aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Remembering "Akcja Wisla", plus Human Rights Film event

[Diana Howansky <dhh2@columbia.edu>]

The Columbia Ukrainian Studies Program's last event of the academic year 
will be a panel discussion, titled:

"POST-WWII POLISH-UKRAINIAN RELATIONS: REMEMBERING THE 1947 FORCED 
RELOCATION CAMPAIGN 'AKCJA WISLA'"

WHEN: Thursday, April 26 at 6:00pm
WHERE: Room 1219, International Affairs Building (12th floor), Columbia 
University, New York, NY

Almost exactly sixty years ago -- on April 28, 1947 -- the communist 
government in Poland began a forced relocation campaign, with the 
confidential codename "Akcja 'Wisla'" (Operation "Vistula"), which 
resulted in the removal of approximately 140,000 members of the 
country's Ukrainian minority from their homes and territory. The 
participants of this panel will discuss the reasons for and consequences 
of the forced relocation campaign, as well as how the 1947 event is 
remembered today.

The panelists will include:

Dr. Tarik Amar (PhD, Princeton University), Shklar Fellow at the Harvard 
Ukrainian Research Institute:
"Akcja Wisla: Event, Origins, Context."

Dr. Philipp Ther (PhD, Free University in Berlin; Visiting Scholar at 
Columbia University's Harriman Institute):
"Trappings of Memory: The Historigraphy of the Polish-Ukrainian Conflict"

Sofiya Dyak (PhD candidate at Polish Academy of Science's Institute of 
Philosophy and Sociology, and at Lviv University's History Department):
"Commemorating Deportations in the Cityscapes of Lviv and Wroclaw"

Introduction by Diana Howansky, Fulbright Scholar to Poland from 1998-2000.

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ALSO:

FINAL Spring 2007 Human Rights Film Series Screening:

The Harriman Institute, Ukrainian Studies Program, and Human Rights 
Concentration at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) 
at Columbia University invite you to a screening of:

SEX SLAVES
Produced and Directed by RIC ESTHER BIENSTOCK

A gripping documentary exposé inside the global sex slave trade in women 
from the former Soviet Bloc.

“Bienstock . . . brings conviction, ingenuity and courage to Sex
Slaves.”
- Virginia Heffernan, The New York Times

Sex Slaves originally aired on PBS’ Frontline.

Ms. Bienstock will join us for the screening and Q and A.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 25, 2007
4:15-5:45 pm

Room 1512 International Affairs Building (IAB)
420 W. 118th Street, 15th Floor, NY NY 10027

Ric Esther Bienstock, one of Canada’s leading documentary filmmakers, 
has been producing and directing a diverse and eclectic range of films 
for over 15 years.  Her most recent film Sex Slaves (aka The Real Sex 
Traffic) recently won the 2006 British Broadcast Award for Best 
Documentary, a Royal Television Society Award in the U.K. and was 
nominated for a British Academy Award (BAFTA). Her credits include The 
Lost Tomb of Jesus, Impact of Terror, about a suicide bombing in Israel, 
the 3 part series Penn & Teller’s Magic and Mystery Tour, Boxing: In and 
Out of the Ring,  The Money Shot, Ebola: Inside an Outbreak (aka The 
Plague Fighters), Ms.Conceptions. Plague Monkeys and Deadly Currents a 
feature-length investigation of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict.

Bienstock’s films have aired internationally by broadcasters including 
PBS, A&E, Channel 4 (U.K.), Discovery, CNN, BBC, HBO, CBC, History 
Television in Canada, SBS in Australia among others.

She has won numerous awards including two Gemini Awards, a Genie, a 
Dupont-Columbia University Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism, 
a Cable Ace Award, two Gold Hugos from the Chicago Film Festival, a 
Distinguished Documentary Achievement Award from the IDA in Los Angeles, 
two HOT DOCS Awards, the Grand Prix at the Nyon International Film 
Festival in Switzerland and the Overseas Press Club of America Award for 
Best International Reporting.

If you have any questions about this event please write to:
ljn9@columbia.edu

-- 
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