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Scholars in Exile

The Ukrainian Intellectual World in Interwar Czechoslovakia

by (author) Nadia Zavorotna

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2020
Category
Eastern, History
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781487504458
    Publish Date
    Feb 2020
    List Price
    $83.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487530211
    Publish Date
    Jan 2020
    List Price
    $83.00

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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.

About the author

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

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Editorial Reviews

“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