1. Global Ukrainian Studies in the Making: An Interview with Serhii Plokhy
- Author:
- Serhii Plokhy
- Publication Date:
- 03-2020
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The Toynbee Prize Foundation
- Abstract:
- It is only in the past decade that Ukrainian history has begun to be researched in the context of international or global history. The American historian Serhii Plokhy, Mykhailo S. Hrushevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University and director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, is a prominent exponent of this approach. His books The Gates of Europe: A History of UkraineandChernobyl: History of a Tragedy analyze the major problems of the Ukrainian past from a transnational perspective. His latest book, Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front: An Untold Story of World War II, deals with the establishment of United States Air Force bases in the Poltava region of Soviet Ukraine in 1944—the only place where Soviet and American troops lived and fought side by side during the war, putting the anti-Nazi alliance to the test. Plokhy's research interests include the early modern history of Ukraine, twentieth-century international history, and intellectual history. I spoke with Serhii Plokhy about the integration of Ukrainian history into global history, the colonial status of Ukraine, and environmental history.
- Topic:
- History, Military Affairs, World War II, and Air Force
- Political Geography:
- Russia, United States, Ukraine, and Soviet Union