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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Selected Works in Two Volumes by Vasyl Makhno
DESCRIPTION:  \nVasyl Makhno is regarded as one of the contemporary Ukrainian poetic voices on the global stage\, with his works translated into more than twenty languages. Skhyma is the most comprehensive collection of his poetry\, featuring works written between 1993 and 2023. In addition to his poetry\, Makhno’s essays offer a unique insight into his artistic and personal world. The book Chickens Don’t Fly gathers essays written from 2002 to 2023. These essays intertwine memories\, autobiographical stories\, and reflections on others\, with some resembling short stories that form a cohesive tapestry\, while others take readers on a journey through various spaces — and ultimately\, through life. \nVasyl Makhno is a Ukrainian poet\, prose writer\, essayist\, and translator. He is the author of fourteen collections of poetry: Skhyma (1993)\, Caesar’s Solitude (1994)\, The Book of Hills and Hours (1996)\, The Flipper of the Fish (2002)\, 38 Poems about New York and Some Other Things (2004)\, Cornelia Street Café: New and Selected Poems (2007)\, Winter Letters (2011)\, I Want to be Jazz and Rock’n’Roll (2013)\, Bike (2015)\, Jerusalem Poems (2016)\, Paper Bridge (2017)\, A Poet\, the Ocean and Fish (2019)\, and most recently One Sail House (2021). He has also published a book of short stories\, The House in Baiting Hollow (2015)\, a novel\, The Eternal Calendar (2019)\, and five books of essays\, The Gertrude Stein Memorial Cultural and Recreation Park (2006)\, Horn of Plenty (2011)\, Suburbs and Borderland (2019)\, Biking along the Ocean (2020)\, and From Consonants to Vowels: an Encyclopedia of Names\, Places\, Birds\, Plants and Other Things (2023). Makhno’s works have been widely translated into many languages; his books have been published in Germany\, Israel\, Lithuania\, Poland\, Romania\, Serbia and the US. \nHe translated Zbigniew Herbert’s\, Janusz Szuber’s\, Bohdan Zadura’s and Anna Frajlich’s poetry from Polish into Ukrainian\, and edited an anthology of young Ukrainian poets from the 1990’s. He is the recipient of Kovaliv Fund Prize (2008)\, Serbia’s International Povele Morave Prize in Poetry (2013)\, the BBC Book of the Year Award (2015)\, and International Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize “Encounter” (2020). \nFeaturing: pianist Pavlo Gintov and singer Alla Rodina (soprano). \nModerator: Tamara Hundorova (Princeton University) \nThe presentation will be delivered in Ukrainian. \nAdmission to this event is free. Registration is required. Suggested donation is $20 \nРеєстрація
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/book-launch-selected-works-in-two-volumes-by-vasyl-makhno/
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SUMMARY:Chornobyl and Its Legacies Today: Ecocide\, Cultural Responses\, and Critical Geopolitics. Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a timely discussion on the anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster\, exploring its enduring impact through the lenses of environmental violence\, cultural memory\, and geopolitical critique. Featuring presentations by Stanislav Menzelevskyi (Indiana University)\, Nathaniel Pickett (National Institute for Children’s Health Quality)\, and Darya Tsymbalyuk (University of Chicago)\, along with a screening of Chornobyl 22\, a short film by Oleksiy Radynski. \nModerated by Vitaly Chernetsky\, President of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. \nStanislav Menzelevskyi is a film scholar\, archivist\, and co-founder of the Medusa publishing project in Ukraine. Stanislav headed the Research and Programming Department of the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Center for over a decade.  He is the co-author of the compilation films Atomopolis. Assembling Utopia (2016) and Lviv-Intervision (2018). Currently\, he is pursuing a Ph.D. at the Media School at Indiana University\, Bloomington\, after spending time as a Fulbright Fellow at UC Berkeley (2018) and a Carnegie Fellow at Columbia University’s Harriman Institute (2013). \nNathaniel Ray Pickett received his doctorate from the Department of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Kansas in 2022. Over the course of his academic career\, he has published work on a variety of topics at the intersection of power\, knowledge\, and space\, including articles on territorial cleansing; incorporating Science\, Technology\, and Society methodologies in geographic research; and the long-term effects of the Chornobyl disaster on Ukrainian society\, politics\, and culture. In 2015-16\, Dr. Pickett was a Fulbright Research Fellow in Ukraine where he conducted archival research and interviews for his dissertation work. Most recently\, he published “Chornobyl Body Politics: Making Environmental Violence Visible” with Dr. Shannon O’Lear in Exploring Environmental Violence (2024). He currently works at the National Institute for Children’s Health Quality. \nDarya Tsymbalyuk is an interdisciplinary researcher\, and her practice includes writing and image-making. Most of Darya’s work lies at the intersection of environmental humanities and artistic research. Darya is the author of Ecocide in Ukraine: The Environmental Cost of Russia’s War (Polity Press 2025). Among her many shorter publications is a double special issue on the environmental humanities of Ukraine co-edited with Tanya Richardson and forthcoming with East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies. In addition to writing\, Darya also works with images through drawing\, painting\, collage\, and film essays. Darya serves as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Committee on Environment\, Geography\, and Urbanization (CEGU)\, University of Chicago. \n\n  Join via Zoom
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/chornobyl-and-its-legacies-today-ecocide-cultural-responses-and-critical-geopolitics-webinar/
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SUMMARY:Leonid Hrabovsky: A 90th Anniversary Celebration A Concert Featuring the Music of the Composer
DESCRIPTION:Program: \nKeepsake for Elissa (1988)\nForrest Eimold\, piano \n  \nTrio for violin\, double bass and piano (1964)\nAndrii Didorenko\, violin\nMarguerite Cox\, bass\nPavlo Gintov\, piano \n  \nHlas 1 (1990)\nClara Cho\, cello \n  \nEQVIN (2019)\nAlexander Yakub\, violin\nForrest Eimold\, piano \n  \nRegistration \nLeonid Hrabovsky (b. 1935) is a Ukrainian composer\, laureate of the Boris Lyatoshynsky Prize (1993)\, and Honorary Professor of the Mykola Lysenko Lviv National Music Academy (2010). He is the author of Four Ukrainian Songs\, four Homeomorphies\, the melodrama La Mer for narrator\, mixed choir\, and large symphony orchestra on texts by the French poet Saint-John Perse\, the symphony-legend Evening on Ivan Kupalo\, the symphonic poem Vorzel in memory of B. Lyatoshynsky\, and many other compositions. Using a wide range of modern compositional techniques developed in the 20th century\, he created his own system and method of algorithmic composition. After many years of work\, he completed the computerization of this method and returned to active composing. Since 2016\, he has written 12 Two-Voice Inventions for harpsichord\, Tetragon\, ARRY\, EQVIN\, and STR-O(r)GAN for organ. While living and working in the U.S. since 1990\, Hrabovsky has maintained a close relationship with the musical life of independent Ukraine\, arranging lectures\, talks\, and creative meetings. His works have been performed at numerous events in Ukraine\, the U.S.\, Europe\, and both North and South America. This year\, a festival celebrating the 90th anniversaries of three composers—Arvo Pärt\, Giya Kancheli\, and Leonid Hrabovsky—is planned in the city of Bonn. \n  \nForest Eimold\, piano \nNew York-based composer-keyboardist Forrest Eimold (b. 1999) has been hailed as “incredible” and “fearless” by The Boston Musical Intelligencer\, “extremely impressive” by Harmonie\, and as having “ably responded to the many virtuosic demands” of today’s compositional vanguard by The Washington Post. Forrest’s compositional honors include the Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts from Columbia University\, a Density Labs Fellowship from the Juilliard School\, a Blueprint Fellowship from National Sawdust\, and multiple awards from the National YoungArts Foundation. A publication of Forrest’s organ transcription of Gerald Barry’s Chevaux-de-frise is forthcoming from Schott Music. Having graduated in 2022 from the dual program between the Juilliard School and Columbia University\, Forrest currently studies composition at the Yale School of Music. Having served as Music and Organ Scholar at Trinity Church Wall Street (2018–22)\, he now works as Staff Pianist at the Juilliard School (2021–present). \nClara Cho\, cello \nClara Cho is a Korean cellist based in New York City. She collaborates closely with living composers including Reiko Füting\, Ashkan Behzadi\, and Samuel Torres to contribute to the development of emerging repertoire. As she seeks to integrate diverse forms of art with her performance beyond the boundaries of classical and contemporary music\, Clara has also collaborated with rising jazz musicians\, choreographers\, visual artists\, and fashion designers including Miro Magloire (New Chamber Ballet\, Columbia Ballet Collaborative)\, Christian McGhee\, Emmanuel Michael\, Nicola Caminiti\, Jahari Stampley\, Jingu Jun (“The Last Garment”\, fashion brand)\, Youngsu Jo on various projects. Recently\, she was featured on Reiko Füting’s latest album “distant: violin. sound”\, as a part of the ensemble\, Noise Catalogue. Clara holds BM\, MM\, and PS degrees from the Manhattan School of Music\, where she studied under Julia Lichten and Philippe Muller. Her upcoming performances include a Contemporary Chamber Music Concert on May 19th at St. John’s in the Village\, and a Noise Catalogue concert featuring George Crumb’s Black Angels on May 31st at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. \nAndrii Didorenko\, violin \nA New York-based violinist and composer Andrii Didorenko was born in Dnipro\, Ukraine\, to a family of professional violinists. He took his first violin lessons with his parents and made his debut with an orchestra at the age of 10. He earned his graduate and postgraduate degrees from Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory and appeared as a soloist with Moscow Symphony Orchestra and Moscow Camerata Chamber Orchestra. From 1999 to 2004\, Andrii lived in Taiwan where he taught\, performed\, and debuted as a composer. Since moving to New York in 2006\, he has performed regularly as a soloist and chamber. Andrii is also a leader of a contemporary rock fusion ensemble\, Lost World Band\, which has released several critically acclaimed albums. Since the start of the war\, he has written several pieces inspired by Ukrainian folk music and participated in many fundraising events to aid Ukraine. \nMarguerite Cox\, bass \nMarguerite Cox is a double bassist from Northeast Ohio\, currently a fellow in Carnegie Hall’s renowned Ensemble Connect program. She is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music—where she was the first person to earn a master’s degree in double bass performance—and Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music\, where she also earned a minor in Poverty\, Justice\, and Human Capabilities.A versatile musician\, Marguerite’s work spans classical\, experimental\, folk\, and improvised traditions. She performs regularly with ensembles such as A Far Cry\, Palaver Strings\, New Canaan Chamber Music\, and Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players. Recent highlights include appearances with the Baltimore and Charleston Symphonies\, and solo recitals presented by Illuminate Women’s Music\, Summer Strings Academy for Girls\, and the Cincinnati Bass Club’s 2025 tribute to François Rabbath.Marguerite is a dedicated advocate for new and experimental music. She has premiered works by Nick Dunston\, Matt Aucoin\, and Ted Babcock; performed at the ensemble mise-en festival and the Museum of Modern Art; and held creative residencies at Avaloch Farm and Brown University. In 2023\, she was a member of the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra.She is also a core member of Big Bend\, an improvising folk band that has toured nationally with performances at Le Poisson Rouge (NYC)\, Constellation (Chicago)\, The 5 Spot (Nashville)\, and studio collaborations with Grammy-winning producer Shahzad Ismaily. Her improvisation duo\, Goal Weight\, with violinist Jennifer Gersten\, has performed at P.I.T.\, Cutelab\, and Freddy’s Bar.Marguerite has held fellowships at the Tanglewood Music Center\, Aspen Music Festival\, Spoleto Festival USA\, and the Music Academy of the West\, and studied with mentors including Edgar Meyer\, Paul Ellison\, Tim Pitts\, Leigh Mesh\, and Tracy Rowell. \nPavlo Gintov\, piano \nPavlo Gintov has been described as “a poet of the keyboard” by Marty Lash of the Illinois Entertainer\, a “musical storyteller” by the Japanese publication Shikoku News\, and “a fantastic pianist and extraordinary artist” by Jerry Dubins of the Fanfare Magazine. Following his debut at the Kyiv Philharmonic Hall at the age of 12\, Pavlo has been touring throughout Europe\, Asia\, Africa\, South America and the United States\, appearing at such stages as Carnegie Hall in New York\, Berlin Philharmonic Hall\, Teatro Verdi Nationale in Milan and Kioi Hall in Tokyo. He has been a soloist with Tokyo Royal Chamber Orchestra\, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine\, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa\, the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic and Manhattan Chamber Orchestra under such conductors as Michiyoshi Inoue\, Victor Yampolsky\, Thomas Sanderling\, Volodymyr Sirenko and Tomomi Nishimoto. \nAlexander Yakub\, violin \nAlexander “Sasha” Yakub received a graduate diploma in violin performance in 2024 as the first student of Leila Josefowicz at the Mannes School of Music on a full scholarship\, where he also completed his masters as a President’s Scholar under Miranda Cuckson in 2022. Sasha holds a bachelors in music from Harvard\, where he received the 2020 Robert Levin Prize in Musical Performance and was a 2019 Harvard Office for the Arts Development Fellow. Sasha was also a 2022-2024 Akademist at the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra\, 2021 Bang On a Can Summer Festival Fellow\, 2020 Yamaha Young Artists Competition honorable mention winner\, and a 2017-18 Tanglewood Music Center Violin Fellow\, during the second year of which he served as concertmaster for the 2018 Myrios recording of “In Seven Days” by Thomas Adès (Kirill Gerstein\, soloist). The eponymous album—containing it—was the 2021 winner of the contemporary category in the International Classical Music Awards. In 2024\, he won runner-up at the Mannes School of Music Concerto Competition for his performance of Adès’ Concentric Paths violin concerto. Some of Sasha’s notable public performances include the world premiere of Paul Mortilla’s violin concerto “Animal Brain: ad infinitum perplexus confixium” with New Music New Haven at the Yale School of Music and the performance of “Synchronisms No. 9” at the Harvard Music Department’s memorial concert for Prof. Emeritus Mario Davidovsky. Sasha lives in New York\, where he has contracted with Lincoln Center Stage and the American Composers Alliance and serves as concertmaster of the BeComEnsemble. \nRegistration
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/leonid-hrabovsky-a-90th-anniversary-celebration-a-concert-featuring-the-music-of-the-composer/
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SUMMARY:Serhii Tereshchenko: Theory of Cultural Change in Yevhen Malaniuk's Poetry and Scholarship
DESCRIPTION:After the Ukrainian National Republic was taken over in 1919\, the army officer Yevhen Malaniuk\, then 22 years old\, moved to Poland. He lived there for twenty years until another world war forced him to move to Czechoslovakia\, then Germany\, and finally to New York\, where he found a job in engineering. Malaniuk\, with his ties to academia and many publications\, is a little-known public thinker who has already discussed important issues that Ukrainians face today: how to showcase the Ukrainian nation to the world and how cultural politics affects people’s well-being. He presented his ideas about culture in poetry in the books The Stiletto and the Stylus (1925) and The Power (1951). He also developed a cultural theory on how a nation under occupation can move towards a democratic open society in his quasi-anthropological studies\, including Essays in the History of Our Culture (1954)\, On the Problem of Bolshevism (1956)\, and A Book of Observations (1962). \nSerhii Tereshchenko is a visiting assistant professor at the University at Albany\, State University of New York (SUNY). He teaches literature and film from Ukraine\, Central Europe\, and Central Asia. Serhii defended his dissertation at Columbia University\, where he studied how science fiction promoted plurality and inclusivity in the Soviet Union and Socialist Bloc to dismantle the one-party centralized power through mass media. He presented his research at the Center for Science Fiction Studies at the University of Kansas and the Science Fiction Consortium at the University of South Africa. Dr. Serhii Tereshchenko is now developing the book “Lyrical Games: Gender and Nation in Polish Hip-Hop” (Palgrave McMillan\, the US) and translating from Ukrainian an edition of text titled “Cultural Paratroopers: Ukrainian Literary Organizations in the 1840s-1990” (Glagoslav\, the Netherlands). \nRegistration
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/serhii-tereshchenko-theory-of-cultural-change-in-yevhen-malaniuks-poetry-and-scholarship/
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Decolonizing Ukraine: The Indigenous People of Crimea and Pathways to Freedom by Greta Uehling
DESCRIPTION:  \nIn this ground-breaking book\, distinguished anthropologist Greta Uehling illuminates the untold stories of Russia’s occupation of Crimea from 2014 to the present\, revealing the traumas of colonization\, foreign occupation\, and population displacement. Drawing upon extensive fieldwork in Ukraine\, including over 90 personal interviews\, Uehling brings her readers into the lives of people who opposed Russia’s Crimean operation\, many of whom fled for government-controlled Ukraine. Via the narratives of people who traversed perilous geographies and world-altering events\, Uehling traces the development of a new sense of social cohesion that encompasses diverse ethnic and religious groups. The result is a compelling story—one of resilience\, transformation\, and ultimately\, the unwavering pursuit of freedom and autonomy for Ukraine\, regardless of ethnicity or race. Decolonizing Ukraine: The Indigenous People of Crimea and Pathways to Freedom demonstrates how understanding Crimea is essential to understanding Ukraine – and the war with Russia – today. \nGreta Uehling is a cultural anthropologist who specializes in the study of war\, conflict\, and population displacement. A Professor at the University of Michigan\, she teaches seminars on human rights and humanitarianism for the Program in International and Comparative Studies. She is the author of Beyond Memory: The Deportation and Repatriation of the Crimean Tatars (2004) and Everyday War: The Conflict over Donbas\, Ukraine (2023). \nModerator: Dr. Maria Sonevytsky\, Bard College \nRegistration
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/book-launch-decolonizing-ukraine-the-indigenous-people-of-crimea-and-pathways-to-freedom-by-greta-uehling/
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SUMMARY:Village to Modern Daylong Symposium
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Ukrainian Museum and the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US are partnering to host a seminal event celebrating the Museum’s new exhibition Village to Modern. \nThe influence of Ukrainian folk art on the Ukrainian avant-garde in the early 20th century was transformative. With its vibrant colors\, geometric patterns\, and unique symbols\, Ukrainian folk art played a significant role in shaping the development of new artistic movements and pushing the boundaries of artistic expression for innovative and groundbreaking works. Pioneering avant-garde artists such as Kazimir Malevich and Alexandra Exter were inspired by the authenticity of Ukrainian folk art\, which had its creative roots in small villages across the country. \nJoin us for a daylong symposium with visual presentations by distinguished art historians\, an exhibition walkthrough with the Museum’s director\, and a roundtable discussion culminating with an audience Q&A. Our distinguished group of guest speakers include Dr. Myroslava Mudrak\, Oksana Semenik\, and Dr. Alisa Lozhkina. The program will be held throughout the day in both locations\, the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US and The Ukrainian Museum\, with a light lunch at mid-day. The full schedule is provided below. This event will be held both in person and online (live stream)\, and tickets for both options are available on Eventbrite. For online ticket purchases\, the exhibition walkthrough at the Museum is not included. The live stream link to the event will be sent via email from the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US the day before the event. \n  \nSymposium Program \nLocation: Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US \n63 4th Avenue \n9:30 am – Coffee Reception \n10:05 am – 10:15 am – Welcome by Dr. Vitaly Chernetsky\, President of Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US                              \n10:15 am -12:30 pm – Visual Presentations by Guest Speakers (there will be breaks between presentations) \n  \nLocation: The Ukrainian Museum \n222 East 6th Street \n1 – 2 pm – Light Lunch Reception \n2 – 3 pm – Walkthrough of the Village to Modern Exhibition with Museum Director Peter Doroshenko \n  \nLocation: Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US \n63 4th Avenue \n3:30 – 5 pm – Roundtable and Q&A\n  \n\n  Buy Tickets
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/village-to-modern-daylong-symposium/
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Ecocide in Ukraine: The Environmental Cost of Russia's War by Darya Tsymbalyuk
DESCRIPTION:Russia’s war on Ukraine has not only destroyed millions of human lives\, it has also been catastrophic for the environment. Forests and fields have been burned to the ground\, animal and plant species pushed to the brink of extinction\, soil and water contaminated with oil products\, debris\, and mines.  On a single day in June 2023\, the breached Kakhovka Dam flooded thousands of kilometers of protected natural habitat\, as well as villages\, towns\, and agricultural land. The devastation of biodiversity and ecosystems across Ukraine has been immeasurable\, long-lasting and its consequences stretch beyond national borders. In this poignant book\, Ukrainian researcher Darya Tsymbalyuk offers an intimate portrait of her beloved homeland against the backdrop of Russia’s war and ecocide. In elegant and moving prose\, she describes the damage to the country’s rivers\, the grasslands of the steppes\, animals\, insects\, and colonies of birds\, as a result of Russia’s ground and air operations.  Alongside the everyday experiences of people in Ukraine living with the environmental consequences of the war\, we share Tsymbalyuk’s own reckoning with the changing nature of cherished places and the loss of familiar worlds caused by the ongoing Russian invasion. \nDarya Tsymbalyuk is an interdisciplinary researcher\, and her practice includes writing and image-making. She serves as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Committee on Environment\, Geography\, and Urbanization (CEGU)\, University of Chicago. Darya is the author of Ecocide in Ukraine: the Environmental Cost of Russia’s War (Polity 2025). Among her many shorter scholarly publications is a double special issue on the environmental humanities of Ukraine co-edited with Tanya Richardson and forthcoming with East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies. The issue includes an article “Constellations of Ukrainian Thought and the Environmental Humanities”\, in which Tsymbalyuk and Richardson attempt to trace the development of environmental thought in Ukraine from the 20th century until today. Her other scholarly texts have been published by Nature Human Behaviour\, Journal of International Relations and Development\, Narrative Culture\, REGION: Regional Studies of Russia\, Eastern Europe\, and Central Asia\, to name a few. Her public-facing writing appeared in BBC Future Planet\, openDemocracy\, The Funambulist\, KAJET\, NiCHE: Network in Canadian History & Environment\, Klassiki and many other platforms. \nModerator: Dr. Olena Nikolayenko (Fordham U) \n  \nAdmission to this event is free. Registration is required.  \nSuggested donation is $20 \nRegister
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/ecocide-in-ukraine-the-environmental-cost-of-russias-war-by-darya-tsymbalyuk/
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SUMMARY:Alexander Shcheglovitov: Studying Autism-Associated Disorders Using Human Brain Organoids Generated from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
DESCRIPTION:Approximately 1 in 31 children in the United States are diagnosed with autism-associated disorders. The underlying causes remain poorly understood\, and there are currently no effective treatments for affected individuals. Brain organoids provide a novel powerful model for studying human brain development and disease. In my lab\, we generate brain organoids from patients with specific autism-associated genetic mutations to investigate the disrupted cellular and molecular mechanisms. In this presentation\, I will share our approach to using brain organoids to study human brain development and autism-associated brain disorders. \nDr. Alexander Shcheglovitov is an Associate Professor of Neurobiology at the University of Utah and a Faculty Director for the Utah Cellular Translational Research Core at Utah CTSI. He earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in applied physics from the National Technical University of Ukraine\, followed by a PhD in biophysics from the Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology\, Kyiv\, Ukraine. He completed Postdoctoral training at the University of Virginia with Dr. Ed Perez-Reyes and Stanford University with Dr. Ricardo Dolmetsch. His lab studies human brain development and autism-associated neurodevelopmental disorders using brain organoids. Dr. Shcheglovitov is a recipient of several prestigious awards\, including the Innovation Research Award from the International Society for Autism Research\, NARSAD Young Investigator Award\, and Alex’s Lemonade Stand Innovation Award. \nModerator: Dr. Roman Shirokov (Rutgers U) \nAdmission to this event is free. Registration is required.  \nSuggested donation is $20 \nRegister
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/studying-autism-associated-disorders-using-human-brain-organoids-generated-from-induced-pluripotent-stem-cells-by-alexander-shcheglovitov/
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SUMMARY:Yurko Gutsulyak’s Exhibition. Faultlines of Belonging
DESCRIPTION:Faultlines of Belonging brings together poster works created during the ongoing full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Addressed primarily to audiences outside Ukraine\, these works confront the viewer with urgent visual messages intended to inform\, challenge\, and compel action. They trace the geopolitical\, cultural\, and personal fractures that define the country’s present moment. The artist assumes the role of communicator across borders\, translating the lived experience of war into a language accessible to those far from its frontlines. \nFrom stark black-and-white typographic compositions to blue-and-yellow affirmations and experimental explorations of national identity\, the works navigate themes of belonging\, displacement\, and resilience. They question Ukraine’s future between East and West\, humanize statistics\, and counter the relentless machinery of Russian misinformation. They expose destruction as both a physical and metaphorical act\, while asserting the cultural strength that endures despite it. \nSome pieces respond directly to events as they unfold\, capturing the raw pulse of a nation under attack. Others take a more reflective stance\, distilling symbols and messages into meditations on heritage\, historical truth\, and collective memory. Together\, they occupy the unstable ground of global interconnection\, asserting that there is no safe distance from violence\, responsibility\, or the shared task of defending truth. \nAs part of the exhibition\, The Blue-Yellow Series delves into Ukrainian identity through an abstract yet profoundly personal reinterpretation of the national flag. Since the beginning of the war\, Ukrainians worldwide have developed a heightened awareness of blue and yellow in their surroundings—colors that have come to embody resilience\, solidarity\, and hope. The project expands on this phenomenon by exploring how these colors exist beyond their visual form. One of its key messages\, “When no colors are left\, the Ukrainian flag is still waving\,” reflects the endurance of national identity even in the face of destruction. \nYurko Gutsulyak (b. 1979\, Ukraine) is an artist and visionary who explores symbolism\, materiality\, and conceptual storytelling. With a branding and graphic design background\, he merges design methodologies with artistic inquiry\, using printed editions and interactive objects to challenge conventional interpretations of sign metaphors and visual codes. \nBefore shifting his focus to contemporary art\, Yurko Gutsulyak built a distinguished career in visual communication. In 2005\, he founded Gutsulyak.Studio\, an award-winning practice specializing in identity and packaging. His projects have received over 150 international accolades\, including Red Dot\, European Design Awards\, Epica Awards\, Pentawards\, Dieline Awards\, Communication Arts\, Graphis\, and have been exhibited in Canada\, Switzerland\, France\, Germany\, China\, Poland\, Mexico\, the United States\, and Ukraine. \nHe has lectured worldwide and served as a jury member for creative competitions across North America\, Europe\, and Asia. His insights have been featured in leading design publications\, including Novum (Germany)\, idPure (Switzerland)\, +design (Greece)\, idN (Hong Kong)\, telegraf (Ukraine)\, Font (Czech Republic)\, and Brand (China). Since relocating to Toronto in 2017\, he has continued developing his artistic practice while maintaining his studio. \nExhibition opens September 13\, 2025 \nArtist talk will take place on September 27\, 2025. \nAdmission to this event is free. Registration is required. Suggested donation is $20 \nRegister
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/yurko-gutsulyaks-exhibition-faultlines-of-belonging/
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Still City (University of Pittsburgh Press\, 2024) by Oksana Maksymchuk
DESCRIPTION:The poems in Oksana Maksymchuk’s debut English-language collection meditate on the changing sense of reality\, temporality\, mortality\, and intimacy in the face of a catastrophic event. While some of the poems were composed in the months preceding the full-scale invasion of the poet’s homeland\, others emerged in its wake. Navigating between a chronicle\, a chorus\, and a collage\, Still City reflects the lived experiences of liminality\, offering different perspectives on the war and its aftermath. The collection engages a wide range of sources\, including social media posts\, news reports\, witness accounts\, recorded oral histories\, photographs\, drone video footage\, intercepted communication\, and official documents\, making sense of the transformations that war affects in individuals\, families\, and communities. Now ecstatic\, now cathartic\, these poems shine a light on survival\, mourning\, and hope through moments of terror and awe. \nOksana Maksymchuk is a bilingual Ukrainian-American poet\, scholar\, and literary translator. Her debut English-language poetry collection “Still City” was published by University of Pittsburgh Press (US) and Carcanet Press (UK) and was long-listed for the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize and the 2025 Pen/Voelcker Award for Poetry. Her poems appeared in The Guardian\, The Paris Review\, The Poetry Review and many other journals. She co-edited an anthology\, “Words for War: New Poems from Ukraine\,” and co-translated several poetry collections. She is a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowship\, the Scaglione Prize for Literary Translation from the Modern Language Association\, the American Association for Ukrainian Studies Translation Prize\, and other honors. Oksana holds a PhD in philosophy from Northwestern University. \nModerator: Dr. Vitaly Chernetsky (U of Kansas/Shevchenko Scientific Society) \nAdmission to this event is free. Registration is required.  \nSuggested donation is $20 \nRegister
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/book-launch-still-city-university-of-pittsburgh-press-2024-by-oksana-maksymchuk/
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SUMMARY:Mykola Riabchuk: Mapping a "Nation from Nowhere": The Toxic Influence of "Imperial Knowledge" and the Challenges of Decolonization
DESCRIPTION:Professor Riabchuk argues that the long-standing “invisibility” of Ukraine on the mental maps of the world—as well as the persistent factual misunderstandings—stems from the global community’s uncritical acceptance of the Russian perspective\, both on Russia itself and on the peoples it has colonized. This perspective is articulated through a system of narratives developed by the empire to undermine the agency of subordinated nations\, rendering them nearly invisible and voiceless to the outside world\, and insignificant or inferior in their own eyes. Following Edward Said\, Riabchuk identifies this discursive system as “imperial knowledge” and demonstrates how\, over the past two centuries\, the empire has successfully institutionalized and disseminated it globally as supposedly “scientific knowledge”—and therefore unquestionable\, normalized\, and elevated to the status of “common truths.” The deconstruction of this “knowledge” within the broader context of ongoing global decolonization processes must become a priority for both Ukrainian and international intellectuals. \nMykola Riabchuk is a leading research fellow at the Institute of Political and Ethno-National Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and a visiting professor at both the University of Warsaw and the Ukrainian Catholic University. He is the author of around twenty books\, several of which have been translated into Polish\, Serbian\, Hungarian\, German\, and French. In recent years\, driven by the need to communicate the truth about Ukraine to international audiences\, he has written primarily in English. He is the author of three books in English\, including Eastern Europe since 1989: Between the Loosened Authoritarianism and Unconsolidated Democracy (Warsaw\, 2020)\, and At the Fence of Metternich’s Garden: Essays on Europe\, Ukraine\, and Europeanization (Stuttgart\, 2021). Riabchuk is also a recipient of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine for his 2022 collection of essays Leksykon natsionalista. \nThe lecture will be delivered In Ukrainian. \nDiscussion in Ukrainian and English. \nAdmission to this event is free. Registration is required.  \nSuggested donation is $20 \n\n  Register
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/mykola-riabchuk-mapping-a-nation-from-nowhere-the-toxic-influence-of-imperial-knowledge-and-the-challenges-of-decolonization/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T180000
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SUMMARY:Shevchenko Workshop in Ukrainian Studies
DESCRIPTION:The Shevchenko Scientific Society in the United States\, in partnership with the American Association for Ukrainian Studies and Razom for Ukraine\, will host a workshop in Ukrainian Studies this fall. Early-career scholars\, including PhD candidates and post-doctoral fellows based in the United States\, will present their research and engage in a multidisciplinary dialogue with experts in the field. The in-person workshop will be held in New York City on October 31 – November 1\, 2025\, which will provide participants with an opportunity to attend some events at the Ukrainian Cultural Festival. \nWorkshop Program\nOctober 31/Friday\n6:00 pm – 6:15 pm Opening Remarks\nVitaly Chernetsky\, University of Kansas \n\n6:15 pm – 7:30 pm Keynote Address: Reflections on Ukrainian Studies During Wartime \nPaul D’Anieri\, University of California\, Riverside \n\n7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Reception\n\nNovember 1/Saturday\n9:00 am – 9:30 am Coffee/Registration\n\n9:30 am – 11:15 am Panel 1. Literature and Culture during the 1920s Cultural Revival \nChair: Olena Nikolayenko\, Fordham University \nThe Unresolved Revolution: Yuri Smolych and the Ukrainian War of Independence \nWilliam Ronald Debnam\, Columbia University  \nNo Laughing Matter: Ostap Vyshnia’s Hunting Smiles \nNicole Gonik\, University of California\, Berkeley  \nThe Poet and His Masks: Poetic Ventriloquism in Pavlo Tychyna’s Later Poetry as a Modernist Device  \nOlha Khometa\, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  \nIt is… how to put it gently… entre chien et loup: Space and Illness in Mykola Khvylovy’s Povist’ pro Sanatorijnu Zonu \nPaul Morrison\, Harvard University  \nDiscussants:  Vitaly Chernetsky\, University of Kansas; Halyna Hryn\, Harvard University \n\n11:30 am – 1:15 pm Panel 2. Contesting Gender Norms \nChair: Vitaly Chernetsky\, University of Kansas \nThe War Bodies\, the Geobodies\, and the Gender Neutrality of War. The Analysis of Art Practices of Contemporary Ukrainian Artists \nEwa Sułek\, Harvard University  \nWomen\, War\, and Ethics of Care in Andrey Kurkov’s Grey Bees  \nOksana Vykhopen\, University of Kansas  \nPerforming Gender and Redefining Identity in Wartime Ukraine \nOksana Moroz\, Messiah University  \nInstrumentalizing Queerness: Ukrainian Literature as Cultural Resistance \nAli Karakaya\, Stanford University  \nDiscussants:  Catherine Wanner\, Pennsylvania State University; Yuliya Ladygina\, Pennsylvania State University \n\n1:15 pm – 2:15 pm Lunch\n\n2:15 pm – 4:00 pm Panel 3. Social Identities and Resistance \nChair: Paul D’Anieri\, University of California\, Riverside \nFolklore and the Crimean Tatar Tragedy: Perso-Turkic Tales\, Greco-Byzantine Legends\, and an Untold Genocide in Soviet Crimea \nDiego Benning Wang\, Harvard University  \n“‘As strong as a diamond’: The Soviet people and Ukrainian identity in Komunist Ukraïny (1968-69).” \nDaniel Berardino\, University of California\, Berkeley  \nChoosing Religious Nationalism: Local Religious Behavior during the Russian War on Ukraine \nMarika Olijar\, University of Wisconsin-Madison  \nPopulism\, Political Communication\, and Perceptions of the Russia–Ukraine War in the Global South: Evidence from India \nAdam Lenton\, Wake Forest University  \nDiscussants:  Olena Nikolayenko\, Fordham University; Sophia Wilson\, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville  \n\n4:15 pm – 5:30 pm Roundtable “Cultural Diplomacy and Ukrainian Studies” \nChair: Oleksa Alex Martiniouk\, Razom for Ukraine  \nPanelists: Kateryna Smagliy\, Embassy of Ukraine in the USA  \nSophia Wilson\, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville   \nOlga Zaitseva-Herz\, University of Alberta  \nNataliia Shuliakova\, Yale University \n\n6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Our Life Behind Barbed Wire: Photography\, Poetry\, and Song from Ukraine’s Shadows \nExhibit Opening Reception & Musical-Poetic Performance \nIntroductory remarks by Alex Averbuch\, University of Michigan  \nMusical-poetic performance by poet Alex Averbuch\, translators Oksana Maksymchuk and Max Rosochinsky\, and composer-vocalist Olga Zaitseva-Herz   \nA powerful exhibit and musico-poetic performance by Alex Averbuch and Olga Zaitseva-Herz\, staged within the exhibit space itself. Surrounded by rare photographs of Ukrainian Ostarbeiters\, audiences experience poetry\, song\, and storytelling that connect forced labor\, the Holocaust\, and today’s war in Ukraine. \nThis event is part of the Ukrainian Cultural Festival \nRegister
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/shevchenko-workshop-in-ukrainian-studies/
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SUMMARY:Our Life Behind Barbed Wire: Photography\, Poetry\, and Song from Ukraine’s Shadows
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with \n \nThe Shevchenko Scientific Society gallery will host an evening of scholarship and performance centered on the experiences of Ukrainian forced laborers (Ostarbeiters) in Nazi Germany. \n  \nSchedule \n6:00 pm Lecture by Alex Averbuch and opening of the Ostarbeiter photography exhibit «Our Life Behind Barbed Wire” \n7:00 pm Musico-poetic performance with poet Alex Averbuch\, translators Oksana Maksymchuk & Max Rosochinsky\, and composer-vocalist Olga Zaitseva-Herz (part of the Ukrainian Cultural Festival by Razom for Ukraine) \nThe public lecture by Alex Averbuch will open an exhibition dedicated to the photography and correspondence of Ukrainian Ostarbeiters who were displaced to Nazi Germany during World War II. The show brings together rare images and personal letters that record daily life\, coercion\, and resilience. The materials trace intimate struggles\, including young women’s pregnancies in captivity\, secret marriages\, and clandestine efforts to send forbidden news home\, as well as acts of resistance and survival under totalitarian rule. \nThe exhibition will remain on view through January 1\, 2026. \nFollowing the talk at 7:00 pm\, guests are invited to view the exhibition and attend an immersive musico-poetic program by Averbuch and Zaitseva-Herz. Blending poetry\, voice\, and sound\, it brings forward often-silenced histories\, from deported Ostarbeiters and victims of the Holocaust to those suffering under Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Staged within the exhibit space itself\, the performance resonates with Ukraine’s historical “shadows\,” enveloping the audience in poetry\, song\, and storytelling that bridge past traumas with the present struggle for survival and dignity. \n  \nAlex Averbuch\, a native of Novoaidar\, Luhansk region\, Ukraine\, is a poet\, translator\, and scholar. He is the author of several books of poetry and an array of over seventy selections of literary translations between Hebrew\, Ukrainian\, Russian\, and English. His poems have appeared in English translation in Beloit\, Manhattan Review\, Copper Nickel\, Birmingham Poetry Review\, Plume\, Words Without Borders\, Sugar House Review\, Constellations\, and Common Knowledge\, as well as in anthologies in English\, Italian\, French\, Romanian\, Hebrew\, Finnish\, Estonian\, and Polish translation. His works have been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Averbuch’s latest poetry book was a finalist for the Shevchenko National Prize\, Ukraine’s highest award for culture and literature\, and is forthcoming in English translation by Oksana Maksymchuk and Max Rosochinsky under the title Furious Harvests from HURI/Harvard UP. Standalone collections of his poetry have been or will soon be published in Polish\, Italian\, and German. He is currently an assistant professor of Ukrainian literature and culture in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan. \nOlga Zaitseva-Herz is an ethnomusicologist and postdoctoral fellow at the Kule Folklore Centre\, University of Alberta. Originally from Dnipro\, she completed her PhD in 2024 with a dissertation on Ukrainian songs in Canada\, exploring their interconnectedness and the transculturality of singing styles. Her current research interest is in the strategic role of popular music in Russia’s war on Ukraine\, with particular attention to cultural resilience in digital spaces and AI-mediated communication. Alongside her academic work\, she is an active performer and composer with extensive international concert experience. In 2011\, she founded the band Zaitsa in Germany\, reimagining traditional Ukrainian songs through jazz\, pop\, and klezmer elements. With this ensemble\, she has performed hundreds of concerts across Europe\, including a premiere at the Mela Festival in England\, associated with the opening of the London Olympic Games in 2012. She has also performed as a solo singer with different orchestras and also played in orchestras on international tours with Andrea Bocelli and David Garrett. An installment of her contemporary opera Bakhmut Rhapsody\, based on frontline soundscapes and ethnographic fieldwork combined with poetry by T. Shevchenko and L. Ukrainka\, premiered at the Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival in New York City in 2024. Her current artistic research project focuses on the sonification of Ukrainian embroidery\, where traditional patterns are transcribed into musical compositions. In this innovative work\, embroidered stitches become notes\, and colors shape pitch and timbre\, creating polyphonic soundscapes that translate the intangible cultural heritage of Ukrainian embroidery into sonic form. \nOksana Maksymchuk is a bilingual Ukrainian-American poet\, scholar\, and literary translator. Her debut English-language poetry collection Still City: Diary of an Invasion (University of Pittsburgh Press (US)/Carcanet (UK)) was long-listed for the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize and Pen/Voelcker Award for Poetry. She co-edited an anthology Words for War: New Poems from Ukraine (Academic Studies Press\, 2017) and co-translated several poetry collections\, most recently\, Alex Averbuch’s Furious Harvests (Harvard University Press\, 2025). Oksana holds a PhD in philosophy from Northwestern University. \nMax Rosochinsky is a scholar\, translator and poet from Simferopol/Crimea. His translations have featured in publications including Modern Poetry in Translation\, Words Without Borders\, Poetry International and the Best European Fiction series from Dalkey Archive Press\, while his translation of Lyuba Yakimchuk’s Prayer was performed by the author at the 2022 Grammy Awards Ceremony. A co-winner of  first place in the Joseph Brodsky-Stephen Spender Prize translation competition\, he co-edited Words for War: New Poems from Ukraine\, an anthology of contemporary Ukrainian poetry with Oksana Maksymchuk\, and co-translated Apricots of Donbas\, a collection of selected poems by Lyuba Yakimchuk\, and The Voices of Babyn Yar\, a book of poetry by Marianna Kiyanovska. \nRegister
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/our-life-behind-barbed-wire-photography-poetry-and-song-from-ukraines-shadows/
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SUMMARY:Rostyslav Konta: Online Webinar. How Ethnology Saved a Nation: The History of the Shevchenko Scientific Society Between Science and Politics
DESCRIPTION:Доповідь присвячено аналізу ролі Наукового Товариства імені Шевченка в розвитку етнологічної науки в Україні та її значенню для збереження національної ідентичності в умовах складних політичних обставин. \nРостислав Конта народився 1977 р. на Чернігівщині. 1999 р. закінчив історичний факультет \nКиївського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка. В 2004 р. захистив кандидатську дисертацію на тему: «Ідея державотворення в суспільно-політичному житті України в першій половині ХІХ століття: історіографія проблеми» та закінчив аспірантуру вказаного навчального закладу. В 2003-2004 рр. працював асистентом кафедри філософських та соціальних наук Київського національного торговельно-економічного університету.  2006-2008 рр. – доцент кафедри філософії та гуманітарних дисциплін Українського державного університету економіки та фінансів. З 2007 р. асистент\, 2008 р. доцент\, а з 2018 р. професор кафедри етнології та краєзнавства Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка. Автор близько 140 праць. Наукові інтереси: історіографія національної ідеї в Україні в ХІХ столітті; дослідження науково-організаційної етнологічної діяльності в Науковому Товаристві імені Шевченка у Львові (1892-1940 рр.). \nМодератор: Віталій Чернецький\, Президент НТШ-А \n\n  Реєстрація\n\n  \nThe lecture will analyze the role of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the development of ethnological scholarship in Ukraine and its importance for preserving national identity amid complex political circumstances. \nRostyslav Konta was born in 1977 in the Chernihiv region. He graduated in 1999 from the Faculty of History at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. In 2004\, he defended his Ph.D. dissertation\, “The Idea of State-Building in the Socio-Political Life of Ukraine in the First Half of the 19th Century: Historiography of the Problem\,” and completed his postgraduate studies at the same institution. From 2003 to 2004\, Konta worked as an assistant at the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences at Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics. From 2006 to 2008\, he served as an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and Humanities at the Ukrainian State University of Economics and Finance. Since 2007\, he has been affiliated with the Department of Ethnology and Local History at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv – first as an assistant (2007)\, then as an associate professor (2008)\, and since 2018 as a full professor. Konta is the author of about 140 publications. His research interests include the historiography of the national idea in 19th-century Ukraine and the organization of the ethnological scholarly activities of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in Lviv (1892–1940). \n  \nModerator: Vitaly Chernetsky\, President of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US (NTSh-A) \n 
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/rostyslav-konta-online-webinar-how-ethnology-saved-a-nation-the-history-of-the-shevchenko-scientific-society-between-science-and-politics/
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SUMMARY:Online webinar: New Perspectives on the Holodomor
DESCRIPTION:Iryna Skubii\, ‘Our Village Was Also Helped by Nature’: Remembering Survival in the Holodomor \nIryna Skubii is the inaugural Mykola Zerov Fellow in Ukrainian Studies at the University of Melbourne. She holds a PhD from Queen’s University\, Kingston (Canada) and a Candidate of Science Degree from V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukraine). Dr. Skubii is the author of Trade in Kharkiv in the Years of NEP: Economy and Everyday Life (1921–1929) (2017). Her article on food waste and survival practices during the Soviet famines in Ukraine received the Best Article Prize from the American Association for Ukrainian Studies. Her current research explores the global history of sunflowers in Ukraine\, and she is preparing book manuscripts on survival\, environment\, and material culture during the Soviet famines\, as well as on the history of consumption in early Soviet Ukraine.  \nJohn Vsetecka\, “The Holodomor as Current History: Russian Disinformation about the Holodomor as part of its Historical War against Ukraine” \nJohn Vsetecka is Assistant Professor of History at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale\, FL. He is a scholar of East European and Soviet history\, with a specific interest in the history of Ukraine. His research and writing focus on the history of famine\, mass violence\, and transitional justice. Dr. Vsetecka is finishing his first book\, entitled\, In the Wake of Hunger: Confronting the Legacies of the 1932-1933 Famine (Holodomor) in Soviet Ukraine during the 1930s. He is also a co-editor (with Daria Mattingly) of The Holodomor in Global Perspective: How the Famine in Ukraine Shaped the World (ibidem-Verlag/Columbia University Press)\, which will be published in late October 2025. He is also the founder of H-Ukraine (part of the larger H-Net platform)\, which shares and promotes academic and scholarly content related to the study of Ukraine.  \nDaria Mattingly\, “Stalin’s Activists: Rank-and-File Perpetrators of the Holodomor” \nDaria Mattingly is a historian of the Soviet Union and modern Ukraine and a Lecturer at the University of Chichester. Her research focuses on the Holodomor\, collectivization\, and the social history of violence\, with particular attention to rank-and-file perpetrators and memory. She is completing a monograph\, Stalin’s Activists: The Rank-and-File Perpetrators of the Holodomor and together with John Vsetecka co-edited the volume The Holodomor in Global Perspective. Dr. Mattingly’s work has appeared in leading journals and edited volumes\, and she frequently contributes public-facing scholarship on Ukrainian history and its contemporary resonances. \n  \nModerator Dr. Catherine Wanner (Pennsylvania State University/Shevchenko Scientific Society) \nRegistration
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/new-perspectives-on-the-holodomor-online-webinar/
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SUMMARY:The Taste of a  Nation: The Battle over Ukrainian Cuisine in the Twentieth Century
DESCRIPTION:СМАК НАЦІЇ: БОРОТЬБА ЗА КУЛЬТУРУ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ КУХНІ У ХХ СТОЛІТТІ \nУ 2022 році Україна отримала значний розголос коли культуру приготування борщу внесли до списку нематеріальної спадщини ЮНЕСКО. Ейфорія що виникла\, породила чимало шкідливих історичних міфів та призвела до значної політизації питання. Сьогодні\, це створює ризики у популяризації знань про цю важливу частину національної ідентичності. Об’єктивні\, науково перевірені знання про роль та місце української кухні в частині ідеологічного\, політичного та національного опору нації у ХХ столітті допоможуть уникнути пастки відомої під терміном “gastronativism”. Доповідь доктора історичних наук Ігоря Лиля про зв’язок між смаком\, ідентичністю та баченням майбутнього. \nДоктор Ігор Лильо – історик і антрополог зі Львова\, спеціаліст з європейської історії та культурі. Він отримав ступінь доктора філософії в Львівському національному університеті імені Івана Франка і викладав у кількох європейських університетах. Зараз він є запрошеним професором на факультетах слов’янських\, німецьких та євразійських студій та історії в Університеті Канзасу. Навесні 2024 року викладав для студентів бакалаврату курси Understanding Russia and Eastern Europe та історії України. Автор і співавтор кількох популярних книг з історії української кухні. Як співавтор книги «Україна: їжа та історія» (Київ\, 2021)\, отримав престижну премію Gourmand World Cookbook Award в Іспанії. \n  \nTHE TASTE OF A NATION: THE BATTLE OVER UKRAINIAN CUISINE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY \nIn 2022\, Ukraine drew worldwide attention when the cultural tradition of preparing borscht was added to UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Yet\, alongside the celebration came new historical myths and a wave of politicization that now risk distorting our understanding of this critical part of national identity. How can food reflect not only culture but also history\, politics\, and even national resistance? And how can we avoid falling into the trap of what some call “gastronativism”? \nIn this talk\, historian Dr. Ihor Lylo will explore the fascinating connections between taste\, identity\, and visions of the future\, showing how Ukrainian cuisine has become more than nourishment\, emerging instead as a powerful language of survival and self-expression.. \n  \nDr. Ihor Lylo is a historian and anthropologist from Lviv\, specializing in European history and culture. He earned a Ph.D. from Ivan Franko National University in Lviv and has taught at several European universities. He is currently a visiting professor in the Departments of Slavic\, German\, and Eurasian Studies and History at the University of Kansas. In Spring 2024\, he taught undergraduate courses on Understanding Russia and Eastern Europe and the history of Ukraine. He is also the author and co-author of several widely read books on the history of Ukrainian cuisine. As co-author of Ukraine: Food and History (Kyiv\, 2021)\, he received the prestigious Gourmand World Cookbook Award in Spain. \n  \nThe lecture will be delivered in Ukrainian. \nDiscussion will take place in Ukrainian and English. \n  \nAdmission to this event is free. \nRegistration is required. Suggested donation is $20 \n  \n  \n\n  Register
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/the-taste-of-a-nation-the-battle-over-ukrainian-cuisine-in-the-twentieth-century/
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SUMMARY:Webinar. (Un)solved Problems of Modern Mathematics
DESCRIPTION:Olena Karlova holds a Doctor of Sciences degree in Geometry and Topology (Lviv National University\, 2017). She is a Professor at the Department of Mathematical Analysis of Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University (Chernivtsi\, Ukraine) and a Professor at the Department of Mathematics of Jan Kochanowski University (Kielce\, Poland).  She is the author of more than 80 scientific papers published in international mathematical journals. She has been an invited speaker at international conferences and symposia in the Czech Republic\, France\, Italy\, and Poland\, and has received several distinctions\, including the Best Young Mathematician of Ukraine Award (2016) from the Shevchenko Scientific Society and the Ukraine–USA Foundation\, the Andrew Bruckner Award (2023) for contributions to Real Analysis\, and the Talents for Ukraine Grant (2023) from the Kyiv School of Economics Foundation. As the founder of the Mathematical Workshop community in Chernivtsi and the MiniMudryk mathematics club for gifted pupils\, she is deeply engaged in fostering young mathematical talent\, cultivating a research culture among youth\, and strengthening ties between academic institutions. Since 2022\, she has served as the President of the Chernivtsi Mathematical Society. \nModerator: Prof. Rostyslav Grigorchuk (Texas A&M University) \n\n  Register
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/webinar-olena-karlova-unsolved-problems-of-modern-mathematics/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251213T170000
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SUMMARY:Evening of Ukrainian Piano Trios
DESCRIPTION:Program: \nMykhailo Verbytsky / Martin Kennedy – Ukrainian National Anthem\, arranged for Piano Trio \nIryna Alexiychuk – Signs on the Water for Piano Trio \nBorys Liatoshynsky – Piano Trio no. 1\, op. 7 \n  \nLara St. John\, violin \nAfter performing for decades around the globe as a “high-powered soloist” (The New York Times)\, Canadian-born violinist Lara St. John has chosen to dispense with a conventional biography\, preferring instead to offer the following personal statement:  “I began playing the violin when I was two years old and have continued to do so ever since. But even though my career has had many high points and offered real artistic satisfaction\, I cannot honestly say I would do it all over again. It has required horrific sacrifices – including my experiences with child sexual abuse and being treated as little more than a commodity by a long list of presenters\, administrators and so-called educators. “Rampant misogyny continues to be depressingly commonplace in the world of classical music\, incredibly\, even as we fumble our way toward the middle of the 21st century. This has drained away a lot of the sheer joy of making music for me. “At the same time\, I have made some wonderful friends in this business. I will always have faith in them and in the profound power of music to inspire and to heal. I will never stop being amazed by the possibility within a simple instrument like the violin. But my desire to use it as a tool for making a living has fallen off to almost nothing.” Lara now only performs for causes she cares about\, like elevating Ukrainian music. Lara has performed as a soloist with most of the world’s major orchestras. She owns her own recording label\, Ancalagon\, which she founded in 1999. In 2022\, she released she/her/hers\, her label’s 16th album\, featuring solo violin works by women. After going public with her own experience of being raped by her professor at the Curtis Institute of Music when she was 14 years old\, Lara heard from many other survivors of abuse at the hands of music teachers\, conductors and colleagues\, with the complicity of their respective institutions. She has now finished Dear Lara\, a documentary film on this subject\, premiering early 2026. In 2021 Lara was invested with the Order of Canada\, her country’s highest honor. She is a knight of Burgundy and a reptile enthusiast. She owns and performs on a 1779 Guadagnini\, a 2011 David Wiebe and a 2024 Isabelle Wilbaux. \nValeriya Sholokhova\, cello \nUkrainian-American cellist Valeriya Sholokhova is a versatile soloist and chamber musician based in New York City. She has performed on renowned stages such as Carnegie Hall\, Wigmore Hall\, The Kennedy Center\, and Saturday Night Live\, and has toured extensively through Europe and the United States. Valeriya is a co-founder of Trio Fadolin\, which has received Chamber Music America’s Ensemble Forward Grant and recorded an album of commissioned works. As a soloist\, Valeriya performed the U.S. premiere of Peteris Vasks’ Cello Concerto No. 2 in Boston as well as Camille Pepin’s double concerto\, “The Sound of Trees” at the Kennedy Center. A founder of the Ukrainian Music Initiative\, Valeriya actively champions the works of Ukrainian composers through recitals\, fundraisers\, and her ongoing involvement with the Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival. A laureate of international competitions\, Valeriya holds principal positions with The New Orchestra of Washington\, The Refugee Orchestra Project\, and The Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra. A full-scholarship graduate of the Juilliard School and the Manhattan School of Music\, she is also dedicated to community outreach through Sing for Hope. \nPavlo Gintov\, piano \nPianist Pavlo Gintov has been described as “a poet of the keyboard” by Marty Lash of the Illinois Entertainer\, a “musical storyteller” by the Japanese publication Shikoku News\, and “a fantastic pianist and extraordinary artist” by Jerry Dubins of the Fanfare Magazine. Following his debut at the Kyiv Philharmonic Hall at the age of 12\, when he performed Mozart Concerto in D minor K 466 with Kyiv Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Roman Kofman\, Pavlo has been touring throughout Europe\, Asia\, Africa\, South America and the United States\, appearing at such stages as Carnegie Hall in New York\, Berlin Philharmonic Hall\, Teatro Verdi Nationale in Milan\, the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory and Kioi Hall in Tokyo. He has been a soloist with Tokyo Royal Chamber Orchestra\, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine\, Shizuoka Symphony Orchestra\, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa\, the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic\, and Manhattan Chamber Orchestra under such conductors as Michiyoshi Inoue\, Victor Yampolsky\, Thomas Sanderling\, Volodymyr Sirenko\, and Tomomi Nishimoto. A passionate advocate for Ukrainian music\, Pavlo is a founding member of the Ukrainian Music Initiative and a co-founder of the Ukrainian Music Competition that takes place annually in New York City. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Manhattan School of Music\, where he studied with Nina Svetlanova. \nRegistration is required. Suggested donation is $20 \n \n\n  Register
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/evening-of-ukrainian-piano-trios/
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SUMMARY:A Musical Performance by Andrii Dorofeiev
DESCRIPTION:Andrii Dorofeiev is a prominent Ukrainian pianist known for his brilliant technique and explosive stage energy. A graduate of the Feliks Nowowiejski Music Academy in Bydgoszcz\, Poland\, he holds a Master’s degree (2024) with a research focus on the works of Mykola Lysenko. Andrii is a laureate of numerous international competitions\, including the Grand Prix at the 20th F. Chopin Piano Competition in Ukraine and the “Golden Parnas” at the International Piano Festival in Poland. \nModerator: Pavlo Gintov \nCONCERT PROGRAM  \nPart I: \n\nS. Bortkiewicz — Etude No. 9\, Op. 15\nM. Lysenko — Rhapsody No. 1 on Ukrainian Themes\nM. Lysenko — Rhapsody No. 2 “Dumka-Shumka”\n\nPart II: \n\nG. Gershwin — 3 Preludes\nL. Godowsky — Passacaglia (44 Variations\, Cadenza\, and Fugue on the opening theme of Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony)\n\nEncore: M. Lysenko/Illia Fialko – «My cogitations» (transcr. «Dumy moi Dumy») \n  \nRegistration is required. Suggested donation is $20 \n\n  Register
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/a-musical-performance-by-andrii-dorofeiev/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260124T120000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Experiences of Time after Displacement
DESCRIPTION:Wars inevitably produce displacement and dispossession. Such experiences also rupture understandings of the past\, everyday routines\, and visions of the future. The speakers on this panel will explore how the uncertain present serves as a precarious moment from which past displacements during World War II and experiences following the russian invasion affect visions of the future for individual Ukrainians and for Ukraine collectively. \n \nJulia Buyskykh (Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University) \n  \n \nNatalia Otrishchenko (Center of Urban History in Lviv) \n  \n \nIryna Koval-Fuchylo (Maksym Rylsky Institute of Art History\, Folklore and Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv) \nModerator: Catherine Wanner (Penn State University) \nJulia Buyskykh is an anthropologist with a Ph.D. (Candidate of Sciences) in History and Ethnology from the Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Warsaw in 2015-2016 and was a Fulbright visiting scholar at the Pennsylvania State University (2019-2020). She held a Sanctuary Fellowship at University College Cork\, Ireland\, from September 2022 to February 2023. Her research focuses on lived religion (Orthodoxy and Catholicism) in Ukraine and Poland\, inter-confessional relationships\, pilgrimages\, memory studies\, borderlands\, and ethics and empathy in ethnographic research. She is currently writing her second Ph.D. dissertation in Anthropology at the Study of Religions Department at University College Cork\, Ireland\, and is a visiting scholar at the German Historical Institute\, Warsaw and the Institute of History\, the Polish Academy of Sciences. Her book To the West of the Bug: Diaries from the Borderlands (in Ukrainian) was shortlisted for the Yuri Shevelyov Award (2024) from PEN Ukraine for the Best Collected Work of Non-Fiction Essays. \nNatalia Otrishchenko is a sociologist and a research fellow at the Center for Urban History in Lviv. From 2019 to 2022\, she was an associate researcher at the Center for Contemporary History in Potsdam\, and during the 2022–2023 academic year\, she was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Department of Sociology\, Columbia University. Since March 2022\, she has led the Ukrainian team of the “24/02/22\, 5 am” documentation initiative. Her research interests include qualitative methods\, oral history\, memory studies\, urban sociology\, and sociology of expertise. She holds a PhD in sociological methodology from the Institute of Sociology\, the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. \nIryna Koval-Fuchylo earned a doctorate in philology from the Ivan Franko University of Lviv with a dissertation titled “Ukrainian Lamentations: Genesis and Poetics.” Since 2002\, she has been at the Maksym Rylsky Institute of Art History\, Folklore\, and Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv. She is the author of more than 260 publications\, including three books and three co-authored books\, that have been published in 11 countries. Her research focuses on the autobiographical narratives of the Ukrainian diaspora\, the oral histories of refugees from the Russo-Ukrainian war\, as well as traditional Slavic culture\, including rituals\, songs\, and the history of Ukrainian folklore. In 2022-2023\, she was affiliated with the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology at the Centre for Ethnology and Contemporary Anthropology in Warsaw\, the Institute of Cultural Research at the University of Tartu\, the Department of Slavic Studies at the Sorbonne in Paris\, and the Archive Department of the Finnish Literary Society in Helsinki. \nRegistration is required \n\n  Register
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/webinar-experiences-of-time-after-displacement/
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SUMMARY:Science at Risk - Livestream Ukraine Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this unique opportunity to meet and learn about scientists doing heroic work under the most extreme conditions. What does the world lose when researchers are denied safety\, resources\, and the ability to work openly? Show support for academic freedom and for Ukraine!  \nThursday\, February 5\, EST 12:00-1PM \nIn-person at Fries Center for Global Studies\, Wesleyan University\, Middletown CT \nJOIN ONLINE! \nKyiv: 7:00 PM | EST Noon | Central Time: 11:00AM | Mountain: 10:00AM | Pacific Time: 9:00AM \nLivestream Link\nIn conjunction with the Freedom in the Equation Exhibit on display in the Exley Science Library. \nLocal sponsors: Wesleyan University \nCollege of the Environment \nRussian\, East European Eurasian Studies Department \nActivating Library Spaces Initiative \nShevchenko Scientific Society
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/science-at-risk-livestream-ukraine-conversation/
LOCATION:Fries Center for Global Studies\,\, 262 High Street\, Middletown\, CT\, 06459\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lens of the Witnesses: A Solo Show of Lesia Khomenko
DESCRIPTION:The Shevchenko Scientific Society\, New York is pleased to present Lens of the Witnesses\, an exhibition of new works by Lesia Khomenko\, on view at 63 4th Ave\, from February 6th through August 31st\, 2026. This is Lesia’s fourth solo exhibition in the United States\, and her third solo exhibition in New York. A reception with the artist will be held on Friday\, February 6\, from 6–8 PM. \nIn a new body of large-scale paintings based on raw footage from the frontline of the Russian-Ukrainian war\, Khomenko incorporates various records—including drone footage\, soldiers’ body cameras\, and civilians’ phone records—into seemingly abstract\, semi-representational paintings. The Russian-Ukrainian war is the most heavily documented war in history. There is “big data” in the form of diverse records made by both soldiers and civilians documenting every aspect of life during the war. The phenomenon of photographic and video documentation made by military drones or firearm optics also opens onto a new view of wartime representation\, channeling a gaze that bridges the human and the machine. \nIn her Montage series\, composed of large-scale\, landscape-oriented paintings\, Khomenko focuses on video footage recorded by random witnesses or participants in hostilities that were shared on social media during Russia’s full-scale invasion. In these semi-abstract compositions\, the artist selects frames from videos that ultimately last but a few seconds\, and then arranges them into a sequential timeline that reveals only the beginning and end of the story. The resulting images exist in the tense space between representation and abstraction\, yielding an ambiguity that is not invented but directly extracted from lived reality. \nIn her research\, the artist adopts the methodology of war-crimes investigators\, watching graphic content frame by frame. In turn\, Khomenko employs a sharp analytical lens that reads wartime documentation visually rather than forensically. The sheer variety of images allows her to construct a dialogue between historical wars and recent battles by referencing battle paintings produced under the conditions of postwar socialist realism and the contemporary realities of cyberwar. \nThe final series presented in the exhibition is based on footage taken from surveillance and combat drones. Due to the low resolution of the drone’s cameras\, dynamic disposal\, and vertical perspective\, the captured figures are abstracted\, evoking futurist sculptures or fantastic insects. \n \nLesia Khomenko is a multidisciplinary artist who reconsiders the role of painting: she deconstructs narrative images and transforms paintings into objects\, installations\, performances\, or videos. \nLesia Khomenko (b. 1980 in Kyiv\, Ukraine)\, graduated National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in 2004. She is a co-founder and member of the R.E.P. group (since 2004) and of the curatorial group Hudrada (since 2008) in Ukraine. She was on the shortlist for the Pinchuk Art Prize (2009\, 2011\, and 2013); together with the R.E.P. group\, for the Future Generations Art Prize\, founded by the Pinchuk Art Centre (2012); and the Kazimir Malevich Artist Award (2012 and 2016). \nKhomenkoʼs works have been shown in solo and group exhibitions\, among others at the Ukrainian Museum in New York (US); Museum de Fundatie\, Zwolle (NL)\, Albertinum\, Dresden (DE); Collateral Event of the 59th International Art Exhibition the Venice Biennial\, Venice (IT); the European Parliament (BE); Museum Folkwang (DE); Fridman Gallery\, NYC (US)\, Voloshyn Gallery\, Miami (US). \nHer works are in public collections including M HKA (BEL)\, Ludwig Museum (HU)\, Art Collection Telecom (DE)\, Kupferstich-Kabinett (DE)\, the Ukrainian Museum (USA)\, Zuzeum Art Centre (Latvia)\, Mystetskyi Arsenal (UA)\, Maidan Museum (UA)\, Pinchuk Art Centre (UA). \nShe participated in residencies at the Oasis Pointe Residency\, Miami\, FL\, USA (2022-2023)\, the Martha MOCA Artist Residency\, NJ\, USA (2022)\, the Emergency Residency at Ujazdowski Castle\, Warsaw\, Poland (2022)\, the Working Room\, Ivano-Frankivsk\, Ukraine (curated and participated) (2022)\, the Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts\, Salzburg\, Austria (2021)\, LIA (Leipzig International Art)\, Leipzig\, Germany (2008). \nKhomenko’s works have been covered and reviewed by The New York Times\, The Brooklyn Rail\, The Washington Post\, The New Yorker\, The Art Newspaper\, and Frieze\, among others. She has taken part in panels and public talks at the MoMA\, NY\, NY (2022)\, the Eastern Connecticut State University\, Willimantic\, CT (2022)\, the James Gallery at CUNY\, NY (2023)\, the Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts\, Tallahassee\, FL (2023)\, the Scandinavia House\, NY\, NY (2023). \nShe currently lives in New York City\, NY\, USA. \n  \nRegistration is required. Suggested donation is $20 \n\n  Register
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/lens-of-the-witnesses-a-solo-show-of-lesia-khomenko/
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SUMMARY:Ukraine in the Coordinates of the Ottoman Empire through the Prism of Ottoman Archival Documents
DESCRIPTION:Андрій Живачівський \nУкраїна в координатах Османської держави крізь призму османських архівних документів \nОсманська держава протягом багатьох століть мала безпосередній кордон із землями теперішньої України. Зрештою\, різні реґіони України знаходились під владою османського султана. Історична пам’ять українців зображає османів як ворогів\, але стосунки українців з османами були не тільки ворожими. Це була столітня постійна взаємодія від конфронтації до співпраці та культурного обміну. На основі численних оригінальних османських документів\, знайдених доповідачем в архівах Стамбула та Європи покажемо як османці бачили нас українців\, а також через призму іншої – османської сторони\, подивимось на різні віхи та події спільної історії. Спробуємо спростувати міфи та стереотипи про Османську державу\, які побутують серед українців. \nАндрій Живачівський — історик. Протягом 2010–2012 років навчався в Центрі Східноєвропейських студій Варшавського університету\, а у 2011–2017 роках працював над кандидатською дисертацією в Інституті історії імені Тадеуша Мантейфеля Польської академії наук у Варшаві\, зосередивши дослідження на історії османської провінції Кефе у XVI–XVII століттях. Свої наукові вишукування він проводив в архівах Москви\, Кракова\, Бахчисарая\, Феодосії\, Києва\, Стамбула та Варшави. У 2014 році отримав стипендію від турецького уряду (TÜBİTAK) у Стамбулі. Автор низки наукових статей\, присвячених історії османського Криму\, Кримського ханату та кримських татар. Позаштатний науковий співробітник Інституту історії Польської Академії Наук та Центру медієвістичних студій. \nAndrii Zhyvachivskyi \nUkraine in the Coordinates of the Ottoman Empire through the Prism of Ottoman Archival Documents \nThe Ottoman Empire\, for many centuries\, had a direct border with the lands of present-day Ukraine. Indeed\, various regions of Ukraine at some point came under the rule of the Ottoman sultan. The historical memory of Ukrainians portrays the Ottomans as enemies\, but relations between Ukrainians and Ottomans were not only hostile. It was a centuries-long\, continuous interaction ranging from confrontation to cooperation and cultural exchange. Based on numerous original Ottoman documents discovered by the speaker in the archives of Istanbul and Europe\, we will show how the Ottomans viewed us\, Ukrainians\, and\, through the lens of the “other” — the Ottoman side — we will look at various milestones and events of our shared history. We will attempt to dispel myths and stereotypes about the Ottoman Empire that persist among Ukrainians. \nAndrii Zhyvachivskyi is a historian. He graduated from the Faculty of History at the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University in Ivano-Frankivsk. He studied at the Center for East European Studies of the University of Warsaw (2010-2012)\, was working on his Ph.D. at The Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History\, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw (2011-2017)\, with a dissertation focusing on the Ottoman province of Kefe in the 16th-17th centuries. He conducted his research in the archives of Moscow\, Krakow\, Bakhchisaray\, Feodosia\, Kyiv\, Istanbul\, and Warsaw. He received a scholarship from the Turkish government\, TÜBİTAK\, in Istanbul in 2014. He is the author of several scholarly articles on the topic of Ottoman Crimea\, the Crimean Khanate\, and Crimean Tatars. \n  \nДоповідь відбудеться українською мовою.\nДискусія українською та англійською. \n  \nThe presentation will be held in Ukrainian.\nThe discussion will be in Ukrainian and English. \n \nRegistration is required. Suggested donation is $20 \nRegister
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/ukraine-in-the-coordinates-of-the-ottoman-empire-through-the-prism-of-ottoman-archival-documents/
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SUMMARY:Ukrainian Music Initiative. Consonance: Ukrainian Composers and the Western Canon
DESCRIPTION:The Shevchenko Scientific Society is thrilled to welcome Ukrainian Music Initiative as they launch their second season back to where it all started.  You don’t want to miss contralto Vira Slywotzky\, cellist Valeriya Sholokhova\, pianist Pavlo Gintov and pianist Margarita Rovenskaya as they celebrate two centuries of musical dialogue and cultural exchange between Ukrainian composers and their counterparts further west in an all new program featuring works by Theodore Akimenko\, Oleg Bezborodko\, Dmytro Bortniansky\, Sergei Bortkiewicz\, Vladimir Dyck\, Bohuslav Martinu\, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Stefania Turkewich. \nUkrainian Music Initiative was created in 2025 to elevate Ukrainian classical music to its rightful place in the Western canon and to fill a significant gap in the US’ cultural and educational landscape. This is being accomplished by having skilled and knowledgeable musicians of Ukrainian heritage perform and educate about Ukrainian music and composers in accessible venues on a regular basis.  Ukrainian Music Initiative also collects and makes available music scores and composer biographies through various media.  Since its inaugural concert\, Ukrainian Music Initiative has performed to standing room only audiences throughout the US.  Come experience Ukrainian classical music at its finest at the iconic Shevchenko Scientific Society! This concert is presented by Vira + Friends in partnership with Shevchenko Scientific Society. \nArtWine wine-tasting reception to follow
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/ukrainian-music-initiative-consonance-ukrainian-composers-and-the-western-canon/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260228T170000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading by Mykola Vorobiov
DESCRIPTION:  \nМикола Воробйов народився 12 жовтня 1941 року на Черкащині. Один із фундаторів літературного угруповання “Київська школа”. Був замовчуваний і недрукований протягом 20 років після першої публікації в Черкаський газеті “Молодь”\, 1962 р.\, з передмовою Василя Симоненка. Учасник Міжнародного літературного фестивалю у Торонто\, Канада\, 1992 р. Лауреат літературних премій: імені Павла Тичини (1992)\, “Благовіст” (1993)\, “Приятелів Руху”\, США (1994)\, Національної премії України ім. Т. Г. Шевченка (2005). Автор багатьох поетичних збірок\, найновіші – Затонулі персні та Сходження (обидві 2024). В 1989 році на Державній студії “Укркінохроніка” було знято фільм “Майстер”\, який висвітлював творчий шлях Миколи Воробйова як поета-філософа та самобутнього маляра. \nМодерує: Д-р Марія Ревакович \nMykola Vorobiov was born on October 12\, 1941\, in the Cherkasy region of Ukraine. He is one of the founders of the literary group known as the Kyiv School. His first publication appeared in 1962 in the Cherkasy newspaper Molod\, with an introduction by Vasyl Symonenko. Soon thereafter\, Vorobiov was silenced and remained unpublished for nearly twenty years. He participated in the International Literary Festival in Toronto\, Canada\, in 1992. Vorobiov is the recipient of numerous literary awards\, including the Pavlo Tychyna Prize (1992)\, the Blahovist Prize (1993)\, the Friends of the RUKh Prize (USA\, 1994)\, and the National Taras Shevchenko Prize of Ukraine (2005). He is the author of many poetry collections; his most recent books are Zatonuli persni and Skhodzennia (both 2024). In 1989\, the documentary film Master was produced at the State Studio Ukrkinokhronika\, highlighting Mykola Vorobiov’s creative path as a poet-philosopher and an original painter. A volume of his selected poetry in English translation by Maria Rewakowicz\, Mountain and Flower\, was published by the Lost Horse Press in 2020. \nModerator: Dr. Maria G. Rewakowicz \nThe poetry reading will be held in Ukrainian. \nRegistration is required. Suggested donation is $20 \nWatch the streamed event here \n  \nЧитання відбудеться українською мовою. \nРеєстрація обов’язкова. Рекомендована пожертва – 20 дол. \nПодію дивитися тут
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/poetry-reading-by-mykola-vorobiov/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260307T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260307T140000
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SUMMARY:Webinar. XLV  Annual Taras Shevchenko Scholarly Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh-A) and the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) \nOpening remarks \nVitaly Chernetsky (President of the Shevchenko Scientific Society/University of Kansas) \nSpeakers: \nShevchenko in Vilnius: Catalyst of Formation \nRory Finnin (University of Cambridge\, UK) \nRory Finnin is Professor of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Robinson College\, Cambridge. He launched the Cambridge Ukrainian Studies programme in 2008. His recent book is Blood of Others: Stalin’s Crimean Atrocity and the Poetics of Solidarity (2022). He is currently a Visiting Professor at the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame. \nСлідчі справи кирило-мефодіївців як джерело Шевченкової текстології \nМихайло Назаренко (Київський національний університет ім. Т. Г. Шевченка) \nМихайло Назаренко – літературознавець\, кандидат філологічних наук\, доцент кафедри східнослов’янської філології та інформаційно-прикладних студій Навчально-наукового інституту філології Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка. Основні книжкові публікації: Поховання на могилі (Шевченкова біографія у фольклорі та фейклорі) (2006\, доп. і випр. видання — 2017)\, Крім «Кобзаря». Антологія української літератури. 1792–1883 (2021\, Національна премія імені Тараса Шевченка)\, Тілько істинна правда. З українських повір’їв (2025). Разом із Олександром Боронем упорядкував і прокоментував видання «Тарас Шевченко в критиці» (т. І–ІІ\, 2013–2016)\, «Тарас Шевченко у спогадах» (т. І\, 2023). \nTestaments to Memory: Examining the Re-Formations of Taras’ Hill \nGrace Mahoney (University of Michigan) \nGrace Mahoney is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at the University of Michigan. She studies Ukraine through the lenses of literary studies\, cultural history\, memory studies\, translation\, and feminist theory. Recently she has assumed leadership of Lost Horse Press\, an independent literary press known for its Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry Series. \nDiscussant \nGeorge G. Grabowicz (Shevchenko Scientific Society/ Harvard University) \nRegistration Required – https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ch8rV0GRScqdhFaOH6IUMw
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/webinar-xlv-annual-taras-shevchenko-scholarly-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260314T170000
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SUMMARY:“Kyivan Christianity”: The New Concept of Early Modern Religious History of Central and Eastern Europe
DESCRIPTION:Ivan Almes (Ukrainian Catholic University) \nThe presentation focuses on the concept and publishing series Kyivan Christianity\, which aims to reconceptualize the religious history (and broader cultural history) of Central and Eastern Europe from Kyiv’s perspective. During the event\, the historian from Lviv will present the research project implemented at UCU since 2012\, which has resulted in a 40-volume series published by UCU Press and aims to release 100 volumes. At the very heart of such research stands Kyiv as a religious center\, not Rome\, Constantinople\, or Moscow. From Kyiv\, the culture was spread to the north (up to the territory of Courland – modern Lithuania\, Latvia\, and Estonia)\, to the south (Slavo-Vlachia – modern Moldova and Northern Romania)\, to the west (Peremyshl and Mukachevo eparchies)\, and to the East (for example\, the Bilhorod eparchy). This tradition or culture has been preserved not only in visible forms such as St. Sophia Cathedral\, but also in narratives\, images\, songs\, architecture\, etc\, investigated by researchers from the perspective of Kyiv. \n  \nIvan Almes is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the Ukrainian Catholic University\, where he also serves as Director of the Ihor Skochylias Center for Religious Culture and Coordinator of the research program Kyivan Christianity. He is the editor-in-chief of the Kyivan Christianity publishing series\, issued by UCU Press. Almes has co-organized several international scholar conferences in Rome: in 2021 on the Zamość Sobor; in 2023 on St Josaphat Kuntsevych; and in 2024 on Kyivan Metropolitan Yosyf Veliamyn Rutsky. His most recent volume is In Search of Centres: Early Modern Kyivan Christianities (co-edited with Svitlana Potapenko\, Oksana Prokopyuk\, Vitalii Tkachuk\, and Valerii Zema; Böhlau Verlag\, Cologne\, 2026). Currently\, he is a visiting scholar at the Nanovic Institute of European History at the University of Notre Dame\, IN. \nRegistration is required. Suggested donation is $20 \n\n  Register
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/kyivan-christianity-the-new-concept-of-early-modern-religious-history-of-central-and-eastern-europe/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260328T170000
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SUMMARY:Dr. Konstantin Frank\, Unlikely (Viti)cultural Hero?  The Legacy of Ukrainian Agriculture Science that Transformed American Winemaking
DESCRIPTION:Daniel J. Epstein (Harvard University) \nDr. Konstantin Frank\, born in Odessa in 1900\, became a path-breaking agricultural scientist of wine-making against difficult obstacles in Soviet-dominated Ukraine. He pioneered technologies to grow true European wine grapes (vinifera) in continental climate zones with cold winters\, previously thought impossible. He fled Ukraine at the end of World War II and eventually came to upstate New York with a large family and no English\, but eventually founded his own winery (still flourishing on Keuka Lake today). He taught Americans how to cultivate vinifera in any region (previously it had only been grown in California). Through his indomitable devotion\, Ukrainian agricultural scientific practices were adapted to spawn wine-growing industries in almost every state in America\, from upstate New York to Virginia to Texas to the Pacific Northwest. Could he be a new cultural hero for Ukraine in America? \nDaniel J. Epstein did his undergraduate degree in Slavic Studies at Harvard University\, and later continued on to receive his PhD in Government\, also from Harvard University.  His early work focused on political parties and elections in the wake of regime change in Eastern Europe and Latin America.  He has taught political science at the University of Rochester\, Colgate University and Texas Tech University\, and also served as a Fulbright Scholar in 2011.  Since 2021\, he has been a Lecturer on Government at Harvard University.  His research focus has shifted to nationalism and identity in times of war (he has traveled three times to Ukraine since the full-scale invasion.  He currently works at Harvard University’s Davis Center as Assistant Director for Scholars Without Borders\, an initiative to support scholars affected by Russia’s war on Ukraine. \n  \nRegistration is required. Suggested donation is $20 \n\n  Register
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/dr-konstantin-frank-unlikely-viticultural-hero-the-legacy-of-ukrainian-agriculture-science-that-transformed-american-winemaking/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T170000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: War in My Home: When Conflict Becomes Everyday Life
DESCRIPTION:Paweł Pieniążek  \nExperienced reporter\, journalist\, and war correspondent \n“War in My Home” by Paweł Pieniążek describes the horrific\, unending reality of conflict\, often focusing on the Donbas region in Ukraine\, where war becomes a normalized part of daily life\, affecting civilians profoundly\, with Pieniążek sharing raw\, ground-level perspectives on survival\, disillusionment\, and the struggle to find meaning amidst continuous struggle\, showcasing how ordinary people endure extraordinary circumstances. \nPaweł Pieniążek is a journalist and non-fiction writer. He studies Russia\, Eastern Europe\, and Central Asia at Harvard University. Pieniążek has reported from Afghanistan\, Nagorno-Karabakh\, Iraq\, Syria\, and Ukraine\, capturing the human cost of conflict with rare empathy and precision. He is the author of several books\, including War in My Home: When Conflict Becomes Everyday Life (Znak Literanova\, 2025). His work has been nominated for the Ryszard Kapuściński Award for Literary Reportage\, and in 2019\, he received the MediaTory Award for excellence in journalism. In 2015\, he was a Poynter Fellow in Journalism at Yale University. \nModerator: Dr. Vitaly Chernetsky (President of the Shevchenko Scientific Society) \nRegistration is required. Suggested donation is $20 \n\n  Register
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/book-launch-war-in-my-home-when-conflict-becomes-everyday-life-znak-literanova-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260425T170000
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SUMMARY:Chornobyl as a Gateway to the Uncanny: Representing the Disaster First World Documentaries
DESCRIPTION:Tetyana Dzyadevych (University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign) \nOne of the most significant global consequences of the Russian war against Ukraine is the threat of ecological catastrophe posed by nuclear disaster. In February 2022\, as Russian military troops crossed the Ukrainian border from Belarus and occupied the Chornobyl nuclear power station\, the haunting memories of the 1986 disaster resurfaced. In that year\, the world learned that atomic energy\, which was once viewed as a peaceful alternative\, could be just as dangerous as nuclear weapons. With the occupation of both the Chornobyl and Zaporizhzhia nuclear sites— the latter being the largest in Europe and among the ten biggest atomic stations in the world—fears of a global nuclear catastrophe emerged from a repressed collective memory. \nTetyana Dzyadevych is a researcher\, commentator\, and analyst of modern Ukrainian and Russian culture and literature. She was born and raised in Kyiv\, Ukraine. Tetyana received her education in Europe and the USA. Dr. Dzyadevych holds two PhD degrees: one from Maria Curie-Sklodowska University of Lublin in Poland\, and the other from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Dzyadevych has multiple publications on Slavic romanticism\, modernism\, and late Soviet and post-Soviet literature and culture. Her most current publication is Nostalgia\, Anxiety\, Politics: Media and Performing Arts\, from Egypt to Central-Eastern Europe\, Including Russia (2025). She is currently working on her monograph\, “Voices of Political Revival in Post-Soviet Russian and Ukrainian Cultural Field.” In the US\, she worked at UIC\, New College of Florida\, and Grinnell College and held a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University’s Davis Center. In the fall of 2024\, she joined the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign. \nRegistration is required. Suggested donation is $20 \n\n  Register
URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/chornobyl-as-a-gateway-to-the-uncanny-representing-the-disaster-first-world-documentaries/
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