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[Diana Howansky <dhh2@columbia.edu>]

THIS WEEK:

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. Mr. Kupchinsky will also touch upon Ukraine's current political 
crisis.

 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.

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ALSO:

The Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University,
in cooperation with Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, Shevchenko 
Scientific Society, and the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in 
the U.S.,
invite you to a one-day conference in commemoration of the 160th 
anniversary of the Brotherhood of Saints Cyril and Methodius, titled:

"THE IMPACT OF ‘YOUNG EUROPE’ IN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA”

Wednesday, April 11 from 9:00am to 1:30pm
Room 1512, International Affairs Building (15th floor), Columbia 
University, 420 W. 118th St., New York, NY

9:00-9:10am: Opening Remarks by Anna Procyk (Ukrainian Academy of Arts 
and Sciences in the U.S.; KBCC, City University of New York)

9:10-11:10am: Morning Session

Chair: Yuri Shevchuk (Columbia University)

Panelists:
-- Johannes Remy (University of Helsinki; Harvard Ukrainian Research 
Institute Skhlar Fellow): "Political Ideas of the Members of the Society 
of St. Cyril and St. Methodius"
-- Myroslava Znayenko (Shevchenko Scientific Society; Rutgers 
University): “Reverberations of Young Poland in Taras Shevchenko”
-- George Grabowicz (Harvard University Ukrainian Research Institute) 
“Cyril-Methodians and the Role of the Sacred”

Discussant: Rory Finnin (Columbia University)

11:10-11:20am: Coffee break

11:20am-1:20pm: Afternoon session

Chair: Richard Wortman (Columbia University)

Panelists:
-- Abbott Gleason (Brown University): “The Cyril-Methodius Brotherhood 
and ‘Young Europe’”
-- Susan Heuman (City College of New York, Center for Worker Education): 
"The Quest for Citizenship in a Federal Context"
-- Mark von Hagen (Columbia University): "The Cyril-Methodius 
Brotherhood's Legacy in Ukrainian Federalist Thought"

Discussant: Anna Procyk

1:20-1:30pm: Closing Remarks by George Grabowicz

Young Europe, founded in 1834 by Italian, Polish and German 
revolutionaries fighting for the liberation of all subjugated nations 
from oppressive imperial regimes, envisioned as one of its ultimate 
objectives the formation of a loose European confederation of democratic 
republics joined together in accordance with the principles of equality 
and universal brotherhood. Mainly through the efforts of Giuseppe 
Mazzini and the Polish émigrés residing in France and England, these 
ideas were spread among the members of the nationally conscious 
intelligentsia of Eastern Europe who responded by establishing local 
branches of this international association.

The Brotherhood of Saints Cyril and Methodius was a short-lived secret 
political society that existed in Kyiv, Ukraine from December 1845 until 
it was suppressed by the Russian Empire in March 1847, with most of the 
members punished by exile or imprisonment. The goals of the society were 
liberalisation of the political and social system of the Imperial 
Russia, such as the abolition of serfdom and broad access to public 
education, in accordance with the members Christian principles and the 
Slavophile views that gained popularity among the country's liberal 
intelligentsia. Such prominent members included Taras Shevchenko and 
Panteleimon Kulish.

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NEXT WEEK:

The April event of the Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University will 
feature a screening and a personal meeting with the filmmakers of:

“THE UNNAMED ZONE,” a 2006 full-length documentary film about the 
aftermath of the Chornobyl nuclear power plan accident. Three children 
and their families, living close to the exclusion zone around the 
destroyed station, recount their fears, dreams and hopes for the future.

WHEN: Wednesday, April 18 at 7:30pm
WHERE: Room 717 Hamilton Hall, 1130 Amsterdam Ave., Columbia University

The film (80 min.) will be shown in its original Ukrainian version with 
English subtitles. It will be introduced by Yuri Shevchuk, director of 
the Ukrainian Film Club, and followed by discussion with the film 
director, Carlos Rodriguez and producer, Asun Lasarte.

Free and open to the public. For more information, please call (212) 
854-4697 or see http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ufc/.

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OTHER EVENTS/TONIGHT:

Lyavon Volski, leader of the Belarusian band "NRM," is in the United 
States and will perform at The Hook club in Brooklyn, NY on Monday, 
April 9th. "A bunch of new songs with accompanied musicians, Belarusian 
atmosphere and many surprises are guaranteed." The Hook is located at 18 
Commerce Street, Brooklyn, NY. Doors open at 7:30pm. For more 
information, email Andrej at nehtaby@gmail.com or see 
http://thehookmusic.com/.

-- 
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