John-Paul Himka
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John-Paul Himka (Ukrainian: Іван-Павло Химка; born May 18, 1949, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American-Canadian historian and retired professor of history of the University of Alberta in Edmonton.[1] Himka received his BA in Byzantine-Slavonic Studies and Ph.D. in History from the University of Michigan in 1971 and 1977 respectively.[1] The title of his Ph.D. dissertation was Polish and Ukrainian Socialism: Austria, 1867–1890. As a historian Himka was a Marxist in the 1970s–80s, but became influenced by postmodernism in the 1990s. In 2012 he defined his methodology in history as "eclectic".[3]
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John-Paul Himka | |
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Born | (1949-05-18) May 18, 1949 (age 74)[1] |
Academic background | |
Education | University of Michigan BA (1971) Byzantine-Slavonic Studies Ph.D. History[1] |
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Thesis | "Polish and Ukrainian Socialism: Austria, 1867–1890" (1977) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | History |
Institutions | University of Alberta |
Main interests | History of Eastern Europe, Ukraine[2] |
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