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COURSES OFFERED BY THE UKRAINIAN STUDIES PROGRAM*
FALL 2007 SEMESTER (BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 4, 2007)
EUPHORIA, CHAOS AND A COMMUNITY OF OTHERS IN POST-SOVIET UKRAINIAN
LITERATURE AND CULTURE
Ukrainian G4120 section 001
Call Number: 17052
Instructor: Dr. Mark Andryczyk
Tuesdays 6:10pm-8:00pm
613 Hamilton Hall
3 points, Department of Slavic Languages and Literature
This course focuses on post-Soviet Ukrainian prose written by the
visimdesiatnyky (the 80s generation) which introduced the
artist-intellectual as a new protagonist in Ukrainian literature. The
course will also introduce students to post-Soviet Ukrainian poetry,
drama and essay writing. Students will be acquainted with the leading
writers in Ukraine today and will observe the ways in which these
writers adopted aspects of postmodernism in addressing their
postcolonial concerns. The course will be complimented by audio and
video presentations. Entirely in English with a parallel reading list
for those who read Ukrainian.
UKRAINE AND THE UNITED NATIONS THROUGH THE EYES OF A UKRAINIAN
AMBASSADOR: DIPLOMACY AND POLITICS
Regional Institute U4575 section 001 Call Number: 63504
Instructor: Ambassador Valeriy Kuchinsky
Tuesdays 11pm-12:50pm
901 International Affairs Building
3 points, School of International and Public Affairs
The course provides a comprehensive and contemporary examination of the
United Nations and its role in three core areas of international
relations: international peace and security; building peace through
sustainable development; human rights and humanitarian affairs. The
course, delivered by a career diplomat who has been linked with the
United Nations for decades, gives first-hand insights into the politics
of today’s multilateral diplomacy as it is conducted within the United
Nations and analyzes the input of individual member-states, Ukraine in
particular. Emphasis will be made on comparing the roles played by
Ukraine at the UN as a member of the “socialist camp,” and since 1992 as
an independent state. Stress will be put on practical application of the
knowledge gained, specifically by working on the agenda of the current
session of the General Assembly and its main Committees, statements by
individual member-states, draft resolutions and decisions of the session.
ELEMENTARY UKRAINIAN I
Ukrainian W1102 section 001
Call Number: 51197
Instructor: Dr. Yuri Shevchuk
Mondays and Wednesdays, 12:40-1:55pm
Location TBA
3 points, Department of Slavic Languages and Literature
This course is designed for individuals with little or no knowledge of
Ukrainian. Basic grammar structures are introduced and reinforced with
equal emphasis on developing oral and written communication skills.
Specific attention is paid to acquisition by students of high-frequency
vocabulary and its optimal use in communicative transactions closely
imitating real-life settings. By the end of the course, students are
expected to conduct short conversations concerning common aspects of
daily life; to be able to initiate, maintain, and bring to a close
simple exchanges by asking and responding to all major types of
questions; and to read simple factual texts and write routine messages.
INTERMEDIATE UKRAINIAN I
Ukrainian W1201 section 001
Call Number: 52798
Instructor: Dr. Yuri Shevchuk
Mondays & Wednesdays 10:35-11:50am
Location TBA
3 points, Department of Slavic Languages and Literature
This course starts with a review and subsequent reinforcement of grammar
fundamentals and core vocabulary pertaining to the most common aspects
of daily life. Principal emphasis is placed on further development of
students’ communicative skills (oral and written) on such topics as the
self, family, work and leisure, travel, meals and others. A number of
Ukrainian language idiosyncrasies, like verb aspect and verbs of motion,
receive special attention. Course materials are selected with the aim of
introducing students to some functional and stylistic differences in
modern Ukrainian, as well as distinctions between the Kyiv and Lviv
literary variants. By the end of the course, students will be able to
narrate and describe in all major time frames, and deal effectively with
unanticipated complications in most formal and informal settings.
ADVANCED UKRAINIAN I
Ukrainian W4001 section 001
Call Number: 21803
Instructor: Dr. Yuri Shevchuk
Mondays & Wednesdays 9:10-10:25am
Location TBA
3 points, Department of Slavic Languages and Literature
This is course for students who wish to develop their mastery of
Ukrainian. Further study of grammar includes patterns of word formation,
participle, gerund, declension of numerals, a more in-depth study of
such difficult subjects as verbal aspect, and verbs of motion. Original
texts and other materials drawn from classical and contemporary
Ukrainian literature, press, electronic media and film are designed to
give students familiarity with linguistic features typical of such
functional styles as written and spoken, formal and informal, scientific
and newspaper language, etc. The course is designed to enable students
to discuss extensively a wide range of general interest topics and some
special fields of interest, particularly relating to their research and
work, politics and culture; to hypothesize; to support opinions and
handle linguistically unfamiliar situations; as well as to conduct
independent field research with Ukrainian language sources.
NOTE: Many of the Columbia Ukrainian Studies Program courses listed
above are open to students from other universities in the New York
metropolitan area, as well as to outside individuals interested in
non-credit continuing studies. Undergraduate and graduate students from
New York University, for example, can register directly with their
school for Ukrainian language classes at Columbia, while PhD candidates
from universities which are part of the Columbia University Consortium
(e.g. NYU, CUNY, New School) can register for non-language courses by
obtaining appropriate approval from both their home school and Columbia.
For more information, please contact Diana Howansky at
ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu or 212-854-4697.
*Dates and times are subject to change.
--
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
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