Paul Robert Magocsi

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Paul Robert Magocsi
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Paul Robert Magocsi in 2013
Born (1945-01-26) January 26, 1945 (age 78)
Nationality Hungarian, Rusyn American
Known forHistory of Ukraine
Scientific career
Fields History

Paul Robert Magocsi (born January 26, 1945, in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American professor of history, political science, and Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto. He has been with the university since 1980, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1996. [1] He currently acts as Honorary Chairman of the World Congress of Rusyns, and has authored many books on Rusyn history. [2]

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Born in Englewood, New Jersey, Magocsi (his surname Magocsi is pronounced something like "magótchy", varying in different languages) is of Hungarian and Ruthenian (Rusyn) descent. [3] He completed his undergraduate studies at Rutgers University B.A. in 1966; M.A. 1967, Princeton University in M.A. 1969, Ph.D. 1972.[ clarification needed ] He then went to Harvard University, where he was a member of the Society of Fellows between 1973 and 1976. [1] In 2013, he was awarded doctor honoris causa by the University of Prešov in Slovakia. [4]

Magocsi has taught at Harvard University and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In 1996, he was appointed permanent fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Canadian Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences. [5] [6]

Besides his primary focus on East-Central European history, Magocsi is a scholar of nationality and ethnicity more generally, and edited the collection Aboriginal Peoples of Canada: A Short Introduction (2002).

Selected books and publications

Among his over 675 publications, some of the most notable are:

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References

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  3. Magocsi, Paul R.; Pop, Ivan Ivanovich, eds. Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture, p. 313. University of Toronto Press, 2002. ISBN   0-8020-3566-3
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