Roman Szporluk honored with festschrift (10/08/00)

Roman Szporluk honored with festschrift

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Nearly 100 faculty, co-workers, friends and students, past and present recently attended a reception and dinner at the Harvard University Faculty Club to celebrate the publication of "Cultures and Nations of Central and Eastern Europe: Essays in Honor of Roman Szporluk" (Harvard University Press).

Edited by Zvi Gitelman, Lubomyr Hajda, John-Paul Himka and Roman Solchanyk, the collection features 35 contributors on a wide range of topics, reflecting the broad interests and intellectual influence of the honorand, who is the Mykhailo S. Hrushevskyi Professor of Ukrainian History at the Ukrainian Research Institute.

Students and colleagues from both the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor where Prof. Szporluk taught for 26 years and Harvard University, as well as from Ukraine and Poland, wrote on themes ranging from Ukrainian nationalism and Ukrainian medieval and modern history to the historical experiences of the Hungarian, Romanian, Serbian, Polish and Slovak nations.

The volume is complemented by a complete bibliography of Prof. Szporluk's published works, as well as a poem by the honorand's daughter, award-winning poet Larissa Szporluk.

During the special event held on May 13 William Zimmerman and Irina Livezeanu offered their testimonies about the work of Prof. Szporluk as an inspirational colleague and teacher during his many years at the University of Michigan. Edward Keenan of Harvard and former Harvard student Rita Krueger offered their reminiscences on the honorand's distinguished research and teaching at Harvard's department of history. Former HURI director Omeljan Pritsak also toasted Prof. Szporluk, while Michael Flier, Oleksandr Potebnja Professor of Ukrainian Philology, capped the evening with both a toast and a poem composed for the occasion.

To order "Cultures and Nations of Central and Eastern Europe: Essays in Honor of Roman Szporluk" call Harvard University Press, 1-800-448-2242.

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