In the interwar years, émigré scholars in Czechoslovakia provided continuity and a bridge for Ukrainian scholarship from its inception at the end of the nineteenth century to the development of Ukrainian studies in the twenty-first century. These scholars forged a legacy that spread beyond Czechoslovakia. Without their work in the postwar era, the development of Ukrainian émigré scholarship would not have flourished.

Narrated from a Ukrainian perspective, Scholars in Exile concentrates on the astounding efforts by Ukrainians to establish institutions of higher learning in the unique democratic spirit of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. The book also explores Ukrainian scholarly and professional societies, museum and archival collections, scholarly publishing, and little-known intellectual connections between Ukrainian émigré scholars and their colleagues in Czechoslovakia and various other European countries. Scholars in Exile brings to light an interesting facet of modern Ukrainian history, allowing for a better understanding of the general intellectual and institutional history of Ukraine.

Nadia Zavorotna is a research fellow at the Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto.

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“A catalog of the institution-building efforts of the Ukrainian exile community in the First Republic. It brings to light a little-known facet of the intellectual world of Prague in the 1920s and 1930s.”

<em>Journal of Modern History</em>

"I can recommend the book not only to the specialist public but also to a broad readership interested in the problems of exile and the history of Ukrainian intellectuals. It occupies a prominent place on my bookshelf, and I am sure that I will be consulting it frequently."

<em>Harvard Ukrainian Studies </em>

"Zavorotna’s tone is admiring throughout but balanced with rich details of individual activities and accomplishments. This volume skillfully draws upon substantial archival holdings and a broad range of printed materials, achieving an accessible synthesis for Anglophone readers."

<em>CHOICE</em