Theodore Mackiw

Theodore Mackiw ( Ukrainian Теодор Мацків ; born May 30, 1918 in Strutyn , Ukraine , † August 8, 2011 in Albuquerque ) was an American historian of Ukrainian origin.

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As a Soviet soldier, Mackiw was taken prisoner by Germany during World War II . At the end of the war he was searching for people for an international organization. In 1950 he completed a degree in history and Slavic studies at the University of Frankfurt with a summa-cum-laude doctorate. From 1962 he taught at the University of Akron , from 1973 as a professor. He was also the director of Soviet Area Studies . After his retirement in 1984 he first lived in Heidelberg , from 2005 also with his son Stephen Mackiw in Albuquerque. He was considered the most renowned researcher on the life of Iwan Masepa .

Fonts

• Mazepa's title of prince in the light of his letter to Emperor Josef I. In: Archives for cultural history . 44: 350-356 (1962).
• Mazepa in the light of contemporary German sources , Verlag Ukraine 1963.
• Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Ukraine and Imperial Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, 1639–1709: a historical sketch , Ukrainian Free University 1984.
• Interpretation of Ukrainian History , 1984.
• Studies on nationality issues : No. 8/1992 , Working and Funding Association of Ukrainian Sciences 1992, ISBN 3928687123 , together with Zenowij Sokoluk.

Web links

• Literature by and about Theodore Mackiw in the catalog of the German National Library

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• Obituary notice in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , August 13, 2011, p. 34.
• Obituary in the Chronicle (PDF file; 75 kB) of the University of Akron on September 1, 2011, p. 4.
• Obituary in the University of Akron's August 31, 2011 email digest.