''Krytyka'' ( uk, Критика; "Critique") is a Ukrainian intellectual monthly/bi-monthly magazine and publishing house dedicated to in-depth analysis of current affairs, culture and book reviews in Ukraine and the region. ''Krytyka'' was founded in 1997 by the

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professor of

Ukrainian literature Ukrainian literature is literature written in the Ukrainian language. Ukrainian literature mostly developed under foreign domination over Ukrainian territories, foreign rule by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Poland, the Russian Empire, t ...

George Grabowicz. The magazine is a partner of the

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( Center for Governance and Culture in Europe), and an exclusive partner of ''The New York Review of Books'' in Ukraine. ''Krytyka'' receives support from Western and Ukrainian foundations for its various projects (,

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, ) . ''Krytyka'' is a member of

Eurozine ''Eurozine '' is a network of European cultural magazines based in Vienna, linking up more than 90 partner journals and just as many associated magazines and institutions from nearly all European countries. ''Eurozine'' is also an online magazine ...

, a network of European cultural magazines, and sees its role in mediating between Ukrainian and global intellectual elites. Since 2014, it is also availabl
in English

''Krytyka'' Magazine

''Krytyka'' follows the model of ''

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'', ''

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'' and Polish journal ''

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''. The magazine offers detailed and research-based analysis of historical, political, and cultural developments in Ukraine, Russia, and Eastern Europe. ''Krytyka''s main audience consists of liberal intellectuals, faculty members, and graduate students. ''Krytyka'' is an

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journal for discussions on issues otherwise less discussed in the Ukrainian context:

historical memory Collective memory refers to the shared pool of memories, knowledge and information of a social group that is significantly associated with the group's identity. The English phrase "collective memory" and the equivalent French phrase "la mémoire c ...

xenophobia Xenophobia () is the fear or dislike of anything which is perceived as being foreign or strange. It is an expression of perceived conflict between an in-group and out-group and may manifest in suspicion by the one of the other's activities, a ...

, gender and sexual

discrimination Discrimination is the act of making unjustified distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong. People may be discriminated on the basis of race, gender, age, relig ...

, revisions of literary canon, problems of Ukrainian scholarship and education, etc. Contributors to ''Krytyka'' include Ukrainian writers (

Yuri Andrukhovych Yurii Ihorovych Andrukhovych ( uk, Юрій Ігорович Андрухович) is a Ukrainian prose writer, poet, essayist, and translator. Biography In 1985, Andrukhovych co-founded the Bu-Ba-Bu poetic group, which stands for «burlesque ...

Serhiy Zhadan Serhiy Viktorovych Zhadan ( uk, Сергі́й Ві́кторович Жада́н; born 23 August 1974 in Starobilsk, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian poet, novelist, essayist, musician, translator, and social activist. Life and career ...

, Taras Prokhasko), academics and intellectuals (

Natalya Yakovenko Natalya Nykolayivna Yakovenko ( uk, Наталя Миколаївна Яковенко) is a Ukrainian historian ( Doctor of Historical Sciences), specialist in Latin language, and professor of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Bibl ...

Mykola Riabchuk Mykola Riabchuk ( uk, Рябчук Микола Юрійович; born September 27, 1953, in Lutsk) - Ukrainian public intellectual, journalist, political analyst, literary critic, translator and writer. Riabchuk is known for his analytical art ...

Yaroslav Hrytsak Yaroslav Hrytsak ( ua, Ярослав Грицак; born 1 January 1960) is a Ukrainian historian, Doctor of Historical Sciences and professor of the Ukrainian Catholic University. Director of the Institute for Historical Studies of Ivan Franko ...

, Yevhen Minko) as well as numerous international authors like

Timothy D. Snyder Timothy David Snyder (born August 18, 1969) is an American historian specializing in the modern history of Central and Eastern Europe. He is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute f ...

Umberto Eco Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel ''The Name of the ...

and

Richard Pipes Richard Edgar Pipes ( yi, ריכארד פּיִפּעץ ''Rikhard Pipets'', the surname literally means 'beak'; pl, Ryszard Pipes; July 11, 1923 – May 17, 2018) was an American academic who specialized in Russian and Soviet history. He publish ...

etc. Krytyka received wide recognition in Ukraine and internationally for the high quality of its publications. Editorial Board of ''Krytyka'' consists of prominent public intellectuals and scholars

Bogumiła Berdychowska Bogumiła Berdychowska-Szostakowska (born 10 January 1964) is a Polish writer and journalist, often writing about the Polish minorities in the former USSR and their history. She was the director of the Bureau of National Minorities in the Poli ...

, Volodymyr Kulyk, Mykhailo Minakov, Alexander J. Motyl,

Serhii Plokhii Serhii Plokhy, or Plokhii ( uk, Сергій Миколайович Плохій, russian: Серге́й Никола́евич Пло́хий; born 23 May 1957) is the Mykhailo Hrushevsky professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard University, whe ...

, Yurko Prokhasko,

, Oleksandr Savchenko,

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, Oleksiy Tolochko.

Publishing House

Since 2000, ''Krytyka'' (as Krytyka Press) publishes books on history, political science, literary studies, art as well as belles lettres and memoirs. Among the large projects are the ''Chronicle of Collectivization and Holodomor in Ukraine. 1927 - 1933'' and complete works of Panteleymon Kulish. Krytyka Press is the publisher of a number of magazines in Ukrainian studies including ''Mediaevalia Ukrainica: Mentality and History of Ideas'', ''Ukrainian Review of Humanities'', ''Ukrayina Moderna'', ''East-West: Historical-Cultural Collection'' and ''Sentencia''.

The Krytyka Institute

The Krytyka Institute was founded in 2003 as a not-for-profit institution to focus ''Krytyka''s research and academic goals. The Institute organized two major international conferences in

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, and a number of academic and cultural symposia and events, and published a number of books. The Krytyka Institute is engaged in a partnership with the

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, which supports the Institutes publishing program. Mykhailo Minakov, Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy is Director of the Krytyka Institute. In 2013, the Krytyka Institute launched the first English-language scholarly journal on Ukrainian politics and society, '' Journal of Ukrainian Politics and Society'' (JUPS). Co-editors-in-chief are Dr. Nadiya Kravets (

) and Dr. Olha Onuch (

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). Editorial Board of The Krytyka Institute: Michael S. Flier (

Tamara Hundorova Tamara Ivanivna Hundorova (Ukrainian: Гундорова Тамара Іванівна; born 17 July 1955, Klimivka, Karlivka Raion, Poltava Oblast) is a Ukrainian literary critic, culturologist and writer. She is a professor and head of the T ...

( Institute of Literature, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), Mykhailo Minakov ( Kyiv-Mohyla Academy), Alexander J. Motyl ( Rutgers University - Newark),

(

), Oleksii Tolochko ( Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine),

( Kyiv-Mohyla Academy).

''Krytyka''s Web Platform and Community

''Krytyka''s s web platform was relaunched in the fall of 2013, shortly before the events of the

Euromaidan Euromaidan (; uk, Євромайдан, translit=Yevromaidan, lit=Euro Square, ), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of Political demonstration, demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protes ...

protest movement. It has since become a relevant forum for Ukrainian intellectuals voicing their opinion on the events in Ukraine following the ousting of the Ukrainian president

Viktor Yanukovych Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych ( uk, Віктор Федорович Янукович, ; ; born 9 July 1950) is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 until he was removed from office in the Revolution of Di ...

, Russian annexation of the

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...

, and Russian military involvement in Ukraine. The platform works with a wide network of experts, journalists, and international faculty members to provide in-depth analysis and substantial historical, political, and cultural context for the current situation in Ukraine. It emphasizes its interest in analysis that is grounded in extensive research and study and focuses on alternative solutions for Ukraine (project “Critical Solutions”). The platform seeks to participate in the global debate around key issues concerning the world today, while also articulating Ukrainian emphases and perspectives. It defines its goal as establishing high standards of cultural and political debate in Ukraine, especially with regard to freedom of speech and tolerance for differences of opinion.

References

External links

Krytyka website

Review of Issue 6/2012 by New Eastern Europe

Website of the roundtable discussion “Ukrainian Parliamentary Elections: Assessment of Process and Results” at Woodrow Wilson Center, co-organized by The Krytyka Institute and Krytyka Magazine

Website of the conference of Western intellectuals in Ukraine titled “Ukraine: Thinking Together,” co-organized by Krytyka in May 2014

Krytyka’s Look at Ukrainian Politics

Launch of the new Krytyka’s web platform, Nov. 13, 2013

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