makuch
in Canada and Jars Balan, are assisting Mr.
Martynowych by conducting research
Dr. Roman Curkowskyj, in their areas of specialization: Labour
President of the Curkowskyj Foundation Ukrainians in Canada form a diverse Temple politics (Makuch) and theatre
community created by five waves of
and literature (Balan).
IEU and its Web site, however, only a immigration spanning more than a The program is also involved in many
fraction of the vast body of knowledge century. Each wave of immigrants other activities relevant to the develop-
that will become available is currently arrived with its own personal, ethno- ment of Ukrainian Canadian studies. For
accessible to Internet users. Entries are cultural and social objectives, bringing instance, Andrij Makuch is collecting
being written, edited and updated different “baggage” from a homeland data on the latest wave of immigration
daily. But the rate at which informa- that has experienced many tumultuous from post-independence Ukraine, which
tion can be added to the site will de- changes and endured an uncommon is vital to understanding the rapidly
pend greatly on the availability of fi- share of sorrows and hardships. At the changing Ukrainian Canadian commu-
nancial resources to engage additional same time, newcomers have encoun- nity. Files are also being maintained on
qualified editorial staff and Web per- tered a constantly evolving Canadian contemporary multicultural issues, on
sonnel to work on the project. mosaic, with an increasingly layered Ukrainian studies programs and courses
Having recognized the importance and multifaceted “established” Ukrain- at post-secondary institutions across
of the IEU in the process of dissemi- ian community that has been signifi- Canada, and on a range of topics that fall
nating objective information about cantly impacted by Canadian realities within the broad scope of Ukrainian
Ukraine throughout the world, several and assimilative pressures. It is the task Canadian studies.
institutions and individuals have lent of the Ukrainian Canadian Program In March 2003, Messrs. Makuch,
their financial support to the project. (UCP) to study and interpret the rich Balan and Martynowych participated
An anonymous donor from Toronto Ukrainian experience in Canada and in a Winnipeg conference on the state
made the launch of the project possible document the contributions that of Ukrainian archival collections in
with his generous donation of $50,000. Ukrainians have made to Canadian Canada, an ongoing concern of all
The Learning Technologies Branch of society, as well as to Ukraine’s national those researching Ukrainian Canadian
Alberta Learning and the Office of the history and culture. history. In April, Jars Balan attended
Vice-President (Research) at the Uni- Not surprisingly, the UCP’s work the “Ministers’ Forum on Diversity
versity of Alberta each contributed reflects the complexity of Ukrainian
and Culture” in Hull, Quebec, where
$25,000 to the IEU, while the Rev. life in Canada. Although primarily a he participated in a panel discussion of
Marian and Dr. Roman Curkowskyj research-oriented program of CIUS, issues facing museums and heritage
Foundation donated $20,000. CIUS the UCP also fulfills other important
groups. In order to promote greater
expresses its sincere thanks for these functions, such as handling requests awareness of the program, Jars and
contributions. for information and assistance from Andri have been presenting some of
Additional ongoing financial sup- students and academics, the public at their findings at academic conferences.
port from individual and organiza- large, journalists and documentary Most recently, they gave papers at this
tional benefactors is crucial if this filmmakers. While often time-consum- year’s Congress of the Social Sciences
immense multi-year project is to ing, this work enables the program to
and Humanities in Halifax, Andrij at a
4 Fall 2003 CIUS Newsletter
- Projects and Programs
gathering of the Canadian Association
of Slavists, and Jars at a session of the
Association for Canadian Theatre
Research.
A paper on Ukrainian-Romanian
relations in Canada delivered by Jars
Balan at a University of Chernivtsi
conference was published in Ukraine
in the spring of 2003. An article by Jars
on the Canadian dimension of Vasyl
Stefanyk’s famous short story
Kaminnyi khrest (The Stone Cross) is
to appear in the fall issue of the Journal
of Ukrainian Studies, and his transla-
tion of an extract from Illia Kiriak’s
novel Syny zemli (Sons of the Soil) has
been included in an anthology of Al-
berta prose published in October by
the University of Calgary Press. Mean- Vasile Avramenko with an interwar era performing group.
while, Andrij Makuch’s widely repro- Orthodox church members in only CIUS but also arts programs at
duced study of Ukrainians in Canada Kelowna, British Columbia, on the universities throughout Canada, Andrij
in the 2001 census is again being pub- California priest Ahapii Honcharenko; Makuch and Jars Balan are hopeful that
lished in a book entitled Yesterday, in Toronto, he gave a talk in the re- sponsors and grant money can be found
Today and Tomorrow: The Ukrainian cently revived William Kurelek lecture for these and other worthwhile endeav-
Community in Canada, due to be is- series. Taking advantage of local op- ours.
sued shortly under the UVAN portunities, Jars is currently preparing Finally, having been a partner in the
(Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences) an article and selected translations creation of the Kalyna Country Eco-
imprint. from the writings of Michael Gowda, museum, the UCP remains active in
Meanwhile, both Jars and Andrij are the “first Ukrainian resident of Ed- the elaboration of this long-term herit-
contributing articles to the Ukrainian monton, for a Web site and publica- age conservation project. In the fall of
_ press and speaking at a variety of func- tion marking the centenary of Alber- 2002, Kalyna Country marked its tenth
tions in the Ukrainian Canadian com- ta’s capital (2004). anniversary by sponsoring the visit of
munity. For instance, Jars addressed In the realm of publishing, the renowned ecomuseum expert Peter
program is eagerly anticipating a CIUS Davis from the University of Newcas-
publication on how to do research in tle-upon-Tyne, England. Professor
Ukrainian genealogy, expected to ap- Davis spoke to Human Ecology and
pear in the spring of 2004. Among Leisure and Recreation Studies stu-
other manuscripts for which financial dents at the University of Alberta, met
sponsorship is being sought are a book with heritage specialists at Alberta
on the life and times of the dance Historic Sites and Archives, as well as
master and film producer Vasile at the Provincial Museum, and spent
Avramenko; an English-language col- three days touring ecomuseum com-
lection of early journalism and literary munities. He was the guest speaker at
the anniversary banquet, where his
work by Fr. Nestor Dmytriw, the first
Ukrainian priest to visit Canada; a slide-show presentation on ecomuse-
book on the material culture of Alber- ums around the world helped place
ta’s Ukrainian settlement bloc; and a Kalyna Country in a global context.
volume of translated literary works, Professor Davies has done much to
memoirs and essays by the left-wing publicize the Kalyna Country project
playwright and prose writer Myroslav among museology and heritage-study
Irchan. Notwithstanding the financial specialists around the world.
constraints that increasingly affect not
Vasile Avramenko in Cossack dress.
CIUS Newsletter Fall 2003 5
Donations of
Hrushevsky’s
History to
Ukraine
The Government of Alberta and
CIUS are cooperating to donate the
English translation of Mykhailo
Hrushevsky’s monumental History of
Ukraine-Rus’, published by CIUS Press,
to several academic institutions and
libraries in Ukraine, the Canadian
embassy in Kyiv, and the Hrushevsky
Museum in Lviv. The work is being
translated into English by the Peter Jacyk
Centre for Ukrainian Historical Research Alberta Premier Ralph Klein donating vetines of the History of Ukraine-Rus’ to the
at CIUS. Three volumes of the ten-vol- Hrushevsky Museum in Lviv (May 2002).
ume study have appeared to date. ernmental Relations. It is estimated Hnatiuk Ternopil State Pedagogical
In May 2002, Premier Ralph Klein that the total cost of the donation to University (Ternopil); Vasyl Stefanyk
presented the first volumes of the Eng- the Government of Alberta and CIUS Library, National Academy of Sciences
lish translation to the Hrushevsky Mu- will approximate $11,000. of Ukraine (Lviv); Uzhhorod State
seum in Lviv during his visit to Ukraine. The following institutions are to University (Transcarpathia); Vasyl
The Advisory Council on Alberta- receive the ten-volume work by Stefanyk Subcarpathian University
Ukraine Relations (ACAUR) and Mykhailo Hrushevsky: Hrushevsky (Ivano-Frankivsk); Volodymyr
CIUS will jointly donate each volume Museum (Lviv); Taras Shevchenko Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine
upon its publication. ACAUR is an National University (Kyiv); Volodymyr (Kyiv); Zaporizhia State University
advisory body within the Ministry of Vernadsky Tavria National University (Zaporizhia); Canadian embassy
Alberta International and Intergov- (Symferopil, Crimea); Volodymyr (Kyiv).
Two Special Issues
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This issue contains articles by leading scholars on the politics, economy, societya nd culture of independent Ukraine.
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New Publications
states on the ruins of the Soviet empire Ukraine.
culture ushered in a new, difficult and uncer- For those studying the interaction of
tain phase in their relations. Since state- and nation-building with reli-
Russia would clearly remain a major gion, Ukraine constitutes one of the
world power, while Ukraine was the most important case studies at the
nation
largest and one of the most populous dawn of the twenty-first century. With
and states of Europe, those relations took more than forty-eight million inhabit-
on more than regional significance. ants, the country is the second most
The editors of Culture, Nation, and populous state to emerge from the
Identity, representing the East Euro- breakup of the former Soviet bloc.
pean History Seminar at Cologne Uni- Ukraine today contains one of the
versity, the Harriman Institute at Co- largest Orthodox communities in the
lumbia University, and the Canadian world, as well as more than three thou-
Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the sand Ukrainian Greek Catholic par-
University of Alberta, selected sixteen ishes, which constitute the world’s
articles on the Ukrainian-Russian largest Eastern Christian church united
encounter from the early modern pe- with Rome.
riod to World War II for publication in Much of the analysis presented in
this volume. In their contributions, Religion and Nation in Modern Ukraine
scholars from Canada, Germany, Rus- deals with the responses of Ukraine’s
sia, Ukraine, and the United States Eastern Christians to the challenge of
New Book Examines Ukrainian-
employ a variety of methods to exam- the national idea. The book places the
Russian Relations
ine the many spheres in which Rus- history and current status of Ukraine’s
Andreas Kappeler, Zenon E. Kohut, sians, Ukrainians, their identities and Orthodox and Greek Catholic commu-
cultures interacted. The publication of nities into the context of the Ukrainian
Frank E. Sysyn, and Mark von Hagen,
eds. Culture, Nation, and Identity: The Culture, Nation, and Identity has been national revival of the late nineteenth
generously supported by the Ukrainian and early twentieth centuries and of the
Ukrainian-Russian Encounter (1600-
1945) (CIUS Press, 2003), xiv, 381 pp. Studies Fund, Inc. (New York City). resurgence of Ukrainian national con-
Until 31 January 2004, Culture, Na-
In April 2003, CIUS Press published tion, and Identity can be purchased as
an important collection of essays on part of a special offer. For $35 (paper)
Ukraine’s historical relations with its or $45 (cloth) (taxes and shipping
most powerful neighbour, Russia. included), readers can receive this
Culture, Nation, and Identity: The book and, as a bonus, a 415-page study
Ukrainian-Russian Encounter (1600- by David Saunders, The Ukrainian
1945) is based on papers delivered at Impact on Russian Culture, 1750-1850.
four sessions of a conference held al-
ternately at Columbia University and
New Study of Religion and
Cologne University from June 1994 to
September 1995. These sessions had Nation in Ukraine Published
their origin both in the world of great
Serhii Plokhy and Frank E. Sysyn, Reli-
political events and in the realm of
gion and Nation in Modern Ukraine
scholarly discussions.
(CIUS Press, 2003), xvi, 216 pp.
Ukraine’s independence and the
subsequent dissolution of the Soviet In August 2003, CIUS Press released
Union in 1991 made Ukrainian-Rus- a collection of eleven essays by Serhii
sian relations a major international Plokhy and Frank E. Sysyn entitled
issue. The establishment of these two Religion and Nation in Modern
CIUS Newsletter Fall 2003 7
sciousness in the late 1980s and early
1990s.
Among the subjects discussed are the
formation of modern Ukrainian reli-
gious culture; the impact of the tradi-
tions of the Kyiv Metropolitanate on
the Ukrainian Orthodox autocepha-
lous movement; the founding of the
Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of
Canada in relation to the formation of
national identity in Ukraine and in the
Ukrainian diaspora; international
factors in the Soviet suppression of the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in
1946; the rebirth of the Ukrainian
Autocephalous Orthodox Church in
the USSR (1989-1991); the role of the
Moscow Patriarchate in independent Book launch of Shevelov’s Istorychna fonolohiia in Kyiv. Shown in the photo are: (I-r)
Ukraine in the early 1990s; the struggle Dr. Volodymyr Kravchenko (Director, Kowalsky Eastern Ukrainian Institute), Academician
for a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Vasyl Nimchuk (Director, Institute of Linguistics, National Academy of Sciences of
Ukraine), Dr. Zenon Kohut (Director, CIUS)
patriarchate in Ukraine in the early
1990s; and church-state relations in
first published in 1979 with the sup- Phonology. Once circumstances
contemporary Ukraine.
port of CIUS. Its appearance prompted changed in Ukraine, CIUS commis-
The price of the book is $27.95 pa-
the scholarly world to revisit not only sioned Drs. Serhii Vakulenko and
perback and $39.95 cloth. For an extra
the historical phonetics of the Ukrain- Andrii Danylenko of Kharkiv National
$10, purchasers can also receive
ian language but also the history of the University to translate the book so as
Bohdan Bociurkiw’s The Ukrainian
language itself. In his study, Shevelov to make it accessible to Ukrainian
Greek Catholic Church and the Soviet
opposed views hitherto dominant in scholars and researchers.
State (1939-1960). the academic world—namely, that the
Ukrainian language had developed in
University of Alberta Student
Ukrainian Edition of Shevelov’s the period following the destruction of
the Kyivan Rus’ state by the Mongols Describes Her Impressions of
A Historical Phonology of the
from a supposedly common Old Rus’ Studying in Ukraine
Ukrainian Language language that was the forerunner of
Published Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian. Maria Kachmar, Semestr u L’vovi
Just as Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s semi- (Ukrainian Language Education Cen-
Turii Shevelov, Istorychna fonolohtia nal Istoriia Ukrainy-Rusy (History of tre, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian
ukrains’ koi movy (Akta, 2002), xii, 1054 Studies, 2003), 55 pp.
Ukraine-Rus’) demonstrates the inde-
PP: pendent historical development of the In May 2003, the Ukrainian Lan-
Thanks to the support of CIUS and Ukrainian people, so Shevelov’s work guage Education Centre (ULEC) pub-
its affiliate at Kharkiv National Univer- presents a new interpretation of the lished Semestr u L’vovi by Maria
sity, the Kowalsky Eastern Ukrainian history of the East Slavic languages in Kachmar, based on a diary that she
Institute, the first Ukrainian-language general and the Ukrainian language in kept while studying at Lviv National
edition of George Y. Shevelov’s funda- particular. It should be noted that this University in the autumn of 2000. The
mental monograph Istorychna fonolo- book remains the only comprehensive book, written in the genre of creative
hita ukrains’koi movy was published in study of the historical phonology of non-fiction, describes the adventures
late 2002 by the Kharkiv publishing any Slavic language. and impressions of a young Ukrainian
house Akta. Since the author was proscribed by Canadian who travelled to Ukraine to
George Y. Shevelov (1908-2002) was the Soviet regime and his book was study and experience life in the land of
a prominent Ukrainian linguist whose first published in English, few scholars her ancestors. Through the author’s
monumental work, A Historical Pho- in Ukraine had the opportunity to eyes, the reader observes the streets of
nology of the Ukrainian Language, was make use of the original Historical Lviv, places of interest, university life,
8 Fall 2003 CIUS Newsletter
: . New Publications
and student activities. breaking with many traditional percep-
According to the author, who wrote tions and stereotypes.
the book while she was a fourth-year This richly illustrated book should
student in the Faculty of Education at appeal to high-school and university
the University of Alberta, her work is students who may enjoy learning
“a travel diary, a photo album, a hand- about Ukrainian culture and studying
book for learning modern Ukrainian the language. While Semestr u L’vovi is
and slang terms, an attempt to connect useful to students, since it exposes
two worlds, and an exploration of them to standard contemporary
thoughts and ideas about modern Ukrainian and slang, it also makes
Ukrainian culture and the life of Ukrain- enjoyable reading for people of all
ians.” In her book, Maria Kachmar at- ages.
tempts to build a bridge from Lviv to More information can be found on
Edmonton so as to overcome the gap the Web site http://www.ualberta.ca/
between two different cultures— ~ulec/kachmar. To purchase the book
“Ukrainianism” in the diaspora and online, please visit the site or your local
“Ukrainianism” in the land of her ances- bookstore, or contact ULEC at CIUS.
tors. Her experiences, as depicted in the
Author of Semestr u L’vovi,
book, present a new view of Ukraine,
Maria Kachmar
CIUS Seminars and Lectures (2002-3)
26 September. Gregory Smolynec, 1925” (co-sponsored by the Depart- in Nineteenth-Century Ukrainian
Department of History, Duke ment of History, University of Al- Political Thought: A Step Forward
University, “The Cold War, berta). in National Ideology Formation?”
Ukrainian Canadians and the
24 January. Book launch of Post-Com- 3 April. Dr. Valerii Polkovsky, Depart-
Sources of Multiculturalism.”
munist Ukraine by Dr. Bohdan ment of Modern Languages and
10 October. Dr. Nancy S. Kollmann, Harasymiw (University of Calgary). Cultural Studies, University of
Department of History and Center
27 February. Andrii Bolianovsky, Lviv Alberta, “Lexical Changes in Mod-
for Russian and East European
Commercial Academy, “Ukrainian ern Ukrainian (1991-2001).”
Studies, Stanford University, Book
Military Formations in the German 9 May. Dr. Mark von Hagen, Depart-
launch of Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s
Armed Forces (1939-1945).” Lecture ment of History and the Harriman
History of Ukraine-Rus, volume 8,
followed by a presentation of his Institute, Columbia University, “I
in English translation.
Ukrainian-language book, Ukrain- Love Russia, and/but I Want
2 December. Dr. Olena Boriak, ian Military Formations in the Ger- Ukraine, or How a Russian Gen-
Maksym Rylsky Institute of Art man Armed Forces, 1939-1945. eral, Pavel Skoropadsky, Became
Studies, Folklore and Ethnogra-
14 March. Orest M. Kruhlak, Former Hetman of the Ukrainian State,
phy, National Academy of Sciences
Director, Multiculturalism Program, 1917-18” (co-sponsored by the
of Ukraine, “The Midwife in
Department of the Secretary of Department of History, University
Ukrainian Traditional Culture:
State, 37° Annual Shevchenko Lec- of Alberta).
Ritual, Folklore, Mythology” (co-
ture, “Multiculturalism in Canada:
sponsored by the Huculak Chair
What Was Intended and What Has
of Ukrainian Culture and Ethnog-
It Become?” (co-sponsored by the
raphy).
Ukrainian Professional and Business
9 January. Dr. Mark Steinberg, De-
Club, Edmonton).
partment of History and the Rus-
27 March. Dr. Anatolii Kruglashov,
sian and East European Center,
Department of History and Political
University of Illinois, “Strangers in
Studies, Yurii Fedkovych Chernivtsi
a Strange Land: Russian and
National University, “The Slavic Idea
Ukrainian Worker Writers, 1910-
CIUS Newsletter Fall 2003 9
Donors to CIUS .
Kowalsky Award for Outstanding Contribution to
the Study of Eastern Ukraine
In order to recognize exceptional Ukrainian history, publishing five mono- Zaporizhia Department of the
efforts in organizing and promoting graphs and more than 200 articles focus- Mykhailo Hrushevsky Institute of
Ukrainian studies in Eastern Ukraine, ing on southern Ukraine. Professor Ukrainian Archaeography and heads
as well as outstanding achievements in Boyko has made Zaporizhia University a the Iakiv Novytsky Scholarly Society. —
scholarship, the Kowalsky Program for leading centre for the study of eastern Recently he has been instrumental in
the Study of Eastern Ukraine has es- and southern Ukraine. He currently establishing the Zaporizhia branch of
tablished the Kowalsky Award for heads the Chair of Source Studies at the the Kowalsky Eastern Ukrainian Insti-
Outstanding Contribution to the Study university's Department of History. He is tute (based at Kharkiv National Univer-
of Eastern Ukraine. In June 2003, Pro- also the founder and head of the univer- __ sity).
fessor Anatolii Boyko of Zaporizhia sitys Archaeographic Expedition and We all wish Professor Boyko good
University was selected as the first editor-in-chief of the scholarly journal health and continuing success in his
recipient of the Kowalsky award. In the Southern Ukraine in the Eighteenth and administrative and scholarly endeav-
last decade, Professor Boyko has Nineteenth Centuries. In addition, Profes- ours.
emerged as a leading scholar in sor Boyko serves as director of the
Donors to CIUS
The following donations, received between 1 August 2002 Shwed, Philip 400.00
and 31 August 2003, are listed here in descending order of _ ‘Klid, Bohdan and Halyna 300.00
magnit. ude. Reshetar, John S. Jr. and Helene T. USD 300.00
Szabo, Catherine 300.00
Blawacky, Benedict and Helen 250.00
Estate of Michael Galandiuk 75,000.00 | Cybulsky, Andrey and Daria Trojan 250.00
Alberta Foundation for Ukrainian Education Society, Fedeyko, E. A. 250.00
Edmonton AB 15,000.00 | Masnyj, Zenon B. USD 250.00
The Rev. Marian and Dr. Roman Curkowskyj Foundation, Stefura, John and Mary 250.00
Toronto ON 10,000.00 | Kachmarchuk, Taras and Olga 200.00
Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko, Ochrymovych, Maria 200.00
Winnipeg MB 10,000.00 | Sarachman, John USD 200.00
Ukrainian Millennium Foundation, Edmonton AB 9,000.00 | Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Thunder Bay ON 200.00
Alberta Ukrainian Commemorative Society, Edmonton AB 5,000.00 | Ukrainian National Federation, Edmonton AB 200.00
Peter Jacyk Education Foundation, Mississauga ON 5,000.00 | Medwidsky, Svitlana 200.00
Shevchenko Scientific Society Inc., New York NY 3,500.00 | Buhel, Andrij and Halyna 170.00
Klid, Morris 3,000.00 | Kostelnyj, Stefan 150.00
Ukrainetz, Peter 2,000.00 | Kobluk, Judy and Bill 105.00
Xerox Canada, North York ON 1,500.00 | Boyko, Iwan and Zenowia 100.00
Estate of Paul Kit 1,238.00 | Brykowycz, Lubomyra 100.00
Fedeyko, William and Justine 1,100.00 | Bulchak, Bohdan and Alexandra 100.00
Dylynsky, Myron 1,000.00 | Dmytrow, Stepha 100.00
Gowda, Jacob and Kathrine 1,000.00 | Fedeyko, Bill and Darlene 100.00
Medwidsky, Bohdan 1,000.00 | Fedeyko, John 100.00
Peczeniuk, Jaroslawa 1,000.00 | Harrakh, Ivan D. 100.00
Peczeniuk, Sonia 1,000.00 | Harras, Tony and Sharon E. 100.00
Shwed, Vera 1,000.00 | Hirnyj, Lada 100.00
Diakunyk, Maria 500.00 | Malycky, Alexander 100.00
Fedeyko, Dennis and Barbara 500.00 | North Winnipeg Credit Union Limited, Winnipeg MB 100.00
Todosijczuk, Demetrius 500.00 | Replansky, George and Lydia 100.00
Ukrainian Future Credit Union, Warren MI USD 500.00 | Roshak, Roman Platon 100.00
Zubryckyj, Nick 500.00 | Rudzik, Michael and Tatiana 100.00
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