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| Born | January 1, 1960 |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Education | University of Lviv |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, professor |
Yaroslav Hrytsak (Ukrainian: Ярослав Грицак; born 1 January 1960) is a Ukrainian historian, Doctor of Historical Sciences and professor of the Ukrainian Catholic University. He is also the director of the Institute for Historical Studies of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.
He is chief editor of the scholarly journal "Ukraine Modern" and is a member of the editorial board of the journals Ab Imperio, Critique, and Slavic Review, and a member of the supervisory board of Harvard Ukrainian Studies.
He is an honorary professor of National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. He was a guest professor (1996-2009) at Central European University in Budapest and was First Vice-President (1999-2005) of the International Association of Ukrainians.
Education
[edit]He earned his PhD in 1987 at the University of Lviv. Hrytsak passed his habilitation in 1996.[1] He has been director of the Institute for Historical Research, at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv since 1992.[2]
In 1998 he won an award of "Przegląd Wschodni" for the best foreign book on Eastern Europe.[1] For his book about Ivan Franko he won the Antonovych prize for Intellectual Achievements and the "Best Book in Ukraine" from the leading Ukrainian magazine Кореспондент[3] and the Jerzy Giedroyc Award (founded by Maria Curie-Skłodowska University) in 2014.[4]
Books
[edit]- The Spirit that Moves to Battle... A political portrait of Ivan Franko (1856-1916) (Lviv, 1990, in Ukrainian)
- Essays in Ukrainian History: Making of Modern Ukrainian Nation (Kyiv, 1996, in Ukrainian) (Polish translation: Historia Ukrainy 1772-1999. Narodziny nowoczesnego narodu)
- Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation, 2022 (English translation: 2023)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Yaroslav Hrytsak".
- ^ "Yaroslav Hrytsak". timeandspace.lviv.ua.
- ^ "Lecture by Professor Yaroslav HRYTSAK: "A Report from the Eastern Front: Ukraine as a Conundrum for Europe"". College of Europe.
- ^ "Nagroda im. Jerzego Giedroycia trafiła do prof. Jarosława Hrycaka".
External links
[edit]- Information on the website of CEU
- Hrytsak's bibliography at chtyvo portal
- Ya. Outline of History of Ukraine. Kyiv: "Geneza", 1996; second edition in 2000.
