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- Title
The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies: Foundations.
- Authors
Kravchenko, Volodymyr
- Abstract
The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) became the second academic institution in the Western world to fully specialize in exploring Ukrainian history, culture, and current affairs after the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI). Establishment of the CIUS in Edmonton was not predetermined. There were other ideas and competing projects with regard to place, profile, and institutional model of Ukrainian studies in Canada. Edmonton became a winner due to a unique combination of Western regionalism, multiculturalism, the makeup of the Ukrainian local community, and the personal qualities of that community's leaders. Contrary to widespread opinion, the CIUS did not copy the institutional model of the HURI. The CIUS model is unique, as it embraces a broad, interdisciplinary research agenda, and community-oriented activities related to education and culture.
- Subjects
UKRAINE; CANADIAN Institute of Ukrainian Studies; UKRAINIAN Canadians; MULTICULTURALISM; REGIONALISM; HISTORY; EUROPEAN studies
- Publication
East/West: Journal of Ukranian Studies, 2019, Vol 6, Issue 1, p9
- ISSN
2292-7956
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21226/ewjus474