In the scholarly and political career of Ivan Franko, the publication of his German-language article "The Poet of Treason" about the Polish writer Adam Mickiewicz marked a turning point. The controversy over the article resulted in his strained relations with the Polish intellectual and political elite of Galicia just as Ukrainian-Polish relations were worsening . Dr. Hrytsak, the leading biographer of Ivan Franko, will discuss this incident in the broader context of Franko's life and career.
Dr. Yaroslav Hrytsak is professor of history of the Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv; director of the Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Modern Ukrainian History and Society of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies , and director of the Institute of Historical Research, Ivan Franko National University, Lviv.
The talk will be held in English and is cosponsored by the St. Vladimir Institute and the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (University of Alberta)