| Last name: | Gudziak |
| First name: | Borys |
| Date and place of birth: | Nov. 24, 1960, Syracuse, New York, USA |
| Civil status: | Unmarried priest, the Lviv Archeparchy, Ukraine |
II. Education
| Ph.D. | 1983–1992 | Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Interdepartmental program: Slavic and Byzantine Cultural History Thesis: «Crisis and Reform: The Kievan Metropolitanate, the Patriarchate of Constantinople, and the Genesis of the Union of Brest» Publication: Crisis and Reform: The Kievan Metropolitanate, the Patriarchate of Constantinople, and the Genesis of the Union of Brest. Cambridge, M. A.: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, 1998. |
| D.S.E.O. | (in progress) | Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome, Italy
Faculty of Eastern Ecclesiastical Sciences Thesis: «The Paschal Mystery in the Underground Life of the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church, 1945–1989: A Theological Study» |
| L.S.E.O. | 1994–1995 | Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome, Italy
Faculty of Eastern Ecclesiastical Sciences; Summa cum laude Thesis: «Towards an Analysis of the ‘Neo-Patristic Synthesis’ of Georges Florovsky» |
| S.T.B. | 1980–1983 | Pontificia Universita Urbaniana, Rome, Italy
Faculty of Theology; Magna cum laude |
| B.S. | 1978–1980 | Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Majors: biology, philosophy; Summa cum laude Honors thesis: «Medieval Arguments for the Existence of God» |
Additional Training
| 1980–1983 | Holy Sofia College, Rome, Italy
Church History and Byzantine Liturgics |
| 1986 | Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
Polish Language summer program |
| 1988 | Kiev State University, Kiev, Ukraine
Ukrainian Language and Linguistics |
III. Professional Experience
Teaching
| Harvard University, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures | |
| 1986–87 | Convers. Instructor for Slavic Ga and Gc, Begin. and Intermed. Ukrainian |
| 1997 | History Department, Summer School, Modern Ukrainian History |
| Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, Sheptytsky Summer Institute | |
| 1992 | Heritage of Eastern Christianity |
| University of St. Paul, Ottawa, Sheptytsky Summer Institute, Faculty of Theology | |
| 1993 | Introduction to Eastern Christianity |
| 1994 | Selected Topics in Eastern Christian Thought |
| Lviv State University, Faculty of History | |
| 1992 | Introduction to Oral Historiography |
| 1993 | Conference course on Oral Historiography |
| Ukrainian Catholic University-Lviv Theological Academy, Faculty of Philosophy and Theology | |
| 1995- | Survey of Byzantine History and Civilization (baccalaureate program) |
| 1995- | Christian Spirituality in a Post-Modern Age (baccalaureate program) |
| Pontifical Oriental Institute, Program for Pre-Theology Students | |
| 1996 | Eastern Slavic Christianity |
Administrative Experience
2005 - Member of the Advisory Committee of Ivan Franko National University in Lviv
| 2002 – | Rector, Ukrainian Catholic University |
| 2000–2001 | Rector, Lviv Theological Academy |
| 1996– | Chairman, Ukrainian Committee of the International Association for Comparative Church History |
| 1995–2001 | Project Coordinator, Ukrainian team of project «Aufbruch», a ten nation comparative study of effects of totalitarianism on the Catholic Church in the societies of Central and Eastern Europe coordinated by the Pastorales Forum (Univ. of Vienna) |
| 1995–2000 | Vice–Rector, Lviv Theological Academy
Dean of Academic affairs, responsible for development of Research Institutes; partial responsibility for fundraising and library development |
| 1993–95 | Chairman, Commission for the Revival of the Lviv Theological Academy Responsible for overall vision, primary responsibility for curriculum, library development, faculty recruitment and textbook preparation; partial responsibility for fundraising |
| 1992–2002 | Founding Director, Institute of Church History, Lviv Ukraine |
| 1992– | Project Coordinator, «Profiles of Fortitude and Flexibility: An Oral History of the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church, 1946–1989» |
Awards and Honors
2005 “For Service,” Governmental Award of the 3rd degree, granted by the Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko
2005 “For Intellectual Courage” by the chapter of the Journal YI
| 2000 | Galician Knight: Scholar of the Year in Western Ukraine |
| 1992–1993 | IREX Post-doctoral Republican Research Residency, Ukraine |
| 1992 | Kennan Institute Short-term Research Grant |
| 1990–1991 | Social Science Research Council Dissertation Grant |
| 1989–1990 | Dumbarton Oaks Junior Fellow |
| 1989 | Fulbright Hays Dissertation Fellowship, Poland and Italy |
| 1989 | IREX Dissertation Fellowship, Poland |
| 1988 | IREX Language Training Grant, Kiev, USSR |
| 1986–1988 | National Graduate Fellowship (Javits Fellowship) |
| 1985–1986, 1986 | Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships |
| 1980 | Elected to Phi Beta Kappa |
