Scholars in Exile

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"Throughout the 1920's and 30's Prague was the intellectual center of Ukrainian emigres in Europe, not least because of significant financial support from the Czech government and its first president, Tomas Gerrigue Masaryk for emigre students and intellectuals."-- "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."--

subjects: Europe, history,  Ukrainians,  Intellectual life,  Social conditions,  Social life and customs,  Scholars,  History,  Immigrants,  Ukrainiens,  Savants,  Vie intellectuelle,  Histoire,  Emigration and immigration