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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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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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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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