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Lektsii z istoriï ukraïns'koï literatury : (1798-1870)

This collection of forty-five essays was circulated by Zerov’s students at Kyiv University in 1928–29. Zerov’s lectures shaped the views of a generation of scholars and students, and Lektsii z Istorii Ukrains’koi Literatury makes a valuable…

The Last Debate with Stalin: Ukrainian Writers in Moscow, 1929

On May 3, 2018 Serhy Yekelchyk (Professor of History and Slavic Studies University of Victoria) gave the 19th Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture on the topic: "The Last Debate with Stalin: Ukrainian Writers in Moscow, 1929"

Tags: 20th century, Culture, Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture, Literature, Russia, Serhy Yekelchyk, Soviet Union, Stalin, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature, Ukrainian Studies, Writers

A Ukrainian Animal Farm: Translating George Orwell

On April 3, 2017 Olha Luchuk (Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of International Relations, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, CIUS, John Kolasky Fellow, 2017) gave the 18th Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture on the…

Tags: Culture, Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture, George Orwell, Literature, Olha Luchuk, Translation, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature

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

The Curse of the Province in Early 19th Century Ukrainian Literature

On May 22, 2015 Prof. George Mihaychuk (Georgetown University) gave the 16th Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture on the topic: "The Curse of the Province in Early 19th Century Ukrainian Literature"

Tags: 19th century, Culture, Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture, George Mihaychuk, Literature, Russian Empire, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature, Writers

Back to the Village: Folklore and Folk Beliefs in Contemporary Ukrainian Literature

On May 3, 2014 Dr. Michael M. Naydan (Woskob Family Professor of Ukrainian Studies, Pennsylvania State University) gave the 15th Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture on the topic: "Back to the Village: Folklore and Folk Beliefs in Contemporary…

Tags: Beliefs, Culture, Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture, Folklore, Literature, Michael M. Naydan, Post-1991, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature

Depictions of WWII in Ukrainian Socialist Realist Literature (1941–1943)

On May 18, 2012 Prof. Valentyna Kharkhun (Mykola Hohol State University of Nizhyn) gave the 13th Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture on the topic: "Depictions of WWII in Ukrainian Socialist Realist Literature (1941-1943)"

Tags: 20th century, Culture, Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture, Historical Memory, Ideology, Literature, Realism, Socialism, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature, Valentyna Kharkhun, World War II

Mykola Kulish and the Devil: Exploring the Revolution as a Demonic Phenomenon

On May 14, 2011 Dr. Marko R. Stech (Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, York University, Toronto) gave the 12th Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture on the topic: "Mykola Kulish and the Devil: Exploring the Revolution as a Demonic Phenomenon"

Tags: Communism, Culture, Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture, Folklore, Literature, Marko Stech, Mykola Kulish, Religion, Revolution, Socialism, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature

Mystical Narcissism in the Poetry of Vasyl' Stus

On June 4, 2010 Prof. Natalia Pylypiuk (University of Alberta) gave the 11th Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture on the topic: "Mystical Narcissism in the Poetry of Vasyl' Stus"

Tags: Culture, Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture, Literature, Narcissism, Natalia Pylypiuk, Poetry, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature, Vasyl' Stus

Ukrainian Literary Populism Unveiled: The Question of Popular Literature

On May 15, 2009 Dr. Tamara Hundorova (Academy of Sciences, Ukraine) gave the 10th Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture on the topic: "Ukrainian Literary Populism Unveiled: The Question of Popular Literature" Video Tribute to Danylo Husar Struk on the…

Tags: 19th century, Culture, Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture, Literature, Popular Literature, Populism, Tamara Hundorova, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature

New Images of the Intellectual in Post-Soviet Ukrainian Literature

On May 16, 2008 Dr. Mark Andryczyk (Columbia University) gave the 9th Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture on the topic: "New Images of the Intellectual in Post-Soviet Ukrainian Literature"

Tags: Culture, Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture, Literature, Mark Andryczyk, Post-1991, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature

Kyiv Under the German Occupation, 1941–1943: Dokia Humenna's Memoirs

On May 18, 2007 Prof. Myroslav Shkandrij (University of Manitoba) gave the 8th Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture on the topic: "Kyiv Under the German Occupation, 1941-1943: Dokia Humenna's Memoirs"

Tags: Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture, Diaspora, Dokia Humenna, Jews, Kyiv, Literature, Memoirs, Myroslav Shkandrij, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature, Ukrainian-Jewish Relations, Ukrainians, World War II

The Literary Fallout of Chornobyl

On May 26, 2006, Prof. Maxim Tarnawsky (University of Toronto) gave the 7th Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture on the topic: "The Literary Fallout of Chornobyl"

Tags: 20th century, Chornobyl, Culture, Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture, Ideology, Literature, Maxim Tarnawsky, Post-1991, Soviet Union, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature

Eros and Exile: Poetic Visions of the New York Group

On May 6, 2005 Dr. Maria Rewakowicz (Neporany Fellow, Columbia University) gave the 6th Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture on the topic: "Eros and Exile: Poetic Visions of the New York Group"

Tags: Culture, Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture, Literature, Maria Rewakowicz, New York Group, Poetry, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature

Ukrainian Literature in the Age of Globalization: How Contemporary Authors Respond to the Changing World

On May 3, 2003, Prof. Vitaly Chernetsky (Columbia University) gave the 4th Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture on the topic: "Ukrainian Literature in the Age of Globalization: How Contemporary Authors Respond to the Changing World"

Tags: Culture, Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture, Diaspora, Globalization, Literature, Post-1991, Postmodernism, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature, Vitaly Chernetsky

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

Deconstructing Gogol's / Hohol's Two 'Souls'

On May 26, 2002 Prof. Oleh S. Ilnytzkyj (University of Alberta) gave the third Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture on the topic: "Deconstructing Gogol's / Hohol's Two 'Souls'"

Tags: Culture, Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture, Literature, Mykola Hohol, Nationality, Nikolai Gogol, Oleh S. Ilnytzkyj, Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature, Writers

Taras Shevchenko as a National Poet: A comparison with Pushkin and Mickiewicz.

On May 11, 2001 Prof. George G. Grabowicz (Dmytro Chyzhevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian Literature, Harvard University) gave the second Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture on the topic: "Taras Shevchenko as a National Poet: A comparison with Pushkin…

Tags: Adam Mickiewicz, Alexander Pushkin, Culture, Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture, George G. Grabowicz, Literature, Nationalism, Poet, Poetry, Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature

Re-Reading the Classics in a Post-Soviet World: The Case of Olha Kobylianska

On June 2, 2000 Prof. Marko Pavlyshyn (Monash University, Melbourne) gave the first Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture on the topic: "Re-Reading the Classics in a Post-Soviet World: The Case of Ol'ha Kobylians'ka"

Tags: Culture, Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture, Literature, Marko Pavlyshyn, Ol'ha Kobylians'ka, Post-1991, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature

The Representation of Madness and Stalinism in Ukrainian Literature

CIUS seminar audio. On February 29, 2013, Natalia Kovaliova (MLCS, U of A), gave a seminar on the topic: “The Representation of Madness and Stalinism in Ukrainian Literature”Found in CIUS Newsletter 2013

Tags: 20th century, CIUS Seminar, Dissidents, Literature, Natalia Kovaliova, Soviet Union, Stalinism, Ukrainian Literature

2011: Shevchenko and Gogol (Hohol): The Ukrainian Intelligentsia in Imperial Culture

CIUS lecture audio.On March 1, 2011 Oleh Ilnytzkyj (Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta), gave the Forty-fifth annual Shevchenko Lecture on the topic: “Shevchenko and Gogol' (Hohof): The Ukrainian Intelligentsia…

Tags: 19th century, Culture, Intelligentsia, Literature, Mykola Hohol, Nikolai Gogol, Oleh S. Ilnytzkyj, Russia, Russian Empire, Shevchenko Annual Lecture, Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature, Writers

2009: Blood in the Borshch: An Illustrated Talk on Contemporary Ukraine

CIUS lecture audio.On March 27 2009, Natalka Husar (artist) and Janice Kulyk Keefer (Department of English, University of Guelph) gave the Forty-third annual Shevchenko Lecture on the topic: “Blood in the Borshch: An Illustrated Talk on Contemporary…

Tags: Art, Culture, Janice Kulyk Keefer, Literature, Natalka Husar, Post-1991, Shevchenko Annual Lecture, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature

2008: Representations of the Jew in Ukrainian Literature

Audio recording of 42nd Annual Shevchenko Lecture.On March 7, 2007, Myroslav Shkandrij of the Department of German and Slavic Studies at the University of Manitoba speaks on: “Representations of the Jew in Ukrainian Literature.”Found in CIUS…

Tags: Culture, Jews, Literature, Myroslav Shkandrij, Shevchenko Annual Lecture, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature, Ukrainian-Jewish Relations

Part 23: The Ukrainian Nationalist Writer and his Place in Canadian Letters

Audio recorded from CIUS conference. On 6-8 September 1991, CIUS marked the Ukrainian Canadian centenary with a conference on selected aspects of Ukrainian life in Canada in the years between 1924 and 1951. Coinciding with the release of Orest…

Tags: Bohdan Nebesio, Canada, Conference, Letters, Literature, Mary Shcherba, Nationalism, Primary Sources, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature, Writers

1979: Ukraine since 1945: A Study in Modern History

Lecture Audio Part 1 and 2The thirteenth annual Shevchenko Lecture at the University of Alberta was held on March 7, 1979. Dr. Roman Szporluk, professor of history at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, spoke on "Ukraine since 1945: A Study in…

Tags: 20th century, Brezhnev, Communist Party of Ukraine, Destalinization, Intelligentsia, Literature, Postwar, Roman Szporluk, Russification, Shelest, Shevchenko Annual Lecture, Soviet Union, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature, World War II, Writers

The Problem of Writing in Kotsiubynsky

CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2.

Tags: Bohdan Rubchak, CIUS Seminar, Culture, Literature, Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Ukrainian Literature

The Literary Career of Mykola Rudenko

CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2.The third Institute seminar in Edmonton was presented on 16 October by Markian Kowaluk, a graduate student in the Department of Slavic Languages. He spoke on "The Literary Career of Mykola Rudenko," which is also the…

Tags: 20th century, CIUS Seminar, Dissidents, Donbas, Literature, Markian Kowaluk, Mykola Rudenko, Nationalism, Poetry, Science Fiction, Ukraine, Ukrainian Helsinki Group, Ukrainian Literature, Writer

The Music of the Dumy

CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2.The Institute's seminar series at the University of Alberta commenced on 18 September. Dr. Andrij Hornjatkevyc, assistant professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Slavic languages, spoke on "The Music of the…

Tags: Andrij Hornjatkevyč, Art, Bandura, CIUS Seminar, Culture, Duma, Folklore, Literature, Music, Narrative, Poetry, Songs, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature

Olena Teliha's Great World

CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2.Mr. Yuriy Stefanyk-Klynowy delivered the twelfth Institute seminar of the 1978-79 academic year at the University of Alberta. On March 20, 1979, he spoke on "Olena Teliha's Great World."The speaker reminisced about his…

Tags: 20th century, B. Boichuk, B. Rubchak, CIUS Seminar, Criticism, Iu. Sherekh, Literature, Memories, Olena Teliha, Poetry, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature, V. Derzhavyn, Yuriy Stefanyk-Klynowy

Ivan Vyshensky and the Religious Polemics of the Seventeenth Century

CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2. On March 12, Dr. Taras Zakydalsky, who is currently associated with the Institute's Ukrainian Encyclopedia Project, gave the seminar, "Ivan Vyshensky and the Religious Polemics of the Seventeenth Century." Vyshensky's…

Tags: 17th century, Christianity, CIUS Seminar, Ivan Vyshensky, Literature, Orthodox Church, Religion, Taras Zakydalsky, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature

Fables about Animals

CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2.Dr. B. Medwidsky, assistant professor in the Department of Slavic Languages, delivered the eighth Institute seminar at the University of Alberta. On February 6, 1979 he spoke on "Fables about Animals." Dr. Medwidsky…

Tags: Animals, Bohdan Medwidsky, CIUS Seminar, Folklore, Literature, Press, Soviet Ukraine, Tales, Ukrainian Literature, V. Hnatiuk

Taras Shevchenko: The Great Ukrainian Romanticist

CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2. The ninth Institute seminar of the 1978-79 academic year took place on February 20. Dr. Oleh Zujewskyj, a professor in the Department of Slavic languages at the University of Alberta, read a seminar entitled, "Taras…

Tags: CIUS Seminar, Khvedir Vovk, Literature, Oleh Zujewskyj, Oleksandr Biletsky, Poet, Poetry, Positivism, Romanticism, Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature

P. Crath and T. Pavlychenko: Nationalism vs. Socialism in Ukrainian-Canadian Literature

CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2. The final Institute seminar of the first term was held on December 5 when Dr. Yar Slavutych of the Department of Slavic Languages, University of Alberta, spoke on "P. Crath and T. Pavlychenko: Nationalism vs.…

Tags: 20th century, Canada, CIUS Seminar, Literature, Nationalism, Paul Crath, Poems, Poetry, Socialism, Tymish Pavlychenko, Ukrainian Literature, Yar Slavutych

Natalia Kobrynska: A Formulator of Feminism

CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2. As a participant in the conference on the status of women in eastern Europe, Dr. Martha Bohachevsky-Chomiak gave an unscheduled Institute seminar on "Natalia Kobrynska: A Formulator of Feminism." The seminar took…

Tags: CIUS Seminar, Eastern Europe, Emancipation, Feminism, Literature, Martha Bohachevsky-Chomiak, Natalia Kobrynska, Ukrainian Literature, Women, Women’ s Organizations, Writing

Uсrainica mediaevalis in the University of Alberta Library, or 'You Mean We Have That in Our Collection?'

CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2. Part 2 audio begins at 03:23.The sixth Institute seminar at the University of Alberta was held on January 19. Dr. Peter A. Rolland, assistant professor in the Department of Slavic Languages spoke on "Uorainica…

Tags: 15th century, 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, Belarus, Books, CIUS Seminar, Libraries, Literature, Microfilming, Peter Rolland, Primary Sources, Ukraine, Ukrainian Literature, University of Alberta

Ivan Dziuba—From Internationalism or Russification to Facets of a Crystal

CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2. The Institute's fourth seminar of the current academic year took place on November 17. Michael Savaryn, first year law student at the University of Alberta, spoke on "Ivan Dziuba—From International- ism or…

Tags: 20th century, Activism, CIUS Seminar, Cultural Renaissance, Culture, Dissidents, Internationalism, Ivan Dziuba, Language, Literature, Michael Savaryn, Reformism, Russification, Soviet Ukraine, Ukrainian Language, Ukrainian Literature, Writers