Conference at Yale on Soviet and post-Soviet Ukraine

[Council on Russian and East European Studies]

SOVIET AND POST-SOVIET UKRAINE: A CENTURY IN PERSPECTIVE

An International Conference at Yale University
Friday and Saturday, April 23 and 24, 1999

As the end of the twentieth century fast approaches, the aim of the
conference is to offer a fresh perspective on Ukraine of the last hundred
years.  By examining the evolutionary trends in Ukrainian history,
economics, politics and culture, the conference will explore the
opportunities and challenges that Ukraine faces in the next millenium.

Conference topics include:
--national identity and nation-building
--legacy of the Soviet past and its implications for post-Soviet Ukraine
--the political and economic history of Ukraine in the twentieth century
--development of a distinctive Ukrainian society within the confines of
      larger political, economic, and cultural entities
--current economic and social issues
--cultural conflicts and language questions

The conference will conclude with a round-table discussion providing a
forum for all participants to express responses to the presentations.

Thursday, April 22

8:00 pm Reception, Pierson College Master's House, 231 Park Street, New
Haven


Friday, April 23

8:00 am Registration
        Continental Breakfast

9:00 am Opening Session
        Welcome
                Gustav Ranis, Director, Yale Center for International and Area
                        Studies
                Harvey Goldblatt, Chair, Yale-Ukraine Initiative

        Keynote Address
                George G. Grabowicz, Dmytro Cyzevs'kyi Professor of
                        Ukrainian Literature, Harvard University

10:00 am  Session I - Historical Legacy
                Yuri Shapoval, Director, Center for the History of Political
                        Science, Institute  of Political and Ethno-national
                        Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
                Georgii Kasianov, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of
                        Ukrainian History, National Academy of Sciences of
                        Ukraine
                Yaroslav Hrytsak, Director, Institute for Historical Research,
                        Lviv University

11:45 am  Lunch

1:15 pm   Session II - Political and Economic History
                Iwan S. Koropeckyj, Professor Emeritus, Temple University
                Volodymyr Kulyk, Research Fellow, Institute of Political and
                        Ethno-National Studies, National Academy of Sciences of
                        Ukraine
                Volodimir Bandera, Professor of Economics, Temple University

3:00 pm   Coffee Break

3:30 pm   Session III - Contemporary Politics
                Dominique Arel, Assistant Professor, Watson Institute for
                        International Studies, Brown University
                Taras Kuzio, Honorary Research Fellow, Ukraine Centre,
                        University of North London, and former Head of Mission,
                        NATO Information Centre in Kyiv.
                Hryhoriy Nemyria, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of
                        International Relations, Kyiv Taras Shevchenko National
                        University

7 pm      Reception and Dinner, The Graduate Club, 155 Elm Street, New Haven
          Dinner Address
                Serhiy Holovaty, President of the Ukrainian Legal
                        Foundation, Former Minister of Justice of Ukraine

Saturday, April 24

9:30 am   Continental Breakfast

10:00 am  Session IV- Economics and Society
                Charles Clover, Correspondent for Ukraine,
                        Financial Times
                Joel Hellman, Senior Counsellor, Office of the Chief Economist,
                        European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
                Oleksander Savchenko, Managing Director, JSCB Bank
                        Austria Creditanstalt Ukraine

11:45 am   Lunch

1:15 pm    Session V- Literature and Culture
                Bohdan Rubchak, Professor of Ukrainian Literature,
                        University of Illinois
                Solomea Pavlychko, Senior Research Scholar, Institute of
                        Literature, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
                Mykola Riabchuk, Research Fellow, Center for European Studies,
                        Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, and Deputy Editor, Krytyka
                George G. Grabowicz, Dmytro Cyzevs'kyi Professor of
                        Ukrainian Literature, Harvard University

3:00 pm     Coffee Break

3:30 pm     Session VI - Round Table
                Moderator: Harvey Goldblatt, Professor of Medieval Slavic
                        Literature, Chair, Yale Ukraine Initiative,
                        Yale Univerisity

5:15 pm     Closing Reception

* Program subject to change *

All sessions will be held in the Auditorium of Yale University's Henry R.
Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut.

Open to the general public.  Deadline for registration is April 15, 1999.

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To receive your registration materials, please fill out the following form
and return it by email to rees at yale.edu, by fax at (203) 432-5963, or by
mail to: The Yale-Ukraine Initiative, YCIAS, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, P.O. Box
208206, New Haven, CT 06520-8206.

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Registration:                   $50  ________

Friday lunch:                   $10  ________

Banquet at The Graduate Club:   $50  ________

Saturday lunch:                 $10  ________

                        TOTAL  $120  ________

Please enclose a check or money order for the total made payable to Yale
University.  (Sorry, we are unable to accept credit cards.)

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For further information, including hotel information, please contact the
Yale-Ukraine Initiative by telephone at (203) 432-3107, by fax at (203)
432-5963, or by e-mail at rees at yale.edu.
Web page: http://www.yale.edu/rees/yui.html

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The Conference is sponsored by the Yale-Ukraine Initiative and the Yale
Center for International and Area Studies with support from the Chopivsky
Family Foundation and Yale's Edward J. and Dorothy Clark Kempf Fund.