Book Launch -- "Culture, Nation, and Identity: The Ukrainian-Russian Encounter, 1600-1945"

Friday, April 2, 2004; 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm.

Sponsored by the Kennan Institute, in collaboration with the Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University, the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, and The Washington Group.

The event is free and open to the public.

Contact: Nancy Popson (202) 691-4100 or Maria Sonevytsky ms2147@columbia.edu , (212) 854-4697.

Frank E. Sysyn, Visiting Professor in Ukrainian Studies, Harriman Institute, Columbia University; Director, Peter Jacyk Center for Ukrainian Historical Research, University of Alberta; and former Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute; Mark von Hagen, Professor, Department of History, Harriman Institute, Columbia University, and former Short-term Scholar, Kennan Institute ("Events" at www.wilsoncenter.org/kennan )

For further information on the book click: www.utoronto.ca/cius/publications/books/culturenationidentity.htm