Taras Hunczak
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Taras Hunczak is a historian and professor emeritus at Rutgers University
in Newark, New Jersey
. He lectures in Ukrainian, Russian, and East-European history.
Dr. Hunczak has written extensively on Ukrainian history, the twentieth century in particular.
, New York
in 1955. He gained his Master's Degree in 1958, also at Fordham. In 1965, he earned his Ph.D. at the Vienna University.
From 1991, Dr. Hunczak has also been a professor at the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv.
Publications in Ukrainian include:
Rutgers University
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in Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
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. He lectures in Ukrainian, Russian, and East-European history.
Dr. Hunczak has written extensively on Ukrainian history, the twentieth century in particular.
Early life and education
Dr Hunczak gained his undergraduate degree at Fordham UniversityFordham University
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, New York
New York
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in 1955. He gained his Master's Degree in 1958, also at Fordham. In 1965, he earned his Ph.D. at the Vienna University.
Career
Dr. Hunczak began lecturing at Rutgers University in 1960. Between 1960 and 1984 he was a member of the Rutgers University Senate. He became Professor Emeritus in 2004.From 1991, Dr. Hunczak has also been a professor at the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv.
Publications
Dr. Hunczak's publications include:- Russian Imperialism from Ivan the Great to the Revolution;
- The Ukraine, 1917-1921: A Study in Revolution;
- On the Horns of a Dilemma: The Story of the Ukrainian Division Halychyna;
- Symon Petliura and the Jews: A reappraisal (Ukrainian Jewish studies);
- Ukraine: The Challenges of World War II
Publications in Ukrainian include:
- Ukraina—persha polovyna XX stolittia: Narysy politychnoi istorii;
- Symon Petliura ta ievrei;
- U mundyrakh voroha