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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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