Petro Jacyk Education Foundation
5080 Timberlea Blvd. L4W 4M2 Mississauga, ON, Canada

In Memory of Daria Mucak-Kowalsky On 28 August 2020, Daria Mucak-Kowalsky, a well-known and longtime benefactor of Ukrainian Studies, died in Toronto at the age of 103. Mrs. Mucak-Kowalsky was born in the town of Burshtyn in Western Ukraine. She graduated from a private teachers’ college for women run by the Basilian Sisters in Stanyslaviv (now Ivano-Frankivsk) and taught at a primary school in Burshtyn, where she prepared students for Gymnasium exams, taught violin, and was ...Continue reading

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Petro Jacyk Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Ukrainian Studies The Petro Jacyk Education Foundation is accepting proposals from universities in North America to establish a new Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Ukrainian Studies. The objective of the Post-Doctoral Fellowship is to annually support one of the most promising junior scholars studying contemporary Ukraine and thereby to advance academic understanding of Ukrainian politics, history and society. ... Eligibility: The Petro Jacyk Post-Doctoral Fellowship is available to universities in North America with an existing department, research centre or program in Ukrainian studies. The Fellowship will be open to recently awarded PhDs. Funding: It is encouraged that the Fellowship include the teaching of a course. The exact amount of the Fellowship is negotiable. Application Procedure: Please send proposals by email to the Foundation at [email protected] before December 15th, 2020. The proposal should include: - a short summary regarding the university, existing resources, centers, programs in Ukrainian Studies that may support the future Fellowship. - a short description of the future Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Ukrainian Studies (length of the program, components, requirements to candidates, expected outcome of the program, etc.) - A budget for the Post-Doctoral Fellowship - Intended start date. The Foundation will acknowledge all submitted proposals. However, only short-listed candidates may be contacted for further communication. For more information on our current and former post-doctoral fellowships, please visit our website: www.jacykfoundation.com

Belarus on Edge Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 Time: 3:00pm 4:00pm EDT Location: Online Event Speakers:... Olga Onuch (University of Manchester) Maryia Rohava, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages, University of Oslo Lucan Way, Co-Director of the Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine at the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies and Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto Seva Gunitsky (moderator), Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, and Affiliated Faculty, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto Register: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_YQef-1NoQ3CIAimnDWQ7BA

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