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[Diana Howansky <dhh2@columbia.edu>]

TOMORROW:

The United Nations Association of New York’s Young Professionals for 
International Cooperation (UNA-NY), 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)

Welcome Remarks by:
--Valeriy P. Kuchinsky, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,
Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations;
--Mark von Hagen, Director of Ukrainian Studies Program, and Professor 
of History at Columbia University; and
--Ann Nicol, Executive Director of the UNA-NY

WHEN: Friday, December 9, 2005
Registration and Reception:  6:00-7:15pm
Panel Discussion:   7:15pm-8:30pm
Questions and Answers:  8:30pm-9:30pm

WHERE: Room 1501, International Affairs Building, Columbia University, 
420 West 118th Street, New York, NY 10027

This event is free and open to the public. Suggested Donation for 
UNA-NY: $20. (Students can join UNA for just $10 at the door. 
Non-students can join for $25.)

To RSVP, please email ypic@unanyc@org or call (212)907-1354.

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ALSO, A REMINDER THAT TONIGHT:

The Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University will be screening the 
Soviet classic:

“Eve Before Christmas or Nights in the Village of Dykanka”

This full-length feature, written and directed by Aleksandr Rou in 1961, 
is based on the writings of Mykola Hohol (known throughout the world as 
Nikolay Gogol). In the film, being very true to Hohol’s work, reality 
and magic go hand in hand. The action takes place in the 18th century, 
near the Ukrainian village of Dykanka.

The protagonist, blacksmith Vakula, is enamored with Oksana, the first 
beauty of Dykanka.  But Oksana presents an apparently impossible 
requirement for her hand in marriage: she wants Vakula to bring her the 
shoes that the tsarina wears.  Vakula’s adventures begin when the 
habitual rural life suddenly turns magical on the eve of Christmas. 
Vakula must communicate with the former kozak and now sorcerer Patsyuk, 
who becomes his guide through the magical world.

The script, loyal to the “household fantasy” of Hohol, as well as to the 
imagery of the typical Ukrainian village and Ukrainian Christmas 
traditions portrayed wonderfully on the set of the film.  The Ukrainian 
culture, unique in its form and style, is beautifully portrayed in every 
aspect of the movie.

The film will be shown in its original Russian version, peppered with 
some Ukrainian idiom and subtitled into English.  Introduction by Yuri 
Shevchuk, director of the Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University, 
who will also lead the discussion after the screening.

When: December 8, 2005, Thursday, 7:30 PM.
Where: Room 614, Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University
***Note the change of venue***

On the occasion of Christmas Holidays, the co-sponsor of this event, the 
Ukrainian Student Society of Columbia University, will offer a Ukrainian 
Food Extravaganza with authentic Ukrainian food and drinks for the 
audience. Free admission.

-- 
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/