University of Edmonton to host conferences on Ukrainian topics

by Dr. Roman Yereniuk

WINNIPEG - The University of Alberta in Edmonton is proving to be a major North American center for Ukrainian specialists as it hosts a 10-day Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities being held May 23-June 1. Over 70 academic societies are holding their annual sessions and, among these, four will deal substantially with Ukrainian and Ukrainian Canadian topics.

These include the Canadian Association of Slavists (CAS), the Canadian Association for Eastern Christian Studies (CAECS), the Folklore Studies Association of Canada (FoSAC) and the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences of Canada (UVAN). Some 40 scholars will be giving research papers and participating in the discussions at the sessions, mostly from Canadian universities, but also from the United States, Australia and Ukraine.

Among the highlights are the following presentations:

• New Interpretive Paradigms of Olha Kobylianska (CAS, May 27) - Prof. Marko Pavlyshyn (Monash University, Australia), T. Hundorova (National Academy of Sciences, Kyiv) and Maxim Tarnawsky (CIUS Press);
  
  
• New Perspectives on Mykhailo Hrushevsky (CAS, May 28) - Profs. Zenon Kohut, Frank Sysyn and Serhiy Plokhiy (all from the University of Alberta);
  
  
• The Contemporary Situation in Ukraine (UVAN, May 28) - Profs. G. Chuchman (University of Manitoba), O. Hawaleshka (University of Manitoba) and P. Thomas (University of Victoria);
  
  
• Topics on the Major Ukrainian Churches in Canada (CAECS, May 25) - Prof. Plokhiy (University of Alberta), Roman Yereniuk (St. Andrew's College, University of Manitoba), David Motiuk (Holy Spirit, Ottawa) and graduate student Monica Hladunevych-Kuc (St. Paul University, Ottawa);
  
  
• Topics on Ukrainian Canadians (UVAN, May 28) - Prof. A. Pawlowsky (University of Manitoba) and researchers U. Amiot-Holowach (Calgary), R. Fodchuk (Cochrane, Alberta) and B. Bilash (Winnipeg);
  
  
• Language, Orthography and Translation (CAS, May 27) - Profs. A. Hornjatkevyc and V. Polkovsky (both from the University of Alberta);
  
  
• Conceptualizing Cultural History and Geography (CAS and FoSAC, May 27) - Profs. Andriy Nahachewsky, R. Shiyan and N. Shostak (all from the University of Alberta);
  
  
• Ukrainian Theological Issues (CAECS, May 26) - the Revs. Drs. Peter Galadza and Andriy Chirovsky (St. Paul University of Ottawa);
  
  
• Teaching Languages and Cultures (CAS, May 28) - Prof. A. Nedashkivska (University of Alberta);
  
  
• Literature and Translation (CAS, May 28-29) - Profs. V. Balinska-Ourdeva and D. Antoniuk (both University of Alberta) on May 28 a paper by N. Boudreau (University of Chicago) on May 29;
  
  
• Aspects of Languages, Culture and Religion (CAS, May 28) - S. Kobets (University of Illinois) and P. Rolland (University of Alberta);
  
  
• What Comes after Communism? (CAS, May 29) - Prof. B. Harasymiw (University of Calgary) and Marta Dyczok (University of Western Ontario);
  
  
• On Identity and Exile (CAS, May 29) - Serhii Yekelchyk (University of Alberta);
  
  
• Ukrainian Literature: In and Out of Bondage (CAS, May 28) - B. Nebesio (University of Alberta), I. Sywenky (University of Alberta) and M. Romanets (University of Calgary);
  
  
• Oral Folklore (FoSAC, May 27) - Prof. B. Medwidsky (University of Alberta);
  
  
• Ukrainian Music in Context (FoSAC, May 27) - Brian Cherewick, M. Jensen and M. Ostashewski (all from the University of Alberta);
  
  
• Identity Construction (FoSAC, May 28) - J. Golinowski (University of Alberta);
  
  
• Rites of Passage in Changing Contexts (FoSAC, May 28) - N. Foty.
  
  
• Documents of Ukrainian Culture (UVAN and FoSAC, May 29) - Prof. A. Hornjatkevyc (University of Alberta) and R. Fodchuk (University of Calgary).

Besides the papers, many of the above and other scholars will be chairing sessions, giving presentations as discussants and working from the organizational side of the conferences.

A special highlight of the conferences will be the annual banquet of the Canadian Association of Slavists on May 29, which will feature an address by Dr. David Marples, acting director of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, who will speak on the topic "Toward Democracy or Oriental Despotism? Report Card on a Decade of Independence in the Former Soviet Republics."

For further information contact: UVAN - Dr. R. Yereniuk at yereniuk@cc.umanitoba.ca; FoSAC - Dr. Nahachewsky at andriy.nahachewsky@ualberta.ca; CAECS - the Dr. Rev. Chirovsky at achirovsky@ustpaul.uottawa.ca; or CAS - Dr. Natalia Pylypiuk at natalia.pylypiuk@ualberta.ca.

The publics is invited to attend the conference sessions in order to give input to the scholarly community.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, May 28, 2000, No. 22, Vol. LXVIII

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