aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Media Freedom in Ukraine and Russia

[Diana Howansky <dhh2@columbia.edu>]

THIS WEEK:

The Ukrainian Studies Program of Columbia University will host a talk 
with two award-winning journalists and foreign correspondents -- 
CHRYSTIA FREELAND and ANN COOPER -- titled:

"THE STATUS OF MEDIA FREEDOM IN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA"

When: Thursday, March 29 at 7:30pm
Where: Room 1512, International Affairs Building, Columbia University, 
420 W. 118th St., New York, NY

Chrystia Freeland is US Managing Editor of the Financial Times, while 
Ann Cooper is Professor of Professional Practice and Coordinator of the 
Broadcast Program at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

They will discuss press conditions in Ukraine and the dire media 
situation in Russia, as well as media development efforts in the 
post-Soviet era.

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COMING UP:

The Ukrainian Studies Program will host a talk by Roman Kupchinsky, titled:

"ENERGY AND NATION-BUILDING IN UKRAINE"

When: Tuesday, April 10 at 12:00 noon
Where: Room 1219, International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118th St., 
Columbia University

The lecture will begin with a short background of energy resources in 
Ukraine during the Soviet era, and how it changed in the mid-1970s and 
came to be what it is today. Mr. Kupchinsky will discuss how Ukraine 
evolved from an energy producing country to a transit country, which 
also remained one of the most inefficient consumers of energy in the 
world, and how this has taken its toll on the political stability of the 
country.

 From 1977 to 1987, Mr. Kupchinsky was president of Prolog Research and 
Publishing company in New York, which published the monthly journal 
Suchnasnist, as well as over 150 books on Ukrainian history, culture, 
samizdat and political thought. From 1990 until 2002, he was the 
director of the Ukrainian service of Radio Liberty. Since 2002, he has 
been a senior anaylyst for RFE/RL specializing in energy problems in 
Ukraine and Russia. He has published articles in Jane's Intelligence 
Review, The National Interest, Transparency International.

-- 
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