ISBN Scholars in Exile: The Ukrainian Intellectual World in Interwar Czechoslovakia book English 280 pages

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.

Nadia Zavorotna is a research fellow at the Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto.

"Scholars in Exile focuses on the Ukrainian academic and scholarly world, examining various Ukrainian educational institutions, as well as libraries, archives, museums, and scholarly publishing. Based on archival research, the book provides a great deal of interesting detail on the activities of émigré Ukrainians and their achievements."Catherine Andreyev, Department of History, University of Oxford"Scholars in Exile fills the vacuum created by the sparse and sporadic literature on Ukrainian institutional history in the period between World War I and II. Its specific relevance to the immigrant experience of Ukrainians living in Czechoslovakia in the interwar period is invaluable, and brings to the surface the tenor and pure resolve of immigrants intent on creating a rich and productive intellectual community outside their homeland."Myroslava Mudrak, Department of History of Art, The Ohio State University