Професор Варшавського університету Оля Гнатюк і професор Львівського університету Ярослав Грицак, який нині працює в Колумбійському університеті в Нью-Йорку, склали і поширили в інтернеті та провідних західних медіях й інформаґенціях Відкритого листа міжнародної академічної спільноти з приводу подій в Україні. Лише за одну добу під цим листом підписалися бл. 350 науковців, літераторів, журналістів із США, Канади, Австралії, Великої Британії, Франції, Італії, Німеччини, Швеції, Австрії, Польщі, Угорщини, Білорусі, Росії – та, звісно, з самої України.

Відкритий лист представників міжнародної академічної спільноти з приводу подій в Україні

Ми, представники міжнародної академічної спільноти, глибоко стривожені станом справ в Україні напередодні президентських виборів. Останні новини не залишають жодного сумніву: в Україні відбувається масове порушення виборчих прав, маніпулювання законом і зловживання владою.

Найбільше нас непокоїть те, що одним із головних об'єктів переслідувань є студентська молодь, а українські університети й академічні інституції піддано грубому тисковi. Свобода виявлення думки і право на вільний вибір є підставовою для будь-якої сфери людської діяльности, й академічної зокрема. Тому ми засуджуємо будь-які спроби обмеження цього права, спроби наступу на громадянські права та свободи.

Ми cолідарні з усіма, хто став в оборону своїх прав в Україні. Ми докладемо зусилля, щоби донести інформацію про виборчі зловживання в Україні до міжнародних засобiв інформації, впливових політичних кіл й академічних середовищ.

Сьогодні лінія боротьби за демократію пролягає через Україну. Ми закликаємо інтелектуалів в Україні й у цілому світі зробити все, щоб захистити нашу і вашу свободу.

We, members of the international community of intellectuals, are deeply alarmed by the state of affairs in Ukraine on the eve of thepresidential elections. The latest news from Ukraine leaves no doubt that thecountry's authorities have engaged in mass violations of voter rights,manipulations of the law, and abuses of power.

What worries us most is that one of the biggest targets of persecutionare the many students who have spoken out and demonstrated against what hasbeen occurring. Meanwhile, government officials have flagrantly pressured Ukrainian universities and other academic institutions to curbdemocratic student activities. Freedom of expression and free elections are cornerstones of democracy, public activity, and academic life.Therefore, we condemn all attempts at limiting these rights and attacks on democratic rights and freedoms in Ukraine.

We are in solidarity with all Ukrainian citizens who have stood up todefend their rights and freedoms. Therefore, we shall devote our efforts to disseminating information about the electoral abuses and violations ofhuman rights in Ukraine to information agencies, the mass media, governments, political and human-rights organizations, and academic communities.

Today a major front line in the international struggle for democracyruns through Ukraine. We call upon all intellectuals there and throughout the world to do everything possible to defend your and our freedom.

1.Bradley Abrams (Columbia University, USA)

2.Daniela Agostinelli (University of Rome, Italy)

3.Robert Alter (University of California at Berkeley, USA)

4.Stefan Amsterdamski (Graduate School for Social Research, Poland)

5.Mark Andryczyk (University of Toronto, Canada)

6.Sorin Antohi (Central European University, Hungary)

7.Wiltrud Apfeld (Bochum University, Germany)

8.Natalia Aponiuk (University of Manitoba, Canada)

9.Dominique Arel (University of Ottawa, Canada)

10.Judith Arlt (Germany)

11.Shyamal Bagchee (University of Alberta, Canada)

12.Douglas Barbour (University of Alberta, Canada)

13.Omer Bartov (Brown University, USA)

14.John A. Barnstead (Dalhousie University, Canada)

15.Edward Beliaev (Columbia University, USA)

16.Thomas Bender (New York University, USA)

17.Bertrand Berche (University Henry Poincare, France)

18.Homi K.Bhabha (Harvard University, USA)

19.Laada Bilaniuk (University of Washington, USA)

20.Oleksa Bilaniuk (Swarthmore College, USA)

21.Serhiy Bilenkyj (University of Toronto, Canada)

22.Judit Bodnar (Central European University, Hungary)

23.Martha Bohachevsky-Chomiak (Fulbright-Programm, USA)

24.Wlodzimierz Bolecki (Institute for Literary Studies, Polish Academy od Science, Poland)

25.Yaryna Boren'ko (European Dialogue, Ukraine)

26.Michelle Borowitz (University of Alberta, Canada)

27.András Bozóki (Central European University, Hungary)

28.Linda Bridges (University of Alberta, Canada)

29.Laszlo Bruszt (European University Institute, Italy)

30.Alexandra Büchler (University of Wales, UK)

31.Brad Bucknell (University of Alberta, Canada)

32.Valer Bulhakau ("ARCHE" quarterly review, Belarus)

33.Patricia A. Burak (Syracuse University, USA)

34.Maria Byi-Nieddu (Freiburg Universitaet, Germany)

35.Vira Byy (Central European University, Hungary; Syracuse University, USA)

36.Jose Casanova (New School University, USA)

37.Arthur Charlesworth (University of Richmond, USA)

38.Serge Cipko (University of Alberta, Canada)

39.Odile Cisneros (University of Alberta, Canada)

40.Cait Clarke (National Defender Leadership Institute, USA)

41.Patrick Cohrs (Humboldt University, Germany)

42.Elizabeth A. Cole (Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, USA)

43.Marie M. Collins (Rutgers University, USA)

44.Nathaniel Copsey (University of Sussex, UK)

45.Zsuzsa Csergo (George Washington University, USA)

46.Krzysztof Czyzewski (Borderland Foundation, Poland)

47.Mary I. Dakin (Stanford University,USA)

48.Daria Darewych, (York University, Canada)

49.Jurij Darewych (York University, Canada)

50.Roumen Daskalov (Central European University, Hungary)

51.Istvan Deak (Columbia University, USA)

52.Bertrand Delamotte (University Paris VI, France)

53.Patricia Demers (University of Alberta, Canada)

54.Kateryna Demchuk (writer, Ukraine)

55.Olena Dzhedzhora (Ukrainian Catholic University, Ukraine)

56.Volodymyr Dibrova (Harvard University, USA)

57.Mikhail Dmitriev (Moscow University, Russia)

58.Marta Dyczok, (University of Western Ontario, Canada)

59.Andrii Dyn'ko ("Nasha Niva" newspaper, Belaus)

60.Jakub Ekier (poet and translator, Poland)

61.Judith Else (Germany)

62.Istvan Eörsi (writer, Hungary)

63.Hans Ulrich Everts (University of Hannover, Germany)

64.Daria Fedewytsch-Dickson (University of Melbourne, Australia)

65.Oles Frdoruk (Shevchenko Institute of Literature, Ukraine)

66.Tom Fennell (University of Edinburgh, UK)

67.Christian von Ferber (Freiburg University, Germany)

68.Claudia Ferman (University of Richmond, USA)

69.Miroslaw Filipowicz (Catholic University of Lublin, Poland)

70.Caroline Finkel (Turkey)

71.Joshua A. Fishman (Yeshiv University and New York University, USA)

72.Michael S. Flier (Harvard University, USA)

73.Kate Flynn (University of the West of England, UK)

74.David Frick (University of California at Berkeley, USA)

75.Dmitry Furman (Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Science, Russia)

76.Charles Gati (Johns Hopkins University/SAIS, USA)

77.David Gay (University of Alberta, Canada)

78.Marnie Giesbrecht (University of Alberta, Canada)

79.Zina Gimpelevich (University of Waterloo, Canada)

80.Michal Glowinski (Institute for Literary Studies, Polish Academy od Science, Poland)

81.Lev Goudkov (Levada-Center, Russia)

82.George G. Grabowicz (Harvard University, USA)

83.Jan T. Gross (Princeton University, USA)

84.Linda Gordon (New York University, USA)

85.Taras Gula (George Brown College, Canada)

86.Ernest Gyidel (Ukrainian Catholic University, Ukraine)

87.Orysya Hachko (Drew University, USA)

88.Joerg Hackmann (University of Greifswald, Germany)

89.Mark von Hagen (Columbia University, USA)

90.Oleksander Halenko (University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Ukraine)

91.Timothy F. Hartnagel (University of Alberta, Canada)

92.Guido Hausmann (University of Bielefeld, Germany)

93.Tymofij Havryliv (Lviv University, Ukraine)

94.Marianne Henn (University of Alberta, Canada)

95.Jeffrey Herf (University of Maryland, USA)

96.Colin Heywood (University of Hull, UK)

97.Steven Hijmans (University of Alberta, Canada)

98.Paul Hjartarson (University of Alberta, Canada)

99.Ola Hnatiuk (Warsaw University, Poland)

100.Ulana Holovatch (Ukrainian Catholic University, Ukraine)

101.Yuri Holovatch (National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine)

102.Marko Horbatsch (York University, Canada)

103.Andrij Hornjatkevyc (University of Alberta, Canada)

104.Tetiana Hoshko (Ukrainian Catholic University, Ukraine)

105.Diana Howansky (Columbia University, USA)

106.Yaroslav Hrytsak (Lviv University, Ukraine)

107.Dietlind Huechtker (Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum Geschichte und Kultur Ostmitteleuropas, Germany)

108.Assya Humetsky (University of Michigan, USA)

109.Taras Hunczak (Rutgers University, USA)

110.Bruce Hunter (University of Alberta, Canada)

111.Oleh S. Ilnytzkyj (University of Alberta, Canada)

112.Harald Iro (Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria)

113.Oleksandr Irvanets (writer, Ukraine)

114.Yves-Andre Istel (New York, USA)

115.Maria Janion (Institute for Literary Studies, Polish Academy of Science, Poland)

116.Wojciech Jankiowski (Warsaw University, Poland)

117.Maciej Janowski (Polish Academy of Sciences; Central European University, Hungary)

118.Jerzy Jarzebski (Jagiellonian University, Poland)

119.John Jaworsky (University of Waterloo, UK)

120.Jerzy Jedlicki (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

121.Bruce W. Jentleson (Duke University, USA)

122.Cornelia Jentzsch (journalist, Germany)

123.Wilfried Jilge (Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum Geschichte und Kultur Ostmitteleuropas, Germany)

124.Tony Judt (New York University, USA)

125.Andrzej Kaminski (Georgetown University, USA)

126.Antoni Kaminski (Institute for Political Studies, Polish Academy of Science, Poland)

127.Dmytro Kaniewski (journalist,, Ukraine)

128.Dragi Karevski (University Henri Poincare, France)

129.Andreas Kappeler (Vienna University, Austria)

130.Georgiy Kasianov (Institute of Ukrainian History, National Academy of Science, Ukraine)

131.Peter J. Katzenstein (Cornell University, USA)

132.Edward L. Keenan (Harvard University, USA)

133.Tatiana Keis (Barnard College, USA)

134.Vitalij Keis (Rutgers University, USA)

135.Robert O. Keohane (Duke University, USA)

136.Padraic Kenney (University of Colorado, USA)

137.Basil Kerski (editor of Deutsch-Polnisches Magazin, Germany)

138.Jair Kessler (New York University, USA)

139.Nina Khrushcheva (New School University, USA)

140.Anna Kim (independent photographer, USA)

141.Larissa Kirichenko (Columbia University, USA)

142.Janos Kis (Central European University, USA)

143.Oksana Kis (Institute of Ethnology, Ukraine)

144.Tomasz Kizwalter (Warsaw University, Poland)

145.Jerzy Kloczowski (Institute of East Central Europe, Poland)

146.Mykola Klymchuk (Krok University, Ukraine)

147.Jacek Kochanowicz (Warsaw University, Poland; Central European University, Hungary)

148.Zenon E. Kohut (University of Alberta, Canada)

149.Nancy Shields Kollmann (Stanford University, USA)

150.Antonina Kolodii (Kyiv International University, Ukraine)

151.Natalie Kononenko (University of Alberta, Canada)

152.Laszlo Kontler (Central European University, Hungary)

153.Roman Koropeckyj (UCLA, USA)Halyna Koscharsky (Macquarie University, Australia)

154.Janos Matyas Kovacs (Institute for Human Sciences, Austria)

155.Taras Koznarsky (University of Toronto, Canada)

156.Andrii Kozyckyj (Lviv University, Ukraine)

157.Dorota Krakowska (Jagiellonian University, Poland)

158.Zdzisław Krasnodębski (Universität Bremen, Germany)

159.Volodymyr Kravchenko (Kharkiv University, Ukraine)

160.Marcin Król (Warsaw University)

161.Michael Krüger (author and publisher, Germany)

162.Iryna Kuchma (sociologist, Ukraine)

163.Andriy Kulakov (Institute of Philosophy, National Academy Of Science, Ukraine)

164.Volodymyr Kulyk (National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine)

165.Halyna Koscharsky (Macquarie University, Australia)

166.Mykola Kulishov (McGill University, Canada)

167.Joanna Kurczewska (Polish Academy of Science, Poland)

168.Jacek Kurczewski (Warsaw University, Poland)

169.Valentina Kuryliw (teacher, Canada)

170.Ihor George Kutash (St. Andrew's College, St. Paul's University, Canada)

171.Taras Kuzio (George Washington University, USA)

172.Francis Landy (University of Alberta, Canada)

173.Victor Hugo Lane (Polytechnic University of New York, USA)

174.Élisabeth Le (University of Alberta, Canada)

175.James D. Le Sueur (University of Nebraska, USA)

176.Sergey Lyosov (Russian State University for the Humanities, Russia)

177.Janusz Maciejewski (Warsaw University, Poland)

178.Irena R. Makaryk (University of Ottawa, Canada)

179.Vasyl Makhno (writer, USA)

180.Andrij Makuch (Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Canada)

181.Pablo Markin (University of Alberta, Canada)

182.Bohdana Matiyash (Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, "Krytyka" monthly review, Ukraine)

183.Elzbieta Matynia (New School University, USA)

184.Darrin M. McMahon (Florida State University, USA)

185.Wlodzimierz Medrzecki (Warsaw University; Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

186.Alexander Merezhko (Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center, USA)

187.John Micgiel (Columbia University, USA)

188.Mykhailo Minakov (Kant Society of Ukraine, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine)

189.Richard Mitten (Baruch College, USA)

190.Andrii Mokrousov ("Krytyka" monthly review, Ukraine)

191.Alina Molisak (Warsaw University, Poland)

192.Michael Moser (University of Vienna, Austria)

193.Wolodymyr Motyka (University of Newcastle, Australia)

194.Alexander J. Motyl (Rutgers University, USA)

195.Andriy Nahachewsky (University of Alberta, Canada)

196.Norman M. Naimark (Stanford University, USA)

197.Bohdan Y. Nebesio (University of Alberta, Canada)

198.Alla Nedashkivska (University of Alberta, Canada)

199.Susan Neiman (Einstein Forum, Germany)

200.Leonard Neuger (Stockholm University, Sweden)

201.Mary Nolan (New York University, USA)

202.Ryszard Nycz (Institute for Literary Studies, Polish Academy of Science, Poland)

203.Larissa Onyshkevych (Shevchenko Scientific Society, USA)

204.Hubert Orlowski (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland)

205.Waclaw Osadnik (University of Alberta, Canada)

206.Victor Ostapchuk (University of Toronto, Canada)

207.Joanna Ozdzinska (Warsaw University, Poland)

208.Oleksii Panych (Donetsk University, Ukraine)

209.Larissa Ivanna Paschyn (Cornell University, USA)

210.Uliana Pasicznyk (University of Toronto, Canada)

211.Orysia Paszczak Tracz (writer and translator, Canada)

212.Norman Pereira (Dalhousie University, Canada)

213.Svitlana Petrovska (Klovskyy Lyceum, Ukraine)

214.Katja Petrowskaja (critic, journalist, Germany)

215.Myron Petrovsky (independent writer, Ukraine)

216.Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern (Northwestern University, USA)

217.Roman Petryshyn (Grant MacEwan College, Canada)

218.Gertrud Pickhan (Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany)

219.Serhii Plokhii (University of Alberta, Canada)

220.Martin Pollack (writer and translator, Austria)

221.Krzysztof Pomian (National Center for Scientific Research, France)

222.Jan Pomorski (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland)

223.F.H. Ponomarenko (Vanier College, Canada)

224.Orest Popovych (Shevchenko Scientific Society, USA)

225.Myroslav Popovych (Institute of Philosophy, National Academy Of Science, Ukraine)

226.Andrzej Poppe (University of Warsaw, Poland)

227.Nancy Popson (Washington, DC, USA)

228.Andrii Portnov (Lviv University, Ukraine)

229.Claudine Potvin (University of Alberta, Canada)

230.Tom Priestly (University of Alberta, Canada)

231.Jurko Prokhasko (translator, essayist, Ukraine)

232.Myroslava Prykhoda (Lviv University, Ukraine)

233.Peter Puluj (Leonding, Austria)

234.Natalia Pylypiuk (University of Alberta, Canada)

235.Katharina Raabe (Suhrkamp Verlag, Germany)

236.Julie Rak (University of Alberta, Canada)

237.Lauren Ravkind (lawyer, USA)

238.Thomas Reck (Lux ex Oriente, Germany)

239.Istvan Rev (Central European University, Hungary)

240.Mykola Riabchuk (independent writer, Ukraine)

241.András J. Riedlmayer (Harvard University, USA)

242.Peter A. Rolland (University of Alberta, Canada)

243.Maryna Romanets (University of Northern British Columbia, Canada)

244.Anne F.Rothenberg (Harvard University, USA)

245.Robert A. Rothstein (University of Massachusetts, USA)

246.Jaroslav Rozumnyj (University of Manitoba, Canada)

247.Blair A. Ruble (Washington, D.C., USA)

248.Renata Rusnak (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

249.Zoryana Rybchynska (Lviv University, Ukraine)

250.Oleg Rybchynsky (Lviv Polytechnical Unversity, Ukraine)

251.Piotr Rypson (literary and art critic, independent curator, Poland)

252.David B. Saunders (University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)

253.David L. Schalk (Vassar College, USA)

254.Carsten Schneider (Central European University, Hungary)

255.Marcin Sendecki (poet, Poland)

256.Roman Senkus (Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Canada)

257.Richard Sennett (London School of Economics, UK; New York University, USA)

258.Roman Serbyn (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada)

259.Ihor Sevcenko (Harvard University, USA)

260.Yuri Shapoval (Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Ukraine)

261.Yuri I. Shevchuk (Columbia University, USA)

262.Marci Shore (Indiana University, USA)

263.Natalia Shostak (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)

264.Yekaterina Shraga (Columbia University, USA)

265.Dmytro Shtohryn (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)

266.Gerhard Simon (University of Cologne, Germany)

267.Krzysztof Siwczyk (writer, Poland)

268.Hildegard Skowasch (artist, Germany)

269.Anne-Marie Slaughter (Princeton University, USA)

270.Ostap Slyvynsky (Lviv University, Ukraine)

271.Gordon Smith (University of Victoria, Canada)

272.Timothy Snyder (Yale University, USA)

273.Dennis Soltys (Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research, Kazakhstan)

274.Margrethe Sovik (Sodertorn University College, Sweden)

275.Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Columbia University, USA)

276.Inna Spivakova ( Klovskyy Lyceum, Ukraine)

277.Allison Stanger (Middlebury College, USA)

278.Ihor Stebelsky (University of Windsor, Canada)

279.Marko R. Stech (Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Canada)

280.Charles N. Steele (Montana State University, USA)

281.Lidia Stefanowska (Polish Academy of Science)

282.Viktor Stepanenko (National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine)

283.Stanisław Stępien (South-Eastern Research Institute, Poland)

284.Walt Stevenson (University of Richmond, USA)

285.Catharine R. Stimpson (New York University, USA)

286.Megan Swift (University of Victoria, Canada)

287.Jetske Sybesma (University of Alberta, Canada)

288.Frank Sysyn (University of Alberta, Canada)

289.Jerzy Szacki ( Warsaw School of Social Psychology, Poland)

290.Leszek Szaruga (Szczecin University, Poland)

291.Roman Szporluk (Harvard University, USA)

292.Mieszko Talasiewicz (Warsaw University, Poland)

293.Marta Tarnawsky (University of Pennsylvania, USA)

294.Maxim Tarnawsky (University of Toronto, Canada)

295.Myroslaw Tataryn (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)

296.Matthieu Tissier (University Paris VI, France)

297.Mustapha Tlili (Dialogues: Islamic World-U.S.-The West, USA)

298.Robert Tombs (University of Cambridge, UK)

299.Roman Tratch (St. John Fisher College, USA)

300.Stefan Troebst (Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum Geschichte und Kultur Ostmitteleuropas, Germany)

301.Yaryna Tsymbal (Shevchenko Institute of Literature, Ukraine)

302.Magdalena Tulli (writer, Poland)

303.Danuta Ulicka (Warsaw University)

304.Elizabeth Valkenier (Columbia University, USA)

305.Walter Vasilaky (Long Island University, USA)

306.Irena Veisaite (Vilnius Pedagogical University, Lithuania)

307.Massimo Verdicchio (University of Alberta, Canada)

308.Diana Vilyte (Open Society Fund, Lithuania)

309.Roman Voronka (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA)

310.Iryna Vushko (Yale University, USA)

311.Piotr S. Wandycz (Yale University, USA)

312.Earle Waugh (University of Alberta, Canada)

313.Martin Weigel (University of Waterloo, Canada)

314.Ellis M. West (University of Richmond, USA)

315.Sarah Whitmore (Oxford Brookes University, UK)

316.Christine Wiesenthal (University of Alberta, Canada)

317.Robert Wilcocks (University of Alberta, Canada)

318.Janice Williamson (University of Alberta, Canada)

319.Andrew Wilson (SSEES, University College London, UK)

320.Krzysztof Wojdyło (Warsaw University, Poland)

321.Kasia Wolczuk (University of Birmingham, UK)

322.Larry Wolff (Boston College, USA)

323.Elżbieta Wolicka-Wolszleger (Catholic University of Lublin, Poland)

324.Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj (independent writer, Canada)

325.Karol I. Wysokinski (Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Poland)

326.Natalia Yakovenko (Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine)

327.Yaryna Yakubyak ("Mertvyi Piven" musician, Ukraine)

328.Tetiana Yaroshenko (Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine)

329.Taras Yavors'kii (University of Waterloo, Canada)

330.Richard A. Young (University of Alberta, Canada)

331.Bohdan Zadura (poet, Poland)

332.Adam Zagajewski (poet, Poland)

333.Stepan Zakharkin (Shevchenko Institute of Literature, Ukraine)

334.Oleksandr Zaitsev (Ukrainian Catholic University, Ukraine)

335.Irina Zhdanova (historian, journalist, Russia)

336.Tatiana Zhurzhenko (Kharkiv University, Ukraine)

337.Mark Zigadlo (wtiter, Scotland, UK)

338.Myroslava Tomorug Znayenko (Rutgers University, USA)

339.Andrei Zorin (Oxford University, UK / Russian State University for the Humanities, Russia)

340.Michael Zryd (York University, Canada)

(A full list comprised ca. 370 signatures is available upon request.)