Journal of Ukrainian Studies
Journal of Ukrainian Studies (JUS). A semiannual interdisciplinary scholarly journal of Ukrainian studies, published from autumn 1976 until 2012 in Edmonton and Toronto by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta. The editors-in-chief were Roman Senkus (1976–86; 1993–2000; and 2008–12); Myroslav Yurkevich (1986–90, 2007); David Marples (1990); Zenon Kohut (1990–92); and Taras Zakydalsky (2001–7). In total, 37 volumes of the journal appeared.
Formerly known as Journal of Ukrainian Graduate Studies (1976–79), JUS published articles in Ukrainian and Ukrainian-Canadian studies, the majority of which were dedicated to the historiography and history of Ukraine, literature studies, political science, religious issues and historiography of the Ukrainian church, topics in Ukrainian culture, and research dealing with the life of Ukrainians in Canada. It also published discussions, book reviews, and journalistic articles on topics of a controversial or problem-oriented nature. There were also occasional publications in Ukrainian and English translations of writings by Ukrainian dissidents and works circulating in samvydav (Oles Honchar’s samvydav speech, Yurii Badzo’s open letter to the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and his open letter to the Soviet leaders, and Vasyl Lisovy’s critique of technocratic totalitarianism). A recurrent feature were translations from contemporary Ukrainian literature (Vasyl Stus, Mykola Bazhan, Valeriian Pidmohylny). There were also translations of lesser-known works by renowned nineteenth-century authors (Panteleimon Kulish, Aleksandr Herzen). Aside from regular issues, several volumes were published as thematic ones, focusing on particular themes, including Ukrainians in Canada (vol. 16, Summer–Winter 1991), the history of early modern Ukraine (vol. 17, Summer–Winter 1992), Ukrainian studies in Australia (vol. 20, Summer–Winter 1995), Hryhorii Skovoroda (vol. 22, Summer–Winter 1997), a decade of Ukraine’s independence (vol. 26, Summer–Winter 2001), and religion, nation, and secularization in Ukraine (vol. 37, Summer–Winter 2012). Several volumes were collections of essays honoring individual scholars, among them George Stephen Nestor Luckyj (vol. 14, Summer–Winter 1989), Peter Potichnyj (vol. 21, Summer–Winter 1996), Jaroslav Rozumnyj (vol. 25, Summer–Winter 2000), Zenon Kohut (vol. 29, Summer–Winter 2004), Frank Sysyn (vols. 33–34, 2008–2009), and John-Paul Himka (vols. 35–36, 2010–2011). One issue was devoted to the memory of Danylo Husar Struk (vol. 27, Summer–Winter 2002).
Over the years, JUS regular authors represented different fields of Ukrainian studies in the diaspora: history of Ukraine (Bohdan Krawchenko, Stella Hryniuk, Martha Bohachevsky-Chomiak, Roman Serbyn, John Jaworsky, Ivan Lysiak Rudnytsky, Frank Sysyn, Zenon Kohut, Stephen Velychenko, John-Paul Himka, Olga Andriewsky, Thomas Prymak, Andrii Krawchuk, Yury Boshyk), literature studies (Maxim Tarnawsky, Myroslav Shkandrij, Marko Pavlyshyn, Oleh Ilnytzkyj, Ihor Kachurovsky, Marko Carynnyk, Yaroslav Hordynsky, Marko Robert Stech), art, theater, and film (Virlana Tkacz, Bohdan Nebesio), diaspora studies (Serge Cipko, Oleh Gerus, Lubomyr Luciuk, Bohdan Kordan), linguistics (George Yurii Shevelov, Jaroslav Rozumnyj, Bohdan Struminsky), politics and political science (Alexander Motyl, Bohdan Nahaylo, Roman Solchanyk, Taras Kuzio, Bohdan Harasymiw, Marko Bojcun, Myroslav Yurkevich), church history and theology (Peter Galadza, Bohdan Bociurkiw), and bibliography (Edward Kasinec, Marta Tarnawsky, Paul Robert Magocsi). Since the early 1990s the journal attracted increasingly more non-diaspora authors (Andreas Kappeler, Henry Abramson, David Frick, Shmuel Ettinger, Paul Bushkovitch, Mark Baker, David Marples, Alfred Rieber, David Saunders, Paul D’Anieri, Alexander Kratochvil, Johannes Remy, Andrea Graziosi, Michael Moser), but also authors from Ukraine (Heorhii Kasianov, Yaroslav Isaievych, Mykola Riabchuk, Yuri Andrukhovych, Tamara Hundorova, Roksana Kharchuk, Serhy Yekelchyk, Serhii Plokhy, Yurii Shapoval, Anatolii Rusnachenko, Iryna Valiavko, Volodymyr Kravchenko, Yaroslav Hrytsak, Andrii Danylenko, Vladyslav Verstiuk, Volodymyr Kulyk, Oleksandr Hrytsenko, Liliana Hentosh, Maksym Strikha).
In 2012 the JUS ceased to be published as a printed journal. It has been replaced (since 2014) by the online open-access East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Journal of Ukrainian Studies issues on the CIUS Press website and in the CIUS archives.
Serhiy Bilenky
[This article was updated in 2023.]