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[Diana Howansky <dhh2@columbia.edu>]

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY:

The Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University will host a 
lunchtime lecture by Mr. Ilko Kucheriv, titled:

"EMBRACING EURO-ATLANTIC VALUES: NATO MEMBERSHIP AND THE FUTURE OF UKRAINE"

WHEN: Wednesday, February 21 at 12:00 noon
WHERE: Room 1219, International Affairs Building (12th floor), 420 W. 
118th St., Columbia University, New York, NY

This event is free and open to the public.

Mr. Kucheriv is the founder and director of the Kyiv-based Democratic 
Initiatives Foundation, a leading think tank that focuses on deepening 
democracy in Ukraine. Since its founding in 1992, Mr. Kucheriv and his 
institution have engaged in research and debates concerning public 
attitudes to political, social and economic issues. They have 
commissioned exit polls for major Ukrainian elections, including the 
2004 presidential elections in which massive electoral fraud led to the 
Orange Revolution. Widely recognized as one of Ukraine’s most prominent 
nongovernmental activists, Mr. Kucheriv has been active in Ukrainian 
civil society for over twenty-five years.

**Please note that Mr. Kucheriv will also be speaking:
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
At 7:00PM
UCCA National Office
203 Second Avenue (between 12th and 13th Streets)
New York City
Wine and Cheese Reception to Follow
Questions & RSVP: (212) 228-6840
Suggested Donation $5

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ALSO, TOMORROW:

The February 2007 program of the Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia 
University will feature:

"BRIGHT IS THE NIGHT" (director Roman Balayan, 2004)

When: Thursday, February 15 at 7:30 PM
Where: 717 Hamilton Hall, Columbia University, 1130 Amsterdam Ave., New 
York, NY (subway train #1 to 116th St.).

This psychological drama inspired by Oleksander Zhovna's story «The 
Experiment» takes place in a one of its kind institution, a home for 
deaf-mute-and-blind children. Two young teachers of the institution 
Aleksey and Lika are passionately in love with each other. So much so 
that they want the rest of the world to experience the sensation. They 
decide to see if the children they were put in charge of are capable of 
experiencing love to the full. They try to provoke the feeling of love 
in two inmates of the home – Sasha and Olia – unsuspecting of the 
disastrous consequences their risky and cruel experiment can have.

This full-length feature will be screened in its original Russian 
language version with English subtitles.

The screening is free and open to everybody. The program will be 
introduced by Yuri Shevchuk, the director of the Ukrainian Film Club of 
Columbia University. Discussion will follow the screening.


-- 
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/programs/ukrainian_studies_program.html