PREVIEW OF EVENTS (11/02/03)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Saturday, November 8

NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh) invites the public to a scholarly symposium dedicated to the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933, with an English-language presentation by Dr. James Mace of Kyiv, professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, associate editor of Politychna Dumka, and former staff director of the U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine, who will speak on the topic "Why Was It Genocide?"; and Dr. Margaret Siriol Colley, author of the book "Gareth Jones: A Manchukuo Incident" (2002) and the niece of Gareth Jones, the first Western correspondent to expose the horrors of the Famine-Genocide, who will speak on the topic "Gareth Jones: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness." Ukrainian-language presentations will be delivered by Natalya Dziubenko, a writer from Kyiv, who will speak on "Holodomor: Eyewitness Testimony"; and Volodymyr Danylenko, director of the State Archive for the Kyiv region, and Volodymyr Lozytsky, director of the Central State Archive of Civic Organizations in Kyiv, both of whom will address the topic of archival material on the Famine. The symposium is chaired by Prof. Taras Hunczak, professor, department of history and political science, Rutgers University. The symposium will be held at NTSh, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets), beginning at 4 p.m. For additional information call the society, (212) 254-5130.
EAST HANOVER, N.J.: The Ukrainian American Professionals and Businesspersons Association of New York and New Jersey invite the public to a reading by Dr. Margaret Siriol Colley from her book "Gareth Jones: A Manchukuo Incident." Dr. Colley is the niece of Gareth Jones, the first Western correspondent to expose the horrors of the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 in Ukraine. The event begins at 7 p.m. at the Ramada Hotel on Route 10 (westbound).

Sunday, November 9

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Art and Literary Club and Mayana Gallery present "Meet the Writer," an event featuring poet Natalia Dziubenko from Kyiv who will present a program titled "An Evening of Spiritual Poetry." Donation: $7; students, $5. The gallery presents the "Fruits of Ukrainian Soil" exhibit (through November 16). The evening will be held at the Mayana Gallery, 136 Second Ave., fourth floor, at 5:30 p.m. For more information call (212) 260-4490; log on to www.unwla.org or www.brama.com/mayana; or e-mail [email protected].

Monday, November 10

TORONTO: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Toronto Office, and the Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine present the annual Ukrainian Famine lecture, with Dr. Olexiy Haran, director, School for Policy Analysis, Ukraine; Kolasky Fellow, CIUS and Petro Jacyk Fellow; who will speak on "The Current Political Struggle in Ukraine and Tragic Pages in Ukrainian History: Debates about the 1933 Famine." The lecture will be held in Room 108N, Munk Center for International Studies, University of Toronto, 1 Devonshire Place, at 6-8 p.m. For additional information call (416) 946-8113.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute will host a lecture by Lidia Stefanowska, senior researcher, Slavic Division, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, and research fellow, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI). Her lecture, "Poetics of Liminality: Bohdan Ihor Antonych in the Multicultural Context of Lviv in the 1930s," will be held in the HURI Seminar Room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m. For more information contact HURI, (617) 495-4053, or [email protected].
WASHINGTON: The Washington Group, in cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine, will hold the premiere screening of the film "Between Hitler and Stalin - Ukraine in World War II: The Untold Story." The documentary, directed by Washington filmmaker Slavko Nowytski, begins with the 1919 Treaty of Versailles and takes one through the Soviet occupation, the Nazi-Soviet conflict, the Nazi occupation and resistance, to the "war after the war," displaced persons camps, forced repatriations and sentencings to the Gulag. The film, narrated in English by actor Jack Palance, includes interviews with former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, Rabbi David Kahane and others. The screening begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Avalon Theater, 5612 Connecticut Ave. N.W. Admission: $15; students with ID, free. Doors open at 7 p.m.; seating is unreserved. For more information call (202) 363-3964.

Thursday, November 13

EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies presents, as part of its fall lecture series, Dr. Oleksiy Haran, director, political science department and Center for National Security Studies, National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, who will address the topic "Ukraine on the Eve of Presidential Elections: Domestic Struggles and Foreign Influences." The lecture will be held at CIUS, 450 Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta, at 3:30 p.m. For additional information call CIUS, (780) 492-2972, or e-mail [email protected].

Friday, November 14

EAST HANOVER, N.J.: The Ukrainian Medical Association of North America, New York Metro Region, invites its members and the general public to a presentation by Mark T. Olesnicky, M.D., president of the Medical Society of New Jersey, on the topic "New Jersey Health Care Issues for You and Your Family." The presentation will be held at the Ramada Inn, 130 Route 10 W., at 7 p.m.; telephone, (973) 386-5622. Light refreshments will be served. For further information contact Dr. Marta Kushnir, (508) 890-5886.

Saturday, November 15

PITTSBURGH: The Ukrainian Technolo-gical Society of Pittsburgh invites its members and the general public to its 34th annual dinner/dance, to be held at the Churchill Valley Country Club in Pittsburgh. At the dinner/dance the society will honor as its 2003 Ukrainian of the Year - Nadia Komarnytcky McConnell, president of U.S.-Ukraine Foundation in Washington. For invitations, tickets and information, contact Debra Walenchok, president, Ukrainian Technological Society, (412) 276-4007.

Sunday, November 16

EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) at the University of Alberta and the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Edmonton Branch, are holding two special lectures, with a "holodnyi obid" (soup and bread), in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the man-made Famine in Ukraine. Featured speakers will be Dr. Yuri Shapoval, Institute of Political and Ethnonational Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, whose topic is "The Ukrainian SSR'S Political Leadership and the Kremlin: Co-Authors of the 1932-1933 Famine" (delivered in Ukrainian); and Dr. Oleksiy Haran, political science department and Center for National Security Studies, National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, who will speak on the topic "Debates Over the 1932-1933 Famine and the Current Political Struggle in Ukraine" (delivered in English). Dr. Shapoval is a leading authority on political repressions, Stalinism, and Communist policies and practices in Soviet Ukraine. Dr. Haran is a noted expert on contemporary Ukrainian politics and security issues. The commemorative event will be held at the Ukrainian National Federation Hall, 10629 98th St., at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5. For further information contact CIUS by calling (780) 492-2973, or by e-mailing [email protected].
OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA, Va.: A concert featuring Natalia Khoma, cello, Suren Bagratuni, cello, and Volodymyr Vynnytsky, piano, in a program of works by Franck, Handel, Khudoyan, Liszt, Lysenko, Shostakovich and Vynnytsky, will be held at The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St., at 3 p.m. Suggested donation: $15; students free. The concert is presented by The Washington Group Cultural Fund under the patronage of the Embassy of Ukraine, as part of their 2003-2004 music series. (Free "Dash" shuttle bus is available every 15 minutes from King Street Metro Station in Alexandra, Va. (on Blue and Yellow lines) to Washington and King Street, one block from Lyceum). Seating is unreserved. For more information contact Laryssa Courtney, (202) 363-3964.
JERSEY CITY, N.J: A banquet will be held at the Ukrainian National Home, 90-96 Fleet St., to celebrate 85 years of its existence. Tickets for the banquet, to be held at 2-6 p.m., $40 per person. There will be dancing to music by Vasyl Kavatsiuk at 5-9 p.m., with tickets at $5 per person. For reservations call (201) 656-7755.

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