Paul Robert Magocsi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1187646 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Robert Magocsi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Magocsi |
| SIGNATURE | MAGOCSI P R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4099-2481 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Fellow Who Made Himself President of a European Republic: Gregory Ignatius Zhatkovych
This is the first comprehensive biography based on unique archival sources about Gregory Ignatius Zhatkovych, a Pittsburgh-based lawyer, who in 1918–1919 was instrumental in the creation of Czechoslovakia and the inclusion of its far eastern region, Subcarpathian Rus'/Ruthenia, into the new country
The Author’s Observations
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The heritage of autonomy in Carpathian Rus' and Ukraine's Transcarpathian region
As the Soviet Union disintegrated and eventually dissolved in 1991, many of its peoples, both so-called titular nationalities and national minorities, put forth demands for independence or, at the very least, self-rule for territories that were said to represent the national patrimony. Among the many peoples who put forward such demands were Carpatho-Rusyns, who, together with fellow citizens of other national backgrounds, demanded autonomy or se…
Where is My Home: Slovak Immigration to North America (1870-2010) by M. Mark Stolarik (review)
Concluding observations on the symposium
Generosity is the thought that comes to mind after hearing and later reading the five studies first presented at a symposium in Toronto (2 October 2008) and published here in this issue of Nationalities Papers. My colleagues, who span the disciplines of history, literary criticism, and political science, have been generous with the time they spent in composing their essays and then traveling to Toronto to deliver them in person, and they have bee…
The Scholar as Nation-Builder, or as Advisor and Advocate: Remarks Delivered by Paul Robert Magocsi (Chair of Ukrainian Studies, University of Toronto) for the Special Panel “Paul Robert Magocsi on th…
The Czech philosopher Tomáš G. Masaryk was a scholar and nation-builder; the Romanian historian Nicolae Iorga was a scholar and nation-builder; the Ukrainian historian Mykhailo Hrushevs'kyi was a scholar and nation-builder; Paul Robert Magocsi is a scholar but not a nation-builder. Unlike the first three distinguished figures, the North American Magocsi never lived in any country among any people that was in need of being “built.” At best he may …
Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives on Nationalism: New Directions in Cross-Cultural and Post-Communist Studies
This volume brings together 15 articles divided into four sections on theoretical and comparative studies, the role of nationalism in transitions to democracy, the application of theory to case studies, and the role played by history and myths in the forging of national identities and nationalisms. The book develops new theories and frameworks through engaging with leading scholars of nationalism: Hans Kohn's propositions are discussed in relatio…
Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture
The Carpatho-Rusyns are central European people, numbering approximately 1.2 million, who live within the borders of five states: Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, and Hungary. They have never had a state of their own. Disregarded and suppressed by most governments that ruled over them in the past, the Rusyn people have had to fight to retain their identity, culture, and language. This work is an attempt to redress the loss of historical memory…
Русuньскьι[Unrepresentable Symbol] язьιк
On the Writing of the History of Peoples and States
Most national histories are misnamed. This is because they are not the histories of a particular state, as they pretend to be, but rather of the dominant or titular nationality associated with a given state. This essay discusses conceptual problems related to the writing of national histories and then focuses on one-volume histories of three countries: Slovakia, Ukraine, and Poland. The author proposes that national histories should include infor…
The Roots of Ukrainian Nationalism: Galicia as Ukraine's Piedmont
To the surprise of many, the Soviet Union ceased to exist in 1991, and out of its ruins arose an independent Ukraine. This was a remarkable achievement, and one that owed much to activities in Galicia, as Paul Robert Magocsi reveals here. Magocsi begins with a brief historical survey of Galicia, where Ukrainian national and cultural interests have long flourished. His subsequent essays focus on the role played by Galicia during the nineteenth cen…
Of the Making of Nationalities There Is No End
A History of Ukraine
A New Slavic Language Is Born: The Rusyn Literary Language of Slovakia
Une nouvelle nationalité slave: Les Ruthènes de l'Europe du Centre-Est
A new slavic nationality: the Rusyns of East-Central Europe This study discusses the basic characteristics of the national revival that has taken place among the Rusyns of East-Central Europe since the mid- 1980s. The author accepts the view of Ernest Gellner and other theorists that nationalities are intellectual constructs dependent on people who believe they have a common culture and who wish to function as a distinct community. Information is…
A History of Ukraine
Mapping Stateless Peoples: The East Slavs of the Carpathians
(1997). Mapping Stateless Peoples: The East Slavs of the Carpathians. Canadian Slavonic Papers: Vol. 39, Canadian Contributions to the XII International Congress of Slavists, Kraków, 1998, pp. 301-331
The Hungarians in Transcarpathia (Subcarpathian Rus')
As in other countries of the Danubian Basin, the Hungarians of historic Subcarpathian Rus' (Hungarian— Kárpátalja ), present-day Transcarpathia, did not become a national minority until 1919. Before then they were simply Hungarians—and part of the dominant state nationality—living in the northeastern corner of the Hungarian Kingdom. With the border changes that occurred in 1919-1920, the Hungarians of Transcarpathia/Subcarpathian Rus' found thems…
Historical Atlas of East Central Europe
The Rusyn language question revisited
For nearly three centuries the East Slavic population living in the Carpathian Mountains, known as Rusyns, has been faced with trying to resolve the so-called language question. In other words, which language should be used for literary purposes — the local Rusyn dialect, the Church Slavonic liturgical language, or the literary language ofa related Slavic people such as Russian or Ukrainian? The debate over this issue has since the second half of…
The Ukrainian Question between Poland and Czechoslovakia: The Lemko Rusyn Republic (1918-1920) and Political Thought in Western Rus'-Ukraine
During the closing months of World War I in late 1918 and the break-up of the historic multinational empires that for centuries had ruled most of East Central Europe, it became common practice for the varying ethnolinguistic or national groups to form councils whose goals were to determine their group's political future. These national councils, as they came to be known, seemed to appear everywhere, but perhaps most frequently in the former Austr…
The Birth of a New Nation, or the Return of an Old Problem? The Rusyns of East Central Europe
(1992). The Birth of a New Nation, or the Return of an Old Problem? The Rusyns of East Central Europe. Canadian Slavonic Papers: Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 199-223
Carpatho-Rusyn Studies: An Annotated Bibliography, Volume I: 1975-1984
Hasidism and the Jewish Enlightenment: Their Confrontation in Galicia and Poland in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
Ukraine: A Historical Atlas
The Ruthenian Decision to Unite with Czechoslovakia
During the last months of 1918 profound political and social changes took place throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After the dissolution of Habsburg administrative authority in late October, Poles, Ukrainians, Czechs, Slovaks, Serbs, Croats, and Rumanians organized national councils that eventually were to determine the political future of these former subject peoples. Ruthenians living in the northeastern counties of Hungary also participat…
The Scholar as Nation-Builder, or as Advisor and Advocate: Remarks Delivered by Paul Robert Magocsi (Chair of Ukrainian Studies, University of Toronto) for the Special Panel “Paul Robert Magocsi on th…
The Czech philosopher Tomáš G. Masaryk was a scholar and nation-builder; the Romanian historian Nicolae Iorga was a scholar and nation-builder; the Ukrainian historian Mykhailo Hrushevs'kyi was a scholar and nation-builder; Paul Robert Magocsi is a scholar but not a nation-builder. Unlike the first three distinguished figures, the North American Magocsi never lived in any country among any people that was in need of being “built.” At best he may …
Mapping Stateless Peoples: The East Slavs of the Carpathians
(1997). Mapping Stateless Peoples: The East Slavs of the Carpathians. Canadian Slavonic Papers: Vol. 39, Canadian Contributions to the XII International Congress of Slavists, Kraków, 1998, pp. 301-331
Ukraine: A Historical Atlas
The Hungarians in Transcarpathia (Subcarpathian Rus')
As in other countries of the Danubian Basin, the Hungarians of historic Subcarpathian Rus' (Hungarian— Kárpátalja ), present-day Transcarpathia, did not become a national minority until 1919. Before then they were simply Hungarians—and part of the dominant state nationality—living in the northeastern corner of the Hungarian Kingdom. With the border changes that occurred in 1919-1920, the Hungarians of Transcarpathia/Subcarpathian Rus' found thems…
Historical Atlas of East Central Europe
Concluding observations on the symposium
Generosity is the thought that comes to mind after hearing and later reading the five studies first presented at a symposium in Toronto (2 October 2008) and published here in this issue of Nationalities Papers. My colleagues, who span the disciplines of history, literary criticism, and political science, have been generous with the time they spent in composing their essays and then traveling to Toronto to deliver them in person, and they have bee…
The Rusyn language question revisited
For nearly three centuries the East Slavic population living in the Carpathian Mountains, known as Rusyns, has been faced with trying to resolve the so-called language question. In other words, which language should be used for literary purposes — the local Rusyn dialect, the Church Slavonic liturgical language, or the literary language ofa related Slavic people such as Russian or Ukrainian? The debate over this issue has since the second half of…
The Ukrainian Question between Poland and Czechoslovakia: The Lemko Rusyn Republic (1918-1920) and Political Thought in Western Rus'-Ukraine
During the closing months of World War I in late 1918 and the break-up of the historic multinational empires that for centuries had ruled most of East Central Europe, it became common practice for the varying ethnolinguistic or national groups to form councils whose goals were to determine their group's political future. These national councils, as they came to be known, seemed to appear everywhere, but perhaps most frequently in the former Austr…
The Birth of a New Nation, or the Return of an Old Problem? The Rusyns of East Central Europe
(1992). The Birth of a New Nation, or the Return of an Old Problem? The Rusyns of East Central Europe. Canadian Slavonic Papers: Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 199-223
The Shaping of a National Identity: Subcarpathian Rus', 1848-1948
The Ruthenian Decision to Unite with Czechoslovakia
During the last months of 1918 profound political and social changes took place throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After the dissolution of Habsburg administrative authority in late October, Poles, Ukrainians, Czechs, Slovaks, Serbs, Croats, and Rumanians organized national councils that eventually were to determine the political future of these former subject peoples. Ruthenians living in the northeastern counties of Hungary also participat…
The Shaping of a National Identity: Subcarpathian Rus', 1848-1948
Holzkirchen in den Karpaten / Wooden Churches in the Carpathians
Ukraine: A Historical Atlas
Hasidism and the Jewish Enlightenment: Their Confrontation in Galicia and Poland in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
Carpatho-Rusyn Studies: An Annotated Bibliography, Volume I: 1975-1984
The Birth of a New Nation, or the Return of an Old Problem? The Rusyns of East Central Europe
(1992). The Birth of a New Nation, or the Return of an Old Problem? The Rusyns of East Central Europe. Canadian Slavonic Papers: Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 199-223
The Ukrainian Question between Poland and Czechoslovakia: The Lemko Rusyn Republic (1918-1920) and Political Thought in Western Rus'-Ukraine
During the closing months of World War I in late 1918 and the break-up of the historic multinational empires that for centuries had ruled most of East Central Europe, it became common practice for the varying ethnolinguistic or national groups to form councils whose goals were to determine their group's political future. These national councils, as they came to be known, seemed to appear everywhere, but perhaps most frequently in the former Austr…
The Hungarians in Transcarpathia (Subcarpathian Rus')
As in other countries of the Danubian Basin, the Hungarians of historic Subcarpathian Rus' (Hungarian— Kárpátalja ), present-day Transcarpathia, did not become a national minority until 1919. Before then they were simply Hungarians—and part of the dominant state nationality—living in the northeastern corner of the Hungarian Kingdom. With the border changes that occurred in 1919-1920, the Hungarians of Transcarpathia/Subcarpathian Rus' found thems…
Historical Atlas of East Central Europe
The Rusyn language question revisited
For nearly three centuries the East Slavic population living in the Carpathian Mountains, known as Rusyns, has been faced with trying to resolve the so-called language question. In other words, which language should be used for literary purposes — the local Rusyn dialect, the Church Slavonic liturgical language, or the literary language ofa related Slavic people such as Russian or Ukrainian? The debate over this issue has since the second half of…
Une nouvelle nationalité slave: Les Ruthènes de l'Europe du Centre-Est
A new slavic nationality: the Rusyns of East-Central Europe This study discusses the basic characteristics of the national revival that has taken place among the Rusyns of East-Central Europe since the mid- 1980s. The author accepts the view of Ernest Gellner and other theorists that nationalities are intellectual constructs dependent on people who believe they have a common culture and who wish to function as a distinct community. Information is…
A History of Ukraine
Mapping Stateless Peoples: The East Slavs of the Carpathians
(1997). Mapping Stateless Peoples: The East Slavs of the Carpathians. Canadian Slavonic Papers: Vol. 39, Canadian Contributions to the XII International Congress of Slavists, Kraków, 1998, pp. 301-331
A History of Ukraine
A New Slavic Language Is Born: The Rusyn Literary Language of Slovakia
Of the Making of Nationalities There Is No End
The Roots of Ukrainian Nationalism: Galicia as Ukraine's Piedmont
To the surprise of many, the Soviet Union ceased to exist in 1991, and out of its ruins arose an independent Ukraine. This was a remarkable achievement, and one that owed much to activities in Galicia, as Paul Robert Magocsi reveals here. Magocsi begins with a brief historical survey of Galicia, where Ukrainian national and cultural interests have long flourished. His subsequent essays focus on the role played by Galicia during the nineteenth cen…
On the Writing of the History of Peoples and States
Most national histories are misnamed. This is because they are not the histories of a particular state, as they pretend to be, but rather of the dominant or titular nationality associated with a given state. This essay discusses conceptual problems related to the writing of national histories and then focuses on one-volume histories of three countries: Slovakia, Ukraine, and Poland. The author proposes that national histories should include infor…
Русuньскьι[Unrepresentable Symbol] язьιк
Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture
The Carpatho-Rusyns are central European people, numbering approximately 1.2 million, who live within the borders of five states: Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, and Hungary. They have never had a state of their own. Disregarded and suppressed by most governments that ruled over them in the past, the Rusyn people have had to fight to retain their identity, culture, and language. This work is an attempt to redress the loss of historical memory…
Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives on Nationalism: New Directions in Cross-Cultural and Post-Communist Studies
This volume brings together 15 articles divided into four sections on theoretical and comparative studies, the role of nationalism in transitions to democracy, the application of theory to case studies, and the role played by history and myths in the forging of national identities and nationalisms. The book develops new theories and frameworks through engaging with leading scholars of nationalism: Hans Kohn's propositions are discussed in relatio…
The Scholar as Nation-Builder, or as Advisor and Advocate: Remarks Delivered by Paul Robert Magocsi (Chair of Ukrainian Studies, University of Toronto) for the Special Panel “Paul Robert Magocsi on th…
The Czech philosopher Tomáš G. Masaryk was a scholar and nation-builder; the Romanian historian Nicolae Iorga was a scholar and nation-builder; the Ukrainian historian Mykhailo Hrushevs'kyi was a scholar and nation-builder; Paul Robert Magocsi is a scholar but not a nation-builder. Unlike the first three distinguished figures, the North American Magocsi never lived in any country among any people that was in need of being “built.” At best he may …
Concluding observations on the symposium
Generosity is the thought that comes to mind after hearing and later reading the five studies first presented at a symposium in Toronto (2 October 2008) and published here in this issue of Nationalities Papers. My colleagues, who span the disciplines of history, literary criticism, and political science, have been generous with the time they spent in composing their essays and then traveling to Toronto to deliver them in person, and they have bee…
Where is My Home: Slovak Immigration to North America (1870-2010) by M. Mark Stolarik (review)
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