CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF UKRAINIAN STUDIES MARKS FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY
EDMONTON, Alberta – The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) has reached a milestone—it has turned forty.
Founded at the University of Alberta in 1976, CIUS has expanded over the decades to comprise programs in Canada and, after 1991, in Ukraine.
The interdisciplinary institute is made up of several centres and programs supported by endowments created by donors from the community, Government of Alberta grants, and the University of Alberta’s budget. They include the Peter Jacyk Centre for Ukrainian Historical Research, the Ukrainian Language Education Centre, the Kule Ukrainian Canadian Studies Centre, the Kowalsky Program for the Study of Eastern Ukraine, the Holodomor Research and Education Consortium, the Research Program on Religion and Culture, the Contemporary Ukraine Studies Program, and the Danylo Husar Struk Program in Ukrainian Literature.
In the last four decades, CIUS Press has published hundreds of books, research reports, and journal issues. Today the institute maintains a highly visible online presence through its Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine, electronic journal East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies, Forum for Ukrainian Studies, and digitization project in co-operation with the University of Alberta Libraries. Numerous students and academics in North America, Europe, and Asia have benefited from scholarships and grants awarded by CIUS over the years.
To celebrate its fortieth anniversary, from the spring of 2016 CIUS has been organizing round tables to discuss the status of Ukrainian studies and the role of CIUS in the field. A round table took place in Calgary (during the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Slavists) and two others in Lviv and Kyiv, Ukraine. There will be a fourth round table on 1 October 2016 at the 25th Triennial Congress of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress in Regina.
A major scholarly encounter is planned for 14-15 October 2016. On those dates, CIUS will be holding a two-day conference at the University of Alberta entitled “Ukrainian Studies in Canada: Texts and Contexts.” Scholars from Canada and abroad will be participating in five round tables on the following topics: “Foundations of Ukrainian Studies,” “New Challenges for Ukrainian Studies,” “Ukrainian-Canadian Studies,” “Teaching Ukrainian Studies,” and “Community Outreach.” The keynote speaker at the conference will be Bishop Borys Gudziak. The featured speaker at the banquet following the conference will be Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada Andriy Shevchenko.
We invite you to learn more about our conference and other fortieth anniversary events by visiting us at https://www.ualberta.ca/ arts/research/canadian-institute-of-ukrainian-studies/news-and-events/cius-40th-anniversary.
