Ukrainian Studies

Faculty of the Committee on Ukrainian Studies

Roman Szporluk, Mykhailo S. Hrushevs’kyi Professor of Ukrainian History (Chair)
Patricia R. Chaput, Professor of the Practice of Slavic Languages
Timothy J. Colton, Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies and Director of the Davis Center for Russian Studies
Grzegorz Ekiert, Professor of Government (on leave spring term)
Michael S. Flier, Oleksandr Potebnja Professor of Ukrainian Philology
George G. Grabowicz, Dmytro Cyzevs‘kyj Professor of Ukrainian Literature
Edward L. Keenan, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of History and Director of Dumbarton Oaks
Terry D. Martin, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences (on leave fall term)

The Standing Committee on Ukrainian Studies was created by vote of the Faculty on October 29, 1974, to facilitate the systematic study of and coordinate work on Ukrainian subjects throughout the departments of the University. No degree specifically in Ukrainian Studies is offered on either the undergraduate or the graduate level. Students wishing to obtain a higher degree in a particular discipline of Ukrainian Studies, such as language, literature, politics, or history, should first fulfill all the requirements of the department of their scholarly discipline (departments of Government, History, Linguistics, or Slavic Languages and Literatures). Only then should they proceed to the fulfillment of specific qualifications in the Ukrainian aspect of their disciplines under the supervision of the Committee’s faculty. The weekly, interdisciplinary Seminar in Ukrainian Studies serves to introduce the methodology, analysis, and specific aspects of Ukrainian disciplines. Attendance at the seminar, therefore, is a prerequisite for any further study.

Working in cooperation with the graduate students and faculty of the Ukrainian Research Institute, founded in June 1973, the Committee sponsors events and activities of interest to specialists in Ukrainian studies. The Institute also maintains a research library and publications office. Specific questions concerning Ukrainian Studies and requests for the pamphlet describing Ukrainian Studies at Harvard should be addressed to the Director of the Institute, at 1583 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138.

Primarily for Graduates

*Ukrainian 200. Ukrainian Studies: Seminar
Catalog Number: 7927
Roman Szporluk, Michael S. Flier, George G. Grabowicz and staff
Full course. M., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 9
Interdisciplinary seminar concentrating on methodological aspects of the Ukrainian disciplines. Seminar members and guests from other departments of the University and other universities discuss specific topics from analytical and comparative perspectives. Covers history, philology, linguistics, literature, Orientalism, art, sociology, economics, and political science.

Cross-listed Courses

Comparative Literature 164. The 20th-Century Post-Realist Novel in Eastern Europe: Conference Course
[History 1511 (formerly History 1537). 19th-Century Ukraine]
History 1512 (formerly History 1541). 20th-Century Ukraine
History 1515 (formerly History 1542). States and Nations: 1905-1991: Conference Course
Linguistics 250. Old Church Slavonic
Slavic Ga. Beginning Ukrainian I
Slavic Gb. Beginning Ukrainian II
*Slavic Gr. Supervised Readings in Intermediate/Advanced Ukrainian
Slavic 125. Modern Russian in Historical Perspective
[Slavic 165. Survey of Modern (19th- and 20th-Century) Ukrainian Literature ]
Slavic 166. Russian-Ukrainian Literary Relations in the 19th Century: Conference Course
[Slavic 201. Introduction to East Slavic Languages]
[Slavic 222. 20th-Century Ukrainian Poetry, 1905 to World War II]
Slavic 223. 19th-Century Ukrainian Poetry
[Slavic 292. 20th-Century Ukrainian Prose]