U. of Alberta offers contemporary history (03/15/98)

U. of Alberta offers contemporary history

EDMONTON - Beginning on May 4, the University of Alberta will offer a six-week intensive course, "Twentieth Century Ukraine" (History 317), taught on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 6-9 p.m., by Prof. David R. Marples of the department of history and classics.

Offered during the university's spring session, the course is geared toward members of the Ukrainian community and will pay special attention to the contemporary period (1985-1997). The deadline for registration is April 9.

The course will cover the following material: years of revolution, 1900-1921; the interwar years (including the "Ukrainian Cultural Renaissance," the Great Famine of 1932-1933, the purges, western Ukraine under Polish rule); Ukraine during World War II; Ukraine 1945-1985 (including the demise of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, Ukrainian dissent); Ukraine under perestroika (including the Chornobyl disaster, literary and cultural revival, formation of public groups, movement for sovereignty and independence); and independent Ukraine, 1991-1997.

For further information, call the Special Sessions Office of the University of Alberta, (403) 492-3752.