aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Chernobyl Commemorative Symposium and Concert,U Illinois, June 24

[Lynda Park <lypark@uiuc.edu>]

The Russian, East European and Eurasian Center at the University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, presents Chernobyl commemorative events, held
in conjunction with the 25th annual Ukrainian Studies Conference,
organized by the Ukrainian Studies Program.  For complete
information see:

http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/events/symposium.html  All events are free
and open to the public.  Registration is not required. 


Symposium "Chernobyl, 20 Years Later: Health,
Environment, & the Sociology of a Disaster Zone"

Saturday, June 24
2:00-–5:30 p.m.
314 Illini
Union
,
 1401 W. Green Street, Urbana  

Program

2:00-3:00 pm
Keynote Address
"Chernobyl 20 Years On: A Reassessment of a Nuclear
Disaster"
David Marples (History, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies,
University of Alberta)

3:10 - 5:30 pm
Panel Presentation
"The US-Ukraine Thyroid Cancer and Leukemia Studies after
Chornobyl Accident"
Ihor Masnyk (Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National
Cancer Institute)
"Chernobyl: A Requiem to a Borderland"
Kate Brown (History, University of Maryland, Baltimore County) 
"The Chernobyl Accident's Impact on Plutonium Production in the
Pacific Northwest: Hanford Today as the Largest U.S. Superfund
Site"
Nathaniel Trumbull (Geography, University of
Washington)

Symposium Chair: Roman Serbyn (University of Quebec, Montreal)


Concert "The Chernobyl Tragedy - An Artistic
Tribute"

Saturday, June 24
7:30pm, Music Building Auditorium, 1114 W. Nevada St, Urbana

Concert Program

Ukrainian folk music by Maria Merkelo
Reading of poetry about Chernobyl (in Ukrainian/Russian and English
translations)
Reading of the novel The Sky Unwashed by author Irene Zabytko
Performance of "In Nature Alone" - a composition
commemorating the Chernobyl disaster by Scott Wyatt (School of Music,
University of Illinois)


Documentary Film Screening

Friday, June 23
7:30pm, 101 Armory, 505 E. Armory Ave, Champaign 

"Chernobyl Heart" (2004, 39 min.) Director: Maryann De
Leo 
"From Chechnya to Chernobyl" (1997, 45 min.) 
Director: Slawomir Grunberg

Lynda Y. Park, Assistant Director
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center
University of Illinois
104 International Studies Building, MC-487
910 South Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-6022, 333-1244; fax (217) 333-1582
lypark@uiuc.edu
http://www.reec.uiuc.edu