October 1

Seminar in Ukrainian Studies
Representations of the Kuban' Cossacks: From Stalinist Film to Brezhnevite Folklorism
Brian J. Boeck
Assistant Professor, History Department, DePaul University
Eugene and Daymel Shklar Fellow, Ukrainian Research Institute

October 4

Ukraine Study Group
Ukrainian Elections 2007: The Preliminary Results
An Open Discussion Moderated by Lunomyr Hajda
Associate Director, Ukrainian Research Institute

October 8

Columbus Day. No seminar

October 15

Seminar in Ukrainian Studies
The Ukrainian Film Industry and the Soviet Studio System of the 1920s
Bohdan Nebesio
Assistant Professor, Department of Communications, Popular Culture and Film, Brock University, Canada
Eugene and Daymel Shklar Fellow, Ukrainian Research Institute

October 18

Ukraine Study Group
Ukraine's 2007 Parliamentary Elections: Orange Revival or More of the Same?
Tammy Lynch
Senior Fellow, Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology and Policy, Boston University

October 22

Seminar in Ukrainian Studies
Remaining Communist after the Soviet Breakup: Political Crisis and Communist Officials’ Biographical Trajectories
Ioulia Shukan
Lecturer in Political Science, University of Rennes, France
Eugene and Daymel Shklar Fellow, Ukrainian Research Institute

October 25

Ukraine Study Group
"Beauty Will Save the World!" or, Women's Strategies in Ukrainian Politics: The Case of Yulia Tymoshenko
Oksana Kis
Research Fellow, Institute of Ethnology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Eugene and Daymel Shklar Fellow, Ukrainian Research Institute.
Sandwiches and soft drinks provided.

October 29

Seminar in Ukrainian Studies
Rediscovering the Classics of Ukrainian Realist Literature: Who was Ivan Nechui-Levytskyi?
Maxim Tarnawsky
Associate Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Toronto
Eugene and Daymel Shklar Fellow, Ukrainian Research Institute

November 5

Seminar in Ukrainian Studies
Breaking the Barriers of Princely Patronage: The Fresco Cycle of St. Cyril of Alexandria and Byzantine Religiosity in Medieval Kyiv
Olenka Pevny
Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, University of Richmond

November 9
3:15-5 p.m.

Ukrainian Students and Ukrainian Studies in Germany Today
Oleh Kotsyuba
Graduate Student in Comparative Literature Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, München (Germany)

November 12

Veterans Day. No seminar

November 19

Seminar in Ukrainian Studies
(Re)Constructing Women's History of Ukraine: Actors, Authors, Narratives
Oksana Kis
Research Fellow, Institute of Ethnology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Eugene and Daymel Shklar Fellow, Ukrainian Research Institute

November 26

Seminar in Ukrainian Studies
Stalin's Secret Police and the Great Terror in Regional Perspective: NKVD Activities in Vinnytsia oblast of Ukraine, 1937-1938
Roman Podkur
Senior Research Fellow, Institute of History of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Eugene and Daymel Shklar Fellow, Ukrainian Research Institute

Fri.-Sat.
Nov.30- Dec.1

Symposium
Breaking the Great Silence on Ukraine's Terror-Famine of 1932-1933: On the 75th Anniversary of the Great Famine and 25th Anniversary of the HURI Famine Project

Friday
December 7
4:00-6:00 pm

Kresge Room (114)
Barker Center Harvard University
12 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Seminar in Ukrainian Studies
U.S.-Ukraine Relations: Democratic Achievements – Challenges for the Future
David J. Kramer
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Since July 2005, David J. Kramer has been a Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, where he is responsible for Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus affairs, as well as regional nonproliferation issues.
(The Barker Center is located at 12 Quincy Street, across the street from Lamont Library. No reserved parking available, but the building is just a short walk from the Harvard Square Red Line T-stop.)