Yaroslav Hrytsak ( ua, Ярослав Грицак; born 1 January 1960) is a Ukrainian historian, Doctor of Historical Sciences and professor of the
Ukrainian Catholic University
The Ukrainian Catholic University ( ua, Український Католицький Університет, ''Ukrains'kyy Katolyts'kyy Universytet'') is a Catholic university in Lviv, Ukraine, affiliated with the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. ...
. Director of the Institute for Historical Studies of
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
The University of Lviv ( uk, Львівський університет, Lvivskyi universytet; pl, Uniwersytet Lwowski; german: Universität Lemberg, briefly known as the ''Theresianum'' in the early 19th century), presently the Ivan Franko Na ...
. Guest professor (1996-2009) at
Central European University
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in
Budapest
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; First Vice-President (1999-2005) of the International Association of Ukrainians. Chief editor of the scientific journal "Ukraine Modern". Member of the editorial board of the journals
Ab Imperio,
Critique
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,
Slavic Review
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, and a member of the supervisory board of
Harvard Ukrainian Studies
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. Honorary Professor of
NaUKMA
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy ( NaUKMA) ( uk, Національний університет «Києво-Могилянська академія» (НаУКМА)) is a national, research university located in Kyiv, Ukraine. The ...
.
Education
He gained his PhD in 1987 at
University of Lviv
The University of Lviv ( uk, Львівський університет, Lvivskyi universytet; pl, Uniwersytet Lwowski; german: Universität Lemberg, briefly known as the ''Theresianum'' in the early 19th century), presently the Ivan Franko Na ...
. Hrytsak passed his habilitation in 1996.
He has been director of the Institute for Historical Research, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv since 1992.
In 1998 he won an award of "Przegląd Wschodni" for the best foreign book on Eastern Europe.
For his book about
Ivan Franko
Ivan Yakovych Franko (Ukrainian: Іван Якович Франко, pronounced ˈwɑn ˈjɑkowɪtʃ frɐnˈkɔ 27 August 1856 – 28 May 1916) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, ...
he won the
Antonovych prize
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for Intellectual Achievements and the "Best Book in Ukraine" from the leading Ukrainian magazine ''Кореспондент'' and the Jerzy Giedroyc Award (founded by
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (MCSU) ( pl, Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie, UMCS) was founded October 23, 1944 in Lublin. It is named in honour of Marie Curie-Sklodowska. Currently the number of students is almost 36,000. The ...
) in 2014.
Books
*''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)
See also
*
Handbook on history of Ukraine
References
External links
Information on the website of CEUHrytsak's bibliography
at chtyvo portal
*Ya.
'. Kiev: "Geneza", 1996; second edition in 2000.
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Living people
1960 births
People from Lviv Oblast
20th-century Ukrainian historians
University of Lviv alumni
Institute of Ukrainian Archaeography alumni
Academic staff of Ukrainian Catholic University
Academic staff of Central European University
Historians of Ukraine
21st-century Ukrainian historians