An intensive course for students with little or no
knowledge of Ukrainian. Basic grammatical structures
are introduced and reinforced through an active oral
approach. By the end of the course students are expected
to develop the ability to conduct short conversations
in a range of familiar situations related to daily
activities, understand simple factual texts, and write
routine messages. They will be able to initiate, maintain
and bring to a close simple exchanges by asking and
responding to simple questions. A variety of genuine
sources will be used to establish an authentic environment.
UKRN
S-B. Intermediate Ukrainian (31593) (8 units: UN, GR, NC)
An intensive review of basic structures is followed
by expansion of these grammar fundamentals. Emphasis
will be on oral communication using basic conversational
patterns. Major emphasis will be placed on the development
of vocabulary through readings and viewings of videotaped
programs focusing on contemporary cultural and political
issues. By the end of the course students will be able
to narrate and describe in major time frames, deal effectively
with unanticipated complications in most informal, and
some formal, settings on topics of personal and some
general interest.
UKRN S-C. Advanced Ukrainian
(30230) (8 units: UN, GR, NC)
Volodymyr Dibrova, Preceptor, Department of Slavic Languages
and Literatures, Harvard University
This is an intensive course for students who
wish to develop their mastery of the language.
Reading selections include annotated articles
on contemporary issues in business, economics,
politics, and culture. Short written reports
and oral presentations will be part of the course.
By the end of the course the students will be
able to discuss extensively a wide range of general
interest topics and some special fields of interest,
hypothesize, support opinions and deal with linguistically
unfamiliar situations. Classes will be conducted
largely in Ukrainian.
History,
Linguistics, and Literature Courses
HIST S-1512. Modern Ukraine in the
20th Century (31590)
(4 units: UN, GR)
Georgiy Kasianov, Professor, Department of Humanities,
National University "Kyiv Mohyla Academy"
A retrospective analysis of the contradictory transition
of Ukraine from the beginnings of a national state to
Communism and then to the new order conventionally identified
with democracy, the free market, and civil society. The
course will investigate different concepts, visions,
and practices of state-building and institutional development.
It will also look at trends and developments in culture,
education, public attitudes, politics, and everyday life;
analysis of models of "Ukraine"
produced by 20th century political thinkers, intellectuals
and policy-makers will be emphasized as well as the practical
aspects implementing these models.
UKRN S-101. 20th
Century Ukrainian Literature: Rethinking the Canon
(31790) (4 units: UN, GR, NC)
George G. Grabowicz, the Dmytro Cyzevs'kyj
Professor of Ukrainian Literature, Harvard University
A survey of the major writers and works of Ukrainian
literature from the 1920s century through the present
with a special focus on how their reception and evaluation
has been reconfigured by Ukraine's independence. The
course will examine among others such movements and developments
as modernism, the "executed renaissance" (rozstriljane
vidrodzhennja), socialist realism, the literature of
dissent and emigration, underground literature and post-modernism
through close readings of representative works.
Prerequisites: reading knowledge of Ukrainian
or permission of the Instructor.
UKRN S-127 Ukraine
as Linguistic Battleground (31791)
(4 units: UN, GR, NC)
Michael S. Flier, Oleksandr
Potebnja Professor of Ukrainian Philology, Harvard
University
An exploration of the Ukrainian language in linguistic,
historical, sociolinguistic, anthropological, and political
terms. Topics will include the historical emergence of
Ukrainian on East Slavic territory, its varied relationships
to Russian, the status of Rusyn within the Ukrainian
language sphere, the typology and function of Ukrainian
linguistic hybrids (surzhyks), current problems of Ukrainian
standardization, and Ukrainian language politics.
Calendar of Special Events,
Summer 2005
HUSI DVD/Video Series – Contemporary
Ukrainian Cinema:
“An Evening of Shorts”
Wayfarers (2005) dir. Ihor
Strembistky (Palm d'Or-2005 IFF at Cannes) Shooting Gallery (2001) dir. Taras Tomenko
(Silver Bear at the Berlin IFF-2001) Parched Land (2004) dir. Taras Tomenko Tragic Love for Unfaithful Nuska (2001)
dir. Taras Tkachenko
The event is jointly organized
by the Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia University
and the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute
Thursday, June 30
Jefferson Hall Room 250
7:30-9:30
pm
Double-feature of films by Grigori
Chukhrai
Ballad of a Soldier (starting at 7:00 pm) and The
Forty-First (starting at 8:45 pm)
Co-presentation of Harvard Film
Archive and Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute
General Public Admission – $8.00
Registered HUSI Students – Free
(upon prior registration)
Tuesday, July 5
Harvard Film Archive
24 Quincy Street
7:00-9:30
pm
Roundtable: "Sources and Implications
of Ukraine’s Orange Revolution: Putting the
Events in a Broader Context"
Lucan Way, Assistant Professor
of Political Science, Temple University and Academy
Scholar, Harvard Academy for International and
Area Studies
Oxana Shevel, Assistant Professor
of Political Science, Purdue University
Thursday, July 7
Emerson Hall Room 210
7:30-9:30
pm
Lecture: “Re-centering Europe,
or Blurring Its Edges: Crafting Identities Across
Borders”
Adrian Ivakhiv, Assistant Professor
of Environmental Studies, University of Vermont
Monday, July 11
Harvard Hall Room 201
7:30-9:30
pm
Lecture: “Jewish Life in
Kyiv at the Turn of the 20th Century”
Victoria Khiterer, Ph.D. candidate
in History, Brandeis University
Instructor in History, Quincy College
Wednesday, July 13
Harvard Hall Room 201
7:30-9:30
pm
HUSI DVD/Video Series – Contemporary
Ukrainian Cinema:
The Sound of the Wind (2002) dir. Serhii Masloboishchykov
(in Russian with English subtitles)
The event is jointly organized
by the Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia University
and the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute
Thursday, July 14
Jefferson Hall Room 250
7:30-9:30
pm
Roundtable:
“This Year in Ukraine: Personal Observations and
Perspectives”
Discussion featuring HUSI Students
moderated by Alex Dillon, Director
of the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute
Monday, July 18
Harvard Hall 201
7:30-9:30
pm
Literary Reading: “Flashes
Back and Forward”
Featuring the works of Volodymyr
Dibrova, Preceptor and Writer-in-Residence, Harvard
University
With translations by Halyna Hryn,
Editor of Harvard Ukrainian Studies
Thursday, July 21
HURI Seminar Room
7:30-9:30
pm
Lecture: “The Emerging Non-Profit
Sector in Ukraine: Observations from the Field”
Paul and Tatiana Terdal, co-founders
of the Institute of Non-Profit Management, Ukrainian
Catholic University (Lviv)
Friday, July 22
Science Center Hall A
3:00-5:00
pm
Lecture: “American Foreign Policy towards Ukraine,
Before and During the Orange Revolution”
William Gleason, Coordinator, Eurasian
Studies Chairman, Advanced Ukrainian Regional Studies
Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State
Monday, July 25
Harvard Hall Room 201
7:30-9:30
pm
Roundtable: “Graduate
Work in Ukrainian Studies”
Featuring HUSI students doing advanced
graduate work and guests moderatied by Alex Dillon,
Director of the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute
Wednesday, July 27
Seminar Room
HURI 4:00--5:30
pm
HUSI DVD/Video Series – Contemporary
Ukrainian Cinema:
The Trojan Salvation (2004) dir. Oleksandr Denysenko
(in Ukrainian with English subtitles)
The event is jointly organized
by the Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia University
and the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute
Thursday, July 28
Jefferson Hall Room 250
7:30-9:30
pm
Performance: "InVerse: Contemporary
Ukrainian Poetry in Translation" Yara
Arts Group, LaMama Experimental Theater, New York
Virlana Tkach (director)
Includes "A Light from the
East," a documentary film by Amy Grappell about
Yara's performances in Ukraine during the 1991 independence
movement
Friday, July 29
Lowell Lecture Hall
8:00-10:00
pm
Lecture: "Bandits, Slaves,
and the 'Fairytale' Revolution: Citzenship Practices
in Ukrainian Schools Before and After the 2004
Presidential Elections"
Anna Fournier, Ph.D. Candidate,
Dept. of Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University
Monday, August 1
Harvard Hall Room 201
7:30-9:30
pm
Lecture and Visual Presentation:
"In Search of a Modernist Style: Ukrainian Book
Graphics of the 1920s-1930s"
Myroslava M. Mudrak, Professor,
Department of History of Art, Ohio State University
Wednesday, August 3
Harvard Hall Room 201
7:30-9:30
pm
Lecture
and Video Presentation: "Shapes in Wax: Tradition
and Faith Among Folk Medicine Practitioners in
Rural Ukraine"
Sarah
Phillips, Assistant Professor of Anthropology,
Indiana University
Monday, August 8
Harvard Hall Room 201
7:30-9:30
pm
HUSI 2005 Closing Event Evening:
Featuring presentations and plays by students of the
Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute 2005
