PREVIEW OF EVENTS (03/12/06)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Wednesday, March 15

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Engineers' Society of America, New York City chapter, will present a lecture on "Engineering Inventions, New Technologies and Intellectual Property" by Walter Hanchuk, attorney for Chadbourne & Parke LLP at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St. Sign-in/networking begins at 7 p.m. and the lecture at 7:30 p.m. Admission: $5; free for students with valid ID. This lecture will count towards New York State continuing education credit for licensed professional engineers. To receive announcements about these and other UESA events send a blank e-mail to uesa-event-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

Saturday, March 18

NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society's Medical-Biological Section invites all to a lecture by Dr. Marta Kushnir titled "The History and the Significance of the Medical University in Lviv." The lecture will take place at the society's building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For additional information call 212-254-5130.

Sunday, March 19

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Art and Literary Club presents "The OMYA Collection," an exhibit featuring artwork from the Ukrainian Artists Association collection. This is the first of two final exhibitions to take place at the present location. Sculptor Anya Farion, director of OMYA Gallery, will make introductory remarks. The exhibit will open at 1 p.m. at the Mayana Gallery, 136 Second Ave., fourth floor. The exhibit will be on view through March 26. Gallery hours: Friday, 6-8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 1- 5 p.m. For more information call 212-260-4490 or 212-477-6175, log on to www.geocities.com/ukrartlitclub/ e-mail ukrartlitclub@yahoo.com.

Wednesday, March 22

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University will host Dr. Anna Procyk, who will give a lecture titled "Young Europe in Ukraine." The similarities between the ideological foundations of Young Europe and the guiding ideals of the Brotherhood of Ss. Cyril and Methodius have intrigued a number of students interested in the intellectual history of Ukraine. This presentation will explore the various channels through which political ideas formulated in the revolutionary conclaves of Western Europe have reached Ukrainian students and educators in Lviv, Kharkiv and Kyiv, and will conclude with a discussion of the impact of Young Europe's political program on modern Ukrainian nationalism. Dr. Procyk is an associate professor at City University of New York. The lecture will take place at noon in Room 1219, International Affairs Building, Columbia University, 420 W. 118th St. Contact ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu or 212-854-4697 for more information.

Thursday, March 23

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University will present two perspectives on the Orange Revolution during the presentation "Orange Revolution. A Story Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying?" A Ukrainian and an American filmmaker will give their individual accounts of what happened on and around the maidan (Kyiv's Independence Square). The event will include three films: "NEVSEREMOS. People from Maidan" (2005, director Serhiy Masloboyshchykov, Ukraine), documenting the opposing pro-Yushchenko and pro-Yanukovych political perspectives; "Zlydni" (Poverty) (2005, director Stepan Koval, Ukraine), a tongue-in-cheek plasticene animation about the "blessing" of Russia as Ukraine's neighbor; and "Borderland, Ukraine and the Rebirth of Democracy" (2005, director Paul Tremblay, U.S.), a historical background and analysis of the Orange Revolution. The screening will take place at 7:30 p.m. in 614 Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University, 1190 Amsterdam Ave. All films are either in English or with English subtitles and will be introduced by the film club's director, Yuri Shevchuk. Contact ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu or 212-854-4697 for more information.

Sunday, March 26

PARMA, Ohio: All are invited to attend a special benefit dinner for the Ukrainian Catholic University, to be held at 1 p.m. at Pokrova Ukrainian Catholic Church, 6812 Broadview Road. The main speaker at the dinner will be the Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak, rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University. Bishop Robert Moskal, honorary chair of the event, will be a guest of honor at the dinner. A film will be shown, along with various exhibits from the university. Tickets are $25 and should be purchased by March 19. Tickets may be purchased at the Cleveland Selfreliance Federal Credit Union, from individual committee members or from the Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation by calling 773-235-8462.
NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society invites you to a meeting with two Ukrainian scholars from Kyiv: Lesia Stavytska, doctor of philology and chair of the department of sociolinguistics at the Institute of the Ukrainian Language of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the author of several monographs on Ukrainian jargon and slang, and the 2006 Shklar Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Ukrainian Studies; and Myroslava Antonovych, associate professor of jurisprudence at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, the author of the monograph "International Public Law." The program will take place at the society's building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 2 p.m. For additional information call 212-254-5130.

Tuesday, March 28

MONTREAL: Dr. Taras Kuzio, George Washington University, one of the leading experts on contemporary Ukraine, will deliver the lecture "The Ukrainian 2006 Elections: Breakthrough to Democracy Revenge of the Past?" The event is part of the Montreal lecture series organized by the Chair of Ukrainian Studies of the University of Ottawa with the support of the McGill University Faculty of Education and the Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business Association of Montreal. The event is free and open to public, and begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Faculty Club of the McGill University, 3450 McTavish. For more information call Prof. Yarema Kelebay, 514-398-4972 or 514-488-3989.

Thursday, March 30

CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Business and Professional Group of Chicago, in collaboration with the Lake Forest School of Management, invites members and the community to a presentation by Pat Davis Szymczak on "Russia, Ukraine and the Geopolitics of Energy." An American journalist and former Chicago Tribune staff writer, Ms. Szymczak is publisher and editor of Moscow-based "Oil and Gas Eurasia," a trade publication specializing in Russia's energy sector. The presentation will be held at the Federal Reserve Bank Building, 230 South LaSalle St., LaSalle Dining Room, third floor. To register (required for security purposes) contact Diana Booth, 847-574-5152 or dbooth@lfgsm.edu. Admission: $10 for UBPG members; $20 for guests.

Friday, March 31

TORONTO: The Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine at the University of Toronto hosts a lecture by Prof. David Marples (University of Alberta) titled "Chornobyl: 20 Years Later" held in Room 108N, Munk Center for International Studies (1 Devonshire Place). For information call 416-946-8113, e-mail larysa.iarovenko@utoronto.ca or log on to website www.utoronto.ca/jacyk/.

Saturday, April 1

NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh) hosts a presentation of the book "Ukrainian Language in the XX Century: the History of the Linguicide" (Kyiv, 2005), the publication of which was initiated and sponsored by the NTSh in America. The book will be presented by one of its co-compilers, Orysia Demska-Kulchytska (Kyiv), a candidate of philological sciences, who is the associate director of the Institute of the Ukrainian Language of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The program will take place at the society's building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For additional information call 212-254-5130.
JENKINTOWN, Pa.: All are cordially invited to attend a special benefit dinner for the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, to be held at 5 p.m. at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road. The main speaker at the dinner will be the Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak, rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University. Metropolitan Archbishop Stefan Soroka, honorary chair of the event, will be a guest of honor at the dinner. A film will be shown, along with various exhibits from the university. Tickets are $40 and should be purchased by March 27. Tickets may be purchased at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center in Jenkintown, the Byzantine Church Supply Store at the cathedral, Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal Credit Union, First Security Bank or from individual committee members. For more information call the Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation at 773-235-8462 or e-mail flanagan@ucef.org.

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