Paul Robert Magocsi

Paul Robert Magocsi (; 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. He then went to Harvard University, where he was a member of the Society of Fellows between 1973 and 1976.

Magocsi has taught at Harvard University and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In 1996, he was appointed permanent fellow of the Royal Society of CanadaCanadian 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 486 maps of Ukraine, Crimea, and Central Europe drawn from 19 books was shared online for education/reference purposes.

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

Books

Magocsi, Paul R. (1989), Morality and Reality: the Life and Times of Andrei Sheptytskyi, Edmonton Alberta: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta.

Articles and book chapters

Video courses

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

Biographies