Category Archives: memory
The Vicious Circle of National Histories
Andriy Portnov * The Volhynian Massacre (Rzeź Wołyńska) was the mass killing of the Polish civil population planned and perpetrated by the underground Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) on the Nazi occupied territories of Volhynia and East Galicia in 1943. Around
The Vicious Circle of National Histories
Andriy Portnov * The Volhynian Massacre (Rzeź Wołyńska) was the mass killing of the Polish civil population planned and perpetrated by the underground Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) on the Nazi occupied territories of Volhynia and East Galicia in 1943. Around
On the Ukrainian Genocide, Lemkin, and Himkian Dialectics
Roman Serbyn In “Myths of National Consolidation, the Holodomor, and the Holocaust: A Response to Roman Serbyn,” (https://ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com/2011/09/) John-Paul Himka counters my critique (<https://ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com/2011/08/) of the paper he delivered at the University of Alberta on 28 March 2011 (https://ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com/2011/08/). In
On the Ukrainian Genocide, Lemkin, and Himkian Dialectics
Roman Serbyn In “Myths of National Consolidation, the Holodomor, and the Holocaust: A Response to Roman Serbyn,” (https://ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com/2011/09/) John-Paul Himka counters my critique (<https://ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com/2011/08/) of the paper he delivered at the University of Alberta on 28 March 2011 (https://ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com/2011/08/). In
On Context, Comparison, and Dialogue
Dominique Arel Taras Kuzio’s Op/Ed in The Ukrainian Weekly is both a moral indictment and an invitation for scholars to broaden their methods of inquiry. The normative argument is that the Columbia workshop was mostly devoted to “Nazi collaboration,” equated
On Context, Comparison, and Dialogue
Dominique Arel Taras Kuzio’s Op/Ed in The Ukrainian Weekly is both a moral indictment and an invitation for scholars to broaden their methods of inquiry. The normative argument is that the Columbia workshop was mostly devoted to “Nazi collaboration,” equated
The Prison on Lonts’kyi Street: Memory Dialogue or Memory Monologue?
Uilleam Blacker L’viv’s wartime history is complex, and demands sensitivity and an understanding that victimhood and guilt are not always exclusive categories. The history of the site of the prison on Lonts’kyi Street speaks to this complexity. It speaks of
The Prison on Lonts’kyi Street: Memory Dialogue or Memory Monologue?
Uilleam Blacker L’viv’s wartime history is complex, and demands sensitivity and an understanding that victimhood and guilt are not always exclusive categories. The history of the site of the prison on Lonts’kyi Street speaks to this complexity. It speaks of
Myths of National Consolidation, the Holodomor, and the Holocaust: A Response to Roman Serbyn
John-Paul Himka First off, I would like to thank Roman Serbyn for his critique of my positions as enunciated in my text “Interventions” in its abridged version. I am glad to see the arguments of the other side presented in
Myths of National Consolidation, the Holodomor, and the Holocaust: A Response to Roman Serbyn
John-Paul Himka First off, I would like to thank Roman Serbyn for his critique of my positions as enunciated in my text “Interventions” in its abridged version. I am glad to see the arguments of the other side presented in
Star of David vs Ukrainian Trident: a fake conflict
Roman Kabachyi 70 years ago, following the Red Army’s retreat from what was then eastern Poland and is now western Ukraine, as they were pushed back by the German invaders, a wave of pogroms swept the cities and townships of
Star of David vs Ukrainian Trident: a fake conflict
Roman Kabachyi 70 years ago, following the Red Army’s retreat from what was then eastern Poland and is now western Ukraine, as they were pushed back by the German invaders, a wave of pogroms swept the cities and townships of
Erroneous Methods in J.-P. Himka’s Challenge to “Ukrainian Myths”
Roman Serbyn For some time now, Professor John-Paul Himka has been campaigning against what he calls “Ukrainian myths about traumatic aspects of the twentieth-century.” On 28 March 2011, he explained his chosen mission in his address at the University of
Erroneous Methods in J.-P. Himka’s Challenge to “Ukrainian Myths”
Roman Serbyn For some time now, Professor John-Paul Himka has been campaigning against what he calls “Ukrainian myths about traumatic aspects of the twentieth-century.” On 28 March 2011, he explained his chosen mission in his address at the University of
Interventions: Challenging the Myths of Twentieth-Century Ukrainian History
John-Paul Himka Department of History and Classics Winner of the J. Gordin Kaplan Award for Research Excellence University of Alberta Text based on an address delivered at the 2nd annual Celebration of Research and Creative Work Faculty of Arts, 28
Interventions: Challenging the Myths of Twentieth-Century Ukrainian History
John-Paul Himka Department of History and Classics Winner of the J. Gordin Kaplan Award for Research Excellence University of Alberta Text based on an address delivered at the 2nd annual Celebration of Research and Creative Work Faculty of Arts, 28
VIRTUAL EURO-INTEGRATION
Mykola Riabchuk On May 20, after four weeks of hesitation, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych signed into the law the parliamentary decision on the official use of red flags. A few days later, the opposition appealed to the Constitutional Court against
VIRTUAL EURO-INTEGRATION
Mykola Riabchuk On May 20, after four weeks of hesitation, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych signed into the law the parliamentary decision on the official use of red flags. A few days later, the opposition appealed to the Constitutional Court against
The V-Day Spectacle and Beyond
Mykola Riabchuk “Show,” “spectacle,” “theater,” and “performance” seem to be the most popular metaphors employed by Ukrainian observers to describe the May 9 clashes in L’viv between local nationalists and Russian barnstormers who came with red flags from Odesa and
The V-Day Spectacle and Beyond
Mykola Riabchuk “Show,” “spectacle,” “theater,” and “performance” seem to be the most popular metaphors employed by Ukrainian observers to describe the May 9 clashes in L’viv between local nationalists and Russian barnstormers who came with red flags from Odesa and
Does Ukraine Have a Future?
David Marples Ukraine is currently undergoing a crisis, according to several of its leading intellectuals. It is not an economic quandary, but rather one of self-perception and future path. Six years after the Orange Revolution had appeared to put an
Does Ukraine Have a Future?
David Marples Ukraine is currently undergoing a crisis, according to several of its leading intellectuals. It is not an economic quandary, but rather one of self-perception and future path. Six years after the Orange Revolution had appeared to put an
Re-examining the Nazi-Soviet Pact 70 Years On
David Marples August 23 marks the 70th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, a nonaggression treaty between the two totalitarian powers of USSR and Nazi-Germany, as well as a secret protocol that divided Eastern Europe into spheres of influence between Hitler
Re-examining the Nazi-Soviet Pact 70 Years On
David Marples August 23 marks the 70th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, a nonaggression treaty between the two totalitarian powers of USSR and Nazi-Germany, as well as a secret protocol that divided Eastern Europe into spheres of influence between Hitler
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