One hundred years ago, a series of upheavals in the Russian Empire ended the rule of the Tsars and ushered in a new era of communism.... Read more about Ukraine in the Flames of the 1917 Revolution

Excerpted with permission from The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy. Copyright 2015. Available from Basic Books.... Read more about Ukraine in the Flames: "1917 in Kyiv" by Serhii Plokhii

Ukraine has pride of place in the dream-world of Russian greatness, Igor Torbakov says. What does this mean for its relationship with the EU and Europe in general?

... Read more about Imagining Russia: A Q&A with Igor Torbakov

The Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University is pleased to announce the latest volume of Harvard Ukrainian Studies. Volume 34... Read more about Harvard Ukrainian Studies Journal Publishes 34th Volume

Serhii Plokhii (Plokhy), Mykhailo S. Hrushevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History and director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, has won the Shevchenko National Prize for The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine.... Read more about Serhii Plokhii Wins Prestigious Shevchenko National Prize

A medieval Rus’ princess travels west to start her new life as the bride of a Polish king, bringing westward, too, her natal Eastern Christianity that is increasingly at odds with the Western Church.... Read more about Forgotten History: A Rus' Princess Ruling Poland

It's been more than three decades since the worst nuclear disaster in history, the explosion of a reactor at the Chernobyl* Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine.... Read more about Chernobyl's Warnings: When Hubris Meets "Atoms for Peace"

Olga Khomenko is a Fulbright visiting scholar at HURI for the 2018-2019 academic year. Her research focuses on the intersection of Japan and Ukraine, particularly through the lives of the Ukrainian diaspora in the Far East.... Read more about Ukraine in the Far East: Insights from Olga Khomenko

HURI Publications is pleased to announce that Dr. Christian Raffensperger’s book, Ties of Kinship: Genealogy and Dynastic Marriage in Kyivan Rus’, is now available.... Read more about Ties of Kinship: Genealogy and Dynastic Marriage in Kyivan Rus’

... Read more about States, Peoples, Languages: A Comparative Political History of Ukrainian, 1863-2013 (audio recording)

On Monday, April 25 at 4:15, HURI’s Seminar in Ukrainian Studies features historian John LeDonne. In the words of the editors at Kritika, “[f]ew have done more to explore the deep structures and broad tendencies that shaped Russia’s imperial period, especially its first 150 years.”... Read more about Families of Power in 18th Century Ukraine: John LeDonne on Hetmanate Genealogy

A new book by Serhii Plokhii, The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine is now available!... Read more about "The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine" by Serhii Plokhy

All are welcome to attend the Medieval Eastern Europe conference on Friday, April 8, 2016. It takes place in three sessions from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm at the Harvard Extension School (51 Brattle Street #721, Cambridge, MA).... Read more about Conference: Portraits of Medieval Eastern Europe

Why is Kyiv Burning? The Turn to Violence in Ukraine’s Protest Movement and Its Political and Geostrategic Implications... Read more about A Roundtable Discussion: Why is Kyiv Burning? (audio recording)

КАРТОҐРАФУВАННЯ ДИНАСТИЧНИХ ЗВ'ЯЗКІВ КИЇВСЬКОЇ РУСІ

Монографія Кристияна Раффенспергера «Родинні узи: Генеалогічні зв'язки та династичні шлюби в Київській Русі»... Read more about Mapping Dynastic Marriage in Kyivan Rus (in Ukrainian)