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Remembering Orest Subtelny (1941-2016), Bohdan Nahaylo

Remarks by Bohdan Nahaylo, Geneva, Switzerland, 26 July 2016. Subtelny was an outstanding figure in Ukrainian historical studies. He wrote a landmark history of Ukraine at a key moment in Ukraine's history 0:20 Collapse of the Soviet Union revealed a generation eager for a new history 0:40 Subtelny's contribution is producing a new synthetic history of Ukraine since Mykhailo Hrushevsky. Synthesis of integrating territory and people into a balanced narrative that did not pander to politics, affiliation, etc. He showed how it could be done, should be done. He wrote objectively and stood above allegiance to a region 2:15 He produced a standard, benchmark that others referred to, e.g. Magocsi, Hrytsak, etc. Subtelny's Ukraine: A History was a pioneering work 3:05 Ukrainian studies in Great Britain, Lysak, Rudnytsky, Omelijan Prytsak, Lypynsky 3:50 Biases and prejudices in Western academic studies on Ukrainian scholarship: Ukrainians are too nationalistic, off the mainstream, not Russo-centric, not Polono-centric enough, etc. 4:23 Subtelny showed western peers detachment and high commitment simultaneously. Subtelny was a Ukrainian patriot 4:54 Synthesized the past, the Soviet period, and highly sensitive issues including Western Ukraine during the interwar period. Diaspora political fragmentation 5:20 Subtelny's Ukraine: A History armed scholars with a weapon 6:10 Subtelny's work was appreciated in Ukraine. Roman Shukhevych, Stepan Bandera described objectively alongside Pavlo Skrypnyk, Mykola Khvylovy, etc. 6:55 Ukrainian scholars in the West. Subtelny represented a new generation of Ukrainian scholars, a Western educated generation with standards, sensitivities to caveats, preempting criticism, he was prophetic without knowing it 8:18 Paul Robert Magocsi A History of Ukraine 9:03 The Mazepists: Ukrainian Separatism in the Early Eighteenth Century, Pylyp Orlyk, Letters of Ivan Mazepa 9:35 Relationship with Orest Subtelny 11:00 Harvard University, "the Harvard throne" 15:02 Subtelny's book appeared at a critical historical juncture: Who were Ukrainians? Translated into many languages. Subtelny's book popularized and clarified Ukraine in the eyes of the West. Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies 17:11 Comparison to Paul Robert Magocsi's A History of Ukraine, which is also a masterpiece - Each a wing on the bird of Ukrainian history 18:48 Competition between Ukrainian scholars is a rat race Orest Subtelny, 7 May 1941 – 24 July 2016 Орест Субтельний, 7 травня 1941 - 24 липень 2016 This video was not sponsored.