APRIL EVENTS
HOLODOMOR CONFERENCE:
The Embassy of Ukraine, the Shevchenko Scientific Society - DC Branch, and the Ukrainian Free Academy of Arts and Science group present a conference on the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor. Conference title: "The Famine of 1932-1933 and the Ukrainians: History and Literature." Speakers include Professor Roman Serbyn (University du Quebec a Montreal), Jurij Dobczansky (U.S. Library of Congress), Markian Dobczansky, Professor Leonid Rudnytzky (LaSalle University), and Jean-Pierre Cap. The presentation will be in English.
WHEN:
Saturday, April 5
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
WHERE:
Embassy of Ukraine
3350 "M" St. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
COST:
Admission - Free
contributions accepted
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
RSVP required by March 29 to olex@ukremb.com or (202) 349-2977. Further
info (202) 514-1822 weekday (301) 230-2149 weekend or contact Andrew
Sorokowski at samboritanus@hotmail.com.
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The Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University invites you to
a Special Lecture and Exhibit Opening of The Bohdan and Neonila Krawciw Ucrainica Map Collection.
WHEN:
Monday, 7 April 2008.
Lecture:
Steven Seegel, Assistant Professor of History, Worcester State College
Cartography and Ukrainian Geopolitics: The Krawciw Ucrainica Map Collection and the European Mapping of Ukraine
Barker Center, Thompson Room, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge 4:00-5:30pm
Exhibit:
Visualizing Ukraine: A Western Cartographic Perspective
Opening and Reception, 5:30-7:00pm
Harvard Map Collection, Pusey Library, Harvard University
The exhibit features approximately thirty maps of Ukraine from the Renaissance to the 20th century, excerpted from the Bohdan and Neonila Krawciw Ucrainica Map collection. Donated to the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute in 2005, the collection now constitutes the largest single collection of Ukrainian maps in North America. Over many decades, Bohdan Krawciw (1904-1975), the prominent Ukrainian-American journalist, poet, and scholar traced the physical and aesthetic depiction of Ukraine in cartography as an aspect of the cultural and political history of a contested borderland nation/state and its peoples at the crossroads of empires: Habsburg, Ottoman, Russian, and Soviet. The maps will remain on display until May 7th.
Tamara H. Nary
Programs Administrator
Ukrainian Research Institute
Harvard University
34 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617.495.3549 / fax
617.495.8097
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Kennan Institute/Harriman Institute Ukrainian Literature Series
"Svitlo i Spovid: Light and Confession" Taras Chubai, author, Kyiv
WHEN:
Thursday, April 10
Seminar 6-8 p.m.
Please note: There will be a reception prior to the event at 5:30 p.m.
WHERE:
Kennan Institute
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004-3027
Tel. 202-691-4100 202-691-4247 (fax)
kennan@wilsoncenter.org
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SPRING TWG CULTURAL FUND CONCERT WITH VIOLINIST SOLOMIA SOROKA:
Musical Themes and Dreams from Eastern Europe: Violin Recital, Renowned
violinist Solomia Soroka (with Arthur Greene on piano) will explore
Eastern European rhythms, traditions, and sounds through works by Hubay,
Bartok, Kreisler, Skoryk, and her newest discovery, Hungarian-American
born composer Arthur Hartmann. Meet the artist at a reception immediately
following the program.
WHEN:
Sunday, April 13
3:00 pm
WHERE:
The Lyceum
201 South Washington St.
Alexandria, VA
COST:
Suggested donation $20, students free.
Unreserved seating.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Event contact phone: 301-229-2615
Venue phone: 703-838-4994
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"History, Diversity, and State Community-Building: Integrating Collective Memories in Poland and Ukraine"
Magdalena Dembinska, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Developing-Area Studies (CDAS), McGill University
WHEN:
Monday, April 14
Noon Discussion 12-1 p.m.
Cosponsored by East European Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center
WHERE:
Kennan Institute
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004-3027
Tel. 202-691-4100 202-691-4247 (fax)
kennan@wilsoncenter.org
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Orange Revolution MOVIE SCREENING
WHERE:
The Rosslyn Spectrum, “Just across from Key Bridge”
1611 N. Kent Street
Arlington, VA 22209
Tel. 703-276-6701
WHEN:
Sunday, April 13, 2008 at 2 p.m.
The American Film Institute named Orange Revolution,Steve York’s uplifting documentary, one of the “best and brightest of… thrilling documentary filmmaking from around the world.” The riveting footage, intimate interviews, and live musicrecreate Ukraine’s nonviolent revolution of 2004 – the decade’s most successful victory over political thuggery.
The 111-minute documentary screened in Kyiv to critical acclaim, just as in Melbourne, Toronto, Seattle, and San Francisco, where it was nominated for a Golden Gate Award.
Two hours past midnight. on November 22, 2004, the call went out:
“The time has come to defend your life and Ukraine. Your victory depends on how many people can say ‘No’ to this government, ‘No’ to the election’s total falsification.”
The corrupt sitting president controlled the media, and the media claimed Viktor Yanukovych, his hand-picked successor, to be the victor. But exit polls showed that the opposition candidate, Viktor Yushchenko, had actually won.
Yushchenko’s poisoning had shocked the world, but when reports came in of voter intimidation, damaged ballots, multiple voting, the people finally acted. In freezing temperatures, a million citizens poured into Kyiv’s street to form human barricades around government buildings, paralyzing all state functions. Restaurants donated food; friends brought blankets and clothing; businesses sent tents. Rock bands kept up spirits with around-the-clock open-air concerts. For seventeen days, ordinary citizens kept up an extraordinary resistance, demanding their votes be respected. They stood firm even when an army mobilized to confront them.
It’s exhilarating to watch when ordinary people, normally considered powerless, recognize their own power, and take action. We see Ukrainians, long described even by themselves as passive and apathetic, at a historic turning point.
Director Steve York
A Q&A Discussion with the filmmaker to follow the screening, along with refreshments
Contact: Chrystia Sonevytsky
(703) 241-1817 xpucmias@yahoo.com
Orange Revolution is a York Zimmerman Inc. production, presented by A Force More Powerful Films. The film is produced and directed by Steve York. The editor is Joseph Wiedenmayer. Managing Producer is Miriam A. Zimmerman. Associate Producer is Sommer Mathis. Executive Producer is Peter Ackerman. Images available at www.OrangeRevolutionMovie.com
