International Congress of Ukrainian Studies elects U.S. scholar as president (09/29/02)

International Congress of Ukrainian Studies elects U.S. scholar as president

by Myroslava Tomorug Znayenko

CHERNIVTSI, Ukraine - The International Congress of Ukrainian Studies held in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, on August 26-29, elected Mark von Hagen (U.S.) as president of the International Association for Ukrainian Studies.

Other officers elected at the congress are: First Vice-President: Yaroslav Hrytsak (Ukraine); Vice-Presidents Joanna Berkoff (Italy), Tamara Hundorova (Ukraine), Stefan Kozak (Poland), Halyna Lisna (Russia), Wolf Moskovich (Israel), Marko Pavlyshyn (Australia) and Frank Sysyn (Canada); Scholarly Secretaries Antonina Berezovenko (USA) and Serhii Lepiavko (Ukraine).

In addition, several other representatives from various countries have been elected as members of the above board. Together with the presidents of individual national associations and former presidents of the IAUS, they form the executive board of the International Association for Ukrainian Studies.

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