BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Shevchenko Scientific Society - ECPv5.16.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Shevchenko Scientific Society X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://shevchenko.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Shevchenko Scientific Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210124T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210124T150000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20210109T001119Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210114T224400Z UID:4524-1611496800-1611500400@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Pavlo Gintov Plays Serhiy Bortkevych DESCRIPTION:Pianist and Shevchenko Society Member Pavlo Gintov will perform works by Serhiy Bortkevych (also spelled “Bortkiewicz”)\, an oft-overlooked Ukrainian composer. During his life\, Bortkevych was oppressed and persecuted by both the Soviet and Nazi regimes. A brilliant pianist and composer\, he was also a refugee and a survivor of two world wars. The style of Bortkevych’s music derives from the great Romantic composers of the 19th century. He adopted Liszt’s rich and brilliant piano writing\, Chopin’s lyricism and humanness\, the imagery of Schumann’s character pieces\, and Wagner’s imaginative harmony. \nIn-Person Experience ($30)\nThis exclusive in-person event is limited to ten (10) people\nin order to comply with current COVID-19 guidelines. \nBuy Tickets \nLivestreaming Experience ($20)\nWatch this concert from the comfort of your own home. \nBuy Tickets \nAbout the Musician\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. \nFollowing 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\, Mr. Gintov has been touring throughout Europe\, Asia\, Africa 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. Mr. Gintov has appeared on WFMT radio station of Chicago\, WCLV of Cleveland\, France Musique as well as numerous radio and TV stations in Europe\, Japan\, and the USA. \nA native of Ukraine\, Mr. Gintov won a First Prize in the Premiere Takamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan\, where in addition he was awarded four special prizes\, First Prize in the 2010 Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition and First Prize in The World Competition in 2013. Other prizes include The Bach Prize in the Rina Sala Gallo International Piano Competition in Italy\, and the Prize for the Best Performance of Russian Music in the Russian Music International Piano Competition in San Jose\, California. \nAn avid chamber music performer\, Mr. Gintov has worked with such distinguished musicians as violinists Nina Beilina and Alena Baeva\, cellists Yehuda Hanani and Marina Tarasova\, tenor Neil Rosenshein\, pianist Mykola Suk\, woodwind quintet Windscape and many others. He regularly performs together with his sister\, violinist Iryna Gintova. \nMr. Gintov graduated with honors from the Moscow State Conservatory\, where he was a student of Lev Naumov and Daniil Kopylov. He holds a Doctor of Musical Art degree from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City\, where he studied with Nina Svetlanova. \nLive broadcast partner: OurConcerts.live \nCo-sponsored by the Ukrainian Institute of America. URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/pavlo-gintov-plays-serhiy-bortkevych/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210123T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210123T133000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20210109T002242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210124T155139Z UID:4529-1611403200-1611408600@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Winter Poems | Зимові вірші: поетичне читання за участі Оксани Луцишиної\, Сергія Жадана\, Мар’яни Савки та Василя Махна DESCRIPTION:Оксана Луцишина\, Сергій Жадан\, Мар’яна Савка\, Василь Махно\nМодератор: професор Віталій Чернецький (Канзаський університет) \nПоезія існує\, пишеться і читається незалежно від пори року\, однак в зимову Різдвяну пору вірші по-особливому промовляють до нас: чи то білиною снігу\, чи то запахом хвої\, чи то вертепним дійством. Зимова тематика – це тільки новорічно-різдвяні атрибути\, а відчуття стишеного часу\, роздумів\, питань\, підсумків та надії. Саме поезія повертає нам відчуття глибини мови\, краси відточеної думки і гармонійного співіснування зі світом. Для поетів\, що читатимуть вірші\, власний стосунок до часу та його вимірів відбувається на молекулярному рівні поетичного образу\, з деталей якого й укладається цілісний всесвіт вірша\, його енергетика та емоційна напруга. \nРеєстрація: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8RivQadCRAmmkx13hxXtlg \nWinter Poems\nThe Shevchenko Society presents a poetry reading with Oksana Lutsyshyna\, Mariana Savka\, Serhiy Zhadan\, and Vasyl Makhno. \nModerated by Vitaly Chernetsky\, Associate Professor\, Slavic Languages & Literatures\, University of Kansas; Learned Secretary\, Shevchenko Scientific Society of America. \nPoetry exists\, is written\, and is read irrespective of changing seasons\, but during wintertime\, close to Christmas\, poems speak to us is a special way—perhaps through the whiteness of snow\, or the smell of spruce and pine needles\, or through Christmas pageantry. New Year and Christmas details do not exhaust wintertime themes—they also comprise the sense of time slowing down\, of reflection\, of reviewing things past and hope for the future. It is poetry that brings back to us the feelings of the depth of language\, of the beauty of sharp thought\, of harmonious communication with the world. For poets who will read their work\, their personal take on time and its dimensions develops on the molecular level of poetic imagery; out of its details emerges the singular realm of each poem\, its energy and emotional charge. \nThe event will take place primarily in Ukrainian\, with select poems read in English translation. An interpreter will be available to translate during the Q&A for those less comfortable speaking Ukrainian. \nRegister here to join the webinar. \nThe event will also be streamed live on our Facebook page. \n12:00pm EST (New York) \n7:00pm GMT+2 (Kyiv) \nAbout the Speakers\nОксана Луцишина (Oksana Lutsyshyna)\nОксана Луцишина – письменниця\, поетка\, перекладачка\, авторка п’яти поетичних збірок\, збірки оповідань\, і трьох романів. Лауреатка премій “Гранослов”\, “Привітання життя”\, “Благовіст”\, премії Фундації Ковалевих\, премії Львів-місто літератури ЮНЕСКО. Народилася в Ужгороді у 1974 році\, пізніше виїхала на навчання у Сполучені Штати\, де захистила дисертацію з компаративістики. Викладає українську мову та східноєвропейські літератури у Техаському університеті у місті Остін. \nOksana Lutsyshyna is a Ukrainian writer\, translator\, and poet\, author of three novels\, collection of short stories\, and five books of poetry\, the latest of them published in the English translation in 2019 (Persephone Blues\, Arrowsmith). For her latest novel\, Ivan and Phoebe\, she was awarded the Lviv City of Literature UNESCO Prize. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature\, and is currently a lecturer in Ukrainian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin\, where she teaches the Ukrainian language and Eastern European literatures in translation. \nEnglish/ bilingual books: \nPersephone Blues from Arrowsmith Press. \nСергій Жадан (Serhiy Zhadan)\nСергій Жадан (1974) – поет\, прозаїк\, перекладач\, есеїст. Живе і працює в Харкові. Останні книги – “Список кораблів” (2020)\, “Хлібне перемир’я” (2020)\, “Постійне місце проживання” (2020). Останні книги\, видані в США – збірки поезій “Те\, чим ми живемо\, заради чого помираємо” (2019) і “Новий правопис” (2020)\, а також роман “Інтернат” (2021). Твори Сергія Жадана перекладалися багатьма мовами і виходили в Австрії\, Росії\, Болгарії\, Литві\, Німеччині\, Італії та ін. Лавреат чисельних національних та міжнародних літературних нагород. \nSerhiy Zhadan (1974) is a poet\, writer\, translator\, and essayist. He has published over twenty books and collections. His latest books published in Ukraine are The List of Ships (2020)\, The Bread Truce (2020)\, and Permanent Residence (2020). His latest books published in English in the USA include the collections of poems What We Live For\, What We Die For: Selected Poems (2019)\, New Orthography (2020)\, and the novel The Orphanage (2021). Zhadan’s poetry and prose are widely translated and published in Austria\, Russia\, Bulgaria\, Lithuania\, Germany\, Italy\, and other countries. He is the recipient of numerous national and international literary awards. Serhiy Zhadan resides in Kharkiv. \nEnglish/bilingual books: \nA New Orthography from Lost Horse Press. \nWhat We Live For\, What We Die For from Yale University Press. \nMarjana Savka\nMarjana Savka is a poet\, children’s author\, literary scholar\, publicist\, editor-in-chief and co-founder of “Vydavnytstvo Staroho Leva” (“Old Lion’s Publishing House”)\, translator\, and public figure. Savka graduated from the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. During her university years\, was a member of a literary group MMYNNA TUGA (ММЮННА ТУГА) (the name formed of the group is formed with the first letters of the members’ names: Marjana Savka\, Marianna Kiianovska\, Yulia Mishchenko\, Natalka Sniadanko\, Natalia Tomkiv\, and Anna Sereda). She graduated from the drama studio at the Les Kurbas Lviv Theater and worked as a junior researcher at the Center of Periodicals at the Lviv National Vasyl Stefanyk Scientific Library and as a literary editor and cultural observer at the daily newspaper “Postup.” Savka is the co-founder of the “Vydavnytstvo Staroho Leva” Publishing House in Lviv. \nEnglish/bilingual books: \nBooks from Arrowsmith Press (out of print\, an excerpt from the book available on the site). \nВасиль Махно (Vasyl Makhno)\nВасиль Махно – поет\, прозаїк\, есеїст\, перекладач. Автор дванадцятьох поетичних збірок – найновіша з яких «Поет\, океан і риба: вибрані вірші 1993-2018» (2019). Опублікував книжку оповідань «Дім у Бейтінґ Голлов» (2015)\, роман «Вічний календар» (2019) та чотири збірки есеїстики. Твори Махна перекладено багатьма мовами\, окремими виданнями виходили у Ізраїлі\, Німечині\, Польщі\, Румунії\, Сербії та США. Лавреат багатьох відзнак\, зокрема Фонду Петра і Лесі Ковалевих (2009)\, Міжнародної сербської премії «Повеље Мораве» (2013)\, «Книга року BBC» (2015) та Міжнародної українсько-єврейської премії «Зустріч» (2020). З 2000 року мешкає у Нью-Йорку. \nVasyl Makhno is a poet\, prose writer\, essayist\, and translator. He is the author of thirteen collections of poetry and most recently the book of selected poems Poet\, the Ocean\, and Fish (2019). He has also published a book of short stories\, The House in Baiting Hollow (2015)\, a novel\, The Eternal Calendar (2019)\, and four books of essays. Makhno’s works have been widely translated into many languages; his books have been published in Germany\, Israel\, Poland\, Romania\, Serbia and the US. 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). Makhno currently lives with his family in New York City. \nEnglish/bilingual books: \nThread\, Winter Letters from Spuyten Duyvil Press. \nFrom Krytyka in Ukraine: Jerusalem Poems\, available as an ebook. \nВіталій Чернецький (Vitaly Chernetsky)\nВіталій Чернецький – професор славістики Канзаського університету\, віце-президент і науковий секретар НТШ в Америці\, екс-президент (2009-2018) Американської асоціації україністів. Автор монографії Картографуючи посткомуністичні культури: Росія та Україна в контексті глобалізації (2007; україномовна версія2013) та статей про модерні та сучасні слов’янські та східноєвропейські літератури і культури. Нова книга Перетини і прориви: Українська література і кіно поміж глобальним та локальним\, готується до друку у видавництві «Критика». Серед його перекладів англійською романи Юрія Андруховича Московіада (2008) та Дванадцять обручів (2015)\,а також збірка його вибраних поезій\, Пісні для мертвого півня (2018\, спільно з Остапом Конем). \nVitaly Chernetsky is an associate professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Kansas. He is the author of Mapping Postcommunist Cultures: Russia and Ukraine in the Context of Globalization (2007; Ukrainian-version\, 2013)\, Intersections and Breakthroughs: Ukrainian Literature and Cinema between the Global and the Local (forthcoming\, Krytyka) and of articles on modern and contemporary Slavic and East European literatures and cultures. His translations into English include Yuri Andrukhovych’s novels The Moscoviad (2008) and Twelve Circles (2015) and a volume of his selected poems\, Songs for a Dead Rooster (2018\, with Ostap Kin). \n  URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/%d0%b7%d0%b8%d0%bc%d0%be%d0%b2%d1%96-%d0%b2%d1%96%d1%80%d1%88%d1%96-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%b8%d1%87%d0%bd%d0%b5-%d1%87%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%bd%d1%8f-%d0%b7%d0%b0-%d1%83%d1%87%d0%b0%d1%81/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201216T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201216T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20201210T180756Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201212T141734Z UID:4444-1608116400-1608120000@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Від парадоксу Банаха-Тарського до проблем сучасної математики DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \nУ доповіді буде розглянуто парадокс Банаха-Тарського  та  можливість створення  з матеріалу  однієї  кулі двох  повних  її  копій\,  поняття аменабельності\, уведене  фон Нейманом в 1929 році\, питання існування  геометрій  з  дивовижним  ростом  об’єму  куль\, в яких радіус  прямує до нескінченості та  алгебраїчну  версію  відомого  питання  “Чи  можна почути  форму барабана?” \n  \nЗапрошуємо до перегляду \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86315486107?pwd=ZmsyN0JGS2RtUmI0NHBUWmFLVEg0QT09 URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/%d0%92%d1%96%d0%b4-%d0%bf%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b4%d0%be%d0%ba%d1%81%d1%83-%d0%91%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%85%d0%b0-%d0%a2%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%81%d1%8c%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b3%d0%be-%d0%b4%d0%be-%d0%bf%d1%80/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201210T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201210T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20201125T160157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201125T160157Z UID:4432-1607598000-1607601600@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Демографічна ситуація в Україні: стан\, перспективи\, виклики DESCRIPTION:Пандемія COVID-19\, без сумніву\, суттєво позначиться на демографії нашої планети. У цілісній системі демографічних процесів Україна переживатиме також непрості процеси\, які впливатимуть на усі сфери суспільного\, економічного і культурного життя. Доповідачі спробують окреслити перспективи та виклики передбачуваних складнощів\, торкнуться проблем перепису населення\, міґрації\, а також поділяться науковими припущеннями і висновками сучасної демографічної науки.\nПерегляд за цієї ланкою \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81638717238 URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/%d0%94%d0%b5%d0%bc%d0%be%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%84%d1%96%d1%87%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d1%81%d0%b8%d1%82%d1%83%d0%b0%d1%86%d1%96%d1%8f-%d0%b2-%d0%a3%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%97%d0%bd%d1%96-%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bd/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201203T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201203T133000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20201121T202800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201124T175247Z UID:4401-1606996800-1607002200@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Ukrainian Economy in 2020 and Beyond DESCRIPTION:The Ukrainian Institute of America\, in collaboration with the Shevchenko Scientific Society\, Coordinating Committee to Aid Ukraine\, Kyiv School of Economics and VoxUkraine\, is delighted to invite you to a panel discussion of Ukraine’s economy in the age of the pandemic. \n \n  \nSpeakers’ bios: \nYuriy Gorodnichenko is a Quantedge Presidential professor at the Department of Economics\, University of California – Berkeley. He received his B.A. and MA at EERC/Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Kyiv\, Ukraine) and his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. A significant part of his research has been about monetary policy (effects\, optimal design\, inflation targeting)\, fiscal policy (countercyclical policy\, government spending multipliers)\, taxation (tax evasion\, inequality)\, economic growth (long-run determinants\, globalization\, innovation\, financial frictions)\, and business cycles.  Yuriy serves on many editorial boards\, including Journal of Monetary Economics and VoxUkraine. Yuriy is a prolific researcher. His work was published in leading economics journals and was cited in policy discussions and media.  Yuriy has received numerous awards for his research.  \nTymofiy Mylovanov is KSE president and the Minister of Economic Development of Ukraine in 2019-2020. He earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Wisconsin Madison in 2004 and has taught at the University of Bonn\, Penn State University\, the University of Pennsylvania. Tymofiy is an Associate Professor of the University of Pittsburgh. His research interests include game theory\, contract theory\, and institutional design. Tymofiy Mylovanov is a co-founder of VoxUkraine. \nDaryna Marchak is a head the KSE Centre for Analysis of Public Finance and Public Governance and an operational director of Prozorro.Sales. Previously Daryna worked for the World Bank\, the Reanimation Package of Reform\, and was an advisor to the Minister of Cabinet. In 2014-2015 Daryna worked in the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine. \nIlona Sologoub is a CEO of VoxUkraine NGO since 2019. Previously she was a Director for Policy Research at the Kyiv School of Economics. Ilona has experience in preparing analytics on various topics related to economic and social developments. \nWe will discuss lessons of the economic policies worldwide to counter the pandemic\, policy choices made by Ukraine\, their outcomes and prospects for the future.   \nWe will be presenting this event virtually\, using Zoom.  \n  \nRegister to attend HERE \nSubmit your question in advance for our upcoming speakers: \nhttps://forms.gle/kFkdef9B7KqAn4Jg9 \n  URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/ukrainian-economy-in-2020-and-beyond/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201121T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201121T133000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20201029T152319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201102T192202Z UID:4375-1605960000-1605965400@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Gathering the Fragments of the Hidden Soul: The Discovery and Collaborative Treatment of the Early Work of Mykola Bazhan DESCRIPTION:  \nThe bilingual Ukrainian-English collection Quiet Spiders of the Hidden Soul: Mykola (Nik) Bazhan’s Early Experimental Poetry (Academic Studies Press\, 2020) brings together the most interesting experimental works by Mykola (Nik) Bazhan\, one of the major Ukrainian poets of the 20th century. An ardent Modernist\, Bazhan was known for his idiosyncratic style and unique vocabulary. After Stalinist rule forced the poet into the straightjacket of officially sanctioned Socialist Realism\, his early texts have been dismissed as both irrelevant and subversive. Many poems from Bazhan’s three remarkable early collections (1926\, 1927\, and 1929) remain unknown to readers\, both in Ukraine and the West. The publication for the first time makes these outstanding works available. \nMore than fifteen translators and writers joined forces for this massive project\, presenting a diverse set of translation techniques and approaches to collaboratively tackle this challenging corpus. \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81874289915?pwd=Nys3Z1NXRENPOVNqU0N0cm9GWFV5Zz09 URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/gathering-the-fragments-the-hidden-soul-the-discovery-and-collaborative-treatment-of-the-early-work-of-mykola-bazhan/ LOCATION:Virtual END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201113T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201113T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20201029T153803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201102T192344Z UID:4381-1605294000-1605299400@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Special Virtual Book Discussion by Serhii Plokhy DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nThe \n  \nUkrainian Institute of America in collaboration with Shevchenko Scientific Society and Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences \nare delighted to invite you to a special virtual book discussion by \nSerhii Plokhy \nMykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of History and director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University \nForgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front: American Airmen Behind the Soviet Lines and the Collapse of the Grand Alliance  \nWe will be presenting this event virtually\, using Zoom. RSVP here \nIn November 1943\, with the outcome of the Second World War hanging in the balance\, the Allies needed a new plan. The Americans’ audacious suggestion to the Soviets was to open a second air front\, with the US Air Force establishing bases in Soviet-controlled territory. Despite Stalin’s obvious reservations about the presence of foreign troops in Russia\, he was persuaded. Operation Baseball and then Frantic were initiated in early 1944 as B-17 Superfortresses were flown from bases in Italy to the Poltava region in today’s Ukraine. \nAward-winning historian Serhii Plokhy tells the gripping\, little-known story of this encounter between American and Soviet soldiers and how their collaboration quickly fell apart\, mirroring the transition from the Grand Alliance to the Cold War. Soviet secret policemen watched over the Americans\, shadowing their every move. A catastrophic air raid by the Germans revealed the limitations of Soviet air defenses. As their initial enthusiasm turned into disappointment\, the American soldiers started calling themselves the Forgotten Bastards of Ukraine. Ultimately\, no common purpose could overcome their cultural and political differences. \nDrawing on newly opened Russian archives as well as CIA records\, Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front offers a riveting bottom-up history of one of the Second World War’s most unlikely alliances. URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/special-virtual-book-discussion-by-serhii-plokhy/ LOCATION:Virtual END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201107T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201107T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20201029T160335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201029T160335Z UID:4386-1604746800-1604750400@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Чи є генетична схильність до інсульту? DESCRIPTION:У доповіді розглядатимуться питання: генетичних дефектів\, що спричиняють одногенні синдроми інсульту; генетичних дефектів\, що обумовлюють ризик основних підтипів ішемічного та геморагічного інсульту; спадкових причин «сімейного інсульту»; впливу генетичних чинників на відновлення після інсульту; фармакогенетики\, тобто генетичної обумовленості особливостей дії ліків на організм; покращення діагностики\, передбачення та лікування інсульту.\nДивитися доповідь можна за цим посиланням: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82194935780?pwd=UTFlWWQ5VW9DMG1wU1BYOSsvWHU2UT09 URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/%d0%a7%d0%b8-%d1%94-%d0%b3%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%b8%d1%87%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d1%81%d1%85%d0%b8%d0%bb%d1%8c%d0%bd%d1%96%d1%81%d1%82%d1%8c-%d0%b4%d0%be-%d1%96%d0%bd%d1%81%d1%83%d0%bb%d1%8c%d1%82%d1%83/ LOCATION:Virtual END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201010T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201010T130000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20201007T172111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201007T173923Z UID:4341-1602327600-1602334800@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Ukraine on the Еve of the Еlections in America - Україна у переддень виборів в Америці (Webinar) DESCRIPTION:Join us for an online webinar. Access here.\nЗапрошуємо до перегляду нашої дискусії “Україна у переддень виборів Америці” 10 жовтня 2020 року о 12 за нью-йорським часом. Приєднуйтесь. URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/ukraine-on-the-%d0%95ve-of-the-%d0%95lections-in-america-%d0%a3%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%97%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d1%83-%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%b4%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%bd%d1%8c-%d0%b2%d0%b8%d0%b1%d0%be%d1%80/ ORGANIZER;CN="Shevchenko%20Scientific%20Society":MAILTO:info@shevchenko.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200611T131500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200611T151500 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20200609T223359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200609T223359Z UID:4204-1591881300-1591888500@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Virtual Panel Discussion: Is there Room for Culture?  Challenges of Ukraine's Nascent Cultural Diplomacy Today DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, June 11\, 2020  Time  1.15 – 3.15 pm (EDT)\nEvent language: English \nWatch this event on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vFcxb8ru1gI \nUkraine continues to remain locked in an undeclared war with Russia\, and the economic downturn—including from the coronavirus outbreak—is putting a squeeze on the country’s finances. How important is culture and cultural diplomacy in this time of crisis and existential threat to Ukraine? Should recent efforts to invest in actively shaping the country’s image abroad using culture and scholarship be continued\, or put on a back burner until “better times”? How can the success of cultural institutions’ efforts to meaningfully reach foreign audiences be measured\, and what does success look like? \nEight leading institutions from the US\, Canada\, and the UK that specialize in studying Ukraine\, its culture\, and society\, and two prominent Ukrainian institutions invite you to an online discussion of these questions. \nPanelists: \n\nVolodymyr Sheiko (Ukrainian Institute\, Kyiv)\nIryna Baturevych (Ukrainian Book Institute\, Kyiv)\nMarina Pesenti (Ukrainian Institute\, London)\nJessica Zychowicz (Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies)\n\nModerator:  Oleh Kotsyuba (Ukrainian Research Institute\, Harvard University) \nFeaturing questions and comments from the organizing institutions: \n\nDominique Arel (Chair of Ukrainian Studies\, University of Ottawa)\nKateryna Bondar (Ukrainian Emerging Leaders Program\, Stanford University)\nVitaly Chernetsky (Shevchenko Scientific Society in the USA)\nPaul D’Anieri (American Association for Ukrainian Studies)\nOlenka Pevny (Cambridge Ukrainian Studies\, University of Cambridge)\n\nOrganizers: \nAmerican Association for Ukrainian Studies\nCambridge Ukrainian Studies\, Cambridge University\nCanadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies\nChair of Ukrainian Studies\, University of Ottawa\nShevchenko Scientific Society in the USA\nUkrainian Book Institute\, Kyiv\nUkrainian Emerging Leaders Program\, Stanford University\nUkrainian Institute\, Kyiv\nUkrainian Institute\, London\nUkrainian Research Institute\, Harvard University URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/virtual-panel-discussion-is-there-room-for-culture-challenges-of-ukraines-nascent-cultural-diplomacy-today/ LOCATION:Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="Shevchenko%20Scientific%20Society":MAILTO:info@shevchenko.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200328T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200328T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20200128T162323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200316T142042Z UID:4050-1585414800-1585422000@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Lecture “Servant of the People Volodymyr Zelensky: Between TV Shows and Show Politics” DESCRIPTION:The influence of media on everyday life in Ukraine will be shown here with the example of popular TV series “Servant of the People\,” which led to tectonic shifts in the country’s political life. The actor\, who played the people’s president\, became the real president who came to power with sensational ratings. Based on analysis of examples from the series\, election campaign\, current government leadership – the phenomenon of the series and the party “Servant of the People” will be discussed in the global context of populism and the influence of the media URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/lecture-servant-of-the-people-volodymyr-zelensky-between-tv-shows-and-show-politics/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200314T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200314T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20200128T161547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200128T161547Z UID:4044-1584205200-1584212400@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Lecture “Mykola Bytynskyi’s Album of Uniforms of the Ukrainian Army and Fleet for the Age of the Liberation Struggle 1917-1921: Artistic\, Heraldic and Historical Aspects” DESCRIPTION: URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/lecture-mykola-bytynskyis-album-of-uniforms-of-the-ukrainian-army-and-fleet-for-the-age-of-the-liberation-struggle-1917-1921-artistic-heraldic-and-historical-aspects/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200307T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200307T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20200214T151237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200225T153140Z UID:4067-1583596800-1583607600@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:40th Annual Taras Shevchenko Scholarly Conference DESCRIPTION:The Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh-A)\, along with the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S. (UVAN) and the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI)\, invite the public to the 40th Annual Taras Shevchenko Scholarly Conference.  George Grabowicz\, Vice-President of the Shevchenko Scientific Society\, will make the opening remarks. The participants include Maria Shuvalova (National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”) speaking on “The Image of Shevchenko’s Kateryna in Contemporary Prose”\, Olena Haleta (Lviv National University) on “Shevchenko in the Сontext of Modernism: Yurii Mezhenko’s Cultural Project”\, and George Grabowicz (NTSh/Harvard University) “Memoirs about Shevchenko”. Albert Kipa\, President of the Ukrainian Free Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S.\, will make the concluding remarks. URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/40th-annual-taras-shevchenko-scholarly-conference/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200229T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200229T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20200108T195829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200108T195829Z UID:4026-1582995600-1583002800@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Poetry reading by the renowned Kyiv-based poet Mykola Vorobiov DESCRIPTION:The Shevchenko Scientific Society invites all to a poetry reading by the renowned Kyiv-based poet Mykola Vorobiov (b.1941)\, member of the Kyiv Poetry School and laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize (2005). Mr. Vorobiov will present two of his new poetry books: Hora i kvitka (2019) and Namaliovani dveri (2019). URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/poetry-reading-by-the-renowned-kyiv-based-poet-mykola-vorobiov/ LOCATION:Shevchenko Scientific Society\, 63 Fourth Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200222T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200222T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20200108T195439Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200108T195439Z UID:4022-1582390800-1582398000@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Lecture “Beggars in the Ruthenian Cities of the Crown of Poland from the 14th Century to the First Half of the 17th Century" DESCRIPTION:The history of beggars is poorly covered by written sources; they are usually represented only in the documents of repressive institutions. Beggars’ communities were divided into two categories: recognized and not recognized by municipal authorities. The first group was controlled and taxed while the second one was evicted from towns. Although both groups were “othered” by burghers\, the legalized beggars were an integral part of urban society because accepting alms\, they gave a chance for salvation to those who helped them. The attitude towards beggars evolved. The first change occurred in the 14th century when\, according to Jacques Le Goff\, the Middle Ages became “the world of homebodies” and the spirit of the Crusades declined. The next stage in the evolution of the attitudes towards beggars occurred in the 16th century when the Protestant ethic began to spread. The Sejm constitutions of the Kingdom of Poland\, like the government regulations in other countries of the late Middle Ages\, regulated society’s attitude towards beggars\, tried to protect the towns from their negative impact and imposed taxes on them. But the result was not significant. URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/lecture-beggars-in-the-ruthenian-cities-of-the-crown-of-poland-from-the-14th-century-to-the-first-half-of-the-17th-century/ LOCATION:Shevchenko Scientific Society\, 63 Fourth Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200215T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200215T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20200108T192856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200108T192856Z UID:4019-1581786000-1581793200@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Lecture “Ukrainian Civil Internees in the Polish Camps of Internment\, 1918-1921” DESCRIPTION:Just after the outbreak of the Polish-Ukrainian war in November 1918\, Polish authorities started arresting specific persons from the Ukrainian society. Among them were mainly people who took part in the building of administrative structures of West Ukrainian People’s Republic or were hostile toward the Polish state. Internments lasted through the end of 1919\, although some persons were arrested and sent to the camps in 1920 and 1921. Ukrainians were held in a few prisoners-of-war camps\, such as Dąbie near Cracow\, Wadowice\, Strzałków\, Modlin\, Dęblin\, or in the camps located inside the fortress of Brześć Litewski. Many prisoners were behind the barbed wire for a long time\, usually a few months. It was quite a large group\, consisting of some 20\, 000 people. URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/lecture-ukrainian-civil-internees-in-the-polish-camps-of-internment-1918-1921/ LOCATION:Shevchenko Scientific Society\, 63 Fourth Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200208T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20200108T192609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200108T192609Z UID:4015-1581181200-1581188400@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Lecture “Nigra sed Formosa: Immersed in Sadness\, However Beautiful. Following the Wanderings of the Icon of the Virgin Mary of Cholm” DESCRIPTION:The Shevchenko Scientific Society invites all to a lecture “Nigra sed Formosa: Immersed in Sadness\, However Beautiful. Following the Wanderings of the Icon of the Virgin Mary of Cholm\,” by Dr. Oksana Remeniaka\, Head of the New Media Department at the Modern Art Research Institute of  National Academy of Arts of Ukraine\, and a Fulbright scholar 2019-2020 URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/lecture-nigra-sed-formosa-immersed-in-sadness-however-beautiful-following-the-wanderings-of-the-icon-of-the-virgin-mary-of-cholm/ LOCATION:Shevchenko Scientific Society\, 63 Fourth Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200201T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200201T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20200108T192225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200129T151529Z UID:4009-1580576400-1580583600@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Symposium dedicated to Dr. Yuriy Tarnawsky (b. 1934)\, an eminent Ukrainian poet\, prose writer\, literary critic\, member of the New York Group of Poets DESCRIPTION:The Shevchenko Scientific Society invites all to a Symposium dedicated to Dr. Yuriy Tarnawsky (b. 1934)\, an eminent Ukrainian poet\, prose writer\, literary critic\, member of the New York Group of Poets of avant-garde Ukrainian diaspora writers\, and co-founder and co-editor of the journal New Poetry\, as well as member of the US innovative writers’ collaborative Fiction Collective. He writes fiction\, poetry\, plays\, translations\, and criticism in both Ukrainian and English. His works have been translated into Azerbaijani\, Czech\, French\, German\, Hebrew\, Italian\, Polish\, Portuguese\, Romanian\, and Russian. Participants are: George G. Grabowicz\, Vasyl Makhno\, and Maria Shuvalova. URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/symposium-dedicated-to-dr-jurij-tarnawsky-b-1934-an-eminent-ukrainian-poet-prose-writer-literary-critic-member-of-the-new-york-group-of-poets/ LOCATION:Shevchenko Scientific Society\, 63 Fourth Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200125T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200125T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20200108T191532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200108T191532Z UID:4003-1579971600-1579978800@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Dr. Anna Procyk's presentation of her book "Giuseppe Mazzini’s Young Europe and the Birth of Modern Nationalism in the Slavic World"  DESCRIPTION:  \n \nThe Shevchenko Scientific Society\, the Ukrainian Institute of America and the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences invite all to a presentation by Anna Procyk of her book Giuseppe Mazzini’s Young Europe and the Birth of Modern Nationalism in the Slavic World (University of Toronto Press\, 2019).  The work examines the intellectual currents in Eastern Europe that attracted educated youth after the Polish Revolution of 1830. Focusing on the political ideas brought to the Slavic world from the West by Polish émigré conspirators\, Anna Procyk explores the core message that the Polish revolutionaries carried\, a message based on the democratic principles espoused by Young Europe’s founder\, Giuseppe Mazzini.  The documentary sources used in this study testify that at its inception the political nationalism in Eastern Europe was republican-democratic in nature and that the clandestine groups in Eastern Europe were closely cooperating with one another through underground channels.  It was through this cooperation that the better-educated Poles and Ukrainians in the political underground became aware that the interests of their nations\, bound together by the forces of history and political necessity\, were best served when they worked closely together. URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/dr-anna-procyks-presentation-of-her-book-giuseppe-mazzinis-young-europe-and-the-birth-of-modern-nationalism-in-the-slavic-world/ LOCATION:Ukrainian Institute of America\, 2 East 79th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10075 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191221T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191221T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20191118T211109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191226T173748Z UID:3914-1576947600-1576954800@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Presentation of Vasyl Makhno’s novel “Eternal Calendar” (Lviv: Vydavnytstvo Staroho Leva\, 2019) DESCRIPTION:Vasyl Makhno is the author of twelve books of poetry and three collections of essays\, as well as the translator of Polish poets Zbigniew Herbert and Janusz Szuber. In 2015\, his short story collection The House in Baiting Hollow won the BBC Ukrainian Book of the Year Award. A frequent participant of various international poetry festivals\, Makhno is a past winner of the Morave International Poetry Prize in Serbia. His works have been translated into twenty-five languages. In an interview after the publication of this novel\, Vasyl Makhno said that he had wanted to write an epic work about small places and to depict the particular “dirt of life.” The events in this massive novel stretch from the 17th Century to the present day. \n \n\nVasyl Makhno\, Eternal Calendar URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/presentation-of-vasyl-makhnos-novel-eternal-calendar-lviv-vydavnytstvo-staroho-leva-2019/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191214T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191214T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20191118T204127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191226T180344Z UID:3911-1576342800-1576350000@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Lecture “Ukrainian Gastronomy Identity in Ukraine and Diaspora” DESCRIPTION:The Shevchenko Scientific Society invites all to a lecture “Ukrainian Gastronomy Identity in Ukraine and Diaspora\,” by Marianna Dushar\, a graduate of Lviv University in biology and biophysics and a Fulbright scholar 2019-2020. The presentation is dedicated to the distinct Ukrainian culinary/taste traditions\, which serve as an instrument of ethnic identification\, as well as intercultural communication. URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/lecture-ukrainian-gastronomy-identity-in-ukraine-and-diaspora/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191207T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191207T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20191118T203832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191118T203832Z UID:3906-1575738000-1575745200@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Film premiere of “New York. Malaniuk” (2019) DESCRIPTION:The film reconstructs the New York period (after WWII) of the distinguished Ukrainian emigre poet Ievhen Malaniuk (1897-1968) – how he lived\, how he wrote and how he loved. Opening remarks by Vasyl Makhno and Oleksandr Fraze-Frazenko. The film includes comments on this key figure in Ukrainian literature of the 20th Century\, by: Bohdan Boychuk\, Bohdan Rubchak\, Yuri Tarnawsky\, George Grabowicz\, Vasyl Makhno\, Yuri Andrukhovych\, Tamara Skrypka\, and Anna Procyk. Based on Ukrainian archives in New York and New Jersey\, the film also presents unique readings by the author on radio”Svoboda.” URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/film-premiere-of-new-york-malaniuk-2019/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191123T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191123T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20191014T185611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191014T185611Z UID:3816-1574528400-1574535600@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Lecture “Renewable Energy in Ukraine and Worldwide: A Comparative Analysis” DESCRIPTION:The lecture provides an economic analysis of the evolution and prerequisites for renewable energy development worldwide with a focus on reducing the cost of energy from renewable energy sources\, the dynamics of investment in the industry and the economic stimulation of green energy facilities deployment. The author summarizes the results of renewable energy development in the world by solar\, wind\, hydro\, geothermal and bioenergy sectors\, as well as the impact of the industry on employment growth. In addition\, the outcomes of the green energy deployment in Ukraine are compared with the world achievements. On this basis\, objective and subjective reasons that impede the extension of renewable energy technologies worldwide are identified\, as well as additional barriers specific to Ukrainian reality. Regarding the reasons outlined above\, the author provides recommendations for governments to improve national policies in this area. Considering the economic and political situation in Ukraine\, additional economic mechanisms have been developed\, the use of which will stimulate green energy growth in the country URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/lecture-renewable-energy-in-ukraine-and-worldwide-a-comparative-analysis/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191117T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191117T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20191028T151039Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191111T202349Z UID:3864-1574002800-1574017200@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:International Conference Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Panteleimon Kulish\, 1819-2019 DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Shevchenko Scientific Society\, the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the US\, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute\, and the Ukrainian Institute of America; \nSpeakers and Topics: \nGeorge G. Grabowicz\, “Panteleimon Kuish and his Role in Ukrainian Culture” \nOles Fedoruk\, “The State of Kulish Studies Today: Problems and Perspectives” \nAnna Procyk\, “Young Europe’s  Influence on the Political Thought of Panteleimon Kulish and his Milieu” \nТamara Hundorova\, “Panteleimon Kulish and the Question of Ukrainian Populism” \nVasyl Ivashkiv\, “Folklore in the Scholarly and Belletristic Discourse of Panteleimon Kulish in the 1840s and 1850s” \nAndrii Danylenko\, “About a “Poor Parlance” and One “Russian Jesuit” or\, How Kulish Invented the Biblical Style»” \nHalyna Ivashkiv\, “Panteleimon Kulish and Taras Shevchenko in Ceramic Memorabilia” URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/international-conference-celebrating-the-200th-anniversary-of-panteleimon-kulish-1819-2019/ LOCATION:Ukrainian Institute of America\, 2 East 79th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10075 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191116T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191116T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20191014T185140Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191014T185140Z UID:3813-1573923600-1573930800@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Lecture “Exhibiting Trauma: Memorialization of the Holodomor in Ukrainian Museums” DESCRIPTION:This presentation analyzes how the Holodomor is presented in Ukrainian museums and exhibition projects. It examines exhibitions in national\, state and local history museums\, discussing the main memory actors\, narratives\, and perception of each museum’s memory policy regarding the Holodomor. Special attention is paid to the evolution of the state-controlled narrative which ranges from trauma\, loss and tragedy to an emphasis on resisting\, opposing and overcoming the communist regime. In summary\, the presentation details the role of museums portraying the Holodomor in comparison with other practices of commemoration\, emphasizing the exclusive mission of museumification in creating the State’s grand narrative about the Ukrainian famine of 1932-1933. URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/lecture-exhibiting-trauma-memorialization-of-the-holodomor-in-ukrainian-museums/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191109T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191109T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20191014T184334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191014T184334Z UID:3809-1573318800-1573326000@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Lecture “The Chungul Kurgan Grave Goods in the Black Sea Steppe of the Thirteenth Century” DESCRIPTION:This presentation interprets as trophies many of the grave goods excavated from the burial of a steppe leader  –  likely a Polovtsian ‘prince’  –  within the Chungul Kurgan in the steppes of southern Ukraine. Written sources about the culture of the Eurasian steppe of the 11th-13th centuries CE\, comparative study of items in European collections\, and the archaeological details of the exact manner of deposition have allowed the reconstruction of the meanings of these finds in daily life\, and in the burial ritual. The grave goods allow us to propose a possible identity for the deceased\, and his activities in the early 13th century URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/lecture-the-chungul-kurgan-grave-goods-in-the-black-sea-steppe-of-the-thirteenth-century/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191102T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191102T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20191015T144252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191102T185949Z UID:3819-1572714000-1572721200@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Roundtable of the Theodosius Dobzhansky Genetics Club DESCRIPTION:Shevchenko Scientific Society’s Medicine and Biology Section invites all to a roundtable of the Theodosius Dobzhansky Genetics Club. Dobzhansky was a prominent Ukrainian-American geneticist and evolutionary biologist with major contributions to 20th century genetics. \nDr. Roman Shirokov\, Associate Professor at Rutgers University’s Department of Pharmacology\, Physiology and Neuroscience\, will introduce the event with his speech “Theodosius Dobzhansky’s Paradise.” Dr. Olya Yarychkivska (postdoctoral fellow at Rockefeller University) will speak about “Life and death of cells\,” and Iryna Ivasyk (MD/PhD fellow at Rockefeller University) about “Genes\, Social Behavior and Ants.” In closing\, Dr. Roman Shirokov will present “Genealogy of Proteins: Observations and Predictions.” URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/roundtable-of-the-theodosius-dobzhansky-genetics-club/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191026T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191026T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20190822T160750Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190822T160750Z UID:3734-1572109200-1572116400@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Presentation of the book “The Case of Vasyl Stus” DESCRIPTION:Vakhtang Kipiani’s book “The Case of Vasyl Stus\,” (Vivat Publishing Ltd.\, Ukraine)\, the poet’s criminal case documents\, presently reside at the SBU Archives in Kyiv. The dissident-poet\, writer and  journalist\, Vasyl Stus (1938-1985)\, was constantly persecuted for his defense of human rights\, opposition to Russification and anti-Ukrainian policies in general. His writings were forbidden in Ukraine and were published only abroad. Vasyl Stus remains one of Europe’s most distinguished poets of the 20th century. Mr. Kipiani will include discussions of circumstances and reasons for Stus’ arrest\, as well as who his friends and enemies turned out to be during the criminal proceedings. Vakhtang Kipiani\, a Ukrainian journalist\, historian\, and founder of the Museum-Archives of the Ukrainian Press in Kyiv\, was also Editor-in-Chief of the online “Istorychna Pravda” on ZIK TV. However\, in June 2019\, as Viktor Medvedchuk became owner of the TV station\, Mr. Kipiani resigned\, along with several other leading journalists at ZIK. URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/presentation-of-the-book-the-case-of-vasyl-stus/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191019T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191019T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20190821T171536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190821T171536Z UID:3724-1571504400-1571511600@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Yuriy Tarnawsky Presents his Novels: “Warm Arctic Nights” and “The Iguanas of Heat” DESCRIPTION:The author will read excerpts from both novels. “Warm Arctic Nights” is probably the only literary work that\, from a child’s point of view\, describes the fate of Ukrainians in the pre-WWII Poland\, the WWII German-occupation years in Ukraine\, and finally their migration to the West. In “The Iguanas of Heat\,” a woman possessed by an inexplicable hatred for her husband\, plans his death on their forthcoming trip to Mexico. Yuriy Tarnawsky is an author of some three dozen books of poetry\, fiction\, drama\, essays\, translations\, and a linguist as well. To quote Alain Arias-Misson\, “His writing has that ever rarer quality of a poetic language\, the intensity and purity of which render his stories unforgettable.” URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/yuriy-tarnawsky-presents-his-novels-warm-arctic-nights-and-the-iguanas-of-heat/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191012T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191012T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T144532 CREATED:20190821T170725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190821T170725Z UID:3721-1570899600-1570906800@shevchenko.org SUMMARY:Lecture “Echolocation Techniques of Bats and Blind Humans Can Improve Robot Sensing” DESCRIPTION:Sonar (SOund NAvigation and Ranging) is a sensing modality that extracts environmental features from echoes. Conventional sonars detect only the first echo to give the range of the nearest reflector. Biomimetic sonars apply techniques employed by bats to extract additional information. This talk describes echo processing that produces cognitive maps similar to those formed through echolocation by blind humans. URL:https://shevchenko.org/event/lecture-echolocation-techniques-of-bats-and-blind-humans-can-improve-robot-sensing/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR