aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Lecture on Does Ukraine Have a History?

[Diana Howansky <dhh2@columbia.edu>]

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY:

The Director of the Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University, 
Prof. Mark von Hagen, will give the talk:

"DOES UKRAINE HAVE A HISTORY?"

WHEN: Wednesday, February 1 at 12:00pm
WHERE: Room 1219, International Affairs Building, Columbia University, 
420 W. 118th Street

In 1995, Prof. von Hagen wrote a provocative essay in which he asked 
whether Ukraine has "a written history of its experienced past that 
commands some widespread acceptance and authority in the international 
scholarly and political communities." He offered the answer that "it's 
not so simple," examining Ukraine's place in history and the 
historiography of Ukraine. Ten years after the publication of this essay 
(Slavic Review 54, no. 3 (1995): 658–73), and a year after Ukraine's 
Orange Revolution, Prof. von Hagen revisits this topic.

Officially kicking off the Spring 2006 semester at Columbia, food and 
drink will be served.

For more information, contact Diana Howansky at (212)854-4697 or 
ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu.

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ALSO . . . TOMORROW EVENING:

The Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University will resume its 2005-2006 
season by presenting the U.S. premier of the critically acclaimed 
award-winning documentary film

“A Dangerously Free Person”, director Roman Shyrman

The event will also screen a short feature film

“Once Upon a Time”, director Serhiy Krutin

Roman Shyrman’s documentary “A Dangerously Free Person” (2004, 52 min.) 
is dedicated to the legendary Sergey Paradzhanov, director of “Shadows 
of Forgotten Ancestors” and the most prominent representative of the 
Ukrainian poetic cinema of the 1960's. Paradzhanov’s work and 
controversial personality inspired generations of free-thinking 
filmmakers as well as intellectuals in Ukraine and elsewhere, many of 
whom went on to take part in the human rights and national liberation 
movement that contributed to the eventual collapse of the Soviet empire 
and the emergence of an independent Ukraine in 1991.  Federico Fellini 
famously called Paradzhanov a “magician of cinema”.

True to its goal of showcasing the new cinema talent, the Club’s event 
will open with the short feature “Once Upon a Time”, 2004, 8 min., 
directed by Serhiy Krutin. Today, Mr. Krutin is often mentioned as one 
of the most promising young Ukrainian filmmakers.

In his opening remarks, Yuri Shevchuk, director of the Ukrainian Film 
Club of Columbia University, will give an introduction about the two 
filmmakers and speak about the highlights of the cinematographic year 
2005 in Ukraine. The film program will be followed by a Q-and-A period 
and a general discussion.

When:     January 26, 2006, Thursday, 7:30 PM.
Where:    Room 717, Hamilton Hall, Columbia University Campus.

Both films are in the original Ukrainian version with English subtitles. 
Free admission.

For more information, see the Ukrainian Film Club website at: 
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ufc/pages/home.htm.

-- 
Diana Howansky
Staff Associate
Ukrainian Studies Program
Columbia University
Room 1208, MC3345
420 W. 118th Street
New York, NY  10027
(212) 854-4697
ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu
http://www.harrimaninstitute.org/courses/ukrainian_studies_program.html