Bohdan Krawchenko
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Bohdan Krawchenko | |
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 Bohdan Krawchenko (2022) | |
| Born | 29 December 1946 (age 77) Günzburg, Germany |
| Citizenship | Canada |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Employer | University of Central Asia |
| Awards | Order of Merit Ukraine, Antonovych prize |
Bohdan Krawchenko (born 29 December 1946) is the former director of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies of the University of Alberta, Canada.[1] and former vice-rector of the National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Life and career in Canada
[edit]Krawchenko was born December 29, 1946 in Günzburg, Germany. He was received his higher education at Bishop's University (Quebec), the University of Toronto and the University of Glasgow (Scotland). He completed his higher education with the title of Doctor of Social Sciences at Oxford University.
He was an activist of the Ukrainian student and multicultural movements in Canada in the 1960s and 1970s and the head of the Union of Ukrainian Students of Canada (SUSK) in 1969-70. According to John-Paul Himka, he was "the leader of the Ukrainian left in Canada" during this period.[2] Together with Marko Bojcun, Roman Senkus, Halyna Freeland, Khrystyna Khomyak, Myroslav Shkandrij and others, he participated in the publication of the magazine "Dialog", the slogan of which was "For socialism and democracy in independent Ukraine".[3][4]
From 1976 onwards he was a researcher at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies of the University of Alberta, Canada (specialty: modern Ukraine and the Ukrainian SSR), and from 1986 - the director of the institute.
Career in Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan
[edit]Dr Krawchenko moved to Ukraine in 1991 to become Director of Policy Studies at the Council of Advisors to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine 1992 became the founder and director of the Institute of Public Administration and Local Government, Cabinet of Ministers.
In 1995 the institute was re-organised into the Academy of Public Administration, Office of the President of Ukraine and he was appointed vice-rector for academic development and Director of the Centre for the Study of Administration Reform. Dr. Krawchenko participated in numerous Ukrainian government committees, task forces, and working groups. These include the President's Council on Social and Economic Affairs, the Policy Unit of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Working Group on the Establishment of the Civil Service, the Working Group on Monetary Reform, and the Commission on Administrative Reform. He has also served as a consultant to the World Bank and OECD. He was visiting associate professor at Harvard University, Department of Government, and visiting professor at the College of Europe in Natolin, Poland.
Dr Krawchenko was editor of “Occasional Papers in Public Administration and Public Policy” published by the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe, and a member of international editorial boards of several journals, amongst which was Public Management and Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis.
In 2004, Dr Krawchenko moved to Kyrgyzstan and joined the University of Central Asia, where he served as the Dean of the Graduate School of Development in 2004-2022 and also as UCA's Director-General from 2007 to 2014. He currently serves as an Advisor to the Rector and is a Senior Research Fellow at the Graduate School of Development.[5]
Awards
[edit]He received an honorary doctorate from the University of North London in 1995.
In 1997, he was made an honorary professor of the University of ‘Kyiv-Mohyla Academy’.
In 2000, he received an honorary doctorate from the Ukrainian Academy of Public Administration.
In 2000, he was awarded an Order of Merit from the President of Ukraine. Dr Krawchenko was editor of “Occasional Papers in Public Administration and Public Policy” published by the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe, and a member of international editorial boards of several journals among them Public Management and Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis.
Writing
[edit]He is the author of Social Change and National Consciousness in Twentieth-Century Ukraine (1985).[6] A specialist on Ukraine, Dr. Krawchenko edited Ukraine after Shelest (1983),[7][8] Famine in Ukraine 1932–1933 (1986),[9] and Ukrainian Past, Ukrainian Present (1993).[10]
Research Publications
[edit]- Universities and Society in Kyrgyzstan: A Historical, Political and Economic Perspective (2021).[11]
- The Impact of Industrialization on the Social Structure of Ukraine (2015).[12]
- Agrarian Unrest and the Shaping of a National Identity in Ukraine at the Turn of the Twentieth Century (2001).[13]
- Social Change and National Consciousness in Twentieth-Century Ukraine (1985).[14]
- Ukrainian Society after the Second World War (1985).[15]
Personal life
[edit]He was the second husband of Solomiia Pavlychko until her death in 1999.
References
[edit]- ^ "Bohdan Krawchenko: Celebrating 70 Years". www.ualberta.ca. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
- ^ Іван-Павло Химка: «Для мене пам'ять можлива головно через історію, тому ми мусимо її знати. Її не можна приховувати» Archived 2018-12-05 at the Wayback Machine // Україна Модерна.
- ^ Іван-Павло Химка Історія одної дружби: спогади про Ярослава Романовича Дашкевича Archived 2018-09-09 at the Wayback Machine // Україна Модерна. — 7.01.2012
- ^ Марко Бойцун: «Ми перейшли від українського націоналізму до радикального соціалізму, деякі з нас — і до троцькізму» Archived 2018-12-05 at the Wayback Machine // Спільне. — 13.12.2017
- ^ "Dr. Bohdan Krawchenko to Serve as Advisor to UCA Rector". ucentralasia.org. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
- ^ Krawchenko, Bohdan (1985). Social change and national consciousness in twentieth-century Ukraine. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-73160-4. OCLC 11725961.
- ^ Wilson, A.C. (1985). "Review of Ukraine after Shelest". New Zealand Slavonic Journal: 181–184. ISSN 0028-8683. JSTOR 40921288.
- ^ Ukraine after Shelest. Bohdan Krawchenko, University of Alberta. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Canadian Association of Slavists, Canadian Political Science Association, Learned Societies Conference. Edmonton: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta. 1983. ISBN 0-920862-26-8. OCLC 10346509.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Famine in Ukraine, 1932-1933. Roman Serbyn, Bohdan Krawchenko. Edmonton: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta. 1986. ISBN 0-09-286243-8. OCLC 15345524.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Ukrainian past, Ukrainian present. Bohdan Krawchenko. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1993. ISBN 0-312-08671-7. OCLC 26161701.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Hall, Budd L.; Tandon, Rajesh, eds. (April 23, 2021), "Universities and Society in Kyrgyzstan: A Historical, Political and Economic Perspective", Socially Responsible Higher Education, BRILL, pp. 138–149, doi:10.1163/9789004459076_012, ISBN 978-90-04-45907-6, retrieved February 10, 2022
- ^ Krawchenko, Bohdan (January 1980). "The Impact of Industrialization on the Social Structure of Ukraine". Canadian Slavonic Papers. 22 (3): 338–357. doi:10.1080/00085006.1980.11091633. ISSN 0008-5006.
- ^ Krawchenko, Bohdan (2001), Palat, Madhavan K. (ed.), "Agrarian Unrest and the Shaping of a National Identity in Ukraine at the Turn of the Twentieth Century", Social Identities in Revolutionary Russia, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 18–33, doi:10.1057/9781403919687_2, ISBN 978-1-349-42556-3, retrieved February 10, 2022
- ^ Krawchenko, Bohdan (1985). Social Change and National Consciousness in Twentieth-Century Ukraine. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-09548-3. ISBN 978-0-333-44284-5.
- ^ Krawchenko, Bohdan (1985), "Ukrainian Society after the Second World War", Social Change and National Consciousness in Twentieth-Century Ukraine, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 171–254, doi:10.1007/978-1-349-09548-3_5, ISBN 978-0-333-44284-5, retrieved February 10, 2022
