PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Wednesday, April 13
- NEW YORK: Meest-America invites the public to an evening with members
of the Maria Zankovetska Theater of Lviv to be held at the Ukrainian Institute
of America, 2 E. 79th St., at 7 p.m. Among actors present will be Tayisia
Lytvynenko, Fedir Stryhun, Lida Ostrynska, Oksana Lan, Albina Sotnikova,
Yaroslav Muka, Stapan Hlova and Vitaliy Honcharenko. The evening's program
will include excerpted performances from the theater's productions, as
well as monologues, poetry recitation and song. There will also be an opportunity
to meet with the artists in a casual atmoshere; refreshments will be served.
Admission: $20. For additional information call Meest-America, (800) 288-9949
or (908) 474-1100.
Friday, April 15
- NEW YORK: As part of the exhibition "Visible Traces" currently
on view at the Ukrainian Institute of America (UIA), featuring the most
recent paintings by Alexander Motyl, there will be a cocktail reception,
co-sponsored by The Harriman Institute of Columbia University, at the UIA,
2 E. 79 St., at 6-9 p.m. For more information, contact the UIA, (212) 288-8660,
or The Tori Collection at www.toricollection.com.
Saturday, April 16
- NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh) invites the public
to a roundtable discussion titled "The End of the Concept of Eurasia."
Featured participants are Dr. Larissa Onyshkevych, president, NTSh; Ambassador
Yuri Shcherbak; Ambassador Derek Fraser; Dr. Taras Hunczak, Rutgers University;
Dr. George Grabowicz, Harvard University; Dr. Nadia Diuk, director, Central
Europe and Eurasia, National Endowment for Democracy; and Dr. Aleksander
Motyl, Rutgers University. The roundtable will take place at the society's
building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 6 p.m. For
additional information call (212) 254-5130.
Monday, April 18
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute will host
a lecture by Ihor Papusha, assistant professor of philology, Ternnopil
State Pedagogical University, and HURI research fellow, on the topic "Narrative
Models of Realism in Ukrainian Literature." The lecture will be held
in the HURI Seminar Room, 1538 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m. The event
is free and open to the public. For further information contact HURI, (617)
495-4053, or visit the website www.huri.harvard.edu.
Thursday, April 21
- NEW YORK : The Columbia University Language Policy and Language Development
in Ukraine Roundtable Series presents a lecture by Eugene Fishel, U.S.
State Department, titled "Language Preference as a Political Indicator:
Results of a Recent Survey in Ukraine." Mr. Fishel will present data
from a national survey carried out in Ukraine at the end of 2004. This
data, controlled for language to demonstrate differences (or similarities)
between Ukrainian and Russian speakers, focuses on three main categories
of issues: the state of the country, Ukraine's place in the world, and
the 2004 presidential election. The roundtable will be held at Columbia
University, 420 W. 118th St., International Affairs Building, Room 1219,
at noon. For additional information call (212) 854-4697; e-mail [email protected];
or access www.sipa.columbia.edu/ukrainianstudies/.
- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University will
hold a panel discussion titled, "The First 100 Days of Yushchenko's
Presidency: An Analysis." Panel speakers will include Eugene Fishel,
U.S. State Department; Ambassador Nelson Ledsky, National Democratic Institute
for International Affairs; Stephen Nix, International Republican Institute;
with Prof. Mark von Hagen, Columbia University, moderator. The panel discussion
will be held at 420 W. 118th St., International Affairs Building, Room
1501, at 4-6 p.m. For additional information call (212) 854-4697; e-mail
[email protected];
or access www.sipa.columbia.edu/ukrainianstudies/.
Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, April
10, 2005, No. 15, Vol. LXXIII
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