Omeljan Pritsak

Omeljan Pritsak
Born7 April 1919
Luka, Sambir County, West Ukrainian People's Republic
Died29 May 2006 (aged 87)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityUkrainian
CitizenshipAmerican
Occupation(s)Academic, professor, historian, linguist, medievalist
Known forFirst Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University, founder and first director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, founder of the journal Harvard Ukrainian Studies, founder of the Oriental Institute of the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv, founder of the journal Skhidnyi svit (The Oriental World)
TitleMykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University (1975)
Academic background
EducationPolish “First Gymnasium” of Ternopil’, University of Lviv, Shevchenko Scientific Society, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Göttingen
Alma materUniversity of Lviv, University of Göttingen, Harvard University
Academic advisorsIvan Krypiakevych, Ahatanhel Yukhymovych Krymsky
InfluencesRoman Jakobson, Viacheslav Lypynsky
Academic work
Era20th century
DisciplineMedieval studies, Ukrainian history
InstitutionsUniversity of Hamburg, University of Washington, Harvard University
Main interestsOriental, especially Turkic, sources for the history of Kyivan Rus'
Notable worksThe Origin of Rus'

Omeljan Yosypovych Pritsak (Ukrainian: Омелян Йосипович Пріцак; 7 April 1919 – 29 May 2006) was the first Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University and the founder and first director (1973–1989) of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.[1]

  1. ^ Woloschuk, Peter T. (11 June 2006). "Omeljan Pritsak, scholar of Ukrainian, Turkic studies, 87". Obituary. The Ukrainian Weekly. Retrieved 14 October 2017.