We, the undersigned, scholars and professionals working in the field of Ukrainian Studies and related disciplines in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and Asia, all of us sharing a profound concern for the well-being of Ukraine and its citizens, its institutions, its record on human rights, freedom of the press, and its overall standing in the community of democratic and law-abiding nations, feel it essential to express our views on the present crisis there. We know that this crisis can only be solved by the citizens of Ukraine, but we believe that overarching moral issues, the need for solidarity with our Ukrainian colleagues and friends, and our own involvement in Ukraine oblige us to speak out.

We are deeply troubled by the murder of the journalist Heorhii Gongadze and the handling of the investigation into his death. The long delay in determining and admitting the identity of the victim and, with it, the very fact of the crime, has raised serious questions about the independence and the impartiality of the investigation.

We are concerned that this murder is only the most visible instance of violence against and harassment of independent journalists, politicians and other prominent Ukrainians. The questions surrounding the murders of Vadym Hetman and Jevhen Shcherban, as well as the deaths of Vadym Bojko, Vjacheslav Chornovil, and many others remain unanswered, with little or no known progress in their investigations.

We are disturbed that anticorruption legislation continues to be enforced selectively, mostly against government opponents and low-level officials.

We deplore the continuing reprisals, threats, and implicit threats of reprisal against those journalists, students, teachers, and other Ukrainians who dare to speak their minds openly and freely on the current crisis. The persistent efforts to prevent and obstruct peaceful demonstrations raise disturbing questions about the commitment to freedom of speech and assembly, which are guaranteed in Ukraine's Constitution.

We are deeply concerned that Ukrainian political and economic independence and sovereignty, already endangered by widespread corruption, may be further degraded as national interests are sacrificed to narrow self interests.

We fully support all calls for an independent, full, transparent, and credible investigation of Gongadze's murder and of all the evidence that has emerged from this case. Those responsible, no matter what their position, must be held to account.

We also express our strong support for attempts to reform the political process and strengthen civil society, to establish a genuine separation of and balance between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government, as well as a truly open, honest, and accountable system of governance.

We reject the claim that the current political crisis has done nothing but besmirch Ukraine's image. On the contrary, it has given the world - and us - the hope that Ukraine is capable of mature self-reflection, strong and honest criticism where necessary, and meaningful reform. We are convinced that only the rule of law, due process, and genuine freedom of the press, expression, and assembly without fear of reprisal - combined with serious political dialogue - can help lead Ukraine out of this crisis. Only an honest attempt to uncover the truth can restore the country's image and promise and help Ukraine avoid becoming a pariah in the world community.

We express our solidarity with all those in Ukraine who are struggling for these goals and we extend to them our deep moral support. Democracy, as they have reminded us, is a process - and sometimes a very difficult one - not just an empty platitude.

We call on the President, the Prime Minister, the Parliament, and the Supreme Court of Ukraine to take meaningful steps towards ensuring the full integrity of this process. And we urge our own governments to support Ukrainians at this critical moment in the history of their young democracy.

Ми, що підписалися нижче, – науковці та фахівці, які працюють в різних галузях українознавства і славістики в Сполучених Штатах Америки, Канаді, Австралії, Азії, та Европі – з Україною включно – поділяємо глибоку стурбованість за добробут України та її громадян, за ефектовне функціонування її демократії та за її місце і роль серед демократичних і правових держав i вважаємо необхідним висловити наші погляди з приводу сьогочасної кризи. Розуміючи, що криза може бути розв’язана лише громадянами України спільно з владою, ми віримо, що загальний моральний обов’язок, почуття солідарності з українськими колегами та друзями та наша особиста заанґажованість Україною зобов’язують нас до слова.

Ми глибоко схвильовані вбивством журналіста Георгія Ґонґадзе і тим, як проходить розслідування його загибелі. Зволікання у визначенні та визнанні особи жертви і, разом з тим, самого факту злочину, його організаторів і виконавців, викликають серйозні запитання щодо незалежності та об’єктивності розслідування.

Ми стурбовані, що це вбивство – лише найбільш помітний приклад залякування та насильства проти незалежних журналістів, політичних діячів та інших відомих громадян України. Запитання довкола вбивств Вадима Гетьмана та Євгена Щербаня та смерті Вадима Бойка, Вячеслава Чорновола і багатьох інших залишаються без відповіді, без помітного, а то й без жодного поступу в розслідуванні цих справ.

Ми занепокоєні, що законодавство проти корупції продовжує застосовуватися вибірково, головним чином проти опонентів уряду та службовців нижчих ешелонів.

Ми засуджуємо погрози і переслідування щодо тих ЗМІ, журналістів, студентів, вчителів та інших громадян України, котрі наважуються відкрито та вільно висловити свої думки з приводу сьогочасної кризи. Уперті намагання перешкодити, не допустити мирні демонстрації викликають тривожні запитання про гарантовані Конституцією України свободу слова та зібрань.

Ми глибоко стурбовані, що політична та економічна незалежність і суверенітет України, що вже під загрозою широко розповсюдженої корупції, можуть зазнати подальшої деґрадації, якщо національні інтереси будуть принесені в жертву на користь політичним амбіціям.

Ми повністю підтримуємо всі заклики до незалежного, повного, прозорого та гідного довіри розслідування вбивства Ґонґадзе та всіх доказів, що з’явилися у цій справі. Причетні до злочину мусять бути притягнені до відповідальності, незалежно від їхньої посади.

Ми висловлюємо повну підтримку спробам реформувати політичний процес, зміцнити громадянське суспільство, встановити спражній розподіл та баланс між виконавчою, законодавчою та судовою гілками влади, а також дійсно відкриту, справедливу та підзвітну систему врядування.

Ми не погоджуємося з думкою, що сьогочасна криза має лиш негативний вплив на міжнародний імідж України. Попри все інше, вона також дає світові – і нам – надію, що Україна здатна до зрілого самоаналізу, гострої та відвертої критики, де це необхідно, до реформи на ділі, а не тільки на словах. Ми переконані, що лише верховенство закону, належний правовий процес і справжня свобода преси, слова та зібрань без остраху за репресії, a тaкoж сeрйoзний пoлiтичний дiaлoг зможуть вивести Україну з кризи. Лише ефектовні зусилля виявити правду можуть відновити репутацію та потенціал України, та допомогти Україні уникнути того, щоб перетворитися на парію серед держав світу.

Ми висловлюємо моральну підтримку усім в Україні, хто бореться за досягнення цих цілей. Їхні дії нагадують нам, що демократія – це процес який вимагає активного та постійного ствердження– а не пуста фраза.

Ми закликаємо Президента, Прем’єр-міністра, Верховну Раду та Верховний Суд України забезпечити повну цілісність цього процесу. Ми також закликаємо уряди наших держав підтримати громадян України в цей критичний момент в історії її молодої демократії.

Martin Aberg, Stockholm University (Sweden)

Henry Abramson, Assistant Professor, Florida Atlantic University (USA)

Jessica Allina-Pisano, Ph.D. candidate, Yale University (USA)

Mikhail Alexseev, Assistant Professor, San Diego State University (USA)

Olga Andriewsky, Associate Professor, Trent University (Canada)

Svitlana M. Andrushkiw, Director, Shevchenko Scientific Society Library (USA)

Vera Andrushkiw Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan (USA)

Mark Andryczyk, Ph.D. candidate, University of Toronto (Canada)

Natalia Aponiuk, Associate Professor, University of Manitoba (Canada)

Dominique Arel, Assistant Professor (Research), Watson Institute, Brown University (USA)

Mark Baker, Ph.D. candidate, Harvard University (USA)

Jars Balan, Co-Coordinator, Ukrainian Canadian Programme, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta (Canada)

Virko Baley, Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (USA)

Volodymyr Bandera, Professor, Temple University (USA)

Jerzy Bartminski, Professor, Marie Curie-Sklodowski University/Lublin (Poland)

Lada Bassa, MA candidate, University of Alberta (Canada)

Laada Bilaniuk, Assistant Professor, University of Washington (USA)

Yaroslav Bilinsky, Professor, University of Delaware, (USA)

Serhij Bilokin, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Institute of History, Academy of Sciences (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Marko Bojcun, Director of the Ukraine Centre, University of North London (UK)

Larissa Bondarchuk, Graduate Student, University of Alberta (Canada)

Helen Boss, Principal Economist for Ukraine, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) (Austria)

Per Brodersen, Ph.D. Candidate, Heinrich Heine University/Dusseldorf (Germany)

Giovanna Brogi, Professor, University of Milan (Italy)

Wayles Browne, Associate Professor, Cornell University (USA)

Donald Bruce, Chair, Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, Professor, University of Alberta (Canada)

Jeffrey Burds, Associate Professor of History, Northeastern University, (USA)

Orest Cap, Professor, University of Manitoba (Canada)

Jose Casanova, Professor, New School for Social Research (USA)

Vitaly Chernetsky, Assistant Professor, Columbia University (USA)

Andriy Chernevych, MA candidate, University of Alberta (Canada)

(Rev.) Andriy Chirovsky, Director, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies and Peter & Doris Kule Professor of Eastern Christian Theology and Spirituality, Saint Paul University (Canada)

Anna Choroshkevich, Institute for Russian History, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia)

Serge Cipko, Editor, Harvard Ukrainian Studies, Harvard University (USA)

James Clem, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University (USA)

Heather Coleman, Assistant Professor, Co-ordinator of Central and East European Studies, University of Calgary (Canada)

Timothy Colton, Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies; Director, Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University (USA)

David R. Costello, Professor, Canisius College (USA)

Nicolas Cuzin, Vice President, Ukraine 33 Committee; Ph.D., National Institute of Political Science, University of Lyon (France)

John Czaplicka, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Co-Chair, Study Group for Politics and Culture in Central Europe, Harvard University (USA)

Keith Darden, Academy Scholar, Harvard University (USA)

Daria Darewych, Adjunct Professor, York University (Canada)

Jaroslav Dashkevych, Professor, Ivan Franko National University (Lviv, Ukraine)

Sheri Deeter, Research Associate and Program Coordinator, Center for Nonproliferation Studies (USA)

Robert De Lossa, President, American Association of Ukrainian Studies (USA)

Volodymyr Dibrova, Writer-in-Residence, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (USA)

Alexander Dillon, Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University (USA)

Michail Dmitriev, Moscow State University (Russia)

Jurij Dobczansky, Slavic librarian, Library of Congress (USA)

David Dolff, PhD Candidate, University of Alberta (Canada)

Oleksandr Dombrovs'ky, General Secretary, Ukrainian Historical Association/ Ukrajins'ke Istorychne Tovarystvo (USA)

Chester S. L. Dunning, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University (USA)

Marta Dyczok, Assistant Professor, University of Western Ontario (Canada)

Olena Dzedzhora, Lviv Theological Academy (Lviv,Ukraine)

Andrew Fesiak, Ph.D. candidate, York University (Canada)

John Fizer, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University (USA); Honorary Professor, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Ukraine)

Roma Franko, Former Head of the Department of Slavic Studies and the Department of Modern Languages, College of Arts and Science, University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

David Frick, Professor, University of California, Berkeley (USA)

Michael S. Flier, Oleksandr Potebnja Professor of Ukrainian Philology, Harvard University (USA)

Nadya Foty, MA Candidate, University of Alberta (Canada)

Leonard Friesen, Vice President, Canadian Association of Slavists, Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada)

Verena Fritz, Ph.D. candidate, European University Institute (Italy)

(Rev.) Peter Galadza, Kule Family Professor, Saint Paul University (Canada)

Ihor Gawdiak, Reference Librarian for Eastern Europe and Ukraine, Library of Congress (USA)

Luba Gawur, Slavic Librarian, Cleveland Public Library (USA)

Oleh W. Gerus, Professor, University of Manitoba (Canada)

Harvey Goldblatt, Professor, Yale University (USA)

David M. Goldfrank, Professor, Georgetown University (USA)

Benjamin Goldsmith, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of West Florida (USA)

George G. Grabowicz, Dmytro Chyzhevs'kyj Professor of Ukrainian Literature, Harvard University (USA)

Oksana Grabowicz, Research Associate, Harvard University (USA)

(Rev.) Borys A. Gudziak, Rector, Lviv Theological Academy (Lviv, Ukraine)

David Haas, Associate Professor, University of Georgia (USA)

Mark von Hagen, Director, Harriman Institute, Professor of History, Columbia University (USA)

Lubomyr Hajda, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (USA)

Michael F. Hamm, Ewing T. Boles Professor of History, Centre College (USA)

Olexiy Haran', Visiting Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (USA); Political Scientist (Ukraine)

Andrei Harasymiak, Executive Secretary, Ukrainian Studies Fund, Inc., Cambridge, MA (USA)

Bohdan Harasymiw, Professor, University of Calgary (Canada)

Christian Harde, Special Research/Sonderforschungsbereich, University of Tubingen (Germany)

Guido Hausmann, University of Cologne (Germany)

James W. Heinzen, Rowan University (USA)

Liliana Hentosh, Institute for Historcal Research, Ivan Franko National University (Lviv, Ukraine)

Oleksandr Herasym, Stefanyk Library, Academy of Sciences (Lviv, Ukraine)

Patricia Herlihy, Professor, Brown University, (USA)

Manfred Hettling, Institute of History, University of Halle (Germany)

Susan Heuman, Professor, Manhattanville College (USA)

Titus D. Hewryk, University Architect, University of Pennsylvania (USA)

John-Paul Himka, Professor, University of Alberta (Canada)

Ola Hnatiuk, Warsaw University/Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)

Andreas R. Hofmann, Centre for East Central European Studies, Leipzig University (Germany)

John Holian, Professor, Cuyahoga Community College (USA)

Renata Holod, Professor and Chair, History of Art Department, University of Pennsylvania (USA)

Ivan Z. Holowinsky, Professor, Rutgers University (USA)

Ulle Viiroja Holt, Adjunct Lecturer, Brown University (USA)

Sogu Hong, Ph.D. candidate, University of Alberta (Canada)

Pavlo Horbal, President, Ukrainian Canadian Students' Union; Graduate Student, University of Windsor (Canada)

Cyril Horiszny, Ph.D candidate, Sorbonne University (France)

Andrij Hornjatkevyc, Associate Professor, University of Alberta (Canada)

Alexandra Hrycak, Assistant Professor, Reed College (USA)

Halyna Hryn, Lector, Executive Director, Yale-Ukraine Initiative, Yale University (USA)

Yaroslav Hrytsak, Professor, Ivan Franko National University/Central European University (Ukraine/Hungary)

Henrik Huitfeldt, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Uppsala, and Cerge-EI, Prague (Czech Republic)

Assya Humesky, President, Ukrainian American Association of University Professors (USA)

Taras Hunczak, Professor, Rutgers University (USA)

Tamara Hundorova, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Literature, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Oleh S. Ilnytzkyj, Professor, University of Alberta (Canada)

Yaroslav Isaievych, Member, National Academy of Sciences (Ukraine) and Fullbright Visiting Scholar, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University (USA)

Wsevolod W. Isajiw, R.F. Harney Professor Emeritus of Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies, University of Toronto (Canada)

Adrian Ivakhiv, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh (USA)

John (Ivan) Jaworsky, Associate Professor, University of Waterloo (Canada)

Monica Jensen, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Alberta (Canada)

Kerstin S. Jobst, University of Hamburg (Germany)

Kari Johnstone, Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Berkeley (USA)

Mychailo Kalinski, Assistant Professor, Kent State University (USA).

Torsten Kalvemark, Senior Advisor, National Agency for Higher Education (Sweden)

Basil A. Kalymon, Professor, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario (Canada)

Anatol Kaminsky, Professor Emeritus, Ukrainian Free University (Germany)

Andreas Kappeler, Director, Institute for Eastern European History, Vienna University (Austria)

Janusz Kawczak, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, (USA)

Matthew Kay, Assistant Professor, Wheaton College (USA)

Yulia Kazdobina, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Rochester, (USA)

Tatiana Keis, Librarian, Barnard College (USA)

Edward Keenan, Director, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection (USA)

Oleh Kindiy, Ph.D. Candidate, The Catholic University of America (USA)

Oksana Kis', Junior Research Fellow, Ethnology Institute, National Academy of Sciences; Co-Director, Research Center "Woman and Society" (Lviv, Ukraine)

Roman Kis', Ethnologist, Researcher, Ethnology Institute, National Academy of Sciences (Lviv, Ukraine)

Theofil I. Kis, Professor, Chair of Ukrainian Studies, University of Ottawa (Canada)

Olof Kleberg, Editor-in-Chief (Political Affairs), Vasterbottens-Kuriren (Sweden)

Victoria Klein, Ph.D. Candidate, Princeton University (USA)

Bohdan Klid, Research Associate, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta (Canada)

Anna Klimina, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Manitoba (Canada)

Svitlana Kobets, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA)

Zenon Kohut, Director, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta (Canada)

Nancy S. Kollmann, Professor; Director, Center for Russian and East European Studies, Stanford University (USA)

Natalie Kononenko, Professor, University of Virginia (USA)

Bohdan Kordan, Professor, University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

Iwan S. Koropeckyj, Former President of the International Ukrainian Economic Association, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Temple University (USA)

Roman Koropeckyj, Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles (USA)

Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox, Assistant Professor, University of Florida (USA)

Halyna Koscharsky, Head, Ukrainian Studies, Macquarie University (Australia)

Katarzyna Kotynska, Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)

Oksana Kovacs, Phd, Eotvos Lorand University; President, Society of Ukrainian Studies (UKRIN) (Hungary)

Natalia Kovalchuk, Lviv Theological Academy (Lviv, Ukraine)

Taras Koznarsky, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto (Canada)

Alexander Kratochvil, Assistant Chair in Ukrainian Studies, E.-M.-Arndt-University Greifswald (Germany)

Robert S. Kravchuk, Associate Professor, School of Public & Environmental Affairs, Indiana University (USA)

Andrii Krawchuk, Assistant Professor, St. Paul University (Canada)

Elena Krevsky, Ph.D. Candidate, Univesity of Alberta (Canada)

Anatoliy Kruglashov, Head, Department of Political Science and Sociology, Member of International Bureau of the International Association of Ukrainianists (MAU); Associate Professor, Chernivtsi National University (Ukraine)

Paul Kubicek, Assistant Professor, Oakland University (USA)

Martha Kuchar, Associate Professor, Roanoke College, Virginia (USA)

Bohdan Kudryk, President, Ukrainian Studies Fund, Inc., Cambridge, MA (USA)

Anna Kuranicheva, MA Candidate, University of Alberta (Canada)

Hiroaki Kuromiya, Professor of History, Indiana University (USA)

(Rev.) Ihor Kutash, Lecturer in Eastern Christian Theology, St. Paul University (Canada)

Taras Kuzio, Research Associate and Project Manager, Centre for International and Security Studies, York University (Canada)

Tomas Lamas, Assistant Professor, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden)

Hugo Lane, Assistant Professor, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY (USA)

Claudia Lange, Research Fellow and Scientific Assistant, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt/M.(Germany)

Hubert Laszkiewicz, Institute of History, Catholic University of Lublin (Poland)

Elisabeth Le, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta (Canada)

Marco Levytsky, Editor, Ukrainian News; Vice President Ukrainian Canadian Congress - Alberta Provincial Council (Canada)

George O. Liber, Associate Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham (USA)

Nelly Lindgren, Associate Professor, Apelgarden, Lundsberg (Sweden)

Slawomir Lukasiewicz, Institute of East Central Europe, Catholic University of Lublin (Poland)

James E. Mace, Professor, Kiev-Mohyla Academy National University (Ukraine)

Irena R. Makaryk, Professor, University of Ottawa (Canada)

Andrij Makuch, Senior Manuscript Editor, Encyclopedia of Ukraine, University of Toronto (Canada)

George P. Majeska, Associate Professor, University of Maryland (USA)

Irena R. Makaryk, Professor, University of Ottawa (Canada)

Oksana Malanchuk, Senior Research Associate, University of Michigan (USA)

David R. Marples, Professor, University of Alberta (Canada)

Terry Martin, Assistant Professor, Harvard University (USA)

Osyp Martyniuk, Professor Emeritus, Kent State University (USA)

Ksenia Maryniak-Ovcharenko, Editor, Atlas of Ukraine CD-ROM; former Editor, Encyclopedia of Ukraine (Canada)

Peter Maziak, President, Ukrainian Club; Instructor, Michigan State University (USA)

John D. L. McIntosh, Slavic & Science/Engineering Bibliographer, University of British Columbia Library (Canada)

Evelyn Mechtold, Librarian (Kiev, Ukraine)

Askold Melnyczuk, Editor, Agni, Boston University (USA)

George Mihaychuk, Associate Professor, Georgetown University (USA)

Yoshie Mitsuyoshi, Ph.D candidate, University of Alberta (Canada)

Jaroslaw Moklak, Institute of History, Jagellonian University (Poland)

Mikhail A. Molchanov, Lecturer, University of Victoria (Canada)

Sonia Moris, Former Assistant Dean, College of Education, and Former Head of the Department of Educational Psychology, University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

Alexander J. Motyl, Associate Professor, Rutgers University, Newark (USA)

Myroslava M. Mudrak, Associate Professor, Ohio State University (USA)

Andriy Nahachewsky, Associate Professor, University of Alberta (Canada)

Kazuo Nakai, Professor, University of Tokyo (Japan)

Aleksander Naumow, Professor, Jagellonian University and Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland)

Michael Naydan, Professor, The Pennsylvania State University (USA)

Bohdan Y. Nebesio, Research Associate and Instructor, University of Alberta (Canada)

Alla Nedashkivska, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta (Canada)

Maryana Nikoula, Program Administrator, Canadian Bureau for International Education (Canada)

Ludmyla Nor, Visiting Scholar, Albert-Ludwig-Universitat (Germany)

Vit Novotny, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Strathclyde (Scotland, UK)

Vivian Olender, Principal, St. Andrew's College, University of Manitoba (Canada)

Gust Olson III, Assistant Editor, Canadian Slavonic Papers, University of Alberta, (Canada)

Marta D. Olynyk, Professional Translator (Canada)

Oleksiy Omelyanchuk, Ph.D. Candidate, Central European University (Hungary)

Larissa Onyshkevych, President, Shevchenko Scientific Society in the U.S./NTSh v Amerytsi

Waclaw Osadnik, Member of the Executive, Canadian Association of Slavists, Lecturer, University of Alberta (Canada)

Victor Ostapchuk, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto (Canada)

Uliana M. Pasicznyk, Managing Editor, Hrushevsky Translation Project, University of Toronto (Canada)

Nicolae Pavliuc, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto (Canada)

Oleksander Pavliuk, John Kolasky Memorial Fellow, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies; Visiting Scholar, Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Toronto (Canada)

Marko Pavlyshyn, Mykola Zerov Professor in Ukrainian Studies, Monash University (Australia)

Tanja Penter, University of Bochum (Germany)

Andrew B. Pernal, Professor, Brandon University (Canada)

Roman Petryshyn, Director, Ukrainian Resource and Development Centre; Chair, Eastern Europe Leadership Team, Grant MacEwan College (Canada)

Oksana Piaseckyj, Slavic Librarian, University of Ottawa (Canada)

Eva Plach, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Toronto, Graduate Student Representative, Executive of the Canadian Association of Slavists (Canada)

Andrei I. Pliguzov, Assistant to the Director, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection (USA)

Serhii Plokhy, Director, Church Studies Program, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta (Canada)

Tamara Poleshchuk, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Ivan Franko National University (Lviv, Ukraine)

Petro J. Potichnyj, Professor Emeritus, McMaster University (Canada)

Cathy Potter, Associate Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong (China)

Tom Priestly, Professor, University of Alberta (Canada)

Anna Procyk, Professor, City University of New York (USA)

Roman Procyk, Executive Director, Ukrainian Studies Fund, Inc., Cambridge, MA (USA)

Oleh Protsak, Project Manager, Institute for Policy Studies (Lviv, Ukraine)

Yurij Proxas'ko, Research Assocate, Institute of Literature, Academy of Sciences (Lviv, Ukraine)

Thomas M. Prymak, Resident Fellow, Centre for Russian and East European Studies University of Toronto (Canada)

Natalia Pylypiuk, President, Canadian Association of Slavists, Associate Professor, University of Alberta (Canada)

Sudha Rajagopalan, Ph.D. Candidate, Indiana University (USA)

Allan Reid, Chair, Dept of Culture and Language Studies, Professor, University of New Brunswick (Canada)

Maria G. Rewakowicz, Instructor, University of Toronto (Canada)

Mykola Riabchuk, Visiting Fellow, Reuters Foundation Program, Oxford University (UK)

Alfred Rieber, Professor, Central European University (Hungary)

Lesley A. Rimmel, Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University, USA

Robert Romanchuk, Assistant Professor, Florida State University (USA)

Maryna Romanets, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

Olesia Rosalion Ph.D, Monash University (Australia)

Jaroslav Rozumnyj, Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba (Canada)

Bohdan Rubchak, Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago (USA)

Marian J. Rubchak, Associate Professor, Valparaiso University (USA)

Jane Rudd, Associate Professor, Saint Joseph College (USA)

Renata Rusnak, Assistant, Department of Ukrainian Literature, Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences; Doktorant, Jagellonian University (Poland)

Jeffrey Sachs, Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade, Harvard University (USA)

Yuriy Sak, Ph.D. Candidate, International Human Rights Law, University of Wolverhampton (UK)

Mikael Sandberg, Associate Professor, Sodertorns hogskola/University College (Sweden)

Victor Satzewich, Professor, McMaster University (Canada)

Ania Savage, lecturer, Department of Mass Communications and Journalism Studies, University of Denver (USA)

Laurel Schultz, Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Los Angeles (USA)

Monika T.M. Schulze, Doctoral Candidate, Institute of Regional Geography, University of Leipzig (Germany)

Iskra Schwarcz, Institute for Eastern European History, Vienna University (Austria)

Steven Seegel, Ph.D. Candidate, Brown University (USA)

Paul Sendziuk, Ph.D. candidate, Monash University (Australia)

Roman Senkus, Editor, Journal of Ukrainian Studies (Canada)

Sophia Senyk, Professor, Pontifical Oriental Institute (Italy)

Roxanna Senyshyn, Ph.D. Candidate, The University of Tennessee (USA)

Roman Serbyn, Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)

Ihor Sevcenko, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History and Literature, Emeritus, Harvard University (USA)

Yuri Shevchuk, Ph.D., Linguist, Political Scientist (Canada)

Myroslav Shkandrij, Professor, University of Manitoba (Canada)

Gennady Shkliarevsky, Professor, Bard College (USA)

Roman Shiyan, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Alberta (Canada)

Natalia Shostak, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Alberta (Canada)

Dmytro Shtohryn, Professor-Emeritus; Chair, Ukrainian Research Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (USA)

Stephen Shulman, Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University (USA)

John Timothy Sinor, Democracy World Site Project, Bloomington, Indiana (USA)

Oles Smolansky, University Professor, Lehigh University (USA)

Christine Sochocky, Doctor of Library Science (Retired) (Canada)

Roman Solchanyk, International Security Policy Analyst (USA)

Sally Smith, Ph.D. candidate, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London (UK)

Walter Smyrniw, Professor Emeritus, McMaster University (Canada)

Timothy Snyder, Assistant Professor, Yale University (USA)

Eleonora Solovey-Honcharyk, Doctor of Philology, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (Kyiv, Ukraine), Fulbright Scholar, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (USA)

Ihor Stebelsky, Professor, University of Windsor (Canada)

Marko R. Stech, Ph.D., Slavic Languages and Literatures (Canada)

Lidia Stefanowska, Independent Scholar, Slavic Department: Ukrainian Section, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw (Poland)

Volodymyr Stojko, Professor Emeritus, Manhattan College; Editor, The Ukrainian Quarterly (USA)

Victor Susak, Research Associate, Ivan Franko National University (Lviv, Ukraine)

Alexander Sydorenko, Chairman, History Department, Professor, University of Arkansas (USA)

Wasyl Sydorenko, Reference Associate, Petro Jacyk Central and East European Resource Centre, University of Toronto (Canada)

Frank Sysyn, Director, The Peter Jacyk Centre for Ukrainian Historical Research, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta (Canada)

Roman Szporluk, Mykhailo S. Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History, Harvard University (USA)

Marta Tarnawsky, Associate Director, Foreign and International Law, University of Pennsylvania Law Library, (Retired) (USA)

Maxim Tarnawsky, Associate Professor, University of Toronto (Canada)

Myroslaw Tataryn, Associate Professor, University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

Francis J. Thomson, Chairman, Belgian Association of Ukrainian Studies (Belgium)

Virlana Tkacz, Theatre Director and Translator, Yara Arts Group/La MaMa Experimental Theatre (USA)

Emily Tock, East European & Slavic Studies Librarian, The Ohio State University (USA)

Oleksii Tolochko, Candidate of Historical Sciences (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Fiona Tomaszewki, Member of the Executive, Canadian Association of Slavists; Professor, Concordia University (Canada)

Roman Tratch, Professor Emeritus, St. John Fisher College (USA)

Maria Truchan-Tataryn, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Saskatchewan, (Canada)

Oleh Turij, Lviv Theological Academy (Ukraine)

Jaryna Turko Bodrock, (Retired) Head Librarian, Slavic Department, Harvard College Library (USA)

Teddy J. Uldricks, Professor, University of North Carolina at Asheville (USA)

Stephen Velychenko, Research Associate, Chair of Ukrainian Studies; Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Toronto (Canada)

Ludmilla Voitkovska, Assistant Professor, University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

Ricarda Vulpius, Institute for the Study of Eastern Europe/Osteuropa-Institut, Free University of Berlin (Germany)

Rex A. Wade, Professor of History, George Mason University (USA)

Catherine Wanner, Assistant Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, (USA)

Zenon Wasyliw, Associate Professor of History, Ithaca College (USA)

Connie Wawruck-Hemmett, Secretary-Treasurer, Canadian Association of Slavists (Canada)

Lucan A. Way, Post-Doctoral Fellow Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University, Assistant Professor, Temple University (USA)

Volker Weichsel, Ph.D. Candidate, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (Germany)

Anna Veronika Wendland, Centre for East and Central European Studies, Leipzig University (Germany)

Rafal Pawel Wierzchoslawski, Department of Logic and Theory of Knowledge, Catholic University of Lublin (Poland)

Andrew Wilson, Lecturer in Ukrainian Studies, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London (UK)

Lidia A. Wolanskyj, Publisher, Eastern Economist (Ukraine)

Curt Woolhiser, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin; Vice-President (North America), International Association of Belarusianists (USA)

Christine D. Worobec, Associate Professor of History, Northern Illinois University (USA)

Dean S. Worth, Professor Emeritus, University of California at Los Angeles (USA)

A. Colin Wright, Professor Emeritus, Russian Studies, Queen's University at Kingston (Canada)

Lubomy Wynar, Professor Emeritus, Kent State University; President, Ukrainian Historical Association/Ukrains'ke Istorychne Tovarystvo (USA); President, World Scholarly Council, Ukrainian World Congress

Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj, Translator, Hrushevsky Translation Project, University of Toronto (Canada)

Mychailo Wynnyckyj, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Cambridge (UK)

Serhy Yekelchyk, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan (USA)

Roman Yereniuk, Associate Professor, St. Andrew's College, University of Manitoba (Canada)

Daria Yurchuk, Assistant Editor, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University (USA)

Myroslav Yurkevich, Editor, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, University of Alberta (Canada)

Taras Zakydalsky, Editor, Russian Studies in Philosophy (Canada)

Leonid Zashkilnyak, Professor, Ivan Franko National University (Lviv,Ukraine)

Andriy Zayarnyuk, Ph.D candidate, University of Alberta (Canada)

Myroslava T. Znayenko, Associate Professor; Director of Slavic Studies, Rutgers University, Newark (USA)

Hans van Zon, Professor, University of Sunderland (UK)

Roman Zyla, Ph.D. candidate, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London (UK)

Roman I. Andrushkiw, Professor of Mathematics, New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA)

Alexander J. Balaban, Elected Public Official , Roselle Park, New Jersey Board of Education (USA)

Phil Bodrock, Ph.D., Principal Digital Business Strategist NOBLE(STAR (USA)

Chrystia Chomiak, Writer, Edmonton (Canada)

Walter Conlon, Attorney at Law (USA)

Kiah Gibala, Analyst in E-Learning (Australia)

Alexandra Gomola, Medical Doctor, Cochin Universitary Hospital-Paris (France)

Andrew W. Holowinsky, Associate Professor of Biology, Brown University (USA)

Jurij R. Klufas, Executive Producer, KONTAKT Ukrainian TV Network (Canada)

William H. Kudryk, MD FRCSC, Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Alberta (Canada)

Larissa S. Kyj Professor of Accounting, Rowan University (USA)

Myroslaw J. Kyj Professor of Marketing, Widener University (USA)

Tove Linden, Master of Social Science, Analyst and Programme Officer, Forum Syd/Stockholm (Sweden)

Svetlana Listovnichiy, former lead scientific worker of I. Frantzevich Institute for Material Research in Kiev; Doctor of Technical Sciences (Philadelphia, USA)

Viktor Listovnichiy, former lead scientific worker of I. Frantzevich Institute for Material Research in Kiev; Doctor of Chemical Sciences (Philadelphia, USA)

Walter Maruszczak, Automotive Application Development Specialist, The Dow Chemical Company (USA)

Michael Sayenko, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Mechanical Designer (Canada)

Andriy J. Semotiuk, Attorney at Law, Los Angeles (USA)

Ihor Wolansky, Filmmaker & Assistant Professor, School of Cinema-Television, University of Southern California (USA)

Alexandra P. Wolanskyj, Medical Doctor, Assistant Professor volunteer faculty, Medical College of Ohio (USA)