The Ukrainian Research Institute of Harvard University (HURI) has published a new catalog of publications for 2026-2027. The catalog includes scientific research, translations of Ukrainian literature, and works on the history, culture, and contemporary experience of Ukraine.
This was reported by the press service of the Ukrainian Research Institute of Harvard University (HURI).
The catalog presents dozens of new publications designed to expand knowledge about Ukraine among the international academic community and a wide range of readers. The institute emphasizes that its mission is to develop research on Ukraine through teaching, research, and publishing activities in the humanities and social sciences.
Among the new books is the English-language edition of the work of anthropologist Maria Mayerchyk “Ritual and the Body,” translated by Andriy Nahachewsky. The study analyzes Ukrainian rites of birth, marriage, and death, demonstrating how the human body becomes an important cultural language for understanding loss, transformation, and belonging.
The catalog also includes Oless Ulianenko’s novel “Stalinville,” translated by Olha Rudakevych. The work is set in Kyiv after the collapse of the Soviet Union and depicts a society struggling to recover from decades of violence, repression, and moral ruin.
Of particular note is Myroslav Laiuk’s novel “The World Is Not Made,” translated by Ali Kinsella. It is a multigenerational saga about a Ukrainian family that has been going through historical trials for more than two centuries, preserving its values and answering questions about the meaning of creating a new country, person, or idea.
The Harvard Library of Ukrainian Literature series will also publish an English-language edition of Sophia Andrukhovych’s novel “Felix Austria,” translated with an introduction by Vitaly Chernetsky. The work transports the reader to the multicultural Stanislavov of the early 20th century and reveals the complex relationship between two women against the backdrop of life in the late Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Another landmark novel was Oleksii Nikitin’s novel “The Face of Fire,” translated by Catherine O’Neill and Dominic Hoffman. The book tells the story of Ukrainian Jewish boxer Ilya Goldinov during World War II and is based on declassified NKVD archives and the author’s family documents.
In the field of social sciences, Svitlana Krasynska’s study “Self-Organization: The Power and Limits of Ukraine’s Informal Civil Society” attracts attention. The author analyzes the role of informal public practices in Ukraine and their impact on overcoming social, economic, and political challenges.
HURI notes that in recent years they have been expanding the topics of their publications, paying more attention to modern Ukraine, translations of Ukrainian literature, and research that helps an international audience better understand the Ukrainian experience in the context of war and global transformations.
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Author: Inna Mikhno