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To the 166th anniversary of Ivan Franko’s birth

On August 27, 2022 on the 166th anniversary of Ivan Franko’s birth, a Panel discussion – “National belonging of intangible cultural heritage of the 18th-20th centuries: theory and practice” – will be held in Naghuyevichy and Drohobych. During the event, we are going to develop methodological recommendations and criteria for the classification of iconic figures to the Ukrainian cultural and historical heritage.
Scholars from Austria, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Romania and Ukraine will take part in the event. Among the main speakers are:   Giovanna Brogi (Milan),  Michael Moser (Vienna), Olenka Pevny (Cambridge), Victoire Feuillebois (Strasbourg), Stefan Purici (Suceava), а також Volodymyr Bugrov (Kyiv), Vladyslav Berkovskyi (Kyiv), Yaroslav Harasym (Lviv),  Natalia Kryvda (Kyiv), Ihor Svarnyk (Lviv), Taras Vintskovskyi (Odesa), Iryna Sklokina (Lviv), Ihor Serdyuk (Poltava), Andriy Shevchenko (Kyiv) and other famous scientists and public figures.
The panel discussion “National affiliation of the intangible cultural heritage of the 18th-20th centuries: theory and practice” will have 3 parts:
1. Ukrainian experience of decommunization and decolonization of the national pantheon (practical cases).
2. Culture of memory, imperial heritage and debatable figures (experience of other countries – the Republic of Poland, Austria, UK, Italy, Romania, France).
3. Historical figures and their identification in modern and future Ukraine.
To participate in the Panel discussion you can sign up via the link: https://forms.gle/rfW2GyDs4TM1FvecA.
 
The Panel discussion will take place “live” and online.
 
Co-organizers and partners of the event:
Ivan Franko International Found, Drohobytsk City Council, International Association of Ukrainianists, Taras Shevchenko National University Kiev, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Drohobych State Pedagogical University, State Historical and Cultural Reserve «Naguevichi», Kyiv museum of prominent figures of Ukrainian culture, All-Ukrainian Association of Teachers of Ukrainian Language and Literature.
Information partners: Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, Media Center Ukraine, Gal-info Information Agency.

Acceptance of research papers for the Ivan Franko International Prize has started

On January 15, the Ivan Franko International Foundation has started accepting  research papers for the Ivan Franko International Prize in 2022.

To participate in the competition, you must fill out and attach the required documents in electronic form, and three copies of the scientific work in printed form are sent by post to the address of the Prize Committee (01054, Kyiv, Volodymyrska Street, 48A, office 15).

Applicant research papers should be of international importance, belong to social and humanitarian sciences and be based on scientific understanding of historical or contemporary processes in the culture, politics and public life of Ukraine.

Scientific papers (monographs) and supporting documents will be accepted from January 15 to March 1, 2022. The monographs should be published in 2019-2021 and have an ISBN.

A research paper may be recommended for the Prize by an academic institution, a higher education institution of Ukraine and the countries with which Ukraine has diplomatic relations, or the previous winners of the Prize.

Research must comply with position of Ivan Franko, expressed during his life: “this work is thoroughly critical, the work of a cold mind, inspired by a great idea of entirety and originality…”

Requirements for participation in the competition for the Ivan Franko International Prize can be found at http://frankoprize.com.ua/index.php/en/2016/02/01/603/

The Ivan Franko International Prize has been awarded annually since 2016. Prize winners receive a cash award and a gold badge.

The awarding ceremony takes place annually on August 27 – the birthday of Ivan Franko in his homeland.

We will remind you that in 2016, the Prize was won by Lubomyr Husar, Major Archbishop Emeritus of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Cardinal of the Catholic Church. In 2017, the winners were Michael Moser, Professor of the University of Vienna, President of the International Ukrainian Association and Oleh Shabliy, Academician, Professor Emeritus of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. The winners in 2018 were Professor of Ukrainian Catholic University (Lviv) and Ukrainian Free University (Munich) Yaroslava Melnyk and Associate Professor of the Department of Eastern European History at the Helsinki University Johannes Remy. In 2019, the award went to Doctor of Philology at the University of Milan, Maria Grazia Bartolini. In 2020 the Prize was won by Ihor Serdyuk, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Ukrainian History of V. G.  Korolenko Poltava National Pedagogical University. In 2021, the Prize was won by Leonid Tymoshenko, Professor of Drohobych Ivan Franko Pedagogical University.

The Ivan Franko International Prize was awarded in Drohobych

On the occasion of the 165th anniversary of Ivan Franko’s birth, a solemn award ceremony of the Ivan Franko International Prize took place in Drohobych for the sixth time.

Leonid Tymoshenko, a professor at the Ivan Franko Drohobych Pedagogical University, was given the highest award in the humanities. Professor Tymoshenko received the Ivan Franko International Prize in 2021 for the monograph “Ruthenian religious culture of Wilno. Context of the epoch. Hubs. Literature and book-learning (the 16th to the first third of the 17th century)”.

In 2021, the Ivan Franko International Prize was also claimed by:

– collective monograph ed. by Alfredas Bumblauskas, Salvijus Kulevičius, Ihor Skochylias. «At Сultural Сrossroads: The Holy Trinity Church and Monastery in Vilnius» (presented by the Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv);

– Oksana Kis (Ukraine) with the monograph “Survival as Victory: Ukrainian Women in the Gulag” (presented by the Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA).

Congratulatory remarks were made by: Vitaliy Zahaynyi, Deputy Head of Lviv Regional State Administration; Mayor of Drohobych Taras Kuchma; Professor Mykola Lukyanchenko, Acting Rector of Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University; Ihor Kurus, Director of the Ivan Franko Fund; Professor Volodymyr Bugrov –  rector of  KyivTaras Shevchenko National University.

On behalf of the Board of the Ivan Franko International Foundation, the rector of KNU Volodymyr Bugrov expressed his sincere gratitude and presented certificates to the members of the International Jury.

The organizers also thanked the benefactors who helped to form the award fund.

Throughout the evening, songs based on works by Ivan Franko were performed by the Honored Carpathian Song and Dance Ensemble of Ukraine “Verkhovyna” and Drohobych Municipal Chamber Choir “Lehenda”.

The event was dedicated to the cherished memory of the founder and chairman of the board of the Ivan Franko International Fund, the last grandson of Ivan Franko – Roland Franko.

We would like to mention that the Ivan Franko International Prize was established by Roland Franko in 2015 to encourage scholars from around the world to conduct relevant research in the social sciences and humanities and Ukrainian studies that express the humanistic, national, spiritual state-building meaning for the knowledge and approval of the scientific and cultural heritage of Ukraine in the global context and to promote the study of the creative, scientific and social activities of Ivan Franko.

Over the years of its existence the Ivan Franko International Prize was claimed by 107 scholars and 11 author groups from Ukraine, Austria, Italy, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, the USA, Finland, Spain, Georgia, Israel, Poland and Serbia.

Organizers of the event: Ivan Franko International Fund with the support of the European Union and the International Renaissance Foundation within the grant component of the EU4USociety project, in partnership with Drohobych City Council, Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University and State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve “Naguyevychi”.

2020

Laureate

of Ivan Franko International Prize 2020 

Ihor Serdyuk was born on April 30, 1983 in the town of Khorol, Poltava region. Doctor of historical sciences, scholar and teacher. Since 2009, he has been working at Poltava National Pedagogical University named after V.G. Korolenko, co-editor of the historical portal historians.in.ua He is one of the leading scholars in Ukraine who develop a number of topics in the field of historical demography and history of childhood. He has continuously given open lectures and presentations on historical demography in universities and scientific institutions in Ukraine. Fellow of the International Humanitarians’ Association (2010-2011), the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the USA (2014, 2016) and Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2020). He has participated in educational and scientific internships at the “Artes Liberales” faculty, University of Warsaw (2014, 2016), a number of summer schools and conferences.

Field of scientific interests: historical demography and urban studies of the Hetman region, social history; has been working recently on the study of children and childhood in Ukrainian traditional society.

Awarding ceremony of the Winner of Ivan Franko International Prize 2017

The Ivan Franko International Prize has been recognized by the scientists in 10 countries – the grandson of the writer

The Ivan Franko International Prize has been recognized by the scientists in 10 countries for two years of its existence.

Such announcement was made by the Chairman of the Board of the Ivan Franko International Fund Roland Franko at the press conference in Ukrinform, according to the reporter of the agency.

“In less than two years, the Ivan Franko International Prize has been recognized by the scientists in 10 countries – Austria, Canada, Great Britain, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Israel, Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine. And I want Ukraine to become a strong scientific platform, where the leading scientists of the world compete with each other”, – the grandson of Ivan Franko.

He noted that international recognition of the Ivan Franko International Prize awarded in two nominations: for significant achievements in the field of Ukrainian Studies and for significant achievements in the field of social and humanitarian sciences, is the top priority of the Fund, the management of which currently consists of the academics and public figures from Canada, Poland, Australia, Great Britain and Ukraine.

“When establishing the Ivan Franko International Prize, I wanted it to be similar to the Nobel Prize. And this work requires a lot of efforts … We believe that the Ivan Franko International Prize is very important for promotion of Ukraine in the civilized world. This work will be successful if millions of Ukrainians worldwide join it. We are looking for like-minded persons who may work with us and raise Ukrainian Prize to a high level and raise the level of Ukrainian science, as well”, – said Roland Franco.

According to Managing Director of the Ivan Franko International Fund Ihor Kurus, information on the Ivan Franko International Prize has been sent to all known world universities.

“100 world top universities have received our invitation to participate in this Prize,” – he said.

At the same time, he emphasized that the selection criteria for the Prize are transparent. The most important is professional competence in its own field and international level of scientific studies submitted for the Prize.

Volodymyr Buhrov, the Board Member of the Ivan Franko International Prize, the vice-rector of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv emphasized that each of the 20 works submitted this year will be considered in 3 stages: Nomination Committee, International Expert Council, International Jury. It will also allow to obtain efficient results.

“We believe that those who win will be popular scientists in their field and their work will meet high criteria: international recognition, innovativeness, distinction, promotion of those methodologies that Ivan Franco developed for social and humanitarian sciences”, – said Buhrov.

Yaroslav Harasym, the Board Member of the Ivan Franko International Prize, the vice-rector of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv noted that the Prize is important for Ukrainian humanitaristics, firstly, because it is the interdisciplinary communication platform for the historians, linguists, literary scholars, lawyers, linguists and representatives of other sciences with scientific ideas, which creates three-dimensional measurement of the achievements of modern humanitaristics. Secondly, it is important for the development of Ukrainian studies in the world, as it allows to find other Centres of Ukrainian Studies elsewhere but Ukraine.

“The most important is that this Prize promotes works of Ivan Franko. And the first year of the Prize awarding has shown that it restores public confidence in institutional solutions – the media-space provided for no reservations about the mechanism of the procedure and the way the Prize was awarded”, – said Harasym.

Creating award of the Ivan Franko International Prize (video)

Thanks to benefactors

Thank’s to the benefactors for close cooperation, support and assistance Ivan Franko International Fund.

2016

  • Irina and Mykhailo Benko (Kiev);
  • Igor Yavorsky (Borislav);
  • Igor Kobyletsky (Borislav);
  • Vasyl Tancuk (Drohobych);
  • Mykola Omelchenko (Slavyansk);
  • Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko (Kiev);
  • SPA-hotel “RESPECT” (Skhidnytsya);


 2017

  • Ukrainian Credit Union Limited (Toronto)
  • SPA-hotel “RESPECT” (Skhidnytsya);
  • Society “LATKA” (Toronto, Canada);
  • Family of Stepan, Roma and Ivan Franko (Toronto, Canada);
  • Mikhail Tsymbalyuk (Lviv);
  • Albert Feldman (Kiev);
  • Igor Yavorsky (Borislav);
  • Igor Kobyletsky (Borislav);
  • Viktor Krivenko (Kiev);
  • Tеrenya Tonkovіch (Канада),
  • Kvitka Lopushanski (Канада),
  • Olya Pylypiak (Канада),

 

File an application

  1. Fill out the electronic form.

  2. Three copies of the scientific work in hard copy to be submitted by mail to the Prize Committee (01030, Kyiv, Volodymyrska street, 48A, of. 15).  Сopies must be signed by the author of the research paper.

About the Fund

About the Charitable Organization “Ivan Franko International Fund”

CO “Ivan Franko International Fund” was established in June 2015.

The Fund was initiated by ROLAND FRANKO (Ivan Franko’s grandson), Ihor Kurus and the Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University.

Board of the Fund

VOLODYMYR BUGROV, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, rector of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Kyiv, Ukraine);

YAROSLAV HARASYM, Doctor of Philology, Professor of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Lviv, Ukraine);

IHOR KURUS, Managing Director of the Fund (Kyiv, Ukraine);

SVIATOSLAV PYLYPCHUK, Doctor of Philology, Professor of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Lviv, Ukraine);

TAMARA SMOVZHENKO, Doctor of Economy, Chair of the Board of the Lviv Society in Kyiv (Kyiv, Ukraine);

IHOR SERDYUK, Doctor of History, Professor of the Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University (Poltava, Ukraine).

Our goal: by way of publicizing and promoting Ivan Franko’s scholarly and creative legacy, and via cultural diplomacy and international scientific exchange, to accomplish the mission of the Fund – to reveal Ukraine to the world.

Our task: to encourage the scholars and intellectuals from different countries worldwide to carry out up-to-date research in social science and humanities as well as Ukrainian studies in the global context. The Fund’s projects also aim to present the unbiased vision of the Ukrainian identity phenomenon to international scientific communities and thereby to develop critical thinking and strengthen democratic principles and evaluations in modern humanities and Ukrainian studies.

The Advisory Panel of the Fund is a group of 16 scholars and public figures from Ukraine, Austria, Italy, Slovakia and Poland.

Since 2015, the Fund has been awarding the Ivan Franko International Prize. The Prize has been awarded to:

2016

His Beatitude Liubomyr Huzar (Ukraine)

2017

Michael Moser, Professor of the Vienna University (Austria)

Oleh Shabliy, Professor of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine)

2018

Johannes Remy, Professor of the Helsinki University (Finland),

Yaroslava Melnyk. Professor of the Ukrainian Catholic University (Ukraine)

2019

Maria Gracia Bartolini, Associate Professor at the Department of Slavonic Languages of the University of Milan (Italy)

2020

Ihor Serdyuk, Professor of the Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University (Ukraine)

2021

Leonid Tymoshenko, Professor of the Drohobych Ivan Franko Pedagogical University (Ukraine)

For further information on the Prize winners follow the link https://frankoprize.com.ua/index.php/en/category/winners/

For further information on other Fund’s projects aimed at recovering the memory and memorabilia of Ivan Franko’s life please visit our official website www.frankoprize.com.ua and follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/frankofund

For annual statements of the Fund visit https://frankoprize.com.ua/index.php/uk/finansova-zvitnist/

Candidates for the Prize in 2023 https://frankoprize.com.ua/index.php/en/

 

Ivan Franko International Prize mentioned by outstanding people

“I am absolutely delighted that such an international fund exists because we do need it!… And God grant, this prize will develop and young scholars will be found who will tackle the issues which are for us, Ukrainians, of vital importance”.

His Beatitude Liubomyr Huzar,

Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church 2005-2011,

the first Laureate of the Ivan Franko International Prize in 2016.

“The top priority of the Fund is to award the Ivan Franko International Prize which allows us not only to know Franko better but most importantly to drive the scholars worldwide to carry out active humanitarian research in social science and humanities”

Roland Franko,

Ivan Franko’s grandson, co-founder of the Fund

“The Franko Prize is a rare blend in Ukrainian humanities of impartiality and virtue, profoundness and practicality, historical tradition and future perspective… I am positive that the way of the Franko Prize is the course of development of Ukrainian studies worldwide…”

Volodymyr Bugrov,

Rector of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv,

co-founder and Member of the Board of the Ivan Franko International Fund

 

“The Ivan Franko International Prize greatly facilitates efforts in the realm of humanities, motivates the scholars in Ukraine and beyond. Any involvement in the Prize is a great honour, as the high level of humanities is undoubtedly a stronghold of the Ukrainian culture and Ukrainian identity”.

Michael Moser,

President of the International Association of Ukrainian Studies,

Laureate of the Ivan Franko International Prize in 2017



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