Part 20: Reported Ethnicities and Languages in Canada: A Comparative Analysis of the Ukrainian Experience
Canada Census
Ukrainian Canadians
Ethnicity
Ukrainian Language
Audio recorded from CIUS conference. On 6-8 September 1991, CIUS marked the Ukrainian Canadian centenary with a conference on selected aspects of Ukrainian life in Canada in the years between 1924 and 1951. Coinciding with the release of Orest Martynowych's landmark monograph, Ukrainians in Canada: The Formative Years, 1891-1924, the conference was designed as a first step toward creating a research base for writing the interwar history of Ukrainians in Canada. This period, in contrast to the well-studied pioneer immigration and prairie settlement experience, has received relatively little scholarly attention, despite it being so critical to both the crystallizing Ukrainian Canadian community and ongoing integration into Canadian life. Accordingly, it was CIUS’s plan to attract papers on as wide an array of topics as possible, avoiding broad generalities in favour of more limited but illuminating profiles and case studies. In this recording Karol Krotki and David Odynak of the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta utilized census data for a paper on “Reported Ethnicities and Languages in Canada: A Comparative Analysis of the Ukrainian Experience.” Found in CIUS Newsletter 1991
CIUS
Karol Krotki, David Odynak
Part 21: Question period for Leonid Leshchenko, Oleksandr Sych, Yurii Zavhorodniev, Victor Buyniak, Alexandra Kruchka Glynn, Robert Klymasz, Karol Krotki, and David Odynak
Audio recorded from CIUS conference. In this recording, the panel is opened for questions from the audience.
Leonid Leshchenko, Oleksandr Sych, Yurii Zavhorodniev, Victor Buyniak, Alexandra Kruchka Glynn, Robert Klymasz, Karol Krotki, David Odynak
Part 22: The First Ukrainian-Language Feature Film in Canada: Zaporozhets za Dunaiem
Cinematography
Art
Audio recorded from CIUS conference. On 6-8 September 1991, CIUS marked the Ukrainian Canadian centenary with a conference on selected aspects of Ukrainian life in Canada in the years between 1924 and 1951. Coinciding with the release of Orest Martynowych's landmark monograph, Ukrainians in Canada: The Formative Years, 1891-1924, the conference was designed as a first step toward creating a research base for writing the interwar history of Ukrainians in Canada. This period, in contrast to the well-studied pioneer immigration and prairie settlement experience, has received relatively little scholarly attention, despite it being so critical to both the crystallizing Ukrainian Canadian community and ongoing integration into Canadian life. Accordingly, it was CIUS’s plan to attract papers on as wide an array of topics as possible, avoiding broad generalities in favour of more limited but illuminating profiles and case studies. In this recording Bohdan Nebesio, a Ph.D. student at the Department of Slavic and East European Studies at the University of Alberta, analyzes the 1938 production of Zaporozhets za Dunaiem, the “first Ukrainian-language feature film in Canada.”
Bohdan Nebesio
Part 23: The Ukrainian Nationalist Writer and his Place in Canadian Letters
Nationalism
Ukrainian Canadian Literature
Audio recorded from CIUS conference. On 6-8 September 1991, CIUS marked the Ukrainian Canadian centenary with a conference on selected aspects of Ukrainian life in Canada in the years between 1924 and 1951. Coinciding with the release of Orest Martynowych's landmark monograph, Ukrainians in Canada: The Formative Years, 1891-1924, the conference was designed as a first step toward creating a research base for writing the interwar history of Ukrainians in Canada. This period, in contrast to the well-studied pioneer immigration and prairie settlement experience, has received relatively little scholarly attention, despite it being so critical to both the crystallizing Ukrainian Canadian community and ongoing integration into Canadian life. Accordingly, it was CIUS’s plan to attract papers on as wide an array of topics as possible, avoiding broad generalities in favour of more limited but illuminating profiles and case studies. In this recording Mary Shcherba a private scholar from Pointe Claire Quebec, speaks on the Ukrainian nationalist writer and his place in Canadian letters. A question period for Mary Shcherba and for the previous speaker, Bohdan Nebesio, follow the presentation at 15:25 in the audio. Found in CIUS Newsletter 1991
Mary Shcherba
Part 24: Ecomuseum Proposal and Concluding Remarks
Audio recorded from CIUS conference. On 6-8 September 1991, CIUS marked the Ukrainian Canadian centenary with a conference on selected aspects of Ukrainian life in Canada in the years between 1924 and 1951. Coinciding with the release of Orest Martynowych's landmark monograph, Ukrainians in Canada: The Formative Years, 1891-1924, the conference was designed as a first step toward creating a research base for writing the interwar history of Ukrainians in Canada. This period, in contrast to the well-studied pioneer immigration and prairie settlement experience, has received relatively little scholarly attention, despite it being so critical to both the crystallizing Ukrainian Canadian community and ongoing integration into Canadian life. Accordingly, it was CIUS’s plan to attract papers on as wide an array of topics as possible, avoiding broad generalities in favour of more limited but illuminating profiles and case studies. In this recording Jars Balan proposes a project for an ecomuseum. Concluding remarks for the conference follow at 13:10.
Jars Balan
Interview with Peter Savaryn about Ukrainian Politicians in Alberta
Alberta
Politics
Andrij Makuch interviews Peter Savaryn about Ukrainian Politicians in Alberta
Andrij Makuch, Peter Savaryn
The Issue That Keeps Coming Back: Language Politics in Post-Orange Ukraine
Ukrainian Revolution
CIUS Seminar audio. In this recording Dominique Arel discusses language politics in post-orange revolution Ukraine. Arel focuses on how spoken language explains political behaviour, particularly examining the linkage between the Orange vote and Ukrainian language "as spoken". He discusses language used as a marker of political recognition and the importance of the official governmental status of a language as an issue in Ukrainian politics. Found in CIUS Newsletter 2007
Dominique Arel
Canada-Ukraine Relations and Developing Co-operation in Education and Scholarship
Education
CIUS Seminar audio. His Excellency Ihor Ostash (Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada) spoke on Canada-Ukraine relations and developing co-operation in education and scholarship. Found in CIUS Newsletter 2007
Ihor Ostash
The Ostroh Academy as a Factor in the Education of Ukraine’s Elites Today
Contemporary Ukraine
CIUS seminar audio. Following a short documentary film on the rebirth of the Ostroh Academy, Ihor Pasichnyk (Rector, Ostroh Academy National University), spoke on “The Ostroh Academy as a Factor in the Education of Ukraine’s Elites Today.” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2007
Ihor Pasichnyk
2007: The Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA): What Have We Learned 65 Years after Its Founding?
Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA)
Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
World War II
The 41st annual Shevchenko Lecture, co-sponsored by CIUS and the Ukrainian Professional and Business Club of Edmonton, was delivered on 30 March 2007 by Dr. Peter J. Potichnyj, a leading authority on Ukrainian wartime insurgency, who spoke on “The Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA): What Have We Learned 65 Years after Its Founding?” In his lecture Dr. Potichnyj addressed some of the key controversies surrounding the UPA. The first concerns the common practice of conflating the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), especially the faction led by Stepan Bandera (OUN-B), with the UPA, giving rise to the joint acronym OUN-UPA. Professor Potichnyj pointed out that this hyphenated designation was first used by Soviet security organs to discredit the UPA by linking it with the OUNs integral-nationalist ideology of the 1930s. While acknowledging the important role played by OUN members in the UPA, Dr. Potichnyj stressed that the latter was subordinate to the Supreme Ukrainian Liberation Council (Ukrains'ka Holovna Vyzvol'na Rada), an underground governing body more broadly based than the OUN-B. The second controversy concerns estimates of the number of people involved in the UPA and underground activities generally. The Soviet-sponsored image of the UPA as a collection of undisciplined bands of gangsters has fuelled the third controversy. Here, Professor Potichnyj stressed the UPAs resemblance to a regular army, noting Soviet efforts to create armed groups that looked like UPA units and imitated them. Professor Potichnyj also discussed controversies related to ideology, concluding that the ideology of the UPA was based largely on the democratic wartime writings of Osyp Diakiv (Hornovy), P. Poltava (Fedun), and others, not on the integral nationalist ideas of Dmytro Dontsov, who came to prominence between the wars. Professor Potichnyj also discussed the Polish-Ukrainian conflict, stressing its long history and suggesting that land hunger was partly to blame for the ferocity of the struggle and the involvement of peasants in the Volhynian tragedy of 1943, when many Polish civilians were slaughtered. Other factors included plans to incorporate Volhynia into Poland, German and Soviet meddling, and the inability of Polish and Ukrainian underground leaders to reach an understanding. With regard to the Holocaust, Dr. Potichnyj noted that although the Ukrainian populace was aware of the mass murder of Jews in Ukraine, there is no documentary evidence to support the assumption that the UPA welcomed or supported it. The greatest failure of the Ukrainian underground leadership, however, was that it did not issue condemnations or proclamations of concern. Dr. Potichnyj also pointed out that he knew of no instance of Jewish leaders attempting to contact the Ukrainian underground leadership. During the lecture and in the question period, the guest speaker drew on his own wartime experiences. Dr. Potichnyj, who comes from the village of Pawlokoma (Pavlokoma) near Przemysl (Peremyshl), now in Poland, became a guerrilla soldier at the age of fourteen after the mass killing of his fellow villagers by Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) soldiers in March 1945. Dr. Potichnyj served in the UPA until 10 September 1947, when the remnant of his company (36 soldiers), led by Mykhailo Duda (Hromenko), crossed from Soviet-occupied Austria to the US-controlled zone of Germany. He earned his Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University in 1966 and began his academic career that year as professor of political science at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He retired in 1995. Throughout his career, Dr. Potichnyj has had a particular interest in relations between Ukrainians and their neighbours. He organized scholarly conferences on this subject that resulted in the publication of the following books by CIUS Press, which he edited or co-edited: Poland and Ukraine: Past and Present (1980); Ukrainian-Jewish Relations in Historical Perspective (1988); and Ukraine and Russia in Their Historical Encounter (1992). Since 1975 Dr. Potichnyj has served as editor-in-chief of the documentary series Litopys UPA, of which 61 volumes have been published to date. He is co-editor of Political Thought of the Ukrainian Underground: 1943-1951 (Edmonton, 1986), published by CIUS Press. He is also the author of a documentary history of his native village, Pavlokoma, 1441-1945: istoriiasela (Lviv and Toronto, 2001. Found in CIUS Newsletter 2007
Peter Potichnyj
The Leopolis Project: An Electronic Archive of the Art of Ukraine
Primary Sources
Archive
Bibliography
CIUS seminar audio. Ihor Zhuk from the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine presents on “The Leopolis Project: An Electronic Archive of the Art of Ukraine” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2007
Ihor Zhuk
Interview with Mykola Sukhaversky about the OUN
Interview
CIUS audio interview (3 parts). In this recording Bohdan Klid interviews Mykola Sukhaversky about his life experience and the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN).
Bohdan Klid, Mykola Sukhaversky
Ukrainian Sources in Russian Archives on Ivan Mazepa
CIUS seminar audio. Tatiana Tairova-Yakovleva from the Department of History and Ukrainian Studies Centre at St. Petersburg University, Russian Federation speaks on “Ukrainian Sources in Russian Archives on Ivan Mazepa.” Dr. Tairova-Yakovleva also discussed her recent publications, Getman Ivan Mazepa: Dokumenty iz arkhivnykh sobranii Sankt-Peterburga, vyp.l (St. Petersburg, 2007), and Mazepa (Moscow, 2007). Found in CIUS Newsletter 2007
Tatiana Tairova-Yakovleva
Interview with Marusia Petryshyn about CIUS
CIUS History
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
Marko Levitsky interviews Marusia Petryshyn about the state of CIUS.
Marko Levitsky, Marusia Petryshyn
Fifteen Years with CIUS: A Conversation with Serhii Plokhii
CIUS audio interview. As Professor Serhii Plokhii was preparing to leave to leave CIUS in order to take up his new position as Mykhailo S. Hrushevsky professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard University, he recorded the following conversation with the director of the CIUS Toronto Office, Dr. Frank E. Sysyn. Found in CIUS Newsletter 2007
Serhii Plokhii, Frank Sysyn
Interview with Katherine Howell and Christina Palamarchuk: University of Alberta Students to Study at Lviv University
CIUS interview audio. Bohdan Klid interviews Ms. Howell and Ms. Palamarchuk. For the 2007-08 academic year, two students from the U of A—Katherine Howell and Christina Palamarchuk—will be going to study at Lviv University. Ms. Howell has completed her fourth year of study, majoring in sociology and Ukrainian language and literature. Christina Palamarchuk is about to enter her fourth year, majoring in psychology with a minor in linguistics. Ms. Howell is planning to study for one semester, while Ms. Palamarchuk plans to stay for two semesters. Both, in addition to their studies, hope to become involved in extracurricular activities, such as singing in a university choir, joining a student group on campus, and perhaps doing volunteer work off campus, such as at an orphanage. The two U of A students are looking forward to learn about contemporary Ukrainian culture and experience what it’s like to live in today’s Ukraine. Christin a Palamarchuk has never been to Ukraine before, while Katherine Howell did visit the country briefly for three weeks in 2001 during a Ukrainian dance group tour. Katherine Howell has taken many Ukrainian courses at the U of A and is a graduate of the Ukrainian-English bilingual school program in Edmonton. Christina Palamarchuk was in the bilingual school program to grade 6. Here is the link to the interview with Ms. Howell and Ms. Palamarchuk after their return from their exchange. Found in CIUS Press Release June 18, 2007
Katherine Howell, Christina Palamarchuk, Bohdan Klid
Interview with Mykola Sukhaversky about the OUN and Soviet occupation of Bukovyna
CIUS interview audio. Roman Shiyan interviews Mykola Sukhaversky about his biography and the Soviet occupation of Bukovyna in 1940.
Roman Shiyan, Mykola Sukhaversky
Ukrainian Archival Studies Since Independence: Gains and Losses
CIUS seminar audio. In this recording Iryna Matiash from the Ukrainian Archives and Documentation Research Institute in Kyiv speaks on the topic: “Ukrainian Archival Studies since Independence: Gains and Losses” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2007
Iryna Matiash
The Parliamentary Elections of 30 September in Ukraine: A Preliminary Assessment of Results
CIUS seminar audio. In this recording, Bohdan Harasymiw (CIUS and the University of Calgary), David Marples (CIUS and the Department of History and Classics, U of A), Mykola Riabchuk (Ramsay Tompkins Visiting Professor, Departments of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies and History and Classics, U of A) give a preliminary assessment of results of the parliamentary elections of 30 September 2007 in Ukraine. Found in CIUS Newsletter 2008
Bohdan Harasymiw, David Marples, Mykola Riabchuk
The Mechanics of Building the First Catholic University on the Territory of the Former Soviet Union
Christianity
Modern Ukraine
CIUS seminar audio. On November 23, 2007, Rev. Borys Gudziak of Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, gave the annual Bohdan Bociurkiw Memorial Lecture on the topic: “The Mechanics of Building the First Catholic University on the Territory of the Former Soviet Union.” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2008
Borys Gudziak
CIUS seminar audio. On January 31, 2008, his Excellency Ihor Ostash (Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Canada), presented on “Ukraine’s Current Foreign Policy." Introductions begin at 3:25. Speech begins at 5:05. Found in CIUS Newsletter 2008
2008: Representations of the Jew in Ukrainian Literature
Ukrainian Literature
Jews in Ukraine
Audio recording of 42nd Annual Shevchenko Lecture. On March 7, 2007, Myroslav Shkandrij of the Department of German and Slavic Studies at the University of Manitoba speaks on: “Representations of the Jew in Ukrainian Literature.” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2008
Myroslav Shkandrij
Fellows and Travelers: Thinking about Ukrainian History in the Early Nineteenth Century
XIX c.
History
CIUS seminar audio. On March 27, 2008, Oleksiy Tolochko of Kyiv Mohyla Academy National University and Institute of Ukrainian History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, spoke on the topic: “Fellows and Travelers: Thinking about Ukrainian History in the Early Nineteenth Century.” Introductions begin at 0:35. Speech begins at 5:35. Found in CIUS Newsletter 2008
Oleksiy Tolochko
Interview with Katherine Howell and Christina Palamarchuk: University of Alberta students returning from study at Lviv University
CIUS interview audio. Bohdan Klid interviews Ms. Howell and Ms. Palamarchuk after returning from their exchange. For the 2007-08 academic year, two students from the U of A—Katherine Howell and Christina Palamarchuk— went to study at Lviv University. Ms. Howell has completed her fourth year of study, majoring in sociology and Ukrainian language and literature. Christina Palamarchuk is about to enter her fourth year, majoring in psychology with a minor in linguistics. Christina Palamarchuk had never been to Ukraine before, while Katherine Howell did visit the country briefly for three weeks in 2001 during a Ukrainian dance group tour. Katherine Howell has taken many Ukrainian courses at the U of A and is a graduate of the Ukrainian-English bilingual school program in Edmonton. Christina Palamarchuk was in the bilingual school program to grade 6. Here is the link to another existing interview from Ms. Howell and Ms. Palamarchuk before they left on their exchange.
CIUS seminar audio. On September 25, 2008, Yaroslav Hrytsak (Institute for Historical Research, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv and Chair of Modern World History, Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv), presented on the topic: “Rethinking Modern Ukrainian History” at the Inaugural lecture of the Petro Jacyk Program in Modern Ukrainian History and Society. Dr. Hrytsak begins speaking at 16:05 Found in CIUS Newsletter 2009
Yaroslav Hrytsak
World War II in the Official Politics of Memory and in the Political Struggles in Ukraine Today
CIUS seminar audio. On November 3, 2008, Vladyslav Hrynevych (Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), spoke on the topic: “World War II in the Official Politics of Memory and in the Political Struggles in Ukraine Today.” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2009
Vladyslav Hrynevych
The 1932–33 Famine-Holodomor in Ukraine as Part of Stalin's Preparations for War: A New Hypothesis on a Motive for Genocide
CIUS seminar audio. On November 4, 2008, Liudmyla Hrynevych (Institute of Ukrainian History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), presented on the topic: "The 1932–33 Famine-Holodomor in Ukraine as Part of Stalins Preparations for War: A New Hypothesis on a Motive for Genocide” (in Ukrainian). Co-sponsored by the Shevchenko Scientific Society, Branch. Found in CIUS Newsletter 2009
Liudmyla Hrynevych
The Fourth Wave of Ukrainian Immigration to Canada as Depicted in the Literature of Ukrainian Canadianists
Immigration and Settlement
CIUS seminar audio. On November 7, 2008, Taras Lupul (Department of History, Political Science and International Relations, Yurii Fedkovych National University of Chernivtsi), gave a seminar on the topic: “The Fourth Wave of Ukrainian Immigration to Canada as Depicted in the Literature of Ukrainian Canadianists” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2009
Taras Lupul
Bohdan Klid interviews Petro Malofij. God blessed him with a generous soul, a sensitive heart, and a deep love of Ukraine, the land where he grew up but had to leave in time of war. That love and desire to help his compatriots rebuild an independent Ukraine prompted Mr. Malofij to give generously of his resources. Following the tragic deaths of his niece, Marusia Onyshchuk, and his nephew, Ivanko Kharuk, in 1986, he established an endowment fund at CIUS named after them. The first donation of $10,000 was matched by the Government of Alberta, and today the principal of the fund stands at $152,057. Part of that amount came from Mr. Malofij s medical insurance, as he never required a medical leave in the course of his career. Peter Malofij was born in 1921 in Tulova near Sniatyn (present-day Ivano-Frankivsk oblast). His father spent the interwar period in Canada and then returned to develop a business at home. As a thriving proprietor, he was arrested after the war and taken to a Soviet prison, where he soon died. During the war, young Peter was selected to serve in the Galician Division and took part in the Battle of Brody. The end of the war found him in the British occupation zone of Germany and then in a prisoner-of-war camp in Rimini, Italy. He spent a brief period in Scotland before moving to Canada in 1952. Upon arrival, he lived on his cousin’s farm near Vegreville, Alberta, and settled in Edmonton in 1954. Here he worked as a crane operator and at other jobs, helping build tunnels and other urban infrastructure. Mr. Malofij began his charitable activity after his retirement in 1984. A self-effacing person, he shunned publicity and established his fund anonymously. Donating for various purposes, he made the development of young people’s education his priority. At first he supported the Ukrainian Free University in Munich, Germany. On learning about the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, he soon became actively involved in its support. Once Ukraine obtained its independence, new opportunities became available to help students in Ukraine. The cause closest to Mr. Malofij's heart was assistance to students from the Sniatyn region studying at the Yurii Fedkovych National University of Chernivtsi. Mr. Malofij recently began to support another important CIUS project—the excavation and restoration of Baturyn, the capital of Cossack Ukraine. He has also donated to other Ukrainian organizations in Canada and supported a number of projects in Ukraine. Found in CIUS Newsletter 2010
Bohdan Klid, Petro Malofij.
Ukraine, Russia, and the Future of Europe
Russia
Europe
Eastern Europe
Geopolitics
CIUS seminar audio. On April 22, 2009, Mykola Riabchuk (journalist and independent scholar, Kyiv), presented on the topic: “Ukraine, Russia, and the Future of Europe.” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2009
Mykola Riabchuk
The Holodomor and the Soviet Famines, 1931–33
Holodomor (Famine in Ukraine)
Famine in Ukraine
Soviet Ukraine
Stalin, Joseph
Peasants
Communist Party
Intelligentsia
CIUS seminar audio. The great Ukrainian-Kuban famine of 1932–33—the Holodomor—was one of the determinative events of the twentieth century. Nevertheless, it was largely ignored by scholars until the last few years of the existence of the Soviet Union. One of the scholars who began studying the famine in the late 1980s was Andrea Graziosi, now an internationally recognized specialist on the Soviet state and its policies toward the peasantry and one of the world’s leading authorities on the Holodomor. From 14 to 21 November 2009 he visited Toronto and Edmonton to lecture on “The Holodomor and the Soviet Famines, 1931–33” The title of the lecture is indicative of Dr. Graziosi s comprehensive approach to the study of the Holodomor in Soviet Ukraine and the Kuban within the context of Soviet state policy toward the peasantry from 1917 to 1933 and, more particularly, the pan- Soviet famines of 1931–33, including the Kazakhstan famine-cum-epidemics of 1931–33. In the lecture, he analyzed the common causes of these famines and posited that the Ukrainian famine was the culminating act in a great war of the Soviet state and the Communist Party against the peasantry that began in 1917. Outlining the policies of the Soviet leaders and their consequences for the Soviet peasantry as a whole, Dr. Graziosi also took account of specific conditions in the non-Russian regions of the USSR that led the Stalin regime to treat them differently. Focusing on the Holodomor, he identified some of its special features and national characteristics. Particularly telling, in his view, were Moscow’s exclusive policies taken against the peasantry in Ukraine and the Kuban region in the North Caucasus, which led to an exceptionally large number of deaths there. If the mortality rate in the countryside in 1926 can be assigned the number 100 per 1,000 rural inhabitants, in 1933 it was almost 400 per 1,000 in Soviet Ukraine, while in the Russian SFSR it was about 140 per 1,000. Excluding Kazakhstan, then part of Russia, and the North Caucasus, where there was a large Ukrainian population, the death rate in the Russian republic in 1933 was about 110 per 1,000 rural inhabitants. An important factor in the high death rate was the decree forbidding and preventing peasants from Ukraine and the Kuban to leave for other areas of the USSR in search of food. Dr. Graziosi also noted other measures taken against Ukrainians in this period or immediately afterward. These included the mass purge of the Bolshevik Party in Soviet Ukraine, the persecution and physical destruction of the republic’s nationally conscious intelligentsia and middle-level national cadres, and the reversal of Ukrainization policies in Ukraine and their total abolition in the Russian SFSR. All these factors, as well as other special measures taken against Ukraine’s peasantry and its political and cultural elites, have prompted scholars and legal experts to raise the question of whether the Holodomor is a case of or an integral part of a genocide. Dr. Graziosi has concluded that the Holodomor was a genocide and that the Ukrainian-Kuban famine of 1932–33 fits the definition of genocide specified in the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, especially Article 2, Section C, which states that among genocidal acts are those “Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.” He noted that his own views on this question have evolved, for during the initial years of his study of the Holodomor he was not convinced of its genocidal nature. Dr. Graziosi believes that in time more and more scholars will come to the same conclusion as he did. While the prospect of a scholarly consensus promotes optimism with regard to general recognition of the Holodomor as genocide, Dr. Graziosi also believes that the Russian government will never acknowledge it as such, since this might provoke demands for monetary reparations to survivors and their descendants. Dr. Graziosi delivered his two lectures on the famine at the universities of Toronto and Alberta. The Toronto lecture, which took place on 17 November, was co-sponsored by the Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine at the Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, University of Toronto; the Toronto Office of CIUS; the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (Toronto Branch); and the Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Studies. The Edmonton lecture, which took place on 20 November, was sponsored by CIUS. Dr. Graziosi also lectured at both universities on “Stalin’s Foreign and Domestic Policies: Dealing with the National Question in an Imperial Context, 1901–1926.” Andrea Graziosi is currently professor of history at the University of Naples “Federico II” and president (2007–11) of the Italian Society for the Study of Contemporary History (www.sissco.it). He also serves on the editorial boards of a number of French, English, Italian, Ukrainian, and American specialized journals. Since 1992 he has been a co-editor of the Moscowbased series Dokumenty sovetskoi istorii (Documents of Soviet History 15 volumes in print) and is a member of the editorial board of the series Istoriia stalinizma (History of Stalinism). His research interests have been largely in Soviet history, with a focus on the period leading up to the establishment of the Soviet state, its consolidation, and the triumph of Stalinism. Some of the topics he has researched in depth include the industrialization policies of the Soviet state, the Soviet state and the peasantry, the famine of 1932–33 in Ukraine and the Kuban region, other famines that took place in the Soviet Union, Stalinism, and Soviet nationality policies. Dr. Graziosi has worked in the archives of the Italian Foreign Ministry, which resulted in the book Lettere da Kharkov. La carestia in Ucraina e nel Caucaso del Nord nei rapporti dei diplomatici italiani, 1932–33 (Letters from Kharkiv: Famine in Ukraine and the North Caucasus in the Dispatches of Italian Diplomats, 1932–33; Turin, 1991 and Kharkiv, 2007), and in the Russian State Archives and former Communist Party Archives in Moscow. The results of this research, combined with data from previously available sources and new archival discoveries made by colleagues in Russia and other countries formerly under Soviet rule, have found their way into many of his publications, including The Great Soviet Peasant War: Bolsheviks and Peasants, 1917–1933 (Cambridge, Mass., 1996 and Moscow, 2001); Bol'sheviki I krest'iane na Ukraine, 1918–1919 gody (Bolsheviks and Peasants in Ukraine, 1918–1919; Moscow, 1997); A New, Peculiar State: Explorations in Soviet History (Westport, Conn., 2000); Guerra e rivoluzione in Europa 1905-1956 (War and Revolution in Europe, 1905–1956; Bologna, 2002; Kyiv and Moscow, 2005); LVRSS di Lenin e Stalin, 1914–1945 (The USSR of Lenin and Stalin, 1914–1945; Bologna, 2007); LVRSS dal trionfo al degrado, 1945–1991 (The USSR from Triumph to Degeneration, 1945–1991; Bologna, 2008); and Stalinism, Collectivization and the Great Famine (Cambridge, Mass., 2009). Andrea Graziosi’s lecture on the Holodomor represents a milestone in its study. He noted that over the past twenty years most of the important official documents concerning the Holodomor have been brought to light. His lecture combined an account of general scholarly accomplishments in researching the subject with his own analysis, which delineated the overall policy of the Soviet state toward the peasantry and specified the critical national factors that made the Holodomor so devastating in Ukraine and the Kuban. The lecture was recorded in both video and audio formats at the University of Alberta. Found in CIUS Newsletter 2010
Andrea Graziosi
CIUS interview audio. Mykola Soroka interviews Demitrius Todosijczuk.
Mykola Soroka, Demitrius Todosijczuk
Interview with Jordan Vincent: University of Alberta student on exchange at Lviv University
CIUS interview audio. Bohdan Klid interviews Jordan Vincent. The student exchange program between the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Lviv University) and the University of Alberta (U of A) completed its third year in the spring of 2009. During the 2008-9 academic year, one student from the U of A, Jordan Vincent, went to Lviv in the fall semester. Mr. Vincent is majoring in history and entered his fourth year of study in 2009-10. This was Jordan’s first visit to Ukraine. Overall, he was very satisfied with his stay and the improvement in his Ukrainian, especially with regard to comprehension. Using Ukrainian daily also made him more confident of his speaking ability. In Lviv he took courses in the Ukrainian language; musical folklore and folk singing; French; and cultural studies. Mr. Vincent was impressed by Lviv’s rich cultural life, its remarkable architecture, and the layout of the city Jordan Vincent centre. He was very pleased by the generally friendly and helpful attitude of Lviv University students toward him. Found in CIUS Newsletter 2009
Bohdan Klid, Jordan Vincent
Interview with Exchange Students from Ukraine: Yuriy Kyrylych and Dmytro Hural
CIUS interview audio. Bohdan Klid interviews exchange students Yuriy Kyrylych and Dmytro Hural. The student exchange program between the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Lviv University) and the University of Alberta (U of A) entered its fourth year in the fall of 2009. In the 2009-10 academic year, two exchange students from Lviv University, Yuriy Kyrylych and Dmytro Hural, studied at the U of A. No exchange students from the U of A studied at Lviv University this academic year. Yuriy Kyrylych is a fifth-year student at Lviv University’s Faculty of International Relations, where he is completing a master’s degree in international finance. Yuriy attended the U of A in the fall 2009 semester, taking three courses in the Faculty of Business: Decision Analysis, Advanced Corporate Finance, and Investments. The second student, Dmytro Hural, completed his master’s degree in commercial law at the Lviv University Law Faculty in 2009, after which he began working in a Lviv law firm. In the fall 2009 semester Dmytro took courses in International Business Transactions, Public International Law, and Contracts. In the winter 2010 semester he took courses in International Criminal Law, Intellectual Property, and Corporate Securities. Dmytro and Yuriy explained that the comparative experience of taking courses at the U ofA gave them special insights, and that other exchange students from Ukraine could expect similar benefits. The two students agreed that the major prerequisites for students from Lviv University to succeed at the U ofA are good study habits, a sound knowledge of English, and the ability to master specific course terminology in a very short period of time. On 29 November 2009 they gave a joint presentation at the Plast building on “The Legal and Economic Situation in Ukraine: Challenges and Perspectives,” sponsored by the Alberta Society for the Advancement of Ukrainian Studies. Yuriy Kyrylych focused on impediments to economic growth in Ukraine, while Dmytro Hural spoke largely about reforms needed to transform the legal system into one that is more predictable and equitable. After four years of the exchange program’s existence, seven students from Lviv and four from Edmonton have studied at the partner institutions. Students from Ukraine have generally commented positively on the professor-student relationship at the U of A and on the opportunity to take courses not available at home or featuring somewhat different content from those offered at Lviv University. U of A students have stressed Lviv’s rich cultural life, the city’s architectural gems, and the improvement in Ukrainian that their stays brought. Challenges to the long-term viability of the exchange are the higher costs and the relatively large amount of time needed to study abroad—at least one semester. Higher costs include air fare and room and board, which are particularly onerous for Ukrainian students. Found in CIUS Newsletter 2010
Yuriy Kyrylych, Dmytro Hural, Bohdan Klid
Teaching Ukrainian for Professional Purposes
Ukrainian Studies
CIUS seminar audio. Oksana Tyshchenko presents on the topic of teaching ukrainian for professional purposes, such as for students whose specialty is not language. The speaker discusses the language policy in Ukraine, focusing on the legislative basis of funding for linguistic resources. She also discusses Ukrainian as a subject of study in post-secondary education institutions, focusing on purposes, programs, and maintenance.
Oksana Tyshchenko
Interview with Frank Sysyn: Biography and Academic Development
CIUS interview audio (4 parts). Interview with Frank Sysyn about his life as well as his academic and cultural development.
Frank Sysyn
Moldova and Transnistria: Between Ukraine, Russia, and the EU
European Union
CIUS Seminar audio. On December 3, 2009, Eduard Baidaus (Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta), gave a seminar presentation on the topic: “Moldova and Transnistria: Between Ukraine, Russia, and the EU.” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2010
Eduard Baidaus
2009: Blood in the Borshch: An Illustrated Talk on Contemporary Ukraine
CIUS lecture audio. On March 27 2009, Natalka Husar (artist) and Janice Kulyk Keefer (Department of English, University of Guelph) gave the Forty-third annual Shevchenko Lecture on the topic: “Blood in the Borshch: An Illustrated Talk on Contemporary Ukraine.” Natalka Husar and Janice Kulyk Keefer begin speaking at 6:55 after a short introduction by Jars Balan and Marko Levitsky. Found in CIUS Newsletter 2010
Natalka Husar, Janice Kulyk Keefer
National Mainstreaming: Major Trends in Women’s History in Ukraine since 1991
Women
CIUS seminar audio. On March 19, 2010, Oksana Kis (Columbia University and Institute Natalya Tsymbal of Ethnology. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), gave a seminar presentation on the topic: “National Mainstreaming: Major Trends in Women’s History in Ukraine since 1991.” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2010
Oksana Kis
Book launch: Archival Ucrainica in Canada: A Guide
On June 8, 2010, Iryna Matiash (State Committee on Archives of Ukraine) spoke at the book launch of Arkhivna ukrainika v Kanadi: dovidnyk (Archival Ucrainica in Canada: A Guide). More information found in CIUS Press Release 8 July 2010 Audio begins at 2:35.
The Implications of Ukrainian Studies in Korea
Ukrainian Literature Abroad
CIUS seminar audio. On November 18, 2010, Joung Ho Park (Institute of Russian Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Republic of Korea), gave a seminar presentation on the topic: “The Implications of Ukrainian Studies in Korea.” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2011
Joung Ho Park
Mobility and Security in the EU’s Neighbourhood: The Case of Ukraine
Ukraine–Belarus
CIUS seminar audio. On December 2, 2010, Lyubov Zhyznomirska (Department of Political Science, University of Alberta), gave a seminar on the topic: “Mobility and Security in the EU’s Neighbourhood: The Case of Ukraine.” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2011
Lyubov Zhyznomirska
Official Attitudes to the Politics of History in Ukraine and Russia, 2005-2010: Concepts, Discussions, and Textbooks
CIUS seminar audio. On April 7, 2011, Kyrylo Halushko (Institute of Sociology, Psychology and Management, M. V. Drahomanov National Pedagogical University, Kyiv), gave a seminar on the topic: “Official Attitudes to the Politics of History in Ukraine and Russia, 2005-2010: Concepts, Discussions, and Textbooks.” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2011
Kyrylo Halushko
World War II through Women’s Personal Narration
CIUS seminar audio. On January 28, 2011, Tetyana Dzyadevych (Department of Literature and Foreign Languages, Kyiv Mohyla Academy National University), gave a seminar on the topic: “World War II through Women’s Personal Narration.” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2011
Tetyana Dzyadevych
Group-sourcing Ukrainian Folklore: Involving the Community in Research
Folk
Folklore
CIUS seminar audio. On February 17, 2011, Natalie Kononenko (Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography at the Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore, Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta), gave a seminar on the topic: “Group-sourcing Ukrainian Folklore: Involving the Community in Research.” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2011
Natalie Kononenko
2011: Shevchenko and Gogol (Hohol): The Ukrainian Intelligentsia in Imperial Culture
Russian Empire
CIUS lecture audio. On March 1, 2011 Oleh Ilnytzkyj (Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta), gave the Forty-fifth annual Shevchenko Lecture on the topic: “Shevchenko and Gogol' (Hohof): The Ukrainian Intelligentsia in Imperial Culture.” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2011
Oleh Ilnytzkyj
Book Launch: Mykhailo Hrushevsky's History of Ukraine-Rus'
XVII c.
Cossack Hetmanate
Cossack Administration
History of Ukraine-Rus'
CIUS book launch audio. On October 6, 2011, Serhii Plokhii and Frank Sysyn discussed volume 9, book 2, part 2 of Mykhailo Hrushevsky's History of Ukraine-Rus' the latest addition to this translation series issued by the Peter Jacyk Centre for Ukrainian Historical Research at CIUS. Dr. Frank Sysyn (Director of the Jacyk Centre) gave an introduction (starts at 3:45 in the audio). Dr. Pokhii followed with his analysis of the book (starts at 17:00 in the audio). More information in the CIUS press release for November 2, 2011
Frank Sysyn, Serhii Plokhii
The impact of the Yalta Agreement of 1945 on East European geopolitics
CIUS seminar audio. On October 7, 2011, Serhii Plokhii (Mykhailo Hrushevsky chair of Ukrainian history at Harvard University) gave a seminar on the impact of the Yalta Agreement of 1945 on East European geopolitics. See more information in the CIUS press release of November 2, 2011.
Serhii Plokhii
The Making of an Opera: On the Eve of Ivan Kupalo
CIUS seminar audio. On October 20, 2011, Anna Pidgorna (Department of Music, University of Calgary), gave a seminar on the topic: “The Making of an Opera: On the Eve of Ivan Kupalo” (co-sponsored by the Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore). Found in CIUS Newsletter 2012
Anna Pidgorna
Part 1: Recent Literature on the Ukrainian Famine of 1932–33: The Problem of Sacralization
Historiography
CIUS conference audio part 1/5. On November 24, 2011, John-Paul Himka (Department of History and Classics; CIUS) gave a presentation on the topic: “Recent Literature on the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-33: The Problem of Sacralization” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2012
John-Paul Himka
Part 3: Ukrainian Diaspora Activism and the Politics of Holodomor Recognition
Diaspora
Ukrainians Abroad
CIUS conference audio part 3/5. On November 24, 2011, Danielle Granville (Brasenose College, Oxford University), presented on the topic: “Ukrainian Diaspora Activism and the Politics of Holodomor Recognition” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2012
Danielle Granville
Interview with Exchange Students from Ukraine: Vira Holiyan and Ihor Kotsiuba
CIUS interview audio. The student exchange program between the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Lviv University) and the University of Alberta (U of A) has completed its sixth year. In the 2011-12 academic year, two exchange students from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Lviv, Vira Holiyan and Ihor Kotsiuba, studied at the U of A. Both Ukrainian students noted the importance of the well-structured curriculum at the U of A, course options, private rather than public announcement of grades, the greater openness of Canadian professors, and active student participation in class. They emphasized that courses they attended at the U of A tended to be more oriented toward practice than those in Ukraine. The Ukrainian students liked the U of A campus, where all facilities are in one place. In Lviv, by contrast, university buildings are scattered across the city. U of A libraries were also convenient to use and usually had the required books available. Both students stressed that they had little difficulty in working in English upon embarking on their studies here, partly because much of their language use centred on mathematical terminology, which is universal. In some cases exchange students from Ukraine had to devote several weeks to adjusting to the daily use of English upon their arrival in Canada. In everyday life, Ihor and Vira noted the comfort and convenience of Edmonton. They were impressed by Canadian hospitality and attracted by informal student culture, as manifested in casual clothing and eating habits. U of A students Stephan Pacholok (Faculty of Science) and Dominika Lirette (Faculty of Arts) were recipients of the Ivan Franko School of Ukrainian Studies Ukraine Travel Award at CIUS. The two attended the summer course “Ukrainian through Its Living Culture” offered annually in Lviv for the past eleven years by the Ukrainian Culture, Language and Literature Program in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies at the U of A. They found studying in Lviv an unforgettable experience that allowed them to improve their ancestral language through immersion in an authentic Ukrainian-speaking environment and everyday experience. They attended regular classes taught by Dr. Alla Nedashkivska, walked around the city, attended plays and concerts, and went to cafes and restaurants. The students were charmed by the rich cultural life of Lviv and its historical sites. There were also very emotional moments when participants met their families, and Lviv was an excellent base from which to travel the country. On 30 November 2011, all four students participated in the third seminar in the series “Ukraine and Canada as Witnessed by Students,” which is organized to bring attention to the student exchange program between the U of A and Lviv University and other opportunities to study in Ukraine. The event was co-organized with the Alberta Society for the Advancement of Ukrainian Studies and the Ukrainian Students’ Society. The establishment of the new University of Alberta Ukraine Student Exchange Endowment Fund was announced at the seminar. CIUS regards the growth of the new fund as one of its priorities and encourages the community to expand the fund. The short-term goal is to increase its capital to $30,000 to fund one annual scholarship of $1,000. The long-term goal is to reach $100,000, which could provide two annual scholarships of about $1,800 each. Currently, this amount would suffice to cover the cost of travel between Ukraine and Edmonton. Found in CIUS Newsletter 2012
Vira Holiyan, Ihor Kotsiuba
The Ukrainian Question in the Russian Empire from the 1840s to the 1870s: New Archival Findings
CIUS seminar audio. On December 8, 2011, Johannes Remy (Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University), gave a seminar on the topic: “The Ukrainian Question in the Russian Empire from the 1840s to the 1870s: New Archival Findings” (co-sponsored by the Department of History and Classics). Found in CIUS Newsletter 2012
Johannes Remy
CIUS conference audio part 4/5. On November 24, 2011, Serge Cipko (CIUS) gives brief commentary and impressions in review of the presentations given. Found in CIUS Newsletter 2012
Serge Cipko
CIUS conference audio part 5/5. Panelists are given questions from the audience. Found in CIUS Newsletter 2012
Danielle Granville, Bohdan Klid, Serge Cipko, John-Paul Himka
Democracy
Identity
Post-Soviet
Totalitarianism
Ukrainian–Russian Relations
CIUS Shevchenko Annual Lecture audio. Co-organized by CIUS and the Ukrainian Professional and Business Club of Edmonton, the forty- sixth Shevchenko lecture at the University of Alberta was given by James Sherr, a senior fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (London), who spoke on “Ukraine and the Russian Question” (9 March 2012). Mr. Sherr analyzed the Russian factor in the current Ukrainian historical and political situation. Speaking about the legacy of Kyivan Rus' which Russians claim as the wellspring of the imperial tradition constructed by their eighteenth-century tsars, he noted that while some specifics of the Russo- Ukrainian relationship may have changed with Ukraine’s declaration of independence in 1991, its fundamental nature has not. He referred in particular to the complex issue of identity, which has been at the core of recurring tensions between the two nations. Citing Vladimir Putins recent article on the national question in Russia, Sherr noted its concept of a common Russian civilization with the Russian nation as its constituent core. This notion has invariably served to justify imperial expansion into neighbouring regions. Mr. Sherr argued that there have been no significant changes in Russia’s attitude toward Ukraine since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Recovering from what Putin called the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the twentieth century,” today’s Russian leadership seeks to restore Moscow’s former “sphere of influence” and recapture the proud past of the Russian imperial state. The recent war with Georgia, the territorial provocations at Tuzla, the use of energy as a political tool, and attempts to thwart Ukraine’s European aspirations are all indications of Russia’s real intentions with regard to Ukraine. Russia certainly feels threatened because of its loss of superpower status, said Mr. Sherr, but it is concerned above all to maintain its imperial legacy and identity, not least by developing an increasingly authoritarian political culture. Putin’s anti-Western attitude and traditional Soviet-era beliefs strike a responsive chord with many Russians, which allows him to advance his current political agenda while Europe and other Western countries are preoccupied with their own economic and political problems. Mr. Sherr argued that it is in the best interest of the Euro-Atlantic democracies to preserve an independent Ukraine and promote the development of its civil society and cultural institutions. He emphasized that Ukraine’s sovereignty must be respected in accordance with international law. A democratic and European Ukraine would thus serve as a model to democratize Russia, which will otherwise remain a source of authoritarianism in the region. Mr. Sherr concluded that the greatest threat to Ukraine is Ukraine itself. Despite ongoing attempts by the West to encourage political and economic reforms, Ukraine has largely squandered these opportunities. It failed to act on its proclaimed European aspirations, entailing a market economy and political democracy, and remained mired in post-Soviet inertia, a non-transparent business culture, and a drift toward authoritarianism. Between 1995 and May 2008, James Sherr was a fellow of the former Conflict Studies Research Centre of the Defence Academy of the UK and is a member of the Social Studies Faculty of Oxford University. He has been a long-standing adviser to governments in the UK and the EU and to NATO, and advised Ukraine for many years on defence/security sector reform and related issues. His publications include Russia and the West A Reassessment (2008) and The Mortgaging of Ukraine’s Independence (2010). Found in CIUS Newsletter 2012
James Sherr
Part 2: Stalin, Nationalism, and the 1932–33 Famine in Ukraine and the Kuban
CIUS conference audio part 2/5. On November 24, 2011, Bohdan Klid (CIUS; Department of History and Classics) presented on the topic: "Stalin, Nationalism, and the 1932–33 Famine in Ukraine and the Kuban”. Found in CIUS Newsletter 2012
Bohdan Klid
17 April 2000—The Peter Jacyk Centre Holds Hrushevsky Symposium at Harvard
CIUS Press
The Yara Arts Group: Dream and Destination
Theater
CIUS seminar audio. On February 2, 2012, Virlana Tkacz (Yara Arts Group, La MaMa Experimental Theater, New York), gave a seminar on the topic: “The Yara Arts Group: Dream and Destination” (cosponsored by the Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore) Found in CIUS Newsletter 2012
Virlana Tkacz
In Bed with the Elephant: Ukrainian-Russian Asymmetric’ Relations
CIUS seminar audio. On March 14, 2012, Mykola Riabchuk (political analyst and writer, Kyiv), gave a seminar on the topic: “In Bed with the Elephant: Ukrainian-Russian Asymmetric’ Relations” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2012
Ukrainians in Argentina, 1897–1950: The Making of a Community
CIUS book launch audio. On April 3, 2012, Serge Cipko spoke at the book launch for "Ukrainians in Argentina, 1897–1950: The Making of a Community" (co-sponsored by the Department of History and Classics) Found in CIUS Newsletter 2012
The Status of Archives, Museums, and Academic Freedom in Ukraine
CIUS seminar audio. In this recording Ruslan Zabily gives a seminar about the status of archives, museums, and academic freedom in Ukraine.
Ruslan Zabily
Roundtable: Famine in Ukraine, 1928–1933
CIUS seminar audio (7 Parts) On November 21, 2012, CIUS hosted a round table on the topic: “Famine in Ukraine, 1928–1933” (co-sponsored by the Department of History and Classics, U of A). Presenters included: Stanislav Kulchytsky (Institute of Ukrainian History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), Lesia Onyshko (Holodomor Memorial Museum in Kyiv), Liudmyla Hrynevych (Institute of Ukrainian History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), Bohdan Klid (CIUS, History and Classics, U of A), David Marples (CIUS, History and Classics, U of A), and Roman Serbyn (professor emeritus, Universite du Quebec a Montreal) Audio clip 1 begins with introductions from Volodymyr Kravchenko. Heather Coleman (History and Classics, U of A) follows and Stuart Murray (Canadian Museum for Human Rights Museum) concludes this clip. Audio clip 2 features the presentation of Lesia Onyshko. Audio clip 3 features Bohdan Klid. Audio clip 4 features Roman Serbyn Audio clip 5 feautres Liudmyla Hrynevych. Audio clip 6 features Stanislav Kulchytsky Audio clip 7 features a question period for all of the panelists.
Volodymyr Kravchenko, Heather Coleman, Stuart Murray, Stanislav Kulchytsky, Lesia Onyshko, Liudmyla Hrynevych, Bohdan Klid, David Marples, Roman Serbyn
Conference
The Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine and ‘The Cat’: Politics Meets Folklore
Elections
CIUS seminar audio. On October 12, 2012 CIUS hosted a round table on the topic: “The Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine and ‘The Cat’: Politics Meets Folklore” (cosponsored by the Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography). Presenters included Bohdan Harasymiw (professor emeritus, U of Calgary), Natalie Kononenko (MLCS, U of A), David Marples (Department of History and Classics, U of A), and Myroslava Uniat (MLCS, U of A). Found in CIUS Newsletter 2013
Bohdan Harasymiw, Natalie Kononenko, David Marples, Myroslava Uniat
The Hutsul Koliada and the Yara Group: Winter Songs and Rituals from the Carpathian Mountains
Music
CIUS seminar audio. On October 16, 2012 Virlana Tkacz (Yara Arts Group, La MaMa Experimental Theater, New York), gave a seminar on the topic: “The Hutsul Koliada and the Yara Group: Winter Songs and Rituals from the Carpathian Mountains” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2013
Book Launch: Unbridled Dissonance: The Second World War and Socio-Political Attitudes in Ukraine, 1939–1941
CIUS seminar audio. On December 4, 2012, CIUS hosted a book launch for "Unbridled Dissonance: The Second World War and Socio-Political Attitudes in Ukraine, 1939–1941". The author, Vladyslav Hrynevych (Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) was present to speak about the book. The event was co-sponsored by History and Classics, U of A. Found in CIUS Newsletter 2013
Impressions of Election Observers during the Ukraine 2012 Parliamentary Election
CIUS seminar audio. Volodymyr Kravchenko begins with introductions. Michael Bociurkiw begins at 10:50. Bohdan Klid speaks at 21:20. Mykola Soroka speaks at 29:45. Halyna Klid begins at 41:35. Commentary and questions at 54:30.
Volodymyr Kravchenko, Bohdan Klid, Halyna Klid, Mykola Soroka, Michael Bociurkiw
Bohdan Krawchenko
14 February 2011—New index to Hrushevsky's Istoriia Ukraїny-Rusy
CIUS Publications
24 February 2004—Supporters of Ukrainian Studies Back the Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine Generously
Encyclopedia of Ukraine
Marko Stech
Visioning Forum: CIUS and its place in the University and wider communities (Vitaly Chernetsky)
CIUS seminar audio. On May 17-18, 2012, Vitaly Chernetsky (Associate Professor, Department of German, Russian, and East Asian Languages; Director, Film Studies Program, Miami University, Ohio) gave a speech as candidate for director of CIUS. He spoke on his view of CIUS and its place in the University and wider communities. Found in CIUS press release
Vitaly Chernetsky
Ministers of Righteousness? Greek Catholic Clergymen and Poles and Jews during World War II
Ukrainian Catholic Identity
Polish-Ukrainian Relations
Each year, the Program on Religion and Culture.hosts the Bohdan Bociurkiw Memorial Lecture. This year’s lecture, held on 6 December 2012, was given by Marco Carynnyk, who spoke on the topic, “Ministers of Righteousness? Greek Catholic Clergymen and Poles and Jews during World War II.” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2013
Marco Carynnyk
Interview about Holodomor Experience in the Poltava region
CIUS interview audio. Jars Balan interviews an unidentified individual from the town "Moysensin" in the Poltava region.
Political Manipulations in Ukraine’s Presidential Elections, 2004–05 and 2009–10
CIUS seminar audio. On March 22, 2012, Andriy Kruglashov (Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Yuriy Fedkovych National University of Chernivtsi) spoke on the topic: “Political Manipulations in Ukraine’s Presidential Elections, 2004–05 and 2009–10” Found in CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF SLAVISTS newsletter #109 (2011-2012)
Andriy Kruglashov
Visioning Forum: CIUS and its place in the University and wider communities (Michael Moser)
CIUS seminar audio. On May 17-18, 2012, Michael Moser, candidate for the director of CIUS, spoke on his view of CIUS and its place in the University and wider communities. Found in CIUS press release
Michael Moser
December 1991—New Study of Ukrainians in South Eastern Galicia
Biography
Bohdan Medwidsky is interviewed about his life and how he arrived in Canada.
is interviewed about his life and how he arrived
Interview with Chrysant Dmytruk about his life
Mykola Soroka interviews Chrysant Dmytruk about his life.
Chrysant Dmytruk, Mykola Soroka
November 1994—Director of Lviv Institute for Historical Research visits Toronto
The Centre and Its Neighbours: Transcarpathia in the Context of European Integration and International Migration in Europe
CIUS seminar audio. On January 31, 2013, Ignacy Jozwiak (Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies, U of A), gave a seminar on the topic: “The Centre and Its Neighbours: Transcarpathia in the Context of European Integration and International Migration in Europe”. Found in CIUS Newsletter 2013
Ignacy Jozwiak
Researching Blood and Salt: A Novel about the WWI Internment of Enemy Aliens in Canada
World War I
CIUS seminar audio. On February 8, 2013, Barbara Sapergia (author, Saskatoon), gave a seminar on the topic: “Researching Blood and Salt: A Novel about the WWI Internment of Enemy Aliens in Canada” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2013
Barbara Sapergia
The Representation of Madness and Stalinism in Ukrainian Literature
CIUS seminar audio. On February 29, 2013, Natalia Kovaliova (MLCS, U of A), gave a seminar on the topic: “The Representation of Madness and Stalinism in Ukrainian Literature” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2013
Natalia Kovaliova
2013: Indifference to the Violation of Women’s Rights in Ukraine as a Social Problem
Feminism
CIUS lecture audio. Co-organized by CIUS and the Ukrainian Professional and Business Club of Edmonton, the forty-seventh Shevchenko lecture at the University of Alberta was given by Kateryna Levchenko, who spoke on “Indifference to the Violation of Women’s Rights in Ukraine as a Social Problem” (21 March 2013). Dr. Levchenko is widely recognized as a strong advocate of women’s rights in Ukraine and is also known internationally for her work on the crime of trafficking in human beings, especially women and children. Dr. Levchenko emphasized that an important aspect of modernization is the guarantee of effective civil, political, and economic rights for women. According to analysts at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ukraine currently ranks sixty-third among seventy-five countries in the so-called global gender gap. Women’s rights in Ukraine are violated in a variety of ways. Salaries for men doing work of the same value as women remain 25 per cent higher. In the political sphere, women’s representation in the higher tiers of power remains low. Domestic violence in Ukraine continues to grow at an alarming rate. Dr. Levchenko concluded with the substantial gains that have been made in Ukraine over the last few years with regard to women’s rights. These include the formation of an Expert Council, of which Dr. Levchenko is a member. Established in 2009, it considers appeals regarding discrimination and prepares recommendations for the Ministry of Social Policy to counteract detected violations. La Strada-Ukraine has initiated the documentation of gender discrimination in educational, cultural, and media spheres and partnered with NGOs and specialists in the Ministry of Social Policy to monitor special agencies and institutions that assist victims of family violence. The process of women’s emancipation has also inspired well-known Ukrainian celebrities, from sports figures to movie stars, Kateryna Levchenko to participate in campaigns against domestic violence and sexual exploitation. Found in CIUS Newsletter 2013
Kateryna Levchenko
November 1999—Volume seven of Hrushevsky's History published
The ‘Succession Issue at the Time of Bohdan Khmelnytsky’s Death and the ‘Ruin’ in Cossack Ukraine
CIUS seminar audio. On April 4, 2013, Roman Shiyan (CIUS, U of A) gave a seminar on the topic: “The ‘Succession Issue at the Time of Bohdan Khmelnytsky’s Death and the ‘Ruin’ in Cossack Ukraine” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2013
Roman Shiyan
June 1997—The Publication of Volume 1 of Hrushevsky's History of Ukraine-Rus'
Fourth Wave of Ukrainian Immigration to Canada
CIUS seminar audio. On April 9, 2013, Taras Lupul (Department of International Relations, Yurii Fedkovych National University) gave a seminar about the fourth wave of Ukrainian immigration to Canada.
October 1999—Hrushevsky Book Launch at the Ostrih Academy
CIUS interview audio (3 Parts). Interview with Ilya Semchyshyn about Ukraine. Born in Bosnia on August 2, 1951. His predecessors were born in Galicia. Mr. Semchyshyn witnessed the Bosnian war.
Ilya Semchyshyn
Commemorating the Christianization of Kyivan Rus', 1888-2013
Kyievan Rus'
This was an active year for public lectures organized by the Program on Religion and Culture. The annual Bohdan Bociurkiw Memorial Lecture was held on 19 September 2013 as a small symposium on the topic, “Commemorating the Christianization of Kyivan Rus', 1888-2013.” Professor Viktor Yelensky, a leading Ukrainian sociologist of religion from the Ukrainian Catholic University (Lviv) and the Drahomanov National Pedagogical University (Kyiv), spoke on “Religion and Politics: The Significance of the Ukrainian Commemoration of the 1025th Anniversary of the Christianization of Rus'.” The director of the program, Heather Coleman, spoke on the subject “Making a National Saint in the Southwest Borderland: St. Volodymyr, Local History, and the First Celebration of the Christianization of Rus' in Kyiv in 1888.” Professor Yelensky's visit was part of a larger speaking tour of Edmonton, Calgary, and Toronto, sponsored by CIUS, together with the Calgary Friends of the Ukrainian Catholic University, the Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business Association of Calgary, the Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation, and the St. Volodymyr Brotherhood in Toronto. Heather Coleman speaks at 6:45. Viktor Yelensky speaks at 48:35.
Heather Coleman, Viktor Yelensky
July 1989—Breakthrough in International Management Studies: The Creation of the International Management Institute in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR
November 1988—Night and Day by Volodomyr Zenonovych Gzhystky
Ivan Zarudny and the Production of Religious Culture in Russia under Peter I
Religion
XVIII c.
CIUS seminar audio. On December 5, 2013, Jelena Pogosjan (Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, U of A) gave a seminar on the topic: “Ivan Zarudny and the Production of Religious Culture in Russia under Peter I.” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2014
Jelena Pogosjan
4 December 1977—Contract Signed to Prepare Encyclopedia
Interview with Olenka Bilash about her life and Ukrainian education in Canada
Bilingualism
Ukrainian Bilingual Education
Mykola Soroka interviews Olenka Bilash about Ukrainian education in Canada.
Olenka Bilash
CIUS seminar audio. On January 30, 2014, Amanda Paul (European Policy Centre, Brussels); Taras Kuzio (Centre for Political and Regional Studies, CIUS, U of A), Bohdan Nahaylo (independent scholar, France), and Olexiy Haran (Kyiv-Mohyla National University) gave a seminar on the topic: “After Vilnius: Which Way for Ukraine?” Found in CIUS Newsletter 2014
Amanda Paul, Taras Kuzio, Bohdan Nahaylo, Olexiy Haran
CIUS interview audio. Jars Balan interviews Peter Savaryn
Peter Savaryn
15 December 2001—Encyclopedia of Ukraine—New Achievements
CIUS interview audio parts 1 and 2. Jars Balan interviews Albert Hohol
Albert Hohol