Scholarly symposium at Columbia to pay tribute to renowned linguist
NEW YORK - The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and The Harriman Institute at Columbia University, The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, The Shevchenko Scientific Society and The Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S. are holding a symposium in honor of George Y. Shevelov, professor emeritus of Columbia University.
The symposium will be held on Friday, October 2, at Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, 15th floor, 420 W. 118th St.
The symposium convener is Myroslava Tomorug Znayenko of Rutgers University.
The first session, devoted to linguistics, commences at 9:30 a.m. and runs until noon. Welcoming remarks will be delivered by Alexander Motyl, The Harriman Institute, and Robert L. Belknap, Columbia University.
Participating in the morning session are: Andrij Danylenko, Kharkiv University; Boris Gasparov, Columbia University; Michael Flier, Harvard University; and Antonina Berezovenko, Fulbright scholar, Kyiv Polytechnical University. The session will be chaired by William E. Harkins, Columbia University.
The second session, dedicated to literature, will be held at 2-4 p.m. Welcoming remarks will be delivered by Robert A. Maguire, chair, department of Slavic languages and literatures; Oleksa Bilaniuk, president, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences; Leonid Rudnytzky, president, Shevchenko Scientific Society.
Symposium participants include: George G. Grabowicz, Harvard University; Tamara Hundorova, Fulbright scholar, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Assya A. Humesky, University of Michigan; Vitali A. Chernetsky, Columbia University; and Anna Chumachenko, Fulbright scholar, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The session will be chaired by Danylo Husar Struk, University of Toronto.
On Sunday, October 4, Prof. Shevelov will be honored at a banquet celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Shevchenko Scientific Society.
Biographical sketch: George Y. Shevelov, prominent Slavic linguist and philologist
Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, September 20, 1998, No. 38, Vol. LXVI
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