This year, the Annual Convention of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) will be held virtually on November 5-8 and November 14-15.
The Shevchenko Scientific Society in the United States will have a strong presence at the convention, with a large number of its members participating in paper panels, roundtables, and book discussions. In addition, the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the United States will sponsor the roundtable “The 30th Anniversary of the Granite Revolution in Ukraine.”
Below is a short list of ASEEES paper panels and roundtables, featuring the society’s members. For further details, please view the online convention program here.
NOVEMBER 6
The Public and the Hidden Role of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukrainian Political and Religious Life
Fri, November 6, 12:00 to 1:30pm, Virtual Convention Platform, Room 21
Chair
Zenon Victor Wasyliw, Ithaca College
Participants
Anna M. Procyk, CUNY Kingsborough CC
Frank Edward Sysyn, U of Alberta (Canada)
Martha Bohachevsky-Chomiak, Independent Scholar
Discussant
Andrew Dennis Sorokowski, Independent scholar
NOVEMBER 7
Yuri Andrukhovych Turns Sixty: His Legacy and Impact Today and Beyond
Sat, November 7, 10:00 to 11:30am, Virtual Convention Platform, Room 16
Chair
Alla Perminova, Taras Shevchenko National U of Kyiv (Ukraine)
Roundtable Members
Yuri Andrukhovych, Independent Scholar
Mark Roman Andryczyk, Columbia U
Michael M. Naydan, Pennsylvania State U
Lidia Stefanowska, U of Warsaw (Poland)
Race in the 19th Century Russian Empire: #thelong19thc
Sat, November 7, 12:00 to 1:30pm, Virtual Convention Platform, Room 10
Chair
Lindsay Marie Ceballos, Lafayette College
Participants
Nathaniel Knight, Seton Hall U
Maxim Matusevich, Seton Hall U
Valeria Sobol, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Emily Wang, U of Notre Dame
Bringing Ukraine into the Classroom: Utilizing Ukraïnica: The Primary Database of English Translations of Literature, Documents, and Films
Sat, November 7, 2:00 to 3:30pm, Virtual Convention Platform, Room 17
Chair
Sandra Joy Russell, U of Massachusetts Amherst
Roundtable Members
Oleh Kotsyuba, Harvard U, Ukrainian Research Institute
Yuliya V. Ladygina, The Pennsylvania State U
Olena Lennon, U of New Haven
Sandra Joy Russell, U of Massachusetts Amherst
NOVEMBER 8
Chernobyl and its Storied Afterlives
Sun, November 8, 2:00 to 3:30pm, Virtual Convention Platform, Room 19
Chair
Serhii Plokhii, Harvard U
Roundtable Members
Anindita Banerjee, Cornell U
David Roger Marples, U of Alberta (Canada)
Sarah Drue Phillips, Indiana U Bloomington
Sonja Schmid, Virginia Tech
Jose Vergara, Swarthmore College
NOVEMBER 14
Decoding Chornobyl: How the Catastrophe is Perceived, Interpreted, and Remembered
Sat, November 14, 10:00 to 11:30am, Virtual Convention Platform, Room 5
Chair
Oxana Shevel, Tufts U
Roundtable Members
Olga Bertelsen, Embry-Riddle College of Security and Intelligence
Kate Brown, MIT
Valentyna Kharkhun, Mykola Hohol State U of Nizhyn (Ukraine)
Serhii Plokhii, Harvard U
Volodymyr Rafeenko: Language, Text, Context, Translations
Sat, November 14, 12:00 to 1:30pm, Virtual Convention Platform, Room 4
Chair
Yuliya Ilchuk, Stanford U
Roundtable Members
Mark Roman Andryczyk, Columbia U
Yuliya Ilchuk, Stanford U
Oksana Lutsyshyna, U of Texas
Marco Puleri, U of Bologna (Italy)
The 30th Anniversary of the Granite Revolution in Ukraine
Sat, November 14, 2:00 to 3:30pm, Virtual Convention Platform, Room 7
Chair
Halyna Hryn, Harvard U
Roundtable Members
Christine Emeran, ACLS
Oksana Lutsyshyna, U of Texas
Olena Nikolayenko, Fordham U
Translation and Collaboration: The Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry Series with Lost Horse Press, Volumes I-VI
Sat, November 14, 4:00 to 5:30pm, Virtual Convention Platform, Room 16
Chair
Grace Ellen Mahoney, U of Michigan
Roundtable Members
Vitaly Chernetsky, U of Kansas
Roman Ivashkiv, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ostap Kin, Rutgers, The State U of New Jersey
Maria G. Rewakowicz, U of Washington
Iryna Shuvalova, Independent Scholar
NOVEMBER 15
Mykola Bazhan Between Different Aesthetics: From Avant-garde to Socialist Realism
Sun, November 15, 8:00 to 9:30am, Virtual Convention Platform, Room 13
Chair
Oksana Lutsyshyna, U of Texas
Participants
Galina Babak, New Europe College-Institute for Advanced Study (Bucharest)
Olga Khometa, U of Toronto (Canada)
Oksana Rosenblum, Independent Scholar
George G. Grabowicz, Harvard U
Discussant
Tereza Chlanova, Charles U (Czech Republic)
Publications from the Displaced Persons Camps in Western Europe following World War II
Sun, November 15, 10:00 to 11:30am, Virtual Convention Platform, Room 19
Chair
Grant Garden Harris, Independent Scholar
Participants
Gudrun Tatjana Wirtz, Bavarian State Library (Germany)
Ksenya I. Kiebuzinski, U of Toronto (Canada)
Philipp Penka, Bernett Penka Rare Books
Anatol Shmelev, Hoover Institution
Discussant
Katie McElvanney, The British Library
Ostap Kin, Rutgers, The State U of New Jersey
Bohdan Rubchak: The Legacy of the Man, the Scholar, the Poet
Sun, November 15, 12:00 to 1:30pm, Virtual Convention Platform, Room 2
Chair
Olha Tytarenko, U of Nebraska-Lincoln
Roundtable Members
Svitlana Budzhak-Jones, Independent Scholar
Michael M. Naydan, Pennsylvania State U
Alla Perminova, Taras Shevchenko National U of Kyiv (Ukraine)
Marian Jean Rubchak, Valparaiso U
Alina Zhurbenko, Penn State U