https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/issue/feed Rocznik Ruskiej Bursy 2023-01-24T11:23:00+01:00 Department of Scientific Journals, Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing journals@akademicka.pl Open Journal Systems <p>The "Ruska Bursa Annual" is a scholarly Lemko studies journal, mainly in the Lemko language. It has been published since 2005 by the Ruska Bursa Association in Gorlice, Poland. In the four main sections: Documents; Discussion; Inspiration; Reviews and Reports, there is a mix of history, literary studies, linguistics, cultural studies, political science, and other articles, about the Lemko homeland in general and the broader Carpathian Rus’. Œ The writing is of an international character, from the page publishing authors, known as Lemko and Carpatho-Rusyn studies specialists from Europe and North America, its readership, and above all, its Editorial Board.</p> https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4843 Front Matter 2023-01-23T13:14:28+01:00 2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4848 Between Legal and Real Recognition: The Identity Politics of Lemko Activists 2023-01-24T11:23:00+01:00 Ewa Michna publishing@akademicka.pl <p>The article analyzes the identity policy pursued by those Lemko activists for whom the political transformation of the early 1990s allowed to express of their identity unfetteredly. The democratization of social life conducted the next stage of Lemkos’ emancipation, which began along with the process of national differentiation of the Eastern Slavs. This paper presents the main challenges that ethnic activists from the group with a disputed by various social actors status have faced. It reveals the emancipation of the Lemko community with a diachronic approach, considering changes caused by the formalization of the group, with its inclusion in the Act of 6 January 2005 on national and ethnic minorities and on the regional languages.</p> 2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4849 Russia as a Mythical Land: The Compensatory Role of Ideas about Russianness in Lemko Cultural Texts 2023-01-24T11:22:58+01:00 Helena Duć-Fajfer publishing@akademicka.pl <p><strong>RUSSIA AS A MYTHICAL LAND: THE COMPENSATORY ROLE OF IDEAS ABOUT RUSSIANNESS IN LEMKO CULTURAL TEXTS</strong></p> <p>The study attempts to identity the imaginary constructs presented in Lemko literature referred to Russia and Russianness. Social and geopolitical conditions of the formation of the Lemko ethnic identity played a key role in their creation. In the text the hypostases of Russianness, concretizing themselves in the Lemko identity discourse, are singled out: the myth of the righteous tsar – the defender of persecuted Ruthenians and the vision of Russia as a land of prosperity. Personal and textual examples of the impact of these myths are presented. Social utopias built on their basis are described. The consequences of the political interpretation of these mythical and cultural images for the fate of the entire Lemko community are indicated.</p> 2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4851 Neighborhood Relations between the Romany and Lemkos in the Biography of Michal Olesnovich 2023-01-24T11:22:53+01:00 Monika Szewczyk publishing@akademicka.pl <p>The paper draws on the author’s doctoral dissertation “Dynamics of the Migration of Carpathian Romany to the Western and Northern Territories”. Based on the collected research material, in the article the Roma‑Lemko relations from the perspective of the Romany and Lemkos before the deportation from the Lemko region and after their settlement in the Western Territories is presented.</p> 2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4852 Emil Kubek’s “Others”: Class, Nation, and Race in Carpatho-Rusyn American Literature 2023-01-24T11:22:51+01:00 Nick Kupensky publishing@akademicka.pl <p>W niniejszym artykule przeprowadzono analizę sposobu przedstawiania terminów „swój” i „inny” w prozie i poezji karpacko‑ rusińskiego pisarza, Emila Kubeka. Jako ksiądz katolicki obrządku bizantyńskiego Kubek często wybiera bohaterów znajdujących się na marginesie społeczeństwa – ubogich, poniżanych, uciśnionych, co pozwala mu kojarzyć Amerykanów narodowości karpacko‑ rusińskiej z różnorodnymi grupami społecznymi. Czerpiąc z ówczesnych kategorii klasowych, narodowych i rasowych, Kubek niekiedy częściej niż z białymi Amerykanami identyfikuje Amerykanów karpacko‑ rusińskiego pochodzenia z innymi „ludami pomiędzy” (Włosi) lub rasami (Afroamerykanie). Podczas gdy estetyka Kubeka zachęcała jego czytelników do kultywowania etyki wyrażającej współczucie i solidarność z innymi, kolejne pokolenia Amerykanów karpacko‑ rusińskiego pochodzenia porzuciły ten imperatyw i w dużej mierze zasymilowały się z białą kulturą amerykańską.</p> 2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4854 With Their Backs to the Mountains (Script for a Dance Theater Performance of “Ruthenia” – the Folk Group, 2021) 2023-01-23T14:47:53+01:00 Petro Medvіd' publishing@akademicka.pl 2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4859 Back Matter 2023-01-23T15:12:54+01:00 2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4846 “Moods of Foreign Nationalities” 2023-01-23T13:46:24+01:00 Natalia Małecka‑Nowak publishing@akademicka.pl 2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4847 “Moods of Foreign Nationalities” 2023-01-23T13:50:25+01:00 Natalia Małecka‑Nowak publishing@akademicka.pl 2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4844 Introduction 2023-01-23T13:16:23+01:00 Helena Duć-Fajfer publishing@akademicka.pl 2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4845 Introduction 2023-01-23T13:20:29+01:00 Helena Duć-Fajfer publishing@akademicka.pl 2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4855 I Believed 2023-01-23T14:51:36+01:00 Paweł Ksenycz publishing@akademicka.pl 2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4856 Lemko Discourse in External Spaces 2023-01-23T14:58:24+01:00 Helena Duć-Fajfer publishing@akademicka.pl 2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4857 Review of Ritorni. Powroty. Bepтаня. Antologia poezji łemkowskiej 2023-01-23T15:04:10+01:00 Dariusz Łukaszewski publishing@akademicka.pl 2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4853 Thinking of the Alien 2023-01-24T11:22:48+01:00 Bernard Valdenfels publishing@akademicka.pl 2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4858 Richard Meehan Renoff (b. March 2, l935-d. Westbury, Long Island, April 4, 2015): An Appreciation 2023-01-23T15:06:47+01:00 Bogdan Horbal publishing@akademicka.pl Edward Kasinec publishing@akademicka.pl Patricia Krafcik publishing@akademicka.pl 2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2022