Ukrainian Historical Association elects officers, expands editorial board (07/27/97)

Ukrainian Historical Association elects officers, expands editorial board

by Dr. Alexander Sydorenko

KENT, Ohio - The Ukrainian Historical Association (UHA) has elected a new slate of officers. The election was conduced by mail and reflected the recommendations made by the Nomination Committee, composed of Dr. Alexander Dombrowsky, chair; Dr. Oleh Gerus, vice-chair (Winnipeg); and Dr. Yarema Rakowskyi, secretary.

The results are: Prof. Lubomyr Wynar, president; Prof. Alexander Baran (Winnipeg), vice-president; Prof. Alexander Dombrowsky, secretary-treasurer; Prof. Alexander Sydorenko (Arkansas State), secretary for international relations; Prof. Mykhailo Braichevskyi (head of the UHA branch in Kyiv), Prof. Arkadii Zhukovskyi (Paris), Dr. Bohdan Klid (Edmonton), Prof. Mykola Kovalskyi (Ostroh, head of the UHA branch of Volyn), Prof. Stefan Kozak (Warsaw), Dr. Andrew Sorokowski (Harvard, Ukrainian Research Institute), and Prof. Teodor Tsiutsiura (Toronto) member at large.

The Control Commission includes: Prof. Vasyl Omelchenko, chair, Prof. Gerus and Prof. Rakovskyi, members, and Prof. Jurii Oliinyk, alternate member.

During the past term, the Ukrainian Historical Association expanded its activities in Ukraine, where there are several UHA branches, such as the Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Kyiv Branch, along with those in Ostroh, Uzhorod, Halychyna, and the newest one in Cherkasy.

Also, new members were added to the editorial board of The Ukrainian Historian. They include Prof. Mykhailo Braichevskyi (University of Kyiv - Mohyla Academy) and Prof. Volodymyr Motyka of Australia. As agreed, the UHA's activity in Canada will be supervised by the association's vice-president.

The UHA maintains two categories of membership: full (research scholars) and associate (non-professional historians). Most subscribers of The Ukrainian Historian belong to the second category. In Toronto there is even a branch of associates, the Oleksander Ohloblyn Branch of UHA Associates, headed by Prof. Fisher-Sluzh.

Current plans include further UHA expansion and provisions to support activities in Ukraine, where some 800 copies of The Ukrainian Historian and other publications are regularly shipped.

The UHA also supports the establishment of the Hrushevskyi Museum in Kyiv. Recently the UHA, along with the Ukrainian National Association played a major role in emergency measures to safeguard the Vasyl Stefanyk Library in Lviv.

The UHA also publishes such serials as historical monographs, Hrushevskyi studies, memoirs, correspondence and source materials. These are published in Ukrainian or English. As well, the UHA continues to play a leading role in the revival of national historiography in Ukraine.

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