Fellowships

Scholars from around the world come to Harvard for focused research on projects in Ukrainian history, literature, philology, and related areas of study. Fellows also participate in the scholarly life of the University and offer a formal presentation.

Fellowship Types

Mihaychuk Postdoctoral Fellowship

EARLY CAREER
Duration: 9 months
Stipend: $54,000
Eligibility: Recent PhD

HURI Research Fellowships

OPEN-RANK
Duration: 4 months
Stipend: $24,000
Eligibility: Holds a PhD

Jacyk Distinguished Fellowship

SENIOR SCHOLARS
Duration: 5 months
Stipend: $35,000
Eligibility: Holds a PhD+

Graduate Fellowships

HARVARD STUDENTS
Priority is given to students who have completed general exams and are developing or writing their dissertations

Summer Travel Grants

HARVARD STUDENTS
Current Harvard undergraduate and graduate students may apply for funding to conduct research projects in Ukraine.

HUSI Scholarships

HARVARD SUMMER STUDENTS
Students taking courses offered by the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute may apply for a scholarship from HURI.

Current Fellows

Tatsiana Astrouskaya

tatsiana.astrouskaya@herder-institut.de

Research Fellow at the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe in Marburg

Yuliya Bidenko

j.bidenko@karazin.ua

Associate Professor of Political Science, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

Laada Bilaniuk

bilaniuk@uw.edu

Professor of Anthropology, University of Washington

Vitalii Borymskyi

vborymskyi@fas.harvard.edu

Research Fellow at the Institute of History of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Marta Gosovska

gosovskamar@gmail.com

Editor-in-Chief of the Foreign Department at Laboratoria Publishing House, Ukraine

Translator

Andrea Graziosi

angraziosi@gmail.com

Professor Emeritus of Modern History, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy

Tamara Hundorova

hundorova@gmail.com

Principal Research Fellow, Shevchenko Institute of Literature, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Volodymyr Kravchenko

vkravche@ualberta.ca

Professor of History, Classics, and Religion, University of Alberta

Senior Research Fellow, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies

Natalia Kudriavtseva

natkudriavtseva@kdpu.edu.ua

Professor, Department of Translation and Slavic Studies, Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, Ukraine

Emma Mateo

emateo@fas.harvard.edu

Independent Scholar

Maria Montague

mariamontague@fas.harvard.edu

Independent Scholar

Eleonora Narvselius

eleonora.narvselius@kultur.lu.se

Associate Professor of European Studies at Lund University, Sweden

Valentyna Savchyn

valentyna.savchyn@slav.lu.se

Associate Professor of Ukrainian Studies at Lund University, Sweden

See All Fellows

HURI Fellowships offer a highly stimulating atmosphere for young scholars to develop and present their research. Having the opportunity to discuss ideas with some of the most prominent scholars in Ukrainian Studies on a daily basis or participate in the Institute's inspiring weekly seminars was as close to an ideal scholarly environment as one could wish for

Daniela S. Hristova

Shklar Fellow 2005-2006

Highlights

"Why Isn't Ukraine Authoritarian?" Asks Nataliya Kibita

Why are Ukrainians prone to revolt?
Why, unlike Russia and other post-Soviet states, has Ukraine been able to avoid authoritarianism?

HURI Fellow Talia Zajac Wins Prize for Kyivan Rus’ Article

Congratulations to Dr. Talia Zajac, one of our Shklar Fellows during 2018 spring semester, for winning the Canadian Association for Ukrainian Studies Article Prize for 2017-2018.