Journal of Ukrainian Studies

Journal of Ukrainian Studies
Title	Journal of Ukrainian Studies
Discipline	Ukrainian studies
Language	English, Ukrainian
Abbreviation	JUS
Publisher	University of Toronto Press / Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
Country	Canada
History	1976–present
Frequency	annual / biennial (see Publication and Editorial Practice)

Journal of Ukrainian Studies is a peer-reviewed academic periodical dedicated to scholarship on the history, language, literature, culture, politics, and international relations of Ukraine. Established in the mid-1970s, it has served as a forum connecting scholars affiliated with University of Toronto, Harvard University, Columbia University, Oxford University, and other institutions across Canada, United Kingdom, the United States, Poland, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Israel, Japan, Australia, and Ukraine.

History

The journal was inaugurated within the milieu of postwar Ukrainian studies shaped by émigré networks around Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Shevchenko Scientific Society, and the Ukrainian Free University. Early editorial boards included scholars who had worked at University of Alberta, McGill University, University of British Columbia, Princeton University, Yale University, Brown University, University of Chicago, Indiana University, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Rutgers University. Throughout the late Cold War era the periodical published research engaging topics linked to Holodomor, Ukrainian Insurgent Army, Orange Revolution, Euromaidan, Chernobyl disaster, and the evolving diplomatic relationships among Soviet Union, United States, Canada, Poland, United Kingdom, European Union, NATO, and United Nations. In the post-1991 independence period the journal expanded to include contributions from scholars based at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, and research institutes in Lviv, Odesa, Dnipro, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia.

Scope and Content

The journal covers interdisciplinary studies spanning philology and textual studies on figures such as Taras Shevchenko, Lesya Ukrainka, Ivan Franko, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Panteleimon Kulish, Olha Kobylianska, and Andrey Sheptytsky; historical analyses of periods like Kievan Rus'', Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Cossack Hetmanate, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and Independent Ukraine; and examinations of international relations involving Ottoman Empire, Crimean Khanate, Habsburg Monarchy, Hryhorii Skovoroda-era intellectual history, and modern diplomacy with European Union partners. Linguistic and literary criticism engages work on Old Church Slavonic, Ukrainian language, Ruthenian language, Hromada period publications, and contemporary poetry and prose by authors such as Vasyl Stus, Pavlo Tychyna, Yevhen Hrebinka, Oksana Zabuzhko, Serhiy Zhadan, and Andrey Kurkov.

Publication and Editorial Practice

Published under the aegis of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies in collaboration with university presses and academic departments, the journal operates a double-blind peer review process drawing referees from departments at University of Toronto, Harvard University, Columbia University, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Jagiellonian University, Adam Mickiewicz University, and Masaryk University. Issues have appeared annually and in themed double issues; editorial boards have included scholars who previously served at Centre for Eastern European Studies (CEES), Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Kennan Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and the Shevchenko Scientific Society. The journal accepts submissions in English and Ukrainian with abstracts in both languages and follows international standards for citations and critical apparatus modeled on practices used by Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press.

Indexing and Abstracting

The periodical is indexed in major bibliographic resources and citation databases utilized by researchers at Scopus, Web of Science, EBSCOhost, ProQuest, JSTOR, and national bibliographies of Canada and Ukraine. It is cataloged in university library systems such as those of University of Toronto Libraries, Library of Congress, British Library, Bibliothèque nationale de France, National Library of Poland, and Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine.

Reception and Impact

Scholars affiliated with institutions including Harvard University, University of Toronto, Columbia University, Princeton University, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Polish Academy of Sciences, Austrian Academy of Sciences, and German Historical Institute cite the journal in works on subjects such as Holodomor, Stalinism, decommunization, national revival, diaspora studies, and cultural patrimony debates involving Saint Sophia Cathedral and Pechersk Lavra. Its editorial choices have prompted discussions in forums hosted by International Congress of Ukrainianists, Canadian Association of Slavists, and Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.

Notable Articles and Special Issues

Noteworthy contributions have included historiographical reassessments of Holodomor scholarship, archival publications drawing on holdings from Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine, studies of diasporic networks centered on Ukrainian World Congress, and interdisciplinary dossiers on Chernobyl disaster and environmental history. Special issues have focused on themes such as Ukrainian nationalism, religion and society with materials on Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Orthodox Church of Ukraine, and comparative studies involving Poland–Ukraine relations, Russia–Ukraine relations, Hungary–Ukraine relations, and transnational migration affecting communities in Canada, United States, Argentina, Brazil, and Australia.

Associated Organizations and Conferences

The journal maintains institutional links with the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, Shevchenko Scientific Society, Ukrainian Studies Association of Canada, International Congress of Ukrainianists, Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, and regional consortia such as Central European University initiatives and conferences held at University of Toronto, Jagiellonian University, University of Warsaw, Masaryk University, Lviv National Opera symposia, and conferences sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

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