Paul Robert Magocsi (born January 26, 1945 in

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) is an American professor of

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, and Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the

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. He has been with the university since 1980, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1996. He currently acts as Honorary Chairman of the World Congress of Rusyns, and has authored many books on

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history. Born in Englewood, New Jersey, Magocsi (his surname Magocsi is pronounced something like "magótchy", varying in different languages) is of Hungarian and Ruthenian (Rusyn) descent. He completed his undergraduate studies at

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B.A. in 1966; M.A. 1967,

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in M.A. 1969, Ph.D. 1972. He then went to

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, where he was a member of the

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between 1973 and 1976. In 2013 he was awarded

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by the

University of Prešov The University of Prešov ( sk, Prešovská univerzita v Prešove) is the only public university in the Prešov self-governing region of Slovakia. It focuses on the areas of social, natural, and theological sciences, sport, arts, management, and ...

in Slovakia. Magocsi has taught at Harvard University and the

Hebrew University The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public university, public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein ...

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

. In 1996 he was appointed permanent fellow of the

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Canadian Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences. Besides his primary focus on East-Central European history, Magocsi is a scholar of nationality and ethnicity more generally, and edited the collection ''Aboriginal Peoples of Canada: A Short Introduction'' (2002).

Selected books and publications

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Selected books and publications

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