Book launch celebrates Keenan's latest work

Edward Keenan (right) and his Harvard University colleague, George Grabowicz, celebrate the publication of Prof. Keenan's "Russian Historical Myths" during a book party and presentation in Washington on March 26. The second, expanded Ukrainian-language edition of the book was published in Kyiv by the publishing arm of Krytyka magazine, of which Prof. Grabowicz is editor-in-chief. The magazine was founded eight years ago with the help of the Harvard University Ukrainian Research Institute. Prof. Keenan recently gained a measure of notoriety in Ukraine and Russia for casting doubt on the authenticity of "Slovo o Polku Ihorevim" (The Song of Ihor's Campaign), generally accepted as a masterpiece of medieval literature of that region. The new edition of Prof. Keenan's book includes a chapter on the subject.

- Yaro Bihun

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, April 25, 2004, No. 17, Vol. LXXII

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