Studia Polsko-Ukraińskie
This article is devoted to problems of Ukrainian studies in Europe and the world, which were discussed at the 8th International Congress of Ukrainian Studies, which was held on 21–24 October 2013 in Kyiv. The Congress was held under the title of: “Taras Shevchenko and the World Ukrainian Studies: Historical Interpretation and Modern Reception” on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of birth of the...
The article by Valentyna Sobol is devoted to the analysis of Taras Shevchenko’s poetry translations into Polish. The author identifi es the major stages of Shevchenko study in Poland, compares the translations by Bohdan Łepki, Czesław Jastrzębiec-Kozłowski, Jerzy Jędrzejewicz, and Piotr Kuprys, and proves that the Polish publication of Kobzar translated by P. Kuprys in 2008 and the bilingual Kobzar...
In his article Mykola Sulyma analyzes the scientific and organizational activity of the outstanding scientist Oleksiĭ Myshanych. Together with such researchers as S. Maslov, V. Krekoten, V. Kolosov, Y. Dzyra, Myshanych has changed the face of the Ukrainian medieval studies and educated several generations of true researchers.
The author analyzes the poetry of Taras Shevchenko in the context of the romantic concept of truth. He researches these poems where the poet shows its essence in the most precise way. Taras Shevchenko is presented as a whistle-blower of native pharisees and false patriots as well as the creator of the Ukrainian historiosophical thoughts. In the scientist’s opinion, the poet became the most ardent...
Stepan Heley analyzes the role and importance of research in the humanities conducted by the Shevchenko Scientific Society during 140 years of its activity. The article emphasizes the fact that the Shevchenko Scientific Society has had all-Ukrainian conciliatory nature from the very beginning and at the same time it has represented the European scientific traditions. The article is devoted to the...
The article provides the bibliographic and historical information about the role played by Oleksa Myshanych in the creation of Neo-Latin studies in Ukraine as well as the realization of his idea at the end of the 20th and at the beginning of the 21st century to carry out the research at the Institute of Neo-Latin studies in Lvov.
The article is devoted to the anniversary of one of the most prominent prose writers of the 20th century, Valery Shevchuk. The article provides a comprehensive review of the writer’s prose set within the general framework of the literary process. Special attention is paid to the unique creative individuality of the writer, his existential choice of freedom of self-development and self-realization.
The purpose of the article is to establish the time of birth of the popular chronicle The Story of Ruthenians. The author tries to determine the approximate date of its emergence and its authorship. Historical sources justify the claim that the chronicle was written at the end of the 18th century or the beginning of the 19th century. The article presents also many versions of the Istoriya Russov and...
The focus of this article is to examine the legacy of the Ostroh Academy, the first institution of higher learning in Eastern Europe which was established through the effort and support of Prince Vasyl Konstantyn Ostrozkyh, a leading social and cultural activist. The town of Ostroh, located in the region of Volhynia, became the center of the Ukrainian culture and education in the sixteenth century...
Vladymyr Beletskyy’s article analyzes the activity of the Donetsk Department of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in 2013. The author comes to the conclusion that the Donetsk Department of the Shevchenko Scientific Society has become an influential scientific and public organization and now it plays the role of the South-Eastern Scientific Center of Ukraine.
The article presents the results of study of ancient Latin-speaking intellectuals of Ukraine. The Latin language is considered as a factor in the creation of a special type of cultural borderlands. The author draws attention to the methodological aspects, studies of Ukrainian Neo-Latin, examines major genres and styles. Main subject is “confessional literature” – a literary genre presenting information...
Leonid Rudnytskyy summarizes the role and importance of the Shevchenko Scientific Society, which was established in 1873 and was the first, albeit unofficial, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. The Shevchenko Scientific Society was founded by scientific and cultural activists of Eastern Ukraine who after the Valuev Circular 1863 launched their work in Lvov. The article presents the outlook of the Shevchenko...