Slavic Linguist Lukiia Humetska and the Ukrainian Diaspora (Based on Her Personal Archive)

Abstract

The article deals with the personal archivement of well-known Slavic linguist, professor Lukiia Humetska from Lviv. The analysed materials are dedicated to her Slavic research and reflect her connections to the Ukrainian Diaspora. The author uses some excerpts from the correspondence with scholars, including Assya Humesky (Humetska), Professor Emerita of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan, the member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society and of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the USA. Lukiia Humetska’s foreign contacts prove the international level of the Ukrainian language studies as an integral part of East Slavic languages. It is underlined that Lukiia Humetska’s research makes a significant contribution to Ukrainian and Slavic linguistics. Her archival heritage is the source base for further study of her life and scholar activity as a part of Slavic studies in Ukraine.