Fwd: Passing of Ihor Sevcenko

[Alex Rudd]

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From: Michael S. Flier <flier at fas.harvard.edu>
Date: Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 2:45 PM

Ihor Šеvčеnko - 1922–2009

It is with great sadness that the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
announces the death of its co-founder, Ihor Šеvčеnko, Dumbarton Oaks
Professor of Byzantine History and Literature Emeritus, on Saturday,
December 26, at 5:30 p.m.  He passed away peacefully in his home in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the age of eighty-seven.

An internationally renowned specialist in Byzantine and premodern
Slavic literatures, history, and culture, Professor Šеvčеnko was the
author of hundreds of studies (articles, essays, monographs, reviews)
in the fields of literature, codicology, epigraphy, paleography, and
cultural history.  Known for his deep erudition and incisive
analytical skills, he was an inspirational mentor and colleague for
generations of students and scholars alike in Byzantine and Slavic
studies.  The recipient of several honorary degrees, he was a member
of the British Academy, the American Philosophical Society, and the
Vienna Academy, among others, and served as President of the
International Association of Byzantine Studies.

Together with the late Professor Omeljan Pritsak, Professor Šеvčеnko
was instrumental in establishing the Ukrainian Research Institute at
Harvard in 1973, and served as its Deputy Director until 1989.  He and
Professor Pritsak were founding editors of Harvard Ukrainian Studies.

Professor Šеvčеnko is survived by his two daughters, Elisabeth and
Catherine, three grandchildren, former wife Nancy Patterson Šеvčеnko,
and numerous students,
colleagues, and friends.  Interment will take place at a private
service at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Plans
are pending for a public memorial
service to take place at Harvard University in early February.  In
lieu of flowers, donations will be gratefully accepted towards the
establishment of an endowment in
Professor Šеvčеnko’s name to award travel grants to students in
Byzantine and premodern Slavic studies (details to be announced
shortly).



Michael S. Flier, Director

Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute


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PROF. MICHAEL S. FLIER
Oleksandr Potebnja Professor of Ukrainian Philology

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Harvard University
Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138


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