aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Spaces of History and the Place of Odes(s)a

[Diana Howansky <dhh2@columbia.edu>]

TOMORROW:

The Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University hosts a lecture by 
Tanya Richardson, titled:

"SPACES OF HISTORY AND THE PLACE OF ODES(S)A"

Ukraine’s southern port city of Odessa is considered unique by residents 
and non-residents alike as Russian/cosmopolitan but not Ukrainian. This 
talk will trace how claims about the city's identity and location have 
been expressed in the late Soviet and post-Soviet periods through the 
narration of history. Weaving together accounts of the Odessa Literature 
Museum, a Jewish history group and a Ukrainian collector, the talk aims 
to illuminate how Odessa's cosmopolitan qualities have operated at 
different times to mark the city as distinct within the historical and 
geographical imaginaries of its encompassing state.

Tanya Richardson received her doctorate in social anthropology from the 
University of Cambridge and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at The 
Harriman Institute at Columbia University. Her most recent publication 
“Walking Streets, Talking History: The Making of Odessa” appeared in 
Ethnology in winter 2005.

WHEN: Wednesday, April 5 at 12:00 noon
WHERE: Room 1219, International Affairs Building, Columbia University, 
420 W. 118th St.

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



-- 
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