Conference on Ukrainian Subjects at U. of Illinois to discuss Ukrainian archives in North America

URBANA, Ill. - "Ukrainian Archives in North America: Their Development and Their Future" will be the main theme of the 21st annual conference on Ukrainian subjects to be held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, July 19-20.

The conference is being organized by the Ukrainian Research Program at the University of Illinois under the chairmanship of Prof. Dmytro Shtohryn and will be held within the framework of the Summer Research Laboratory on Eastern European countries.

Its sessions and panel discussions will be conducted by the following members of the program committee: Halyna Myroniuk (Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota), Myron Momyrk (National Archives of Canada), Taras Hunczak (Rutgers University at Newark), Jaroslav Rozumnyj (University of Manitoba) and Lubomyr Wynar (Kent State University).

The conference proceedings are being sponsored by the Foundation for the Advancement of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Illinois under the leadership of Raisa Bratkiv.

On Sunday, July 21, the foundation will hold a special roundtable at the Cultural Center in Chicago. Its main topic will be the "Political and Economic Situation in Ukraine After the Last Parliamentary Election in the Opinion of the Ukrainian Scholars in the United States and Canada." Discussants will be Profs. Hunczak, Rozumnyj, Vasyl Markus and Petro Potichny.

All interested in participating in the conference proceedings and/or the roundtable should call (217) 356-9195 or (847) 991-3136.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, July 14, 2002, No. 28, Vol. LXX

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