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[Diana Howansky <dhh2@columbia.edu>]

DECEMBER 2005 EVENTS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ORGANIZED BY THE UKRAINIAN 
STUDIES PROGRAM

Thursday, December 1: Oleksandr Irvanets, founder of the Ukrainian 
popular literary performance group "Bu-Ba-Bu" (Burlesque-Bluster- 
Buffoonery), will give a talk about Ukrainian literature at Columbia 
University. Moderated by Dr. Yuri Shevchuk, lecturer of Ukrainian 
language and culture at Columbia. Room 1219, International Affairs 
Building, 7:00pm.

Tuesday, December 6: Commemorating AIDS Awareness Week, the Ukrainian 
Studies Program and the Ukrainian Student Society at Columbia University 
will host representatives of Human Rights Watch, Rebecca Schleifer 
(HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Program) and Jane Buchanan (Europe and 
Central Asia Division), who will speak about the HIV/AIDS crisis in 
Ukraine. Room 1219, International Affairs Building, 1:00pm.

Thursday, December 8: Celebrate the holiday season with the Ukrainian 
Film Club of Columbia University, which will show the Soviet classic 
“Eve Before Christmas or Nights in the Village of Dykanka” (director 
Aleksandr Rou, 1961), a full-length feature film based on the writings 
of Gogol. The film takes place in the 18th century near the Ukrainian 
village of Dykanka, where a blacksmith, Vakula, falls in love with a 
beautiful woman, Oksana, who will only marry him if he fulfills the 
impossible task of bringing her the tsarina’s shoes. Vakula’s adventures 
begin on Christmas Eve, turning his habitual rural life magical. The 
film will be shown in its original Russian/Ukrainian version with 
English subtitles. It will be introduced by Dr. Yuri Shevchuk, director 
of the Ukrainian Film Club, and followed by a discussion. Ukrainian food 
and drinks to be served. Room 614, Schermerhorn Hall, 7:30pm.

Friday, December 9: The United Nations Association of New York’s Young 
Professionals for International Cooperation, in cooperation with the 
Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the UN and Columbia University's 
Ukrainian Studies Program, invites you to a special event: “The Orange 
Revolution:  Political, economic, democratic, and social implications of 
Ukraine’s Presidential elections.” Keynote speakers: Adrian Karatnycky 
(Counselor and Senior Scholar of Freedom House and Founder of the Orange 
Circle); and Prof. Alexander J. Motyl (Deputy Director of the Center for 
Global Change and Governance, Co-director of the Central and East 
European Studies Program at Rutgers -Newark, and Professor of Political 
Science). Room 1501, International Affairs Building, 
Registration/reception begins at 6:00pm.

Monday, December 12:  PAUCI Foundation and the Ukrainian Studies Program 
at Columbia University cordially invite you to attend a special event 
entitled “Ukraine’s Orange Revolution: How European Experience 
Encourages Transformation in Ukraine.”  Speakers: Jan Pieklo (Executive 
Director, Polish Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation – PAUCI); Orysia 
Lutsevych (Deputy Director, PAUCI Foundation) and Mykola Riabchyk 
(Essayist and Co-founder, Krytyka Monthly). Moderator: Andrzej 
Harasymowycz (Professor of History, Warsaw University; Visiting 
Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia 
University). Room 1512, International Affairs Building, 7:00-9:00pm.

Monday, December 12: Singer and composer Mariana Sadowska will offer a 
Slavic folk singing workshop. Limited number of participants. RSVP to 
Diana Howansky at ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu or (212) 854-4697. Room 
620, Dodge Hall, 1:00-3:00pm.

All events will take place on the Columbia University campus. More 
detailed information about each event will be publicized soon. For more 
information, or to join the Ukrainian Studies Program listserve, please 
contact Diana Howansky at ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu or (212) 854-4697.

-- 
Diana Howansky
Staff Associate
Ukrainian Studies Program
Columbia University
Room 1209, MC3345
420 W. 118th Street
New York, NY  10027
(212) 854-4697
ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu
http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/ukrainianstudies/