Paul Robert Magocsi (Rusyn: Павел Роберт Маґочій, romanized:Pavel Robert Magochy; born January 26, 1945) is an American professor of history, political science, and Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto. He has been with the university since 1980 and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1996. He currently acts as Honorary Chairman of the World Congress of Rusyns, and has authored many books on Rusyn history.,

Born in Englewood, New Jersey, Magocsi (his surname Magocsi is pronounced something like "magótchy", varying in different languages) is of Hungarian and Ruthenian (Rusyn) descent. He completed his undergraduate studies at Rutgers University B.A. in 1966; M.A. 1967, Princeton University in M.A. 1969, Ph.D. 1972.[clarification needed] He then went to Harvard University, where he was a member of the Society of Fellows between 1973 and 1976. In 2013, he was awarded doctor honoris causa by the University of Prešov in Slovakia.

Magocsi has taught at Harvard University and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In 1996, he was appointed permanent fellow of the Royal Society of Canada—Canadian Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences.

Besides his primary focus on East-Central European history, Magocsi is a scholar of nationality and ethnicity more generally, and edited the collection Aboriginal Peoples of Canada: A Short Introduction (2002).

In 2025 his Ukraine: A History Course, consisting of 45 lectures recorded by the Chair of Ukrainian Studies, along with a semester course The People From Nowhere: A History of Carpathian Rus' (22 lectures) were published on YouTube.

In 2025 a Festschrift consisting of 183 testimonials, In So Many Words: Celebrating Paul Robert Magocsi, Edited by Nicholas Kupensky, was published.

In September 2025 a curated Paul Robert Magocsi Map Collection featuring 466 maps of Ukraine, Crimea, and Central Europe from over a dozen of his books was posted online. The collection features 381 maps of Ukraine, Crimea, and Central Europe: 277 maps are in English, 92 maps are in Ukrainian, 6 maps are in Polish, and 6 maps are in Japanese. The collection also includes 87 of his maps from the Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups.

Selected books and publications

Among his over 675 publications, some of the most notable are:

Books

  • Magocsi, Paul R. (1978). . Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674805798.
  • Magocsi, Paul R. (1983). . Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802024824.
  • Magocsi, Paul R. (1989), Morality and Reality: the Life and Times of Andrei Sheptytskyi, Edmonton Alberta: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, ISBN 0-920862-68-3.
  • Magocsi, Paul R. (2005) [1984]. (4. rev. ed.). Wauconda: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. ISBN 9780865166110.
  • Magocsi, Paul R. (1988). . Vol. 1. New York: Garland. ISBN 9780824012144. Magocsi, Paul R. (1998). . Vol. 2. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780880334204. Magocsi, Paul R. (2006). . Vol. 3. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780880335317. Magocsi, Paul R. (2011). . Vol. 4. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780880336840. Magocsi, Paul R. (2013). . Vol. 5. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780824058364.
  • Magocsi, Paul R. (2000) [1988]. (2. ed.). New York-Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers. ISBN 9780791062845.
  • Magocsi, Paul R. (1990). . Harvard Ukrainian Studies. 14 (3–4): 427–460.
  • Magocsi, Paul R. (1993). . New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780880332781.Magocsi, Paul R. (1993). (1. ed.). Seattle: University of Washington Press. ISBN 9780802006073.
  • Magocsi, Paul R. (2018) [1993]. (3. rev. ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781487523312.
  • Magocsi, Paul R., ed. (1996). A New Slavic Language Is Born: The Rusyn Literary Language of Slovakia. New York: Columbia University Press.
  • Magocsi, Paul R. (2010) [1996]. (2. rev. ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781442610217.
  • Petrov, Aleksei L. (1998) [1930]. Magocsi, Paul R. (ed.). . New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780880333887.
  • Magocsi, Paul R. (1999). . Vol. 1. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-88033-438-X.
  • Magocsi, Paul R. (1999). Of the Making of Nationalities There is no End. Vol. 2. New York: Columbia University Press.
  • Magocsi, Paul R., ed. (1999). . Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802029386.
  • Magocsi, Paul R. (2002). . Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802047380.
  • Magocsi, Paul Robert (2002). . Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802084699.
  • Magocsi, Paul R.; Pop, Ivan I., eds. (2005) [2002]. Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture (2. rev. ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
  • Magocsi, Paul Robert (2014). . Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0772751102.
  • Magocsi, Paul R. (2015). With Their Backs to the Mountains: A History of Carpathian Rus' and Carpatho-Rusyns. Budapest-New York: Central European University Press. ISBN 9786155053467. JSTOR .
  • Magocsi, Paul Robert (2022). (PDF). Kashtan Press. ISBN 9781896354231.
  • Magocsi, Paul Robert; Hrynevych, Vladyslav (2023). Babyn Yar: History and Memory. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0772751164.
  • Magocsi, Paul Robert (2024). From Nowhere to Somewhere. The Carpatho-Rusyn Movement. A Personal History. Stuttgart: ibidem. ISBN 978-3-83821973-8.
  • Magocsi, Paul Robert; Petrovsky-Shtern, Yohanan (2024). Jews and Ukrainians. Stuttgart: ibidem. ISBN 978-3-83821963-9.

Articles and book chapters

  • Magocsi, Paul R. (1973). (PDF). Austrian History Yearbook. 9: 201–265. doi:. S2CID . Archived from (PDF) on 2019-12-05.
  • Magocsi, Paul R. (1975). (PDF). Slavic Review. 34 (2): 360–381. doi:. JSTOR . S2CID . Archived from (PDF) on 2019-04-28.
  • Magocsi, Paul Robert (1987). . Journal of Ukrainian Studies. 12 (2): 77–91.
  • Magocsi, Paul Robert (1996). . Journal of Ukrainian Studies. 21 (1–2): 55–66.
  • Magocsi, Paul Robert (2010–2011). (PDF). Journal of Ukrainian Studies. 35–36: 167–177.
  • Magocsi, Paul R. (2013). . . Bloomington-Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. pp. 449–462. ISBN 978-0253006318.
  • Magocsi, Paul Robert (2015). (PDF). Nationalities Papers. 4 (43): 577–594. doi:.

Video courses

  • Ukraine: A History taught at the University of Toronto, 2023-2024

Biographies

See also

External links