March 4, 2017
George G. Grabowicz, Oleksandr Boron, Tamara Hundorova, Vasyl Makhno and Albert Kipa
George G. Grabowicz, Oleksandr Boron, Tamara Hundorova, Vasyl Makhno and Albert Kipa
The Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh-A), jointly with the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S. (UVAN) and the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI), invite all to the 37th Annual Taras Shevchenko Scholarly Conference. Dr. George G. Grabowicz, President of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the U.S. will make opening remarks. Participants include George G. Grabowicz (Harvard U) “Forming the Shevchenko Reception: the Year 1861;” Oleksandr Boron (Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature, NANU, Kyiv, Ukraine) “Shevchenko’s Pseudo-fiancee Anna Sharikova: Conjectures and Facts;” Tamara Hundorova (Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature, NANU, Kyiv, Ukraine) “Gypsies as a Model of ‘The Other’ in Shevchenko and Olha Kobylianska;” and Vasyl Makhno (NTSh-A) “Remove Shevchenko’s Fur Hat’: the Poetic Image of Shevchenko in Ukrainian Poetry (Antonych, Drach, Rymaruk).” Albert Kipa, President of UVAN, will make concluding remarks. The conference will take place at the NTSh-A building, 63 Fourth Avenue (between 9th and 10th sts.) at 4 p.m. For additional information call (212) 254-5130.