The Ukrainian Research Institute invites members of the Harvard community and the general public to the following lecture presented as part of the HURI Seminars in Ukrainian Studies series:


Politics, Elite Conflict and Gas Crises
Ukraine in the Approach to Presidential Elections

Taras Kuzio
Adjunct Professor, Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University (Ottawa)
Editor, "Ukraine Analyst"

Monday, February 9, 2009
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Room S-050 (Concourse Level)
CGIS Building South, Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA  02138



Upcoming Lectures and Presentations of Interest (Unless indicated otherwise, events are held from 4-6:00 p.m. in Room S-050 of CGIS Building South):

Monday, February 16
~ No seminar - Presidents' Day ~

Monday, February 23
The Gospels in Vernacular Ukrainian: Contrasting the Language Programs of Panteleimon Kulish (1871) and Antin Kobylians'kyi (1874, 1877)
Andriy Danylenko
Lecturer in Modern Languages and Cultures, Pace University
Associate, Ukrainian Research Institute


Monday, March 2
Muscovites in Ruthenian Lands in the 16th-17th Centuries: Social Integration, Cultural Identity, Historical Memory
Konstantin Jerusalimsky
Senior Lecturer in History, Russian State University for the Humanities (Moscow)
Eugene and Daymel Shklar Research Fellow, Ukrainian Research Institute


Monday, March 9
The Populist Movement (Narodnytstvo) in Ukrainian Literature and Popular Culture
Tamara Hundorova
Head, Department of Literary Theory, Institute of Literature, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Petro Jacyk Distinguished Research Fellow, Ukrainian Research Institute


Monday, March 16
Language Policy and Linguistic Attitudes in Ukraine
Volodymyr Kulyk
Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington DC)


Monday, March 23
~ No seminar - Spring recess ~

Monday, March 30
Jewish-Christian Cultural Contacts in Late Medieval Kyiv
Moshe Taube
Professor of Linguistics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jaroslaw and Nadia Mihaychuk Research Fellow, Ukrainian Research Institute


Monday, April 6
The Consolidation of Army Officer Training in Lviv: Its Significance for Ukraine's Military Development
Leonid Polyakov
Former Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine
External Consultant, Parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense, Parliament of Ukraine
Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
Research Fellow, Ukrainian Research Institute

Monday, April 13 - Petro Jacyk Memorial Symposium
On the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Mykola Hohol/ Nikolai Gogol
~ Details forthcoming ~

Monday, April 20
Should Cossacks Be Allowed to Sell Their Lands? A Contribution to Russo-Ukrainian Relations (1820s)
John LeDonne
Center Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University

Monday, April 27

Literary Anthologies and Their Role in Shaping Ukrainian Identity
Olena Haleta
Associate Professor of Literature and Director, Centre for the Humanities, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Eugene and Daymel Shklar Research Fellow, Ukrainian Research Institute


Monday, May 4
Taras Shevchenko and the Modern Ukrainian Literary Language: A Revisit and New Assessment
Michael Moser
Associate Professor, Institute for Slavic Studies, University of Vienna

Program subject to change.  To check for changes to the HURI Seminar schedule, please visit our website: http://www.huri.harvard.edu/calendar.html

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