PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Saturday, February 1
- NEW YORK: Prof. Frank Sysyn, director of the Peter Jacyk Center for
Historical Research at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University
of Alberta, will be guest speaker at the presentation of the English-language
translation of Volume 8 of Mykhailo Hrushevsky's "History of Ukraine-Rus',"
a publication of the CIUS Press. The presentation is sponsored by the Shevchenko
Scientific Society, and will be held at the society's building, 63 Fourth
Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For more information call
(212) 254-5130.
Monday, February 3
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute announces
that its first lecture of the spring semester is to be given by Harvey
Goldblatt, professor of medieval Slavic literature at Yale University.
Titled "Slavic Ethnic and Confessional Identity in the Rus' Primary
Chronicle: On the Transfer of Books into the Slavic Language," the
lecture will take place at 4-6 p.m. in the institute Seminar Room, 1583
Massachusetts Ave. For additional information and directions check the
HURI website, www.huri.harvard.edu,
or call the institute, (617) 495-4053.
Wednesday, February 19
- OTTAWA: The chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Ottawa
presents the fifth in its "Ambassador's Lecture" series, with
Dr. Yuri Scherbak, ambassador of Ukraine to Canada, who will speak on "Ukraine
and the Challenge of Globalization." The public lecture will be held
in the Senate Room (083) at Tabaret Hall, 119 Waller St., University of
Ottawa campus, at 7:30 p.m. Free admission. For more information call Chair
Coordinator Irena Bell, (613) 562-5800, ext. 3692; e-mail: [email protected]
or access the website http://www.grad.uottawa.ca/ukr.
Saturday, February 22
- LOS ANGELES: The California Association to Aid Ukraine (CAAU) cordially
invites everyone to the CAAU Ball and Presentation of Debutantes 2003 to
be held at the Glendale Hilton, 100 W. Glenoaks Blvd., Glendale, Calif.
Music will be provided by Kari Ochi from Toronto. Cocktails: 6:30 p.m.,
follow by the presentation of debutantes, dinner and dancing at 7:15 p.m.
Advance ticket purchase (before February 16): $75; students, $65; after
February 16: $85; students, $75; (price includes hosted bar and hors d'oeuvres,
two bottles of wine per table and a champagne toast). Tickets will not
be sold at the door. CAAU is a non-profit organization; $30 of each ticket
is tax-deductible. Proceeds to benefit Orphanages and the Meals for Seniors
Program in Ukraine. Hilton preferred room rate: $110 plus tax. Reservations,
by calling (818) 956-5466; must be made by February 8 (mention CAAU Ball).
For tickets to the ball and additional information, contact Christina Shymkovich,
(626) 793-0292, or Luba Keske, (818) 884-3836.
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26, 2003, No. 4, Vol. LXXI
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