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East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies

academic journal

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 29, 2023
Entity authorityQ50816573 ↗
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East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering Ukrainian studies published by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (University of Alberta). The journal was established by George S. N. Luckyj. Originally titled Journal of Ukrainian Graduate Studies, the name was changed in 1976 to Journal of Ukrainian Studies, finally obtaining its current name in 2014.

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“East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies” enters the record as academic journal. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what East, West and Journal can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1976, 2014—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2014. Its strongest next move is a source search built around East, West and Journal.
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This entry incorporates text from “East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.