Serhy Yekelchyk (; born November 13, 1966, in

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) is a

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, who has published widely on modern Ukrainian and

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and Russian-Ukrainian relations.

Education and career

Yekelchyk received his B.A. from the

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and his M.A. from the

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. He conducted research in Australia in the early 1990s, then moved to

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to complete his Ph.D. at the

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in 2000. He was a postdoctoral fellow and visiting assistant professor at the

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the following year. Since 2001, he has taught at the

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, British Columbia, Canada. He currently serves as president of the Canadian Association of Ukrainian Studies.

Research interests

Much of Yekelchyk's recent work focuses on

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culture and political life, especially in the

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. He has also written about Soviet nationalities policy and about Ukrainian national identity from the late nineteenth century to the present. His book ''Ukraine: Birth of a Modern Nation'' was the first historical survey to include the 2004 Orange Revolution and has since been translated into five languages. Yekelchuk contributes articles to various printed and online journals, including:

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, OUPblog,

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, RealClear World, RealClear History, and ThePioneer Briefing.

Selected bibliography

* ''Ukrainians in Australia. Vol. 2: 1966-1995.'' Co-editor with Marko Pavlyshyn. (Melbourne: Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organizations, 1998) * ''Stalin's Empire of Memory: Russian-Ukrainian Relations in the Soviet Historical Imagination'' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, March 2004) * ''Ukraine: Birth of a Modern Nation'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007) * ''Europe’s Last Frontier? Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine between Russia and the European Union.'' Co-editor with Oliver Schmidtke. (New York: Palgrave, 2008). * ''Імперія пам'яті. Російсько-українські стосунки в радянській історичній уяві / Пер. з англійської Миколи Климчука і Христини Чушак.'' — К.: Критика, 2008. — 304 с. () * ''The Conflict in Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015 xix, 186 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Chronology. Index. Maps. () ** Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know, 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020 xx, 209 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Chronology. Index. Maps. ()

References

External links

List of books by Serhy Yekelchuk on Google Books

Dr. Serhy Yekelchyk
UVic Department of History
Dr. Serhy Yekelchyk
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