Scholars in exile: the Ukrainian intellectual world in interwar Czechoslovakia: Toronto, Toronto University Press, 2020, 276 p.

This book provides a comprehensive account of the Ukrainian émigré scholarly life in Czechoslovakia between the world wars.

In the interwar years, émigré scholars in Czechoslovakia provided continuity and a bridge for Ukrainian scholarship from its inception at the end of the nineteenth century to the development of Ukrainian studies in the twenty-first century. These scholars forged a legacy that spread beyond Czechoslovakia. Without their work in the postwar era, the development of Ukrainian émigré scholarship would not have flourished.

Narrated from a Ukrainian perspective, Scholars in Exile concentrates on the astounding efforts by Ukrainians to establish institutions of higher learning in the unique democratic spirit of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. The book also explores Ukrainian scholarly and professional societies, museum and archival collections, scholarly publishing, and little-known intellectual connections between Ukrainian émigré scholars and their colleagues in Czechoslovakia and various other European countries. Scholars in Exile brings to light an interesting facet of modern Ukrainian history, allowing for a better understanding of the general intellectual and institutional history of Ukraine.

Contents

List of tables

Preface

Introduction

1. Czechoslovak Émigré Policy and Characteristics of the Ukrainian Emigration

2. The Ukrainian Free University in Prague

3. The Ukrainian Economic Academy in Poděbrady

4. The Ukrainian Higher Pedagogical Institute

5. The Ukrainian School of Plastic Arts in Prag

6. Ukrainian Scholarly and Professional Societies and Organizations

7. Libraries, Archives, and Museums

8. Ukrainian-Language Scholarly Publishing in Czechoslovakia

9. The Ukrainian Scholarly Community and the Outside World

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index