Updated upcoming events organized by Columbia's Ukrainian Studies Program

[Diana Howansky]

This month:

Thursday, February 10:
The Ukrainian Film Club will show "A Friend of the Deceased", a
full-length feature film by Viacheslav Khrystofovych (1997). This
fiction crime story (based on the screenplay by acclaimed crime writer
Andriy Kurkov) portrays a society that arguably bears a disturbingly
close resemblance to today’s Ukraine, as it enters the Yushchenko
presidency. Introduction by Dr. Yuri Shevchuk, Lecturer of Ukrainian
Language and Culture, Department of Slavic Languages. The film will be
shown in the original Russian language version with yellow English
subtitles.
Location and time: Room 717, Hamilton Hall (seventh floor), 7:30pm.

Wednesday, February 16:
The Fourth Annual Grigorenko Reading: “From the Ukrainian Human Rights
Movement of the 1970’s to the Orange Revolution.” Panelists and their
presentations will include:  Nadiya Svitlychna (President, Human Rights
in the Twentieth Century), “General Petro Grigorenko and National
Problems in the Soviet Human Rights Movement”; Andrew Grigorenko
(President, General Petro Grigorenko Foundation), “Petro Grigorenko as
Ambassador of Democratic Ukraine and the Orange Revolution”; Adrian
Hewryk (President, East-West Management Institute), “The Orange
Revolution as seen by an American observer;” and Dr. Pavel Litvinov
(Physicist and Human Rights activist), “The Influence and Consequences
of the Orange Revolution on Events in Russia.” Moderator: Professor Mark
von Hagen (Director of Ukrainian Studies Program, Columbia University).
Location and time: Room 1219, International Affairs Building, 6:30pm.

Friday, February 18:
Launching of the photo exhibit, “Faces of the Orange Revolution.” Works
will be displayed by Kyiv photographer Kyrylo Kysliakov, who documented
the people participating in Ukraine’s peaceful campaign of civil
disobedience in November-December 2004.
Location and time: West Reading Room of Lehman Library, International
Affairs Building (3rd floor), 7:00pm. (The photo exhibit will be open
for public viewing from 6:30-8:30pm, with a wine/cheese reception
starting at 7:30pm at the Harriman Institute on the 12th floor.)

Upcoming events:

Thursday, March 31: A panel discussion on the situation concerning
HIV/AIDS in Ukraine will take place. Panel speakers include: Alexander
Kuzma (Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund), Kate Schecter (“Knowledge
Hub” project) and John Tedstrom and Stephen Massey (Transatlantic
Partners Against AIDS).
Location and time: Room 1512, International Affairs Building, 3:30-5:30pm

Thursday, April 21: A panel discussion titled, "The First 100 Days of
Yushchenko's Presidency: An Analysis,” will take place. Panel speakers
include: Eugene Fishel (U.S. State Department), Ambassador Nelson Ledsky
(National Democratic Institute for International Affairs), and Stephen
Nix (International Republican Institute). Moderated by Prof. Mark von Hagen.
Location and time: Room 1501, International Affairs Building, 4:00-6:00pm

For more information or to RSVP, please contact Diana Howansky at
ukrainianstudies at columbia.edu or (212) 854-4697. Please note that all
events will take place on the Columbia campus. Dates and times are
subject to change.




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Diana Howansky
Staff Associate
Ukrainian Studies Program
Columbia University
Room 1209, MC3345
420 W. 118th Street
New York, NY  10027
(212) 854-4697
ukrainianstudies at columbia.edu
http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/ukrainianstudies/

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