Book Discussion: The Art of Carpathian Rus', by Paul Robert Magocsi

Session Submission Type: Book Discussion Roundtable

Brief Description

Paul Robert Magocsi is the author of the first Carpatho-Rusyn popular history (The People from Nowhere: An Illustrated History of Carpatho-Rusyns, 2006), the first comprehensive history (With Their Backs to the Mountains: A History of Carpathian Rus’ and Carpatho-Rusyns, 2015), the first history of the North American diaspora (Our People: Carpatho-Rusyns and Their Descendants in North America, 1984), and the first encyclopedia (Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture, 2002). His The Art of Carpathian Rus’ (2025) is now the first comprehensive history of Carpatho-Rusyn art, including painting, sculpture, architecture, drawing, decorative arts, and design. This roundtable will analyze the text’s approach to defining the canon of Carpatho-Rusyn art and critique its lacunae with presentations by scholars in art history, cultural studies, and history.

Sub Unit

• Arts I: Visual Culture, Material Culture, Applied and Fine Arts

Chair

• Nicholas Kyle Kupensky, US Air Force Academy

Roundtable Speakers

• Nicholas Kyle Kupensky, US Air Force Academy

• Myroslava Maria Mudrak, Ohio State U

• K. Andrea Rusnock, Indiana U South Bend

• Sophia Wilson, Southern Illinois U Edwardsville