Conference on Ukrainian Subjects to focus on Ukraine and Europe (05/29/05)

Conference on Ukrainian Subjects to focus on Ukraine and Europe

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. - The 24th annual Conference on Ukrainian Subjects will be held at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, between June 29 and July 2. The conference is being organized by university's Ukrainian Research Program under the chairmanship of Prof. Dmytro Shtohryn.

Its sponsors are the Russian and East European Research Center of the University of Illinois and the Foundation for the Advancement of Ukrainian Studies at the University, headed by Raisa Bratkiv.

The main theme of this year's conference will be "Ukraine and Europe: Ukraine's Geopolitical Place in Europe." Among questions to be addressed are those dealing with political science, economics, sociology, culturology, religion and education as they relate to the present-day situation in Ukraine, as well as in their historical perspective.

The Program Committee of the conference consists of the following scholars: Assya Humesky (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), chair; Taras Hunczak (Rutgers University, Newark), Leonid Rudnytzky (University of Pennsylvania), Christine Sochocky (Toronto), and John Fizer (Rutgers University, New Brunswick), members.

The conference will be attended by scholars affiliated with various institutions of higher learning in Ukraine, Canada and the United States. All conference sessions are open to the public, however papers will e read only by invited speakers.

All those who wish to participate and need further information should contact the chair of the Program Committee, Prof. Humesky: telephone, (734) 971-6617; fax, (734) 971-5054; or the chair of the Ukrainian Research Program, Prof. Dmytro Shtohryn: telephone, (217) 356-9195; fax, (217) 356-7982.

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