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The meeting of the Management Board of Ivan Franko International Fund
On October 22, 2016, the meeting of the Management Board of Ivan Franko International Fund has been in Lviv.
The Board of Ivan Franko International Fund approved the Schedule for 2017, and amended the Provision of the Prize.
The event was attended: Igor Kurus, director of the Foundation; Woldan Aloiis, Professor of the University of Vienna, Director of the Institute of Slavic Studies (Austria); Roman Mnykh, Professor of Natural Humanities University in Siedlce, Deputy Director of the Institute of Neolinguistics (Republic of Poland); Yaroslav Harasym, Doctor of Philology, professor, vice-rector of Ivan Franko Lviv National University; Borys Bunchuk, Doctor of Philology, Professor of Yu. Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University; Volodymyr Antofiichuk, Doctor of Philology, Professor of Yu. Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University; Mykhailo Shalata, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Professor of Drohobych University; Yevhen Nakhlik, Doctor of Philology, professor, Director of Ivan Franko Institute of the NAS of Ukraine; Tamara Smovzhenko, Professor, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Chairman of the Lviv Society in Kyiv.
Director of Ivan Franko International Fund gave a speech at the International Scientific Congress
On September 22, 2016, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv launched the International Scientific Congress: “Ivan Franko: I am the prologue … “(to the 160th anniversary of the birth).
The event was attended by the Chairman of the Management Board of Ivan Franko International Fund – Roland Franko and Director of the Fund – Ihor Kurus.
Within the speech Ihor Kurus represented to the participants the Ivan Franko International Prize.
He told about the first winner of the Prize in 2016, i.e., His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar.
He presented the schedule of Prize in 2017, and highlighted the projects planned by the Fund for implementation in 2017. In particular, they include the erection of full-length monument to Ivan Franko in the capital of Ukraine and creation of memorial flat of the Franko’s family in Kyiv.
Management of Ivan Franko Fund took part in the International Scientific Congress
On September 22, 2016, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv launched the International Scientific Congress: “Ivan Franko: I am the prologue … “(to the 160th anniversary of the birth).
In his welcoming speech Roland Franko, the Chairman of the Management Board of Ivan Franko International Fund, thanked all the scientists studying scientific masterpieces of Ivan Franko and gradually removing dust of Sovietism and ideology away from the image of the Great scientist.
“We have to remember and tell the truth to the world about the scientific achievements of Franko, being forgotten and not explored in the museum archives. His works include the doctrine of transformation of Ukraine in wealthy, strong and prosperous country”, as Roland Franko emphasized.
The grandson of Great Kamenyar also informed the scientists about establishment of Ivan Franko International Fund, start of Ivan Franko Prize, covering all social and humanitarian knowledge.
At the end of his speech Roland Franko expressed his sincere gratitude to the management of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv for the day-to-day activities focused on the education of youth for development of Ukraine.
“Hopefully, thanks to your students, I will manage to see Ukraine, described by Franko” and “yet the time will come and, radiant shining, you’ll shake the Caucasus; one of the free nations, with the Carpathians as your girdle twining. You’ll set the mighty sound of freedom racing over the Black Sea, free-holder, well-seated, in your own house, in your own fields’ broad spaces!” said the Chairman of the Management Board of Ivan Franko International Fund.
Lviv Society in Kyiv has become a member of Ivan Franko International Fund
Public organization “Lviv Society in Kyiv” has become a new collective member of Ivan Franko International Fund. The appropriate application about membership was approved by the Meeting of members of the Fund on September 27, 2016 in Drohobych.
“We are very pleased that in the context of a blurred national and cultural identity, there are people who understand the need to stick together and to use joint efforts to preserve, develop, promote Ukraine through its historical and cultural heritage, which is an integral part of the development of modern world and contemporary culture” – says Igor Kurus, director of Ivan Franko International Fund.
Lviv Society in Kyiv is an association of Lviv descents who stay in Kiev. Objective of their activity is a creation of a strong center of Lviv descents in the capital, preparation of conditions for communication between Lviv-originated people of different age and different occupation in Kyiv, development and organization of promotion of Lviv and Lviv region in Kyiv, establishment of new contacts for representation and lobbying of the interests of Lviv residents in Kyiv.
Chairman of the Lviv Society in Kyiv – Tamara Smovzhenko.
Ivan Franko International Prize was awarded at birthplace of Great Kamenyar
On August 27, c. Drohobych became the place of awarding Ivan Franko International Prize; the first prize-winner by category “For significant personal contribution to the development of social and human sciences” was His Beatitude Lubomyr, Archbishop Emeritus of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The former head of the UGCC obtained the prize for the monograph “Andrey Sheptytsky Galician Metropolitan (1901-1944), a forerunner of ecumenism”.
In the speech Roland Franko, the chairman of Ivan Franko International Fund stated that the Prize was founded in order not only to represent Ivan Franko’s scientific achievements, not studied and forgotten in museum and archival vaults, but also to show to the world that Ukraine is not Terra incognito; Ukraine has genii to be proud of.
“The Ivan Franko Prize is International because he deserved it. My dream is to make Ivan Franko International Prize well-known in the world and, along with the Alfred Nobel Prize, to make it worthy and desirable reward for the scientists from around the world for research in the social and human sciences and Ukrainian studies”, said Roland Franko.
Director of Ivan Franko International Fund – Ihor Kurus – stated that the organizers did their best to provide a high level of competition and have selected undoubted Prize-winner.
The award ceremony involved the members of the international jury from Germany and Slovakia, the authorities and public.
Members of the international jury – Professor Mykola Mushynka and Professor Alfred Sproede – described the criteria used to assess scientific papers. The council includes scientists from 4 countries. 14 monographs on theology, history, philosophy, cultural studies, literature, ethnology and Ukrainian studies were submitted for the prize.
“I would like to note that this year’s prize laureate made a significant contribution to the development of social and human sciences, especially theology, thus he deserves such recognition”, said Mykola Mushynka, Professor of the University of Presov in Slovakia, assessing the scientific work of His Beatitude Lubomyr.
According to Alfred Sproede, professor of the University of Munster in Germany, the monograph “Andrey Sheptytsky Galician Metropolitan (1901-1944), a forerunner of ecumenism” was defensed by His Beatitude Lubomyr as a doctoral thesis in 1972 at the Pontifical Urban University. Scientific work was written in English, and in 2015 it was translated into Ukrainian with the support of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. Translators brought text up to date and provided the most relevant bibliography.
Then the awarding ceremony was held. As due to objective reasons His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar could not visit the event, he authorized Bishop Yaroslav, Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych UGCC to accept the award and speak with the word of gratitude on behalf of His Beatitude.
In this speech His Beatitude Lubomyr thanked the jury for having decided to give the main prize for the paper about the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky. “Metropolitan Andrey deserves special attention. I believe that it is important to not only know about Metropolitan. Far more important is that, after having known about his acts, we tried to take after him”, said the prize winner. His Beatitude Lubomyr thanked also to the administration and researchers of the National University of Lviv, whose initiative and work resulted in publication of this book.
The audience was also greeted by the head of Lviv Regional State Administration – Oleg Syniutka, mayor of Drohobych – Taras Kuchma and Rector of Ivan Franko State University of Drohobych – Nadia Skotna.
The first part of the awarding ceremony ended with laying flowers in front of the monument of Ivan Franko.
PROGRAM of awarding ceremony of the Winner of Ivan Franko International Prize
Place: Drohobych town, Nahuievychi village (Drohobych district)
Date: August 27, 2016 (Saturday)
Time: 10:00 -16:00 hrs.
10:00-11:00
Laying flowers at the monument of Ivan Franko in Nahuievychi village
12:00 – 13:50
Awarding ceremony of the Winner of Ivan Franko International Prize (Drohobych, People’s House (20 I. Franko str.)
14:00-14:30
Laying flowers at the monument of Ivan Franko in Drohobych town by the winner of Ivan Franko International Prize (Drohobych, I. Franko square)
14:30-16:00
Concert on the street near the monument of I. Franko (Ivan Franko Square)
14:30-15:00
Press conference the Winner of the Prize Laureate (Drohobych, People’s House (20 I. Franko str.)
15:00-15:30
Presentation of the monograph Laureate of the Ivan Franko International Prize in Drohobych State Pedagogical University named by I. Franko (Hall of the University of Drohobych State Pedagogical University named by I.Franko (Drohobych town, 24 I. Franko str.)
16:00-17:00
Charity evening in regard to Birthday of Ivan Franko (by invitations)
International Jury
- Alois Woldan, Professor of the University of Vienna, Deputy Director of the Institute of Slavic Studies (Austria);
- Roman Mnich, Deputy Director of the Institute of Neolinguistics, Professor of the Natural University of Humanities in Siedlce city (Poland);
- Alfred Sproede, Professor of the University of Münster (Germany);
- Mykola Mushinka, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, professor of Preshivsk University (Slovakia);
- Miroslav Sopolyga, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Director of the Museum of Ukrainian Culture in Svidnik (Slovakia);
- Agnieszka Matusiak, Professor of the Wroclaw University, Head of the Department of Ukrainian Studies (Poland);
- Peter Stoeger, Professor of the University of Innsbruck (Austria);
- Yaroslav Garasym, Vice Rector of Lviv University named by I. Franko, professor (Ukraine);
- Volodymyr Antofiichuk, Professor of the Chernivtsi National University named by V.Stefanyk (Ukraine);
- Viacheslav Kushnir, Professor of Odessa University named by Mechnikov (Ukraine);
- Mykhailo Shalata, Professor of Drohobych Pedagogical University named by I. Franko (Ukraine);
- Ulrich Schmid, Professor of the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland).
According to the Regulations, the jury is formed on the basis of parity and interdisciplinary scientific disciplines presented by scientific papers-nominees; jury consists of scientists who are fluent in languages that correspond to the languages of the original scientific papers -nominees; the members of the jury must have academic degree no lower than doctorate and be independent and objective in selecting the award winner.
On August 05, 2016 in University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria) the International Jury announced the first Laureate of Ivan Franko International Prize. In nomination “For significant personal contribution to the development of social and humanitarian sciences” The Monograph of Blessed Lubomyr Husar under the title “Metropolitan Andrii Sheptytsky, a Galician forerunner of ecumenism” had received the highest score of the Jury.
The ceremony of awarding the Laureates will take place on August 27, 2016 on the native land of Ivan Franko in Drohobych (Lviv region, Ukraine.)
Determination of the name of the Laureate of Ivan Franko International PrizeDetermination of the name of the Laureate of Ivan Franko International Prize
On Friday, August 05, 2016 in University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria) the International Jury announced the Laureate of Ivan Franko International Prize for 2016.
The Head of the Jury of Ivan Franko International Fund, Professor of the University of Vienna, Dr. Alois Woldan, announced that this year the International Jury had chosen the Laureate in only one nomination – “For significant personal contribution to the development of social and humanitarian sciences”. The Monograph of Blessed Lubomyr Husar had received the highest score of the Jury and he became the Laureate of Ivan Franko International Prize. The Jury has decided not to award any nominee with the Prize in the nomination “For significant contribution to the development of Ukrainian studies”.
“The Monograph of Blessed Lubomyr Huzar, Archbishop-Emeritus and of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Cardinal of the Catholic Church under the title “Metropolitan Andrii Sheptytsky, a Galician forerunner of ecumenism” meets all the criteria of Ivan Franko International Prize, since it embodies the idea of unity and originality postulated by Franko,” summarizes the Professor of the University of Vienna Alois Woldan.
The Director of Ivan Franko International Prize, Ihor Kurus, has noted that all works were worthful to be distinguished with Ivan Franko International Prize as the national humanitaristics has been enriched with fundamental researches which nowadays are required not only for Ukrainian but also the International Scientific society in general.
“I. Franko International Prize is targeted to promote development of social and humanitarian sciences and Ukrainian Studies in which Ivan Franko worked. This Prize is annual and international, thus, we hope that the following year the works of the scientists from different countries will be submitted to, as well”.
The Director of the Fund has also expressed his hope that discussions in the process of determination of the first nominee of Ivan Franko International Prize will still be critical and emotional, and the laureate himself, Blessed Lubomyr Huzar, will become an idiosyncratic moral authority for future prize nominees.
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Ivan Franko International Prize represents an honourable recognition of scientific discoveries, scientists’ significant achievements and considerable merits in the fields of social sciences and Ukrainian Studies. The founder of Ivan Franko International Prize is his grandson – Roland Franko.
This year 14 scientific works from three countries have been submitted to win the Prize in six science disciplines: History, Philosophy, Cultural Studies, Literature Studies, Ethnology and Ukrainian Studies.
The ceremony of awarding the Laureates will take place on August 27, 2016 on the native land of Ivan Franko in Drohobych (Lviv region, Ukraine.)
The Expert Council has announced the contenders to win Ivan Franko International Prize
The International Experts Council has determined five scientific works, claiming to win Ivan Franko International Prize.
The members of the Expert Council have recommended the Jury to consider the monograph of Blessed Lubomyr Husar, The monograph Andrey Sheptytsky Metropolitan Galician (1901-1944) a forerunner of ecumenism and The monograph “From Deportation to Deportation. Social and Political Life of the Ukrainians of Kholmshchyna and Pidlishia (1915-1947) Reserch. Memories. Documets by authors Yuriy Makar, Mychailo Hornyi, Vitaliy Makar, Anatoliy Saliuk – co-author of Volume I in the nomination “For significant personal contribution to development of social and human sciences.”
The works to be submitted to the Jury for consideration in the nomination “For significant contribution to the development of Ukrainian Studies” are the following: : Tetiana Ohneva, The monograph “Theater and Cinema in the Context of Art Concepts of the Early Twentieth Century”; Yevhen Nakhlik, The monograph “Ivan Kotliarevskyi’s Travestied World: Text-Intertext-Context”; Vasyl Chernets and Valery Bitayev, “Ukrainian Encyclopedia of Ethno Art Studies and Ethnocultural” in five Volumes.
In accordance with the Provision, the members of the Expert Council were governed by their personal knowledge and compared the scientific works claiming to win the Prize under the following criteria during determination of the nominees: availability of innovative and sophisticated approaches in the research; conceptual, systematic, and critical view of the research; international context and level of the scientific research.
At present, all five works have been submitted for the consideration by the International Jury and the interdisciplinary scientific discussion will take place in Vienna on August 4-5, within which the Jury shall determine the Laureates of the Prize.
Let us remind that awarding of winners will be held on August 27, 2016 at homeland of Ivan Franko in c. Drohobych.
International Expert Council will assess the works being applied for winning Ivan Franko Prize
The Prize Committee submitted the scientific works to the International Expert Council, which have been approved by the Nomination Committee and the Board of Ivan Franko International Fund, on Friday, June 10, 2016.
Nominations for Significant Personal Contribution to the Development of Social Sciences:
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Аuthor:Victoriya Durkalevich, The monograph «In search jf Identity: Individual Myth in Artistic Works by Ivan Franko, Andrzej Chciuk, Bruno Schulz»;
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Аuthor: Rostyslav Konta, The monograph: “The ethnological researches in Shevchenko Scientific Society in Lviv (1892-1940): historiography”;
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Аuthors:Yuriy Makar; Mychailo Hornyi; Vitaliy Makar, Anatoliy Saliuk – co-author of Volume I, The monograph “From Deportation to Deportation. Social and Political Life of the Ukrainians of Kholmshchyna and Pidlishia (1915-1947) Reserch. Memories. Documets.
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Аuthor: Polina Gerchanivska, The monograph “Cultural Studies: Terminologikal Dictionary”;
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Аuthor: Lubomyr Husar, The monograph Andrey Sheptytsky Metropolitan Galician (1901-1944) a forerunner of ecumenism.
Nominations for Contribution to the Development of Ukrainian Studies:
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Аuthor: Tetiana Ohneva, The monograph “Theater and Cinema in the Context of Art Concepts of the Early Twentieth Century”;
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Аuthor: Roman Horak, The monograph “I wished liberty to the chained… Biography Ivan Franko”;
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Аuthor: Yevhen Nakhlik, The monograph “Ivan Kotliarevskyi’s Travestied World: Text-Intertext-Context”;
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Authors of the book: Korniychuk V.; Kravets YA.; Sabaduha V. and Yakubuv A., The book “Ivan Franko. The Ukrainianpen of Spanish classics”;
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Authors of the book: Vasyl Chernets ; Valery Bitayev, “Ukrainian Encyclopedia of Ethno Art Studies and Ethnocultural” in five Volumes.
