| Cultures and Nations of Central and Eastern Europe: Essays in Honor of Roman Szporluk Contributor(s): Gitelman, Zvi (Editor), Hajda, Lubomyr A. (Editor), Himka, John-Paul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0916458938 ISBN-13: 9780916458935 Publisher: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute OUR PRICE: $26.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2001 Annotation: Written in honor of one of the foremost observers of nationalism and culture in Central and Eastern Europe, this volume brings together 35 eminent scholars from the United States, Canada, Ukraine, and Poland. Supplemented by a bibliography of the work of Roman Szporluk, these fresh, urgent essays mirror Szporluk's broad and comparativist approach. Topics range from the rise of Ukrainian national consciousness in Galicia, to nationalism in contemporary Serbia; from the rise of private property in the Russia of Catherine II, to contemporary Russian attitudes toward Ukrainian nation building. Other essays explore the impact of theories of nationalism on the discipline of history and critique Ernest Gellner's "constructivist" theory of the nation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Essays - History | Eastern Europe - General - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 943 |
| LCCN: 00008792 |
| Series: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute Publications |
| Physical Information: 1.63" H x 6.17" W x 9.19" (2.18 lbs) 672 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written in honor of one of the foremost observers of nationalism and culture in Central and Eastern Europe, this volume brings together 35 eminent scholars from the United States, Canada, Ukraine, and Poland. Supplemented by a bibliography of the work of Roman Szporluk, these fresh, urgent essays mirror Szporluk's broad and comparativist approach. Topics range from the rise of Ukrainian national consciousness in Galicia, to nationalism in contemporary Serbia; from the rise of private property in the Russia of Catherine II, to contemporary Russian attitudes toward Ukrainian nation building. Other essays explore the impact of theories of nationalism on the discipline of history and critique Ernest Gellner's "constructivist" theory of the nation. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gitelman, Zvi: - Zvi Gitelman is Professor of Political Science, Director of the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judiac Studies, Preston R. Tisch Professor of Judaic Studies, and Research Scientist at the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Michigan.Hajda, Lubomyr A.: - Lubomyr A. Hajda is Senior Advisor to the Director, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.Himka, John-Paul: - John-Paul Himka is Professor of History in the Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta.Solchanyk, Roman: - Roman Solchanyk is a Consultant at the Rand Corporation.Bohachevsky-Chomiak, Martha: - Martha Bohachevsky-Chomiak is senior program officer in the Division of Preservation and Access at the National Endowment for the Humanities.Connor, Walter D.: - Walter D. Connor is Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Departrment of Political Science at Boston University.Flier, Michael S.: - Michael S. Flier is Oleksandr Potebnja Professor of Ukrainian Philology, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University.Grimsted, Patricia Kennedy: - Patricia Kennedy Grimsted is a Senior Research Associate at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.Hill, Fiona: - Fiona Hill is Director of Strategic Planning at the Eurasia Foundation.Hrytsak, Yaroslav: - Yaroslav Hrytsak is Director of the Institute for Historical Research, Ivan Franko Lviv National University.Keenan, Edward L.: - Edward L. Keenan was Andrew W. Mellon Professor of History at Harvard University and Director (1998-2007) of the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.Kenney, Padraic: - Padraic Kenney is Associate Professor of East European History in the Department of History, University of Colorado, Boulder.Kiebuzinski, Ksenya: - Ksenya Kiebuzinski is Petro Jacyk Bibliographer in Ukrainian Studies, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.Krueger, Rita: - Rita Krueger is Associate Director, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison.Pipes, Richard: - Richard Pipes is Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of History, Emeritus, at Harvard University.Rakowska-Harmstone, Teresa: - Teresa Rakowska-Harmstone is Professor of Political Science, Emerita, Carleton University.Suny, Ronald Grigor: - Ronald Girgor Suny is Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago.Sysyn, Frank E.: - Frank E. Sysyn is Director at the Peter Jacyk Centre for Ukrainian Historical Studies at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta.Szporluk, Larissa: - Larissa Szporluk is Assistant Professor, Department of English, Bowling Green State University.Zimmerman, William: - William Zimmerman is Professor of Political Science and Director and Research Scientist at the Center for Political Studies, and Research Scientist at the Center for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.Budding, Audrey Helfant: - Audrey Helfant Budding is Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies.Corrsin, Steven D.: - Steven D. Corrsin is Acting Head of Acquisitions at Wayne State University Libraries.Grabowicz, George G.: - George G. Grabowicz is Dmytro Chyzhevs'kyj Professor of Ukrainian Literature in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University.Humesky, Assya: - Assya Humesky is Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Emerita, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.Johnson, Owen V.: - Owen V. Johnson is Professor in the School of Journalism and Adjunct Professor in the Department of History, Indiana University, Bloomington.Kohut, Zenon E.: - Zenon E. Kohut is Director of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta.Lane, Hugo: - Hugo Lane is Assistant Professor of History, Polytechnic University.Lesiow, Michal: - Michal Lesiow is Professor and Director, Emeritus, Department of Ukrainian Philology, Marie Curie-Sklodowska University.Livezeanu, Irina: - Irina Livezeanu is a Professor in the Department of History, University of Pittsburgh.Polonsky, Antony: - Antony Polonsky is Walter Stern Hilborn Professor of Judaic and Social Sduties, Brandeis University.Pritsak, Omeljan: - Omeljan Pritsak is Mykhailo Hryshevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History, Emeritus, at Harvard University.Sadkowski, Konrad: - Konrad Sadkowski is Assistant Professor of History, University of Northern Iowa.Sevcenko, Ihor: - Ihor Sevcenko is Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History and Literature, Emeritus, Harvard University.Stauter-Halsted, Keely: - Keely Stauter-Halsted is Assistant Professor of History, Michigan State University.Walicki, Andrzej: - Andrzej Walicki is Professor of History, Emeritus, University of Notre Dame. |