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Literary Criticism as Sacrilege: Turning the Iconostasis into a National Canon

On May 13, 2016 Mykola Riabchuk (Senior Research Fellow Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, AoSU Fulbright Research Fellow, George Washington University) gave the 17th Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture on the topic: "Literary Criticism as…

Tags: 20th century, Criticism, Culture, Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture, Education, Iconostasis, Identity, Ideology, Intelligentsia, Literature, Mykola Riabchuk, Nationalism, Post-1991, Socialism, Soviet Union, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature, Writers

Between Homeland and Hostland: Volodymyr Vynnychenko as a Displaced Writer

On April 26, 2013, Dr. Mykola Soroka(Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies) gave the 14th Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture on the topic: "Between Homeland and Hostland: Volodymyr Vynnychenko as a Displaced Writer." Dr. Soroka also presented his…

Tags: 20th century, Culture, Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture, Displaced Persons, Displacement, Emigration, Identity, Literature, Mykola Soroka, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Writers

Ukrainians in Argentina, 1897–1950: The Making of a Community

CIUS book launch audio.On April 3, 2012, Serge Cipko spoke at the book launch for "Ukrainians in Argentina, 1897–1950: The Making of a Community" (co-sponsored by the Department of History and Classics)Found in CIUS Newsletter 2012

Tags: 19th century, 20th century, Argentina, Book Launch, CIUS Seminar, Community, Diaspora, Identity, Migration, Serge Cipko, Ukrainians in Argentina

2012: Ukraine and the Russian Question

CIUS Shevchenko Annual Lecture audio.Co-organized by CIUS and the Ukrainian Professional and Business Club of Edmonton, the forty- sixth Shevchenko lecture at the University of Alberta was given by James Sherr, a senior fellow of the Russia and…

Tags: Authoritarianism, Europe, Geopolitics, Identity, Imperialism, Independence, James Sherr, Kievan Rus', Politics of Memory, Post-1991, Russia, Shevchenko Annual Lecture, Totalitarianism, Ukraine

Ukraine, Russia, and the Future of Europe

CIUS seminar audio.On April 22, 2009, Mykola Riabchuk (journalist and independent scholar, Kyiv), presented on the topic: “Ukraine, Russia, and the Future of Europe.” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2009

Tags: CIUS Seminar, Eastern Europe, Europe, Geopolitics, Identity, Ideology, Mykola Riabchuk, Nation, Politics, Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian-Russian Relations

Part 11: Banquet Address

At the banquet on Saturday evening, Dr. Keith Spicer, journalist, broadcaster, and former Commissioner of Official Languages, was guest speaker. He examined the federal policy of bilingualism, defined its shortcomings, and predicted difficult…

Part 10: Multiculturalism and Separatism: The Search for a Ukrainian Consensus

CIUS conference audio from the final panel of the conference on the topic "Multiculturalism and Separatism: The Search for a Ukrainian Consensus." The panelists included Professors Bociurkiw, Myhul, Serbyn, Tarnopolsky and Mr. Petryshyn. A consensus…

Part 9: Canada's Options in a Time of Political Crisis and Their Implications for Multiculturalism

CIUS conference audio from Professor Manoly R. Lupul's presentation "Canada's Options in a Time of Political Crisis and Their Implications for Multiculturalism," rejecting both separatism and "Trudeau federalism" as options and putting forth a new…

Part 8: Questions for Walter Tarnopolsky

CIUS conference audio from the question period following Professor Walter S. Tarnopolsky's presentation on "A Multicultural Canada: The Basic Issues." In his wide-ranging remarks, he stressed that a multicultural Canada must provide greater access to…

Part 7: A Multicultural Canada: The Basic Issues

CIUS conference audio of Professor Walter S. Tarnopolsky's presentation "A Multicultural Canada: The Basic Issues." In his wide-ranging remarks, he stressed that a multicultural Canada must provide greater access to the most rewarding jobs for all…

Part 6: Multiculturalism and the Response of the Ukrainian-Canadian Community

CIUS conference audio of Bohdan Bociurkiw presenting his paper "Multiculturalism and the Response of the Ukrainian-Canadian Community," in which he praised the roles played by Senator Yuzyk and several members of the Ukrainian Canadian University…

Part 5: The Ukrainian Canadians in Transition

CIUS conference audio recording of Mr. Roman Petryshyn, research associate of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, presenting a paper entitled "The Ukrainian Canadians in Transition," in which he compared the social structure and mobility…

Part 4: Questions for Ivan Myhul and Roman Serbyn

Questions for Roman Serbyn and Ivan Myhul following their presentations on the topic: "Separatism and Ethnic Groups in Quebec," criticizing the absence of a clear government policy towards the non-Anglo-Celtic minorities in Quebec and outlining their…

Part 3: Separatism and Ethnic Groups in Quebec

Roman Serbyn follows Ivan Myhul presenting on the same topic of: "Separatism and Ethnic Groups in Quebec," criticizing the absence of a clear government policy towards the non-Anglo-Celtic minorities in Quebec and outlining their unique and…

Part 2: Separatism and Ethnic Groups in Quebec

Professor Ivan Myhul, Department of Political Science, Bishop's University, speaks on the topic: "Separatism and Ethnic Groups in Quebec," criticizing the absence of a clear government policy towards the non-Anglo-Celtic minorities in Quebec and…

Part 1: Introduction by Manoly Lupul and opening address by Camille Laurin

The conference on "Ukrainian Canadians , Multiculturalism, and Separatism: An Assessment" was held at the University of Alberta on September 9-11. Organized and sponsored by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, it featured papers by the…

Multiculturalism and the Future of Ukrainian Culture and Society in Ukraine and Canada: A Comparative Approach

CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2.On 3 December the final Institute seminar of the autumn semester in Toronto was given by Dr. Wsevolod Isajiw, professor of sociology at the University of Toronto. Dr. Isajiw spoke on "Multiculturalism and the Future of…

Tags: 20th century, Activism, Canada, Canadians, CIUS Seminar, Community, Culture, Diaspora, Dissidents, Human Rights, Identity, Ideology, Language, Migration, Mobility, Multiculturalism, Postwar, Soviet Union, Ukraine, Wsevolod Isajiw

Dmytro Dontsov and Interwar Ukrainian Nationalism

CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2.On 4 December Nestor Makuch, recent recipient of an honours B.A. in history at the University of Alberta, presented the sixth Institute seminar, "Dmytro Dontsov and Interwar Ukrainian Nationalism." In 1929 several…

Tags: 20th century, Authoritarianism, CIUS Seminar, Dmytro Dontsov, Identity, Interwar, Nation, Nationalism, Nestor Makuch, OUN, Poland, Postwar, Ukraine, Ukrainian Revolution, Western Ukraine

The Making and Tempering of the Ukrainian American

CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2.The Institute’s third seminar was given by Dr. Myron Kuropas on "The Making and Tempering of the Ukrainian American."Between 1884 and 1915, the Rusin-American who emigrated to the United States with a weak…

Tags: America, CIUS Seminar, Communism, Ethnicity, Ethnonationality, Identity, Ideology, Monarchism, Myron Kuropas, Nationalism, Rusin, Ukraine, Ukrainian Americans, Ukrainian Catholic Church, United States

Ukrainians in Eastern Europe after World War II

CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2.Ivan Jaworsky, who is currently completing his M.A. in political science at Carleton University, spoke on "Ukrainians in Eastern Europe after World War II'' on February 26. His talk surveyed the situation of Ukrainian…

Tags: Assimilation, Bukovyna, Carpatho-Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, Eastern Europe, Foreign Policy, Galicia, Hutsul, Identity, Ivan Jaworsky, Poland, Romania, Rusyn, Soviet Ukraine, Ukrainian minorities, Ukrainians, World War II, Yugoslavia

Конструювання пам’яті та формування ідентичностів українсько-американському наративі

Tags: Identity, Ukrainians in America, Тетяна Остапчук

Питання російського колоніалізму в українській думці. Політична залежність, ідентичність та економічний розвиток

Tags: Colonization, Economy, Identity, Politics, Russian Empire, Ukraine, Степан Величенко

Communism and the Dilemmas of National Liberation: The CP(b)U, 1919–33

CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2.In his seminar, "Communism and the Dilemmas of National Liberation: The CP(b)U, 1919–33," James Mace, doctoral candidate in history. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, took the position that events in Ukraine after the…

Tags: Bolshevik Revolution, CIUS Seminar, Collectivization, Communism, Communist Party, Identity, Interwar, James Mace, Nationalism, Peasants, Russification, Socialism, Soviet Ukraine, Ukrainian Revolution