aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Chornobyl commemoration at Columbia Tuesday

[Diana Howansky <dhh2@columbia.edu>]

The Harriman Institute at Columbia University invites you to the:

COMMEMORATION OF THE CHORNOBYL DISASTER:
THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE TWENTY YEARS LATER
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
International Affairs Building, Room 1512 (15th floor)
Columbia University, 420 W. 118th Street, New York City

8:30-9:00:  Coffee and pastries

9:00:  DIPLOMATIC PERSPECTIVE
Opening Remarks by Prof. Mark von Hagen, director of the Ukrainian 
Studies Program at Columbia University; and
Ambassador Valeriy Kuchinsky, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the 
United Nations

9:30-11:00:  SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE
Dr. Norman Kleiman, Associate Research Scientist, Department of 
Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia 
University;
William M. Novick, M.D., Founder and Medical Director, International 
Children's Heart Foundation;
Dr. Daniel Igor Branovan, Director Thyroid Center, New York Eye and Ear 
Infirmary;
(Moderated by Prof. Frank Sysyn, Professor of History, Petro Jacyk 
Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, Canadian Institute for 
Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta)

11:00-12:30:  HUMANITARIAN PERSPECTIVE
Lisa Milanytch, Co-Director of Procurement, Children of Chornobyl Relief 
and Development Fund;
Sherrie Douglas, Director of Chernobyl Children’s Project International;
Irene Zabytko, Author of the novel “The Sky Unwashed”**;
(Moderated by Dr. Larissa Onyshkevych, President of the Shevchenko 
Scientific Society, Inc.)

**This panel will be followed by a book signing by author Irene Zabytko 
in Room 1512.

12:30-2:00:  Buffet lunch in Room 1219 (12th floor)
(During lunch, guests are also invited to view an art exhibit by 
Ukraine-born Petr Belenok on view in the Harriman Institute on the 12th 
floor in conjunction with the Chornobyl Commemoration.)

2:00-3:30:  FILM PERSPECTIVE
Screening of the Oscar-winning documentary “The Chornobyl Heart,” 
followed by Q&A session with William Novick and Sherrie Douglas
(Moderated by Prof. Cathy Nepomnyashchy, Director (on sabbatical during 
the 2005-2006 academic year) of the Harriman Institute)

3:30-4:00:  ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVE
Closing remarks by Mykola Riabchuk, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Petro Jacyk 
Visiting Scholar at Columbia University

Free and open to the public. RSVPs are requested, although not required. 
To RSVP, or for more information, please contact Diana Howansky at 
ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu or 212-854-4697.


-- 
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