aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Lecture on Slavic Brotherhood

[Diana Howansky <dhh2@columbia.edu>]

NEXT WEDNESDAY:

The Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University will host a lecture
by, Dr. Prof. Anatoliy Kruglashov, Head of the Department of Poltical
Science at Chernivtsi Jury Fedkovych National University, as well as a
Shklar Research Fellow at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, titled:

“THE IDEA OF SLAVIC BROTHERHOOD IN UKRAINIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT:
CAPTIVITIES OF THE MYTH?"”

Dr. Kruglashov writes that the Slavic Idea played a pivotal role in the 
process of shaping the national consciousness of many Slavic Nations. In 
the early stages of the National Renaissance in Eastern Europe, it 
served as a basic pattern in the making of nations’ ideologies.

As for the History of Ukraine, the Slavic Idea is of great importance as 
well. From members of the Brotherhood of St. Cyril and Methodius to the 
national activists’ circles at the very end of the XIX century, 
Ukrainian thinkers prefered expressing their political stance within the 
framework of this Idea. Political realization of the Slavic Idea was 
seen in some kind of Slavic Union. Among the most noteworthy of such 
projects, M. Kostomarov and M. Drahomanov’s must be mentioned.

At the same time, the Ukrainian vision of Slavic Brotherhood gradually 
and obviously differentiated from the main Russian discourse of it. 
These visions were, finally, becoming more and more confronted. Hot 
debates occurred as the leaders of both Nations revolted around the 
concept of their Nation's future.

The political importance and attractiveness of the Slavic Idea in the 
theoretical constructions of Ukrainian leaders, however, faded away at 
the end of the XIX and the beginning of the XX century. Representatives 
of Ukrainian Poltical Thought mostly renounced any importance of this 
Idea. And, only now, might the Idea of the (Eastern) Slavs Brotherhood 
be reemerging in Independent Ukraine.

In his lecture, Dr. Kruglashov will outline the main stages of the 
Slavic Idea's evolution in Ukrainian Political Thought as well as 
current debates around the Project of Slavic Unity.

WHEN: Wednesday, April 12 at 12:00 noon
WHERE: Room 1219, International Affairs Building, Columbia University, 
420 W. 118th St., New York, NY

-- 
Diana Howansky
Staff Associate
Ukrainian Studies Program
Columbia University
Room 1208, MC3345
420 W. 118th Street
New York, NY  10027
(212) 854-4697
ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu
http://www.harrimaninstitute.org/courses/ukrainian_studies_program.html