March 16, 2020In line with the recommendations of public health officials regarding the spread of COVID-19, the Shevchenko Scientific Society has suspended all public events beginning the evening of March 14, 2020. The building will be closed until the end of the month, at which time the situation will be reevaluated. Our ... Continue reading
February 20, 2020Book Review By Oksana Rosenblum “Vichnyi Calendar” (The Eternal Calendar, in Ukrainian), by Vasyl Makhno. Lviv: Staryi Lev, 2019. ISBN-10: 617679725X. Vasyl Makhno’s first novel, “The Eternal Calendar” (“Vichnyi Calendar”) illuminates different epochs and locations, and merges different genres. On a macro level, it is a family saga; on a micro level, ... Continue reading
February 12, 2020Name: Margarita M. Balmaceda Hometown: Cambridge/Somerville, MA Current Position: Professor of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University and Associate, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) Professional Interests: Comparative Politics, Energy Policy, Infrastructure, Governance, Corruption, Trans-border trade, Ukrainian-EU Relations Why did you decide to join the Shevchenko Scientific Society? I wanted ... Continue reading
January 16, 2020Well-known entrepreneur, philanthropist, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother Helen Woskob died peacefully at home surrounded by her family at the age of 89 on Ukrainian Christmas Eve on January 6, 2020. The day is one of the holiest holidays for Ukrainians. Above all else, Helen was devoted to her family ... Continue reading
December 17, 2019Maria Rewakowicz, Lecturer of Ukrainian at Rutgers University, won the Omeljan Pritsak Book Prize in Ukrainian Studies for her book, Ukraine’s Quest for Identity: Embracing Cultural Hybridity in Literary Imagination, 1991-2011. This monograph concentrates on major works of literature produced during the first two decades of independence and places them against ... Continue reading
December 13, 2019Lev Chaban, Jurij Dobczansky, Halyna Hryn, and Marko Slyz participated in the sixth conference of the Ukrainian Heritage Consortium of North America (UHCNA) hosted by Harvard University’s Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) on October 17-20, 2019. The UHCNA is a voluntary group that coordinates an exchange of information, fosters friendships and ... Continue reading
December 12, 2019Name: Iryna Zenyuk Hometown: Irvine, CA (originally from Ivano-Frankivsk) Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Irvine Professional Interests: renewable energy technologies Why did you decide to join the Shevchenko Scientific Society? I am a member of several professional science and engineering societies. The Shevchenko ... Continue reading
December 11, 2019The Biomedical Section of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the United States established the Dobzhansky Genetics Club and held its inaugural meeting on November 2, 2019. The main goal of the newly formed club is to stimulate an academic discussion of cutting-edge research in genetics and foster a dialogue among Ukrainian ... Continue reading
December 9, 2019On November 23, 2019, the American Association for Ukrainian Studies (AAUS) held a business meeting at the 2019 annual convention of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES), leading international organization dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about Central Asia, the Caucasus, Russia, and Eastern Europe. The ... Continue reading
October 27, 2019On 21 November 2019 the Department of Music at the University of New Haven will hold a remembrance event, honoring Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity and commemorating Holodomor. Victor Markiw, lecturer of music, and his colleagues organize this event.Continue reading
