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[alexander dillon <dillon@fas.harvard.edu>]

INVITATION TO THE FIRST PETRO JACYK SYMPOSIUM

 The Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University will be holding
the first Petro Jacyk Symposium. "Diaspora and Homeland in the
Transnational Age: the Case of Ukraine" at Harvard University on March
20-21.  The symposium will explore the relationship between the Ukrainian
diaspora and its homeland in today's context of frequent communication,
travel, personal and organizational ties across national boundaries.   We
at HURI would very much like to extend an invitation to all the members of
the AAUS to come and participate in this inaugural symposium.  Attendance
is without charge.  We merely ask for advance registration.

> SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM
>
> DIASPORA AND HOMELAND IN THE TRANSNATIONAL AGE: THE CASE OF UKRAINE
>
> Thursday, March 20, 2003, Library Room, Harvard Faculty Club
> 2:00 - 2:30PM Opening Remarks and Greetings
>
> Roman Szporluk, Director, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard
University
> Wsevolod W. Isajiw, Symposium Organizer, Petro Jacyk Distinguished
Fellow,
> 2002-2003,
> Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University
>
> Nadia Jacyk, President, The Petro Jacyk Educational Foundation
>
> 2:30 - 3:15     Keynote Presentation:
>
> Transnationalism and Diasporas
> Mary C. Waters, Chair, Department of Sociology,
> Harvard University
>
> 3:15 - 3:30     Break
>
> 3:30 - 5:30 Session 1: The View of the Diaspora from Ukraine
> Chair: Wsevolod W. Isajiw, University of Toronto and Harvard University
>
> Writing Diaspora: An American in Kyiv
> Askold Melnyczuk, University of Massachusetts-Boston
>
> Perceptions of the American Diaspora and Its Relation to the Homeland in
> Three Cities in Ukraine
> Ihor Zielyk, Seton Hall University
>
> A New Vision of Ukraine-Diaspora Ties in the Sphere of Higher Education
> Natalia Chernysh, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
>
> 5:30 - 7:00     Reception
> East Room, The Harvard Faculty Club
> 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
>
> Friday, March 21, 2003,  Library Room, Harvard Faculty Club
> 9:00 AM - 11:30PM Session 2: Diaspora and the New Wave of Immigration
from
> Ukraine
> Chair: Lubomyr Hajda, Harvard University
>
> Cycles of Growth and Decay of the Diaspora
> Wsevolod W. Isajiw, University of Toronto and Harvard University
>
> Recent Migration from Ukraine to the United States: Levels and
Characteristics
> Oleh Wolowyna, Informed Decisions, Inc.
>
> The Adaptation Process of New Immigrants from Ukraine in Canada: Results
of
> a Survey
> Vic Satzewich, McMaster University
>
> 11:30 - 1:00    Lunch Break
> 1:00 - 2:30 Session 3: Diaspora and Ukraine: Transnational Influence
> Chair: George G. Grabowicz, Harvard University
>
> Diaspora's Influence on the Society in Ukraine, Positive and/or
Negative?
> Hryhoriy Nemyria, International Renaissance Foundation, Kyiv
>
> Diaspora as Facilitator Between Its Host Society and Its Homeland
> Vera Andrushkiw, U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Washington, D.C.
>
> 2:30 - 3:00     Break
>
> 3:00 - 4:30 Session 4: Transnationalism and Diaspora: What Next?
> Roundtable with Audience Participation:
>
> Natalia Chernysh, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
> Michael S. Flier, Harvard University
> George G. Grabowicz, Harvard University
> Hryhoriy Nemyria, International Renaissance Foundation, Kyiv
> Roman Szporluk, Harvard University
>
> Moderator: Wsevolod W. Isajiw, University of Toronto and Harvard
University
>
> 4:30    Conclusion and Adjournment
>
> The interested public is invited and welcome.  Attendees are asked to
> register in advance.  To register or obtain further information, please
> contact Ms. Tamara Nary, HURI Special Events Coordinator via e-mail:
> nary@fasharvard.edu or via phone:  617/495-7835.  Please also refer to
our
> website at http://www.huri.harvard.edu/news4.html
>
>
> ABOUT SYMPOSIUM'S ORGANIZER
> The symposium is being organized by Professor Wsevolod Isajiw, Petro
Jacyk
> Distinguished Fellow, 2002-2003, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard
> University. Dr. Isajiw, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Robert F.
> Harney   Professor Emeritus of Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies
at
> the University of Toronto, authored and edited ten books and many
scholarly
> articles. One of his recent publications is the monograph Understanding
> Diversity: Ethnicity and Race in the Canadian Context (1999). In his
recent
> research Prof. Isajiw has focused on comparative aspects of ethnic
> relations and on different patterns of adjustment and social
incorporation
> of ethnic groups. As Petro Jacyk Distinguished Fellow at HURI, Prof.
Isajiw
> is currently working on a systematic sociology of the diaspora, focusing
on
> the Ukrainian community in North America. He is studying the changes
that
> affected the four waves of Ukrainian immigration to North America, and,
in
> particular, the two most recent waves, as well as immigrants'
assimilation
> in the broader host society, generational and identity changes since the
> time of Ukraine's independence.
>