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At the third Institute seminar of the 1977-78 academic year, held on November 3, Andrij Makuch, fourth-year honors student in history, spoke on "The Ukrainians and the Manitoba School Question: 1916." / In an attempt to mollify the French, the…

At the Institute's first seminar of the 1977-78 academic year on October 5, 1977, Dr. J Borys, professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Calgary, spoke about "The Russian Communist Party and the Sovietization of Ukraine." / In…

CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2. On September 2, 1977, Mr. Leonid Plyushch, a well-known Soviet Ukrainian dissident and former political prisoner presented an Institute seminar entitled "Detente, the Helsinki Accords and the Soviet Opposition: A…

Ivan Kozachenko "A City on the Brink of War: Kharkiv During and After the “Russian Spring”

After President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted in late February 2014, pro-Russian protests swept eastern and southern regions of Ukraine. Driven by fear and…

Volodymyr Kulyk "Language Ideologies in the Era of Facebook: Ukrainian Social-Network Discussions Within and Across Borders"


This lecture will discuss linguistic choices and interaction strategies of Ukrainian Facebook users and their underlying…

John (Ivan) Jaworsky. "Weaponizing" Federalism? Russia and the Debate on Federalism/Decentralization in Ukraine and Other Post-Soviet States

There is a broad consensus on the need for administrative decentralization in Ukraine. Most discussions…