aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Ukrainian Studies Program update

[Diana Howansky <dhh2@columbia.edu>]

The Harriman Institute and the Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia 
University deeply regret to inform you that the talk by Yulia Tymoshenko 
on Monday, Feb. 26th at the Low Memorial Library Rotunda will not take 
place. We have just been informed that the New York leg of her trip was 
cancelled suddenly.

We share in the disappointment in receiving this news and appreciate the 
extreme interest that so many people have expressed in this event. We 
welcome you to send an email to ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu and sign 
up for the Ukrainian Studies Program email list. This will provide you 
with additional news and the latest information about future 
Ukraine-related events and courses at Columbia. Thank you.

(Further details about the cancellation can be found below, in a press 
release issued by representatives of Ms. Tymoshenko's political party.)

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Orange Revolution Leader Yulia Tymoshenko Announces Schedule Change for 
U.S. Visit
	
KYIV, Ukraine, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former Ukrainian Prime 
Minister and Orange Revolution leader Yulia Tymoshenko announced today 
that she has made changes to this week's scheduled visit to the United 
States, canceling the New York segment and refocusing on her Washington 
meetings. She explained that her ongoing outreach to citizens in cities 
and towns across Ukraine, undertaken in the midst of harsh weather 
conditions, has resulted in her experiencing the flu. The flu has spread 
across the country, closing schools; even the speaker of the parliament 
missed a week of plenary sessions.
	
Ms. Tymoshenko's decision to delay her departure to the United States, 
taken on the advice of her physician, has resulted in the cancellation 
of a robust schedule of events in New York.

"Ms. Tymoshenko understands that this schedule change will be 
disappointment to many in New York," said Mr. Hryhoriy Nemyria, a 
Ukrainian Member of Parliament and senior foreign policy advisor to Ms. 
Tymoshenko. "Consequently, she is already discussing plans for a return 
trip to New York as part of her outreach to various diaspora, media, 
public policy, and business constituencies in the United States and 
elsewhere."

Ms. Tymoshenko's trip to the US follows a series of recent diplomatic 
outreaches, including trips to Brussels and Berlin in November and to 
Israel in January.

In Washington later this week, Ms. Tymoshenko will meet with government 
officials, lawmakers, policy experts and business leaders to discuss the 
important issues facing Ukraine. She will address efforts to advance the 
country's path to democratic reform and be honored by policy 
organizations that support her passion and commitment to Ukraine. She 
will also speak at some of the most prominent American think-tanks on 
topics of Ukrainian and American interest.

For more information, please contact Ron Slimp of TD International at 
(202) 872.9595. TD International is a FARA-registered representative of 
Ms. Tymoshenko's political party, BYuT.

Contact Information: Ron Slimp, TD International, (202) 872-9595

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THIS WEEK:

The Ukrainian Studies Program and the Central Asian Program of Columbia 
University present:

"SAKHNA KYRGYZ EPIC SONGS"

When: Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 12:00 noon
Where: 404 Dodge Hall, Department of Music, Columbia University, 2960 
Broadway, New York, NY

Sakhna artists from Kyrgyzstan will perform epic songs or dastans, as 
well as traditional music. Event introduced with slides of Kyrgyzstan.

SAKHNA THEATRE Sakhna means "stage" in Kyrgyz. Sakhna has performed with 
the Sakhna Theatre Company since its founding in 2002 in Bishkek, the 
capital of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia. Sakhna Theatre is dedicated to 
reviving the small epics of Kyrgyzstan. The theatre pieces are based on 
the masterpieces of Kyrgyz oral literatures, one of the richest living 
folk traditions in the world. The theatre productions use ancient 
traditional music which the group performs exclusively on folk 
instruments. They also sing songs in the old traditional style and 
specialize in dastans or Kyrgyz epic songs that are passed orally from 
masters to students to this day.

This event is associated with the course “Music and the Post-Socialist 
State”. For more information, contact Adriana Helbig, anh5@columbia.edu.




-- 
Diana Howansky
Staff Associate
Ukrainian Studies Program
Columbia University
Room 1208, MC3345
420 W. 118th Street
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