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Myron Kapral (Template:Lang-uk; born 1968) is a Ukrainian historian specializing in urban history, archaeography, and source studies. He serves as head of the Lviv branch of the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Institute of Ukrainian Archaeography and Source Studies (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) and is a leading scholar in the field of early modern Ukrainian urban development. Kapral is recognized for his contributions to digital humanities, particularly through his work on historical GIS atlases and the institutional history of Ukrainian cities.

Biography

Kapral was born in Mlynyska, Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast. He graduated from Ivan Franko Lviv State University in 1994.

Academic career

Kapral began working at the Lviv branch of the Institute of Ukrainian Archaeography and Source Studies in 1992. He earned his Candidate of Sciences (Ph.D.) in 1996 with a dissertation on "Financial Books of Lviv in the Second Quarter of the 16th Century as a Source for Historical Demography and Sociotopography," supervised by Yaroslav Dashkevych.

In 2004, Kapral defended his Doctor of Sciences (habilitation) dissertation on "National (Ethno-Religious) Communities of Lviv in the 16th–18th Centuries (Socio-Legal Relations)." He became head of the Lviv branch in 2012 and received full professorship in 2013.

Major Projects

• Editor of the Ukrainian Historical Towns Atlas (2014–2022), a multi-volume series published under the auspices of the International Commission for the History of Towns (official website).
• Compiler of medieval Lviv privileges (1998–2007), a three-volume critical edition of charters and guild statutes.
• Contributor to the English translation of Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s History of Ukraine-Rus (2012–2019).

Selected publications

Monographs

• National (Ethnic) Communities of Lviv in the 16th–18th Centuries (2003).
• The Epiphany Brotherhood of Lviv in the 18th Century (2016).

Edited Works

• Ukrainian Historical Towns Atlas, Vol. 1: Lviv (2014).
• The Lviv Council Book (1460–1506) (2020).
• History of the Lviv Archbishopric (1614–1700) (2023), a Latin-Ukrainian critical edition.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

• "The Jews of Lviv and the City Council in the Early Modern Period" (Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry, 2014).
• "Language, Culture, and Ethnicity in Lviv from the 14th to the 18th Century" (Mehrsprachigkeit in Ostmitteleuropa (1400-1700) Kommunikative Praktiken und Verfahren in gemischtsprachigen Städten und Verbänden, 2020).
• "Lviv and Towns of the Moldavian Principality in the Second Half of the 15th Century: Economic and Social Contacts" (Historia Urbana, 2021).

Awards and honors

• Hrushevsky Prize (NAS of Ukraine, 2015) for outstanding contributions to Ukrainian history.
• Annual Award in Ukrainian Studies (Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, 2015) for best Ukrainian-studies publications in the humanities and social sciences.
• Research Fellowships at Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (2011), Herder Institute (2009), and University of Alberta (2003).
• Distinction for Professional Achievements (NAS of Ukraine, 2018).

Professional Affiliations

• Member of the International Commission for the History of Towns (Atlas Working Group, since 2014).
• Editorial boards of History of Religions in Ukraine and Ukrainian Archaeographical Yearbook.
• Full member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society (since 2019).
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the publishing series "Lapislocus: History of Architecture, City and Landscape" since 2020.
• Member of the supervisory board of the international project "Companion to the History of Early Modern Lviv" (since 2019).

External Recognition

Kapral’s work has been reviewed in international journals such as Harvard Ukrainian Studies, Urban History, and Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung. His Ukrainian Historical Towns Atlas received the Lviv Book Forum Jury Prize (2014) for best scholarly publication.

External links

• Official page at the Institute of Ukrainian Archaeography
• Google Scholar profile
• Bio-Bibliographical Index (2018)
• ORCID

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Categories:

• 1968 births
• Living people
• Ukrainian historians
• Ivan Franko National University of Lviv alumni
• National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Shevchenko Scientific Society members
• Historians of Ukraine
• Historians of Lviv
• Urban historians
• Digital humanities