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[Kevin Eric Laney]

April 8.  The Director's Seminar is open to faculty, students and
general public.  The Seminar's goal is to inform the Harriman community
of its faculty's current work/research in progress.  Seminar's Speaker:
Christina Kiaer, (Assistant Prof., Art History CU,) "Imagine No
Possessions:  The ‘Socialist Objects' of Russian Constructivism."  Room
1219 IAB, 12:00-2:00pm.

April 8.  Miroslav Kusy, (Professor of Poltical Science, Comenius
University, Bratislav, Slovakia,) "Poltics and Society in Slovakia
Today,"Room 902 IAB, 6:00-7:30pm.

April 14.  Dr. Lynn Visson, (United Nations,) "Wedded Strangers:
Russian—American Marriages." Room 1219 IAB, 12:00-2:00pm.

April 16.  PANEL DISCUSSION:  Language Policies and Nation Building in
Ukraine.  CHAIR:  Anna Procyk (Kingsborough Community College/CUNY.)
PARTICIPANTS: Alexander Tsiovkh (U. of Kansas,) "National Identity and
Language in Present Day Ukraine;" Taras Kuzio (U. Of Birmingham, UK,)
"Is Ukraine a Nationalizing State?  Language Policies and Nation
Building;" Olena Bekh (Institute of International Relations, Shevchenko
U., Ukraine) and Svitlana Oksaniytna (Kiev Mohyla Academy, Ukraine,)
"Social Tendencies and the Language Factor in the Transformation of the
Ukrainian Society;" Larysa Onyshkevich (Princeton Research Forum,)
"Language Policies in Ukraine, 1933-1997."  DISCUSSANT: Tamara Hundorova
(Kiev Mohyla Academy, Ukraine/Harriman Institute.)

April 16-19.  ASN Convention, (Association for the Study of
Nationalities.)  REGISTRATION. Registration fees are $25 for ASN
Members, $40 for Non-Members and $10 for Students. Registration will be
waived for students if they become ASN Members (at the student rate of
$25). All participants have to register. The registration booth will
open on Friday, April 17th, on the 15th  floor of IAB. PANELS.
Participants will receive full information on their panel by email/fax.
Participants who deliver a paper will have to send a copy of their paper
to Dominique Arel, the Program Chair, either by regular mail (Watson
Institute, Brown University, Two Stimson Ave., Box 1970, Providence, RI
02912, USA) or email (darel at brown.edu, by attachment) at least one week
before the convention. All presentations are expected to be based on
papers, except for roundtables.  If you have any question regarding the
convention, do not hesitate to contact us. Inquiries regarding panels
should be addressed to the Program Chair Dominique Arel
(darel at brown.edu, 401 863 9296, 401 863 1270 fax). Inquiries regarding
organizational matters should be addressed to the Director Alexander J.
Motyl (ajm5 at columbia.edu, 212 854-4377, 212 666-3481 fax).


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