Serhii Plokhy
Serhii Plokhy is one of the most widely known historians working today, and a leading authority on Ukraine, Russia, and Eastern Europe who has conducted numerous studies on the history of modern warfare and the Cold War. Plokhy is the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History and Director of the Ukranian Research Institute at Harvard University. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of "The Gates of Europe'' and "Nuclear Folly," with many of his works being translated into different languages. Previously, Plokhy was Professor of History at the University of Alberta. He was acting director of Canadian Institute for Ukrainian Studies and director of the institute's Peter Jacyk Centre for Ukrainian Historical Research for 10 years.
PUBLICATIONS
The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine Basic Books (2015)
The Last empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union Basic Books (2015)
The Cossack Myth: History and Nationhood in the Age of Empires Cambridge University Press (2012)
Yalta: The Price of Peace Viking/Penguin (2010; 2011)
Ukraine and Russia: Representations of the Past University of Toronto Press (2008)
The Origins of the Slavic Nations: Premodern Identities in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus Cambridge University Press (2006)
Unmaking Imperial Russia: Mykhailo Hrushevsky and the Writing of Ukrainian History University of Toronto Press (2005)
Religion and Nation in Modern Ukraine (with Frank E. Sysyn) Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press (2003)
Tsars and Cossacks: A Study in Iconography Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute/Harvard University Press (2002)
The Cossacks and Religion in Early Modern Ukraine Oxford University Press (2001; 2004)