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Institute for Historical Research, Lviv National
University.
Lviv, 1, Universytetska Str., room 318, tel./fax
(0322) 964-585, 40-35-70,
Instittue for Historical Research was founded in October, 1992 with the aim to speed reforms and system chages in Researching and Teaching History at Lviv National University. It was developed as an university-based research institute whose aafiliates are involved in both teaching and research. Institute’s activity is focused on Modern and Contemporary History of Ukraine and East Central Europe. New for Ukraine methods of Historical research were seccesfully introduced at the Institute.
The Institute has developed contacts with University research centers both in Western Europe and Northern America, such as the Universiy of Michigan Center for Russian and East European Studies, Harriman Institute (Columbia University), Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (University of Alberta), Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (Harvard University), Kennan Institute, Sodertorns hogskola University in Stockholm (Sweden).
From
1996 Institute started to publish its own academic journal “Modern Ukraine”.
(the last issue #7, year, 2002). The great part of the articles, reports and
reviews published in “Modern Ukraine” is dealing with Modern and
Contemporary History of Ukraine and East Central Europe.
Institute
has own Academic Board. Institute’s activity is organised around several
chairs:
Center
for Advanced Research and Teaching in History (director – prof. Leonid
Zashkilniak);
Chair
of the Historical Reference Literature (chair – Ihor Pidkova );
Chair
of History of Catholic Church (chair – Liliana Hentosh);
Chair
of Regional Studies (chair – Victor Susak);
Center
of Historical Polish Studies (chair -
prof. Leonid Zashkilniak);
Institute’s
Library and Archive (chair – Oleh Pavlyshyn).
Institute’s staff:
Prof. Yaroslav Hrytsak – Institute’s director
Prof. Leonid Zashkilniak
Dr. Liliana Hentosh, research associate
Dr. Oleh Pavlyshyn, research associate
m.a. Victor Susak, junior research associate
Ihor Pidkova, research associate
Ph.D. candidate Andrii Zaiarniuk, research associate
Oksana Dmyterko, administrator of Interdisciplinary Individual Studies
in Humanities
Natalia Mysko, office manager
Main research projects of the Institute (1992-2003):
1992-1994 – institutional project “Institute for Historical
Research” – supported by International Renaissance foundation (Soros
foundation in Ukraine);
1993-1994
– “Ukrainian National Revival in Galicia in XIX-beg.XX cen.: Comparative
analysis of the social composition of national elites” – supported by State
Committee for Science and Tehcnology;
1993-1994 – “Lviv-Donets: comparative analysis of group identities and social loyalties’ hierarchies” (together with the University of Michigan) – supported by International Renaissance foundation (Soros foundation in Ukraine);
1993-1995
– “Social and cultural life of Ukraine in XX cen. through oral history”
– supported by State
Committee for Science and Tehcnology;
1995-1996
– “Seminar on Democracy” (for two Ukrainian-Polish seminars) – supported
by New School for Social Research, New York;
1996-1998
– “Identities’ formation ans social realities in Estonia, Ukraine and
Uzbekistan” – international project headed by Center for Russian ans
Easteuropean Studies at the University of Michigan – supported by Ford
Foundation;
1997-1998
– “Lviv-Premysl: tale of two cities – interethnic and interconfessional
relations on Ukrainian-Polish border” – supported by Research Support
Scheme, Open Society Institute;
1997-2000
– “Nationalism and problem of modernization: national and social identities
in modern Ukraine” – supported by State Foundation for Fundamental Research;
1997-1998 – “Institutionalizing Democracy. Poland and Ukraine in comparative prospect” – Institute was an Ukrainian participant in International project of Sodertorns hogskola University in Stockholm (Sweden);
1997 – “Center of Historical Polish Studies” – supported by International Renaissance foundation (Soros foundation in Ukraine);
1998 – “Center for study of Public opinion” supported by International Renaissance foundation (Soros foundation in Ukraine);
2000-2001 – “Gender education and building of open society in Ukraine” – supported by International Renaissance foundation (Soros foundation in Ukraine);
2000 – 2001 “Historical memory and formation of regional and national identities: case Lviv” – Supported by Central European University, Junior Faculty Research Support Scheme;
2001-2003 – “Formation of national and social identities in modern Ukraine” – supported by Ukrainian Ministry of Education;
2001-2002 – “Higher education leadership for porgress” – Megaproject of the International Renaissance foundation for establishing of the Center for Advanced Research and Teaching in History at Lviv National University;
2002
– Interdisciplinary Individual Studies in Humanities – this project is aimed
for creating the best opportunities to study Humanities for advanced students of
Lviv National University and Ukrainian Catholic University.
Institute organized number of conferences, seminars and academic workshops:
International seminar “Church, culture and politics in early modern
and modern Ukraine” (during the Second Counsil of International Association
for Ukrainian Studies) – August, 1993;
International seminar “Ukrainian nation building: history and
interpretations” (during the Second Counsil of International Association fpr
Ukrainian Studies) – August, 1993;
International conference “Biography methods in social studies” –
September 5-7, 1994;
International conference “Myhailo Hrushevskyi and Lviv school in
studing history” – Lviv. October, 24-25, 1994.
International conference to commemorate 50-th anniversary of death of
Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytskyi – Kiev-Lviv, November, 1994.
International workshop “History of Nationalism: research and
teaching” - April 24-25, 1995:
International conference “Democracy in Belorus, Poland, Russian and
Ukraine after elections” – January 11, 1996;
International conference “Concept of Eastern Europe and 100 years of
M. Hrushevskyi’s chair of Ukrainian History at Lviv University” – August
27, 1996;
International workshop “Velvet contrrevolution: Left politics coming
to poe\wer in East central Europe”(sponsored by New School for Social
Research, New York) – December 14-15, 1996;
International workshop “Approached to teaching History of Western
Civilization” – April 8, 1998;
International conference “National discourse: post-modern or
post-mortem” – January 4-5, 1999;
International conference “Contemporary Historiogrphy: Facing new
Challenges in the world and Ukrainian Context” – November 9-11, 2001.
“Politics of state authorities and Russian nationalism in Ukrainian issue” - speaker Alexei Miller (Russia) – March, 2002
“Studying
history of political parties of Eastern Galicia (1880-1914)” –
speaker Harald Binder (Austria). – June, 2002
“New
contexts of writing history in Central Eastern Europe”. - Mark von Hagen and
Elisabeth Valkenier (USA) – August, 2002
“Social identification in contemporary Ukraine 1994-1999”. – Oksana
Malanchuk (USA). - September, 2002
“Youth culture and national identities in Lviv in 1950-s – 1970-s”
– William Risch (USA). – October, 2002
“Ukrainian guest-workers and immigrants in Portugal 1997-2002” –
Victor Susak (Ukraine). – November, 2002
“In Soviet Lviv” – Olga Matuhina (Ukraine).- December, 2002
“Glacian
village in the last decades of the XIX century”
- Andrii Zaiarniuk (Ukraine) – February, 2003.
“Miracle
in the early modern Ukrainian mentality” – Roman Holyk (Ukraine) – April,
2003.
Some books, textbooks, collections of articles published at the Institute (1992-2002):
“Kovcheh” (collection of articles on Church History). / Ed. Y.
Hrytsak. B. Gudziak. Lviv, 1993;
Encyclodepia of History of Ukraine. / Ed. Shust R., Pidkova I. In 3
volumes. Vol.1., Kyiv, 1993. 239p.; Vol.2., Kyiv, 1995. 436p.; Vol.3., Kyiv,
1999. 439p.;
Lysiak-Rudnytskyi I. Historical essays. In 2 volumes. Vol.1., Kyiv,
1994. 530p.; Vol.2, Kyiv, 1994. 574p.
“Modern Ukraine” (academic journal) #1., Lviv, 1996. 212p.
Mappa Mundi (festshrift to 70th aniversary of Yaroslav
Dashkevych). Lviv-Kyiv-New York, 1996. 912p.
Hrytsak Y. Making of Modern Ukraine: History and Interpretations. Kyiv,
1996. 360p.
Milena Rudnytska. Articles, letters, documents./ Ed. Diadiuk M. Lviv,
1998. 844p.
“Modern Ukraine” (academic journal) #2-3., Lviv, 1999. 448p.
Myhailo Hryshevskyi and modern historical thought. (collection of
articles). Lviv, 1999, 375p.
Dzedzora O. History of European Civilization. Lviv, 1999. 432p.
Pidkova I.., Dzedzora O. World History, XIX-XX cen. Dictionary. Lviv,
2000. 368 p.
“Modern Ukraine” (academic journal) #4-5., Lviv, 2000. 520p.
Hrycak J. Historia Ukrainy. 1772-1999. Narodziny nowoczesnego narodu.
Lublin, 2000. 360s.
“Modern Ukraine” (academic journal) #6., Lviv, 2001. 210p.
Encyclodepia of History of Ukraine. / Ed. Shust R., Pidkova. 2-nd
edition in one volume. Kyiv, 2001. 1135p.
Dupont-Melnyczenko J-B., Adadurov V. French historiography of XX-th cen.
Lviv, 2001. 161p.
Pidkova I. Ukraine 1991-1996: Chronology of Events. Lviv, 2001. 494 p.
Zashkilniak L., Krykun M. History of Poland. Lviv, 2002,
Adadurov V. History of France. Lviv, 2002, 412
ð.
“Modern Ukraine” (academic journal) #7., Lviv, 2002, 238 p.
Zaiats A. Process of Urbanisation in Volynia in XVI-first half of XVII
centuries. Lviv, 2003. 205p.
Index