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The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute formally founded in 1973 by Omeljan Pritsak and other leading scholars. The program officially began with three endowed professorships on the 22nd of January 1968 within the departments of History and Slavic Languages and Literatures.
Omeljan Pritsak guided a group of student activists and members of the Ukrainian-American community toward a concrete vision for the institute. This group sought to preserve Ukraine's unique culture while Soviet authorities suppressed their history and language in Ukraine itself during the mid-1950s.
The Harvard Ukrainian Studies journal ran from 1977 through 2019 and published Volume 1, Number 1 alongside Volume 36, Number 3 over those decades. A series of book publications emerged including the Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies featuring works such as The Poet as Mythmaker: A Study of Symbolic Meaning in Taras Ševčenko published by George Grabowicz in 1982.
A group of student activists and members of the Ukrainian-American community sought to preserve Ukraine's unique culture because Soviet authorities suppressed their history and language in Ukraine itself. They organized weekly seminars in Ukrainian studies before formal funding arrived to ensure these cultural elements survived for future generations.
On the 25th of February 2022, HURI issued a statement against the Russian military invasion during active conflict within Ukraine. This action occurred in the face of major geopolitical shifts affecting Eastern Europe and reflected years of dedication to preserving Ukrainian studies and history.