CIUS
Danylo Husar Struk: A Select Bibliography
CIUS Newsletter 1996: Celebrating 20 years!
History of CIUS CIUS: Present and future Director, 1976-1986 Director, 1986-1991 Ukrainian Canadian Program Ukrainian studies abroad Legislative reform project CIUS Press Journal of Ukrainian Studies Encyclopedia Peter Jacyk Centre Stasiuk Program Ukrainian language Church Studies Program Endowments Donors
Newsletter Vol 1 Issue 1 (Fall 1976)
Establishment of CIUS Institute's Goals Instituite's Structure National Conference of Ethnic Studies Directors Council in Winnipeg
Newsletter Vol 1 Issue 2 (Winter 1976-77)
Contract Signed to Prepare Encyclopaedia Background: The English-Language Alphabetical Encyclopaedia of Ukraine Journal of Ukrainian Graduate Studies Workshop on Ukrainian-Canadian Studies Examines Priorities Huculak Library Donated to Institute Ukrainian Bilingualism In Edmonton's Schools Ukrainian Archival Collection
Newsletter Vol 1 Issue 3 (Spring 1977)
1977 Shevchenko Lecture Tour of Western Canada by Foundation and Institute Executives Toronto Office of Institute Receives Wintario Grant Survey for Ukrainian Courses Proves Successful Conference on Ukrainian Studies to Meet Election of CIUS Foundation Officers Institute Associates to Elold First Meeting Institute Research Grants Awarded Master's Fellowships Awarded Doctoral Fellowships Awarded Thesis and Dissertation Index Joint Position in the Department of History and in the Institute Institute Publications
Newsletter Vol 1 Issue 4 (Summer 1977)
Council of Associates Meets in Toronto Federation Features Institute at Bienneal Conference Conference on Ukrainian Studies International Meeting of Ukrainian Librarians Institute and University of Alberta Library Purchase V. Holubnychy Library St. Andrew's College to Offer Political Science Course Institute Organizes Teachers ' Workshop Research Grants Awarded
Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 1 (Fall 1977)
Conference Held on "Ukrainian Canadians, Multiculturalism, and Separatism: An Assessment Poland and Ukraine: Past and Present Ukrainian Language Course Renewed at the University of Western Ontario CIUS Foundation Executive meets in Winnipeg Institute Executives Meet Meeting to Discuss Encyclopaedia Project
Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 2 (Winter 1977)
Development of Ukrainian-Canadian Newspaper and Theses Collections Journal of Ukrainian Graduate Studies Kurelek Exhibit Harvard Analyzes Social Characteristics of Ukrainians in USA at the Conference
Newsletters Vol 2 Issue 3 (Winter 1978)
Course for Bilingual Teachers Progress on Encyclopaedia Project Inter-Provincial Meeting of Bilingual Personnel An Evening with the Staff Huculak Library Processed
Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 4 (Spring 1978)
Shevchenko Lecture Lecture Presented by G.Y. Shevelov Second Banff Conference Held Institute Directors Meet in Toronto Ukrainian-Canadian Newspapers to be Microfilmed
Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 5 (Summer 1978)
Second Annual Meeting of Institute's Council of Associates Directors of the Canadian and American Ukrainian Institutes meet Ukrainian Historical Conference Bilingual Program Camp Osvita Bilingual Program in Manitoba
Newsletter Vol 3 Issue 1 (Winter 1978)
Second Ukrainian-Canadian Conference Successful Conference of Ukrainian Language Instructors Microfilmed Newspapers Available Soviet Ukrainian Scholars Visit Institute Western Cities Lecture Tour Underway Foundation Directors Meet Encyclopedia Editorial Committee Meets Third Multiculturalism Conference Held Lament Extension Course Completed STU and CATU Meet
Newsletter Vol 3 Issue 2 (Spring 1979)
Ukrainian Chair Founded at University of Toronto A Review: Ukrainian-Microfilming Project Ukrainian Language Resource Centre Progress on Encyclopedia Project Institute Travel Lecture Series Shevchenko Lecture The William Kurelek Memorial Lectures, 1979 New Course in Ukrainian Political Theory Proves Popular Language Teachers Visit New York Ukrainian Activities at UBC
Newsletter Vol 3 Issue 3 (Summer 1979)
University of Alberta Committee Reviews Institute Identifications Conference The Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Studies The CIUS, The Foundation and The Toronto Chair of Ukrainian Studies Ukrainian Language Resource Centre The CIUS Council of Associates Meets Conference on Ukrainian Studies (CUS)
Newsletter Vol 4 Issue 1 (Winter 1979)
Canadian Literature Examined for Ethnic Content New Associate Director Chosen First Visiting Professor at Institute Ukrainian Language Resource Centre Extramural Courses: An Evaluation Journal of Ukrainian Graduate Studies Research Grants Awarded St. Andrew's College You Are What You Culture Slavic Studies in Manitoba
Newsletter Vol 4 Issue 2 (Winter 1980)
New Institute Publications Toronto Chair of Ukrainian Studies Appointment The CIUS Workshop on Teacher Education Journal Appears under New Name Immigration Documents UVAN Shevchenko Session Moroz Visits Institute Iconography Course Scholarships at the University of Manitoba 1980 Shevchenko Lecture The William Kurelek Memorial Lectures
Newsletter Vol 4 Issue 3 (Summer 1980)
CIUS Status on Campus Changed CIUS Council of Associates Meets Conference on Ukrainian Studies (CUS) New Institute Publications Dr. Pawei Korzec Lecture Tour by Roman Solchanyk CIUS Acquires Editorial Assistant CIUS Ukrainian-Canadian Microfilming Project New Specialists in Ukrainian Studies
Newsletter Vol 5 Issue 1 (Winter 1980)
New Institute Publications Chair of Ukrainian Studies Inaugurated Slavic Studies in Manitoba Ukrainian Studies Courses in Canada Visiting Scholar 1980 Symposium on Ukrainian Canadians Successful
Newsletter Vol 5 Issue 2 (Spring 1981)
New Publication on Urban Ukraine Shevchenko Lecture Interprovincial Workshop on Ukrainian Summer School Slavic Studies in Manitoba HURI - CIUS Discussions Ukrainian Programmes in the Department of Slavic Languages - University of Alberta Dr. Magocsi opens Ukrainian Week Extramural Programme expands in 1980
Newsletter Vol 5 Issue 3 (Fall 1981)
CIUS Publications High School-Visitation Programme Successful CFUS Logo Contest English-Ukrainian Bilingual Programme in Edmonton Studied Publication of Inaugural Lecture of Toronto Chair Professor Kubijovyc Receives First CFUS Award Ukrainian Studies At The Learned Societies 1981 Publication Through Programming
Newsletter Vol 6 Issue 1 (Winter 1982)
Meeting of CIUS Editorial Board New CIUS Publications Peter Savaryn Elected Chancellor Staff Changes at Toronto Office Chair Begins Second Year Novak Lecture at Toronto New Research Project at HURI Annual Conference in Winnipeg Successful
Newsletter Vol 6 Issue 2 (Spring 1982)
New CIUS Publication CIUS Research Reports Shevchenko Lecture Lecture Series at Centre Documents on Ukrainian Internment Camps Successful Bilingual Programme in Manitoba Toronto Chair Sponsors Lectures Extramural Programme 1981-2 HURI-CIUS Discussions
Newsletter Vol 6 Issue 3 (Fall 1982)
New CIUS Staff Appointed New CIUS Publication Neporany Postdoctoral Fellowship Awarded Ukrainian Studies at the Learned Societies 1982 Editorial Meeting on "The Encyclopedia of Ukraine' Ukrainian Studies at York University Ukrainian University Prizes at Manitoba Summer School for Teachers of Ukrainian
Newsletter Vol 7 Issue 1 (Winter 1983)
Osvita Conference Successful New CIUS Publications Grant to Centre Ukrainian Holdings in European Libraries CIUS Extramural Programme, Fall 1982
Newsletter Vol 7 Issue 2 (Spring 1983)
New CIUS Publication HURI-CIUS Discussions Shevchenko Lecture 1983 Jacyk Collection at Toronto CIUS Extramural Programme 1982-3 Ukrainian Studies at York University Ukrainian Sessions at OMLTA Conferences, 1982-3 Symposium on 1933 Famine
Newsletter Vol 7 Issue 3 (Fall 1983)
New CIUS Publications CIUS Subsidizes Two Fall Conferences CIUS Extramural Programme 1983-4 CIUS Lecture Tour on the 1932-3 Famine 1983-4 Neporany Postdoctoral Fellowship Awarded Update on CIUS Oral History Project CIUS Develops Archival Policy Editorial Meeting on the "Encyclopedia of Ukraine” Canadian Foundation For Ukrainian Studies ElectsNew Executive Professor George Shevelov Honoured CIUS Receives Federal Research Grant Second Summer School for Teachers of Ukrainian Held Journal of Ukrainian Studies Visitors at CIUS Ukrainian Studies at CAS Conference 1983 New Publication on Galicia
Newsletter Vol 8 Issue 1 (Winter 1984)
New CIUS Publications CIUS Commemorates Famine Anniversary McMaster Conference on Jewish-Ukrainian Relations in Historical Perspective D.P. Conference in Toronto Encyclopedia of Ukraine Update First Schreyer Fellowship Awarded First Ph. D. Dissertation on Ukrainian History Successfully Defended at the University of Toronto
Newsletter Vol 8 Issue 2 (Summer 1984)
Ivan Lysiak-Rudnytsky Visiting Professor New CIUS Publications 1984 Shevchenko Lecture CIUS Extramural Programme 1983-4 York University Endowment Fund in Ukrainian Studies
Newsletter Vol 8 Issue 3 (Fall 1984)
Volume One of Encyclopedia of Ukraine Published New CIUS Publications Professor Ebuchi Studies Ukrainian Community in Edmonton Third Summer School for Teachers of Ukrainian Held Alberta Parents for Ukrainian Education Formed Ukrainian Studies at CAS Conference 1984 Slavic Studies at the University of Manitoba 1984
Newsletter Vol 9 Issue 1 (Winter 1985)
Life Sentence: Shumuk Memoirs Published Update on Encyclopedia of Ukraine Project Volume One Feted in Edmonton Second Printing of Volume One Government of Manitoba to Subsidize Volume Three Editorial Board Enlarged Bryck Bequest Donations to ULRC CIUS Extramural Programme Progress Report, Centre for Ukrainian Canadian Studies (Manitoba) Ukrainian Studies Seminar at the University of London
Newsletter Vol 9 Issue 2 (Fall 1985)
New CIUS Publications Osvita Conference Proceedings Ukraine's Impact on Imperial Russia Ivan Maistrenko's Memoirs 1 Four Research Reports Rare Ukrainian Dictionaries Acquired Shevchenko Lecture 1985 Map Exhibition Commemorates Professor Rudnytsky Eighth CIUS Conference on Ukrainian Canadians Held Bukachevska-Pastushenko Endowment Establishes Archival Fund Ukrainian Studies at CAS Conference 1985 Professor Struk and Staff at Sarcelles Professor Potichnyj Honoured by Heilongjiang University New Work on Ukrainian Society and Politics
Newsletter Vol 10 Issue 1 (Spring 1986)
Bohdan Krawchenko Appointed New CIUS Director New Publications Volodymyr Kubijovyc Dies in Paris Encyclopedia of Ukraine Project Kostash Family Donation CIUS Conference Commemorates Millennium Grants Awarded Myron Kuropas Lecture CIUS-HURI Library Exchange Agreement Shevchenko Lecture 1986 JUS Special issue
Newsletter Vol 10 Issue 2 (Fall 1986)
CIUS Advisory Council Appointed Bequests Received Ukrainian Studies at CAS Conference 1986 Multiculturalism at Community College Ukrainian History at the University of Alberta Ukrainian Community Development Committee Releases Report Journal of Ukrainian Studies Transferred to Edmonton Lupul on Study Leave Saunders Awarded Antonovych Prize Archives Acquired Dictionaries Microfilmed Misylo Awarded Cenko Prize Encyclopedia of Ukraine Project Savaryn Retires as Chancellor CIUS Summer Projects New at the ULRC Scholarships and Fellowships Awarded 1986-7 13 1987 Neporany Postdoctoral Fellow 14 CIUS Seminars: 1986-7 14 Graduate Degrees Awarded at University of Alberta 15 Centennial History Project Receives Grant 15 Graduate Students at University of Alberta
Newsletter Vol 11 Issue 1 (Summer 1987)
New CIUS Publications Edmonton Professional and Business Club Establishes Centre Volodymyr and Daria Kubijovyc Endowment Fund Shevchenko Lecture Krawchenko Awarded Antonovych Prize Fellowship Honours Rudnytsky ‘Friends of the Foundation’ Dinner in Edmonton Encyclopedia of Ukraine Update Exchange Agreement with University of Illinois Library Stephania Bukachevska-Pastushenko Archival Endowment Fund Marusia Onyshchuk and Ivanko Kharuk Memorial Endowment Production of Audio-Visual Resources in Ukrainian Seasons of Celebration Published CIUS Receives Multiculturalism Grant Ukrainian Dance Class 1986-87
Newsletter Vol 11 Issue 2 (Winter 1987)
Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. II Published New Publications Archival Fund Donor Acknowledged Wasyl Veryha to Write Ukrainian-Language Articles Huculak Chair in Ukrainian Culture and Ethnography Founded Bukachevska-Pastushenko Endowment Awards Peter Savaryn Honoured Manoly Lupul and Omeljan Pritsak Receive Awards 1987-8 Neporany Postdoctoral Fellow Bohdan Melnychuk, 1922-1987 The Ukrainian Language Education Centre Yevhen Borys Fund Raising Chairman Yarmarok Book Launch Advisory Council Meets Encyclopedia Editorial Board Meets New Vice-Presidents Appointed The Ivan Lysiak-Rudnytsky Memorial Doctoral Fellowship in the History of Ukraine and Political Thought Ukrainian Books Donated to CIUS Computer Newsletter Available
Volume Two of Encyclopedia of Ukraine Launched Grants Awarded Exchange Esteblished with Institute of Literature, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences New Publications New Research Reports
Jacyk Centre Stasiuk Fund Endowments CIUS Press CIUS News Staff Activities ULEC
Stasiuk Programme for the Study of Contemporary Ukraine Dorosh Endowment Fund Stelmach Endowment Fund Iwanciw Endowment Fund Taborowskyj Endowment Fund Zujewskyj Endowment Kulahyn Endowment Fund Exchanges with Ukraine New Publications New Research Reports
Endowments Ukraine Exchange Fellowships Fund New Publications New Research Reports Ukrainian Centenary Conference Ecomuseum Proposed for the Ukrainian Settlement Block Northeast of Edmonton A New Survey of Ukrainians in Alberta
Endowments CIUS Press News Jacyk Centre Stasiuk Centre ULEC CIUS Staff
Director’s Report Endowments CIUS Press Encyclopedia of Ukraine News and Events Jacyk Centre for Ukrainian Historical Research Stasiuk Programme for Contemporary Ukraine Ukrainian Canadian Programme Ukrainian Language Education Centre CIUS Staff Activities
Endowments New Publications Dr. Zenon Kohut Appointed as Director of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Project “EU-Y” Encyclopedia of Ukraine for Ukraine
Director’s Message Peter Jacyk Centre The Canada Ukraine Business Initiative ... Legislative Cooperation Project CIUS Press Journal of Ukrainian Studies Encyclopedia of Ukraine Ukrainian Language Education Centre ... Ukrainian-Canadian Program Church Studies Program Stasiuk Program Events Seminars Staff Activities Awards Donations Endowments Donors
Director’s Message Ukrainian-Canadian Program CIUS Press Peter Jacyk Centre Canada Ukraine Legislative Cooperation Project Ukrainian Language Education Centre Ukrainian Church Studies Program Stasiuk Program Encyclopedia of Ukraine Journal of Ukrainian Studies Events In memoriam Lectures and seminars Staff activities Donations Awards administered by CIUS Endowments Donors
From the director Dr. Zenon Kohut reappointed In memoriam: Danylo Husar Struk Laurence Decore Special Report Kowalsky Program CIUS Press Peter Jacyk Centre Canada Ukraine Legislative Cooperation Project Ukrainian Language Education Centre Ukrainian Church Studies Program Stasiuk Program Journal of Ukrainian Studies Encyclopedia of Ukraine Ukrainian-Canadian Program Events Lectures and seminars Staff activities Donations Awards administered by CIUS Endowments Donors to Endowment Funds
From the Director Administration In memoriam Special Report Kowalsky Program CIUS Press Peter lacyk Centre Ukrainian Church Studies Program Ukrainian Language Education Centre Canada Ukraine Legislative Cooperation Project Journal of Ukrainian Studies Ukrainian-Canadian Program Encyclopedia of Ukraine Stasiuk Program Events Lectures and seminars Staff activities Awards administered by CIUS Endowments Donors to Endowment Funds
Newsletter 2001: Celebrating 25 years!
From the Director Investing in the Future of Ukrainian Studies Bringing Scholars Together and Sharing Research The Neporany Postdoctoral Fellowship Supporting Ukrainian Scholarship around the World Making a Difference through Service to Ukrainian Bilingual Education Making History while Exploring the Past CIUS Press Encyclopedia of Ukraine Project Promoting Ukrainian Studies Where Most Needed Examining the Ukrainian Experience in Canada Keeping Pace with Kyiv Linking Parliaments of Ukraine and Canada Raising the Profile of Ukrainian Literature Presenting the Ukrainian Religious Experience to the World Periodical Publications Endowments Donors to CIUS Endowment Funds
From the director Activities and talks Publications In memoriam George S. N. Luckyj (1919–2001) Petro Jacyk (1919–2001) Awards Endowments Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine project Ukrainian Knowledge Internet Portal project
Former CIUS Director Named to the Order of Canada Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine New Publications Donors
Pereiaslav Anniversary Ukraine's New Ambassador Visits CIUS British Government Documents on Ukraine Catalogued The Kowalsky Eastern Institute of Ukrainian Studies Memoirs on Ukrainian Revolution and 1920s Cultural Renaissance
CIUS and the 70th Anniversary of the 1932-33 Famine CULIP Project Seminar Ukrainian Language and Culture Educational Web Site Launched New Publications Awards
CIUS and the Orange Revolution Stasiuk Program New Publications Awards Donors
Ties with Ivan Franko National University of Lviv Jacyk Centre Issues a New Volume of Hrushevsky's History of Ukraine-Rus' New Publications 20th International Congress of Historical Sciences International Association of Ukrainian Studies Congress Donors
Newsletter 2006: Celebrating 30 years
CIUS History
Dr. Zenon E. Kohut, CIUS Director, 1994–2012
Encyclopedia of Ukraine
L-R: Roman Senkus, Dr. Marko R. Stech, and Andrij Makuch
12th Shevchenko Lecture, the 1st CIUS Annual Shevchenko Lecture by Robert B. Klymasz
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
Religion and Culture Program
Detente, the Helsinki Accords and the Soviet Opposition: A Discussion with Dissident Leonid Plyushch
Dissident
Diaspora
Culture
Soviet Ukraine
Democracy
CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2. On September 2, 1977, Mr. Leonid Plyushch, a well-known Soviet Ukrainian dissident and former political prisoner presented an Institute seminar entitled "Detente, the Helsinki Accords and the Soviet Opposition: A Discussion with Dissident Leonid Plyushch." Before his dismissal and imprisonment in 1968 Mr. Plyushch worked in the Institute of Cybernetics of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR in Kiev. He was allowed to leave the Soviet Union on January 8, 1976 following an international campaign on his behalf. The chairmen of a number of University departments, as well as several invited guests, attended the seminar. / Mr. Plyushch began by discussing the economic and moral crises facing Soviet society. The present leadership does not allow for an open discussion of the poor state of the Soviet economy and the rising crime rate, and relies on an elaborate system of "disinformation" to conceal these problems. There is a serious lack of information about crime and various forms of deviance in the Soviet Union, and even scientific-technological research is hampered by the prevailing secrecy and by strange (even irrational) demands from above. To continue stifling discussion of the problems, however, will prove fruitless. The contradictions in Soviet society, Plyushch declared, will lead to a political crisis, unless there is greater democratization in all sectors of public life. / The dissidents, those who refuse to go along with the system of the "big lie," demand that the Soviet Union respect its own constitution and the international human rights agreements which it has signed. All sectors of public opinion in the West must ensure that Soviet and western governments do not find some accommodation which would allow for the continuing repression of free thought in the Soviet Union. / The most valuable aspect of the seminar was its interdisciplinary character. During the stimulating question period, Mr. Plyushch, dealt with a wide range of questions on topics such as Soviet scientific policy, child psychology, the theory of games, and structuralism. Found in CIUS Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 1 (Fall 1977)
Leonid Plyushch
The Russian Communist Party and the Sovietization of Ukraine
Russia–Ukraine
Russification
History
Communist Party
Communism
Identity
Politics
Bolshevik Revolution
Historiography
At the Institute's first seminar of the 1977-78 academic year on October 5, 1977, Dr. J Borys, professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Calgary, spoke about "The Russian Communist Party and the Sovietization of Ukraine." / In his presentation. Dr. Borys dealt with the manner in which the Soviet Russian sphere of influence had expanded into Ukraine, as a case study of the application of the Marxian-Leninist theory of the self-determination of nations in one of the most important regions of eastern Europe. After seizing power in Russia proper in 1917, the Russian Bolsheviks, contrary to their own theoretical premises and claims, began to reincorporate non-Russian territories into the new Soviet Russian empire. The introduction of control by Moscow in Ukraine, which by that time had established its own government, was the result of military conquest. Dr. Borys argued, and not, as Soviet historiography claims, of support from the Ukrainian proletariat. If it had not been for military assistance from outside, the local Bolsheviks would not have succeeded in establishing their control in Ukraine. / Dr. Borys has received a grant from the Institute to revise his book on the above topic, which was originally published in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1960. From CIUS Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 1 (Fall 1977)
Jurij Borys
The Ukrainians and the Manitoba School Question: 1916
Ukrainian Canadians
Education
Ukrainian Bilingual Education
At the third Institute seminar of the 1977-78 academic year, held on November 3, Andrij Makuch, fourth-year honors student in history, spoke on "The Ukrainians and the Manitoba School Question: 1916." / In an attempt to mollify the French, the Laurier-Greenway Compromise of 1897 amended the Manitoba School Act to allow for bilingual education where "ten or more pupils" spoke a non-English tongue. It was not foreseen that combinations of English with Polish, German, or Ukrainian would become common. As many of the non-English, non-French immigrants were of the Catholic faith, the French Archbishop of St. Boniface, Abelard Langevin, came to their defence, seeing their native tongue as the "rampart" of their faith, as in the case of the French. His greatest ally in assuring bilingual and predominantly Catholic school districts was the Conservative premier, Sir Rodmond Roblin, who subscribed to a liberal theory of education. However, his powerful but corrupt political machine had neglected to institute much-needed educational reforms. The reform-minded Liberals who succeeded him abolished bilingual education as much to assimilate the children of the foreign-born as to institute certain educational reforms; it was a decision made well in advance of the official study of the bilingual schools' effectiveness in teaching English -- on the basis of which the Liberals claimed it was necessary to abolish the bilingual classes. Found in CIUS Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 2 (Winter 1977)
Andrij Makuch
Ukrainian Politics in Galicia: 1860–1878
Galicia
CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2. The final Institute seminar of the current academic year at the University of Alberta took place on March 30, 1978. Dr. J.-P. Himka spoke on "Ukrainian Politics in Galicia, 1860-78." Ukrainians in the crownland of Galicia underwent internal political differentiation in the early years of Austria's constitutional era, a differentiation that dominated western Ukrainian politics into the twentieth century. In the years 1860-78 three political groupings crystallized: Russophiles, Ukrainophiles, and Radicals. Russophiles, in reaction to Polish domination in Galicia, developed an orientation toward tsarist Russia, considering themselves Russians, and rejecting a separate Ukrainian identity. Ukrainophiles and Radicals, however, identified themselves with the Ukrainian nation and employed the Ukrainian vernacular of Galicia in their publications. Although Ukrainophiles and Radicals adopted a similar position on the national question, they differed on social issues. / The speaker outlined the development of the differentiation, emphasizing social and cultural motivating factors. Found in CIUS Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 4 (Spring 1978)
John-Paul Himka
Mykhailo Drahomanov: A Reassessment of the Man and His Ideas
XIX c.
Russian Empire
Nationalism
Russian Revolution
CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2. In a seminar entitled, "Mykhailo Drahomanov: A Reassessment of the Man and His Ideas," Christine Worobec, M. A., recent history graduate from the University of Toronto, concentrated upon Mykhailo Drahomanov 's thought and the unique position this historian, political scientist and journalist, folklorist and literary critic held in the turbulent political arena which plagued the Russian autocratic regime in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Dedicated to the realization of complete political freedom in the Russian empire, Drahomanov strode the centrifugal forces of both Russian radicalism and Ukrainian nationalism. This life-long struggle, however, resulted in Drahomanov 's isolation from both Russian revolutionary circles and the focal point of the Ukrainian national movement, the Kievan "Hromada." This was due to his unrelenting critical nature and, more importantly, his perceptive conception of nationalism, the progressive aspects of which were intrinsically tied to his quest for freedom within the confines of the Russian empire. Against ethnic chauvinism and reaction, Drahomanov paradoxically was destined to suffer isolation from the Russian revolutionary circles due to his so-called "Ukrainophile" leanings. At the same time, his Russian political activity contributed to his ostracism from the conservative Kievan "Hromada," which censured his Ukrainian pursuits as too radical. / The paper reexamined the most striking feature of Drahomanov' s political ideology, i.e., the fusion of cosmopolitanism and nationalism and its practical application in relation to the Russian revolutionary and Ukrainian national movements. Discussion touched on: Drahomanov 's veneration of historical progress as an evolutionary process bringing man closer to perfection with each successive era; his propagation of socialist anarchism as the ideal form of human association; his advocacy of a decentralized federated state in place of the autocratic tsarist regime; and finally, his definition of the "plebeian" nation and nationalism in general. / After the paper, the consensus was that Drahomanov has most decidedly been misunderstood and unjustly neglected as an important nineteenth-century figure. Although his name has not been put alongside the readily familiar names of Russian or Ukrainian revolutionaries, his ideas and their application to concrete problems enriched both the Russian revolutionary and the Ukrainian national movements. Drahomanov's unique position and his voluminous writings provide a wealth of unused material for the historian who is interested in a novel, perceptive view of nineteenth-century social developments.
Christine Worobec
Slavic Languages: Problems of Differentiation and Integration
Linguistics
Ukrainian Grammar
Ukrainian Language
CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1, 2, and 3. On April 11 Dr. George Y. Shevelov presented a lecture in the Department of Slavic Languages at the University of Alberta entitled "Slavic Languages: Problems of Differentiation and Integration." He noted the present status of the various Slavic languages, outlined their historical development and relationships, and offered some analyses and generalizations. The well-attended lecture was followed by a lengthy discussion. Found in CIUS Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 4 (Spring 1978)
George Shevelov
Communism and the Dilemmas of National Liberation: The CP(b)U, 1919–33
Ukrainian National Liberation Movement
Communist Party of Ukraine
Socialism
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 Soviet revolution were and still are relevant to international developments. The first attempt in the world to reconcile socialism and nationalism failed in Ukraine because of the continuing dilemma between identity and purpose, and the inherent contradictions between the goals of socialism and nationalism. The speaker provided an overview of Bolshevik theories and practices before, during, and after the revolution by focusing on Lenin's writings and on the Bolsheviks' attitude towards Ukraine. The 1915 debate between Lev Iurkevych and Lenin foreshadowed the future conflicts which would arise between Ukrainian and Russian communists. / The Bolsheviks viewed Ukraine primarily as a source of food and acted accordingly—pillaging and expropriating grain during the civil war. Bolshevik policy then changed to "socialism with a Ukrainian face" to win popular support from the peasantry. The speaker focussed on the struggles between: the Bolsheviks and the Ukrainian "kulak" peasantry; voices for change from within the RCP (b) (i.e., Mazlakh, Shakhrai, and Lapchinsky); the merger of the "Ukapisty" and "Borotbisty" with the Bolsheviks; and debates about Ukrainization reflected in the writings of Ravich-Cherkassky, Iavorsky, Popov, Khvylovy, Shumsky, Volobuiev, and Skrypnyk. / The speaker concluded that attempts at Ukrainization ended after Stalin defeated his opposition and no longer needed the support of the non-Russian Bolsheviks. After collectivization and the famine, it was no longer necessary to placate the Ukrainian countryside; full-scale Russification could begin. The attempt to guarantee Ukrainian national aspirations through communism was only a surrogate for independence; it was a relative degree of political and economic autonomy dependent on the centralist powers in Moscow. The only major Ukrainian achievement of this period was in the cultural field, but this was thwarted by the wholesale destruction of the Ukrainian intelligentsia in the 1930s. Thus the dilemma of identity and purpose was never solved. Russian communism triumphed by repudiating the promises it had made to the non-Russian nationalities. Found in CIUS Newsletter Vol 3 Issue 1 (Winter 1978)
James E. Mace, James Mace
The Changing Status of Ukrainian-Canadian Women
Feminism
Women
Immigration and Settlement
Resettlement of Ukrainians
Economic Integration
CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2. Using census and statistical material from W. Darcovich and P. Yuzyk (eds.), "Statistical Compendium on Ukrainian Canadians, 1891-1977" and material from a survey of historical and sociological literature, the first seminar in the Institute's series at the University of Toronto provided a social and demographic framework for the study of Ukrainian-Canadian women. The paper entitled, "The Changing Status of Ukrainian-Canadian Women," outlined some basic social characteristics of Ukrainian-Canadian women from 1921 to 1971. The data examined included periods of immigration, regional distribution, urban-rural distribution, country of birth, and age distribution. The paper discussed the participation of Ukrainian- Canadian women in the paid work force, and particularly women's changing occupational patterns. / According to the 1971 census, the overwhelming majority of Ukrainian-Canadian women were Canadian-born and approximated the overall Canadian female urban-rural distribution. An approximation to Canadian norms was also found in occupational and educational patterns. In 1921, on the other hand, Ukrainian-Canadian women were grossly over represented in the educational category "illiterate" and the occupational categories "agriculture and service." In 1971, they were still slightly over represented in the category of those with only elementary education. In occupational categories Ukrainian-Canadian women were still slightly overrepresented in the service and agricultural categories. / The paper suggested that the patterns of occupational and educational change were primarily explained by socio-economic changes in society which affected the participation of all women in the work force. Factors such as the growth of the "clerical" as opposed to the "service" sector and the sex-segregation of jobs were discussed. Provisional explanations for the social patterns among Ukrainian-Canadian women discussed the role of ethnic discrimination, the specific historical experience of Ukrainian Canadians, and Ukrainian-Canadian socialization. Found in CIUS Newsletter Vol 3 Issue 1 (Winter 1978)
Marusia Petryshyn
Controversies over the Cultural Development of Pre-Ninth-Century Slavs
Ukraine's Historiography
CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2. In his presentation entitled, "Controversies over the Cultural Development of Pre-Ninth-Century Slavs," Roman Zurba, an M.A. student in archeology, discussed the Middle Dnieper region as the cradle of Kievan Rus ' . Research on the first millenium A.D. is an important period not only for the study of the origins of Rus', but also for the study of the cultural development of all East Slavic peoples. / Modern archeological controversy on this subject began near the end of the nineteenth century when the archeologist V. V. Khvoika uncovered two hitherto unknown cultures in Kiev Province—the Zarubynetsk (c. 200 B.C.-200 A.D.) and Cherniakhivsk (c. 200 A.D. -500 A.D.). He placed them in a direct cultural link to Kievan Rus’, and thereby formulated the autochthonous theory. This ran counter to the Gothic theory proposed by German and Polish scholars. In 1954, the Cherniakhivsk culture was characterized as multi-ethnic. In formulating these interpretations, researchers all saw the same physical and cultural manifestations. However, their analyses were based on scholarly upbringing, which affected their conceptions. The speaker then outlined the development and vicissitudes of Ukrainian archeology in postrevolution times. Political sanctions against the Kievan school have considerably altered archeological research. However, in spite of purges and the rise of new scholars, Khvoika's theory remains the most vital and workable. / The speaker outlined his view of archeological development in the Middle Dnieper region by interpreting the proto-historic period in terms of North American theory. Here the dominant concept is that of "tradition": a cultural continuum in a geographical area which is characterized by a definite patterning of subsistence practices, technology, and ecological adaptations. In this manner, attention was devoted to the stones-and-bones aspect of the three major cultures—Zarubynetsk, Cherniakhivsk, and early Slav (Penkivsk type) . The example of the archeological site at Horodok was used as a paleo-economic model to polemicize with historians who saw the early Slavs as cattle breeders migrating through eastern Europe. / The concept of autochthonous cultural development in the Middle Dnieper region in the first millenium A.D. was used to outline three major phases: the florescent period, the developed period, and the period of decline. The Zarubynetsk and Cherniakhivsk cultures were tied to the spread of the Celtic renascence and the outward expansion of the Roman empire into Dacia (Romania and Moldavia). The last period corresponded to the decline of the Roman empire and a period of attacks by various steppe peoples, i.e., the Avars. This period strongly resembled the post-Mongol culture in Ukraine with its return to more simple and primitive forms. Found in CIUS Newsletter Vol 3 Issue 1 (Winter 1978)
Roman Zurba
Collectivization of Agriculture in West Ukraine and OUN-UPA Resistance, 1944-1950
Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA)
Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
Collectivization
World War II
CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2. The first Institute seminar of the 1978-79 academic year at the University of Alberta was held on October 17. David R. Marples, doctoral candidate in the Department of History at the University of Alberta, spoke on "Collectivization of Agriculture in West Ukraine and OUN-UPA Resistance, 1944-1950." Having outlined the Soviet achievements in collectivization in 1939-1941, the speaker examined the effects of World War II on West Ukrainian agriculture. The land was redistributed and zemelni hromady were formed. As a result of the OUN-UPA resistance, Soviet military forces and cadres were brought in from the east. The speaker discussed UPA attacks in detail and the concomitant political changes in each oblast. Found in CIUS Newsletter Vol 3 Issue 1 (Winter 1978)
David Marples, David R. Marples
Ivan Dziuba—From Internationalism or Russification to Facets of a Crystal
Ukrainian Literature
Ukrainian Dissent
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 Russification to Facets of a Crystal. The writers of the 1960s gave Ukrainian cultural life a spark of inspiration. Ivan Dziuba, a literary critic, symbolized the post-Stalin renaissance in Ukraine by becoming a political activist. For ten years, seemingly motivated by uncompromising conviction, Dziuba fearlessly criticized government policies; his actions culminated in the preparation and circulation of the now renowned dissertation Internationalism or Russification. Then, quite unexpectedly, Dziuba broke down under pressure and recanted. Valentyn Moroz attributes this downfall to Dziuba's lack of fervent faith combined with too much logic and "realism." Leonid Pliushch, on the other hand, believes that Dziuba lacked the necessary ideological persistence, and that his arguments were overly emotional. There is also a third interpretation Dziuba was part of a reformist movement in Ukraine whose success depended on a strong lobby for reform and compromise by Ukraine's top political leaders. Indeed, Shelest, the first secretary of the C.P.U. , encouraged efforts to improve the status of the Ukrainian language in Ukraine, and Dziuba naturally became a fullblown political activist at a time when the system seemed to offer genuine opportunities for reform. Two trends have been evident within the dissident movement in Ukraine: one consisted of reformists willing to compromise with the system while demanding reform, another consisted of uncompromising revolutionaries who lack contact with the political elite. When in 1972 the entire political elite in Ukraine was purged, Shelestivshchyna fell, and Dziuba, imprisoned at that time, saw his movement torn to shreds. He had become a dying remnant of a bygone era. Resistance was futile because his self-imposed duty was reformism, and he had adhered to it to the end of its possible life. Found in CIUS Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 2 (Winter 1977)
Michael Savaryn
Class and Ethnicity in the Ukrainian Group in Canada
Ethnicity
Economics
CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2. Professor Isajiw, of the Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, presented a seminar on February 9 entitled "Class and Ethnicity in the Ukrainian Group in Canada." It elaborated on a theme discussed earlier at a seminar in Edmonton. Professor Isajiw' s presentation centered on the question of whether class or ethnicity is more important in explaining the behaviour of an ethnic group. Professor Isajiw outlined the economic-occupational history of Ukrainians in Canada, based on official censuses. Although there has been a large and rapid decrease in the number of Ukrainians occupied in farming, Ukrainians still remain comparatively underrepresented in white collar occupations and trail behind the general labor force and most other ethnic groups, including other Slavs, in level of education and average income. The social standing of Ukrainians, as viewed subjectively by others, is quite low—in the same category as Mediterranean, Central European, and other East European immigrants. This could be attributed to the class background and occupations of the first Ukrainian immigrants. Before World War II, the peasants from western Ukraine were funnelled into farming and unskilled jobs. Their maintenance of traditional values delayed social mobility. Not until after World War II, when Ukrainians with a higher level of education arrived, did the social composition of Ukrainians become differentiated. However due to their lack of knowledge of English, the absence of an employment placement network, and because the pre-war Ukrainian immigrants were still low on the occupational scale, the latest immigrants suffered a process of declassing; their jobs rarely reflected their educational backgrounds. The government lacked institutions which could absorb immigrant talents. Hence, the declassed immigrants entered existing ethnic organizations, imposing new cultural values on them. A class phenomenon, it was an attempt to maintain the status and prestige they had possessed in Ukraine. The emigre organizations acted as vehicles for social mobility, especially for those former peasants whose status had risen as a result of political participation. These organizations, aimed at cultural ethnic preservation and not entrance into Canadian society, articulated group rather than individual values. A result of the ethnic structure in Ukraine, where Ukrainian ethnicity has always been "under seige," they overemphasized ethnicity as a means of cultural perpetuation among Ukrainians more so than other ethnic groups. Language was crucial in distinguishing the Ukrainians from Poles or Russians. The speaker concluded that to explain the socio-economic situation of Ukrainians in Canada one must use both the concepts of class (power, prestige, wealth) and ethnicity (ancestry, culture, value, customs, socialization). Found in CIUS Newsletters Vol 2 Issue 3 (Winter 1978)
Wsevolod Isajiw
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 mediaevalis in the University of Alberta Library, or 'You Mean We Have That in Our Collection?"' Dr. Rolland surveyed the microfilm copies of significant Middle Ukrainian and Middle Belorussian printed books (15 - I8cc.) which the University of Alberta has obtained from the Rare Book Collection of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (AN URSR) . They are presently housed in the Micromaterials Collection of the university library together with commentaries on the most important of these imprints. The speaker noted that of the 325 titles obtained from Kyiv, the 112 from Western Rus' (Ukraine and Belorussia) represent some of the oldest centres of early East Slavic printing—Vilnius, Ostroh, Kyiv, and Lviv. Among other imprints the speaker noted those of Krakow (Casoslov, 1482), Venice (5 Service books, 1519-1546) and Moscow (2 Gospel books and 1 Apostol printed before 1564). Prominent among imprints from Western Rus' are the Lviv Apostol (1574), the Ostroh Bible (1581), the Great Lithuanian Statute (1583) , the 1619 edition of Smotryt sky's Church Slavonic grammar, and the Slu&ebnik (1629) and Euohologion of Petro Mohyla. Works by individual preachers and poets include Baranovych' s Mea duxovnyj (1666) and Truby stoves (1674), Galiatovsky' s Kazanja (1660), Kljuc razumenija (1663, 1665) Nebo novoje (1665), Radyvylovsky ' s Ohorodok Marii (1676), Tuptalo's Runo orosennoje (1702). Dr. Rolland concluded that the collection represents an invaluable source of material for all students of Middle Ukrainian and Middle Belorussian literature, history, and culture. Found in CIUS Newsletters Vol 2 Issue 3 (Winter 1978)
Peter A. Rolland, Peter Rolland
Ukrainian Canadians and Regional Federalism
Quebec
Bilingualism
CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2. The fifth Institute seminar of the 1977-78 academic year was held on December 1. Dr. Manoly Lupul spoke on " Ukrainian Canadians and Regional Federalism." In his presentation the speaker analyzed the linguistic-cultural situation in Canada, with emphasis on Quebec, and rejected both separation and the present federal arrangement as viable options for that province. Dr. Lupul put forward a new concept, regional federalism, whereby the regions of Canada would institute language policies in accordance with the ethnocultural character of their population. In Quebec French must become the sole language of communication and Dr. Lupul criticized the powerful Anglophone minority in Quebec for its reluctance to learn French. The resulting "one-way' bilingualism, forced the Francophone majority to learn the language of the minority —English— in order to survive in a predominantly Anglophone economic community. Tensions would ease considerably if Anglophones were to use the language of the Francophone majority. Most Quebecers would still require a knowledge of English to survive on the North American continent, while the non-Anglo-Celtic and non-French ethnic groups would have to become trilingual in order to preserve their identity. Ethnic groups in other provinces, however, should be better accommodated within the policy of official bilingualism, and should be allowed to further their cultural and linguistic aspirations. In the Prairie provinces, for example, the larger groups, such as the Ukrainians or Germans, should have access to their native language in education as exemplified by the Ukrainian-English bilingual program in Edmonton, a permanent feature of Alberta's school system. Found in CIUS Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 2 (Winter 1977)
Manoly Lupul
Ukrainian-Canadian Art: Problems of Definition and Prospects for the Future
Art
Canadian Literature
CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2. On February 2, Mr. Jaroslaw Balan, a Masters' student in English at the University of Alberta, presented the seventh Institute seminar of the 1977-78 academic year at the University of Alberta entitled "Ukrainian-Canadian Art: Problems of Definition and Prospects for the Future." The speaker addressed himself to the following questions: Is there such a thing as Ukrainian- Canadian art? If so, how does one identify it? Is it useful to classify art in terms of ethnicity in form or content? How does one make distinctions between the definitions: Ukrainian art, Canadian art, Ukrainian-Canadian and Canadian-Ukrainian art? Some observations were made about the emergence of Ukrainian-Canadian art and the possible future of such art. Mr. Balan attempted to develop a set of guidelines— a framework—within which Ukrainian- Canadian art could be discussed coherently and consistently. Most practical examples were drawn from literature and painting. Found in CIUS Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 3 (Winter 1978)
Jars Balan
Russo-Ukrainian Relations: March 1917–January 1918
Ukrainian–Russian Relations
CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2. The eighth Institute seminar at the University of Alberta was held on February 23, 1978. Mr. Nestor Makuch, a third year honors history student, spoke on "Russo-Ukrainian Relations: March 1917–January 1918." Ukrainian political currents in Russian controlled Ukraine from the mid-nineteenth' century to 1917 had been predominantly federalist in character. Their major concern was the creation of an autonomous Ukraine within a democratic federated Russia built upon the national principle. This national concern was closely linked to social issues in Ukraine. The predominantly rural and uneducated Ukrainians, occupying economically inferior positions were dominated by powerful urban non-Ukrainian elements (mostly Russian and Jewish). When the Ukrainian Central Rada was formed in March 1917, it attempted to apply its principle of federalism to the contemporary situation in Ukraine. It encountered strong resistance from the Provisional Government, however, and became engaged in prolonged, fruitless arguments over power. This diversion of the Rada's attention from pressing social issues prevented it from retaining mass support. The speaker examined the situation and events in Russian-controlled Ukraine from the March revolution (1917) to the proclamation of the Fourth Universal (22 January 1918), which forced the Rada to break with its inherited vision of a Ukraine within a Russian federation and to proclaim a sovereign independent Ukraine. Found in CIUS Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 3 (Winter 1978)
Nestor Makuch
CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2. On March 16, 1978, B. Krawchenko and J. Carter presented a seminar entitled "Profile of Ukrainian Dissidents." B. Krawchenko is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and a research associate in the Institute. J. Carter is a computer analyst with the Government of Alberta and a graduate student in the Faculty of Education, University of Alberta. Their seminar reported the findings of a research project which collected data from a variety of samvydav sources on almost one thousand dissidents in the Ukrainian SSR. The data was coded and fed into a computer. The speakers outlined the various steps involved in the project — from research design to code book — and gave some preliminary results of their study. Found in CIUS Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 4 (Spring 1978)
Bohdan Krawchenko, Jim Carter
The Methodist Church and Ukrainians in Canada, 1901–1925: A Study in Assimilation Policy
Church
Methodist Rural Home Missions
Christianity
CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2. Part 2 audio begins at 4:45. The seminar, "The Methodist Church and Ukrainians in Canada, 1901-1925: A Study in Assimilation Policy," was given by Vivian Olender on October 23. Anglo-Celtic Canadians at the turn of the twentieth century believed Canada should develop as a homogeneous, white Anglo-Saxon and Protestant (WASP) nation; the concept of a pluralistic and multicultural society was incomprehensible. Ukrainian immigrants, in particular, were treated as members of an inferior race and culture. During this period Canadian Methodists believed WASP culture to be the Christian culture, and their church to be Church of Christ . Thus religious sanction was given to both the superiority of WASP culture and the prevailing prejudice against Ukrainians. In Methodist literature of the period, Ukrainians are described as "dirty, unkempt, and unlettered children." Ukrainians are similar in appearance to Anglo-Celts but "most of them are shorter and stouter and maybe more dark faces." They also wear a "strange attire of innumerable layers" so that it is difficult to distinguish the men from the women. An extensive programme of home missions was established in Ukrainian bloc settlements on the prairies to preach the gospel of salvation by assimilation and adoption of WASP, middle-class values. Methodists concentrated on the Ukrainians because they belonged to the inferior Slavic race and were members of a decadent church. Second, Ukrainians immigrated in large numbers and were highly visible in their traditional peasant clothes. Third and most important, Ukrainians settled in large bloc colonies which hindered assimilation. Methodists were concerned that the unassimilated Ukrainians would use the power of their vote to bring Canada down to the Ukrainian level. Converts who joined the Methodist church were alienated from their fellow Ukrainians because they were compelled to accept the WASP lifestyle and with it, a condemnation of Ukrainian culture. Ukrainians considered these individuals to be traitors. Ironically, the main result of the Methodist home mission programme was to reinforce the identification of Ukrainian ethnicity with the Ukrainian Catholic or Orthodox churches. Found in CIUS Newsletter Vol 3 Issue 1 (Winter 1978)
Vivian Olender