Writing the Nation: The Ukrainian Historical Profession in Independent Ukraine and the Diaspora

by Serhy Yekelchyk

Serhy Yekelchyk analyzes the uneasy post-Soviet transition in Ukrainian historical writing. He discusses the challenge of transcending not just Soviet ideological dogmas, but also the "Soviet" way of understanding historical processes and human actions. Two major factors have been influencing this transition: contacts with the Ukrainian diaspora and the "rediscovery," also facilitated by the diaspora, of long-suppressed Ukrainian historical scholarship...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3838216954
• ISBN13: 9783838216959
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Ibidem Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.2"