Publishing house of Harvard's Ukrainian Research Institute latest target of Trump's federal budget cuts

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by Kate Tsurkan
April 4, 2025



The future of Harvard’s Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) publishing program is in jeopardy, as it has become the latest target of sweeping grant cuts under the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), an independent U.S. federal agency, informed HURI that there was “reasonable cause to terminate (their) grant in light of the fact that the NEH is repurposing its funding allocations in a new direction in furtherance of the President’s agenda,” Oleh Kotsyuba, director of publications at HURI, wrote on Facebook on April 3.

Founded in 1973, the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University is dedicated to cultivating new generations of scholars in Ukrainian history, language, and culture.

Over the past three and a half years, its publishing program has taken a leading role in translating both classic and contemporary works of Ukrainian literature. This endeavor has gained heightened urgency and global significance in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, which is the latest chapter in a centuries-long Russian campaign to destroy Ukrainian culture and national sovereignty.
https://kyivindependent.com/publishing-house-of-harvards-ukrainian-research-institute-latest-target-of-trumps-federal-budget-cuts/

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