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A New Era for Ukrainian Language Learning

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With Russia's unprovoked war raging in Ukraine—a war "justified" by the Kremlin on the basis that Ukrainians and Russians are one and the same—learning and using the Ukrainian language has become a tool to counter Russian influence and take a stand...

HUSI Ukrainian Language Hour with Special Guest Volodymyr Rafeyenko

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HUSI students and instructors are invited to join writer Volodymyr Rafeyenko for a Ukrainian language conversation hour. Join us for casual snacks and conversation (in Ukrainian) on a range of topics with award-winning Ukrainian writer, poet, translator...

Centering the Margins of Ukrainian Language: Changing Perceptions of Surzhyk and Dialects

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A lecture by Laada Bilaniuk, HURI Research Fellow at Harvard and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington Moderated by Emily Channell-Justice , Director of the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program at HURI About the Lecture The massive...

States, Peoples, Languages: A Comparative Political History of Ukrainian, 1863-2013 (audio recording)

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Day 1: Wednesday, June 11 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Registration 2:00 – 2:15 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks Serhii Plokhii Director, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University Andrea Graziosi National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research...

One War, Two Displacements: Language Practices and Attitudes of Ukrainian IDPs and Refugees

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A lecture by Volodymyr Kulyk, Professor of Political Science at the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) Moderated by Serhii Plokhii , Mykhailo S. Hrushevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History, Department of History at Harvard About the Lecture Russia's full...

Ukrainian Language: A Gateway to Understanding Ukrainian Culture and Identity

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by Lauren Clemens As a new student of Ukrainian, I began this course with the preconception that it was going to be heavily language and grammar focused with culture on a secondary tier. Prof. Volodymyr Dibrova’s course, Ukrainian for Reading Knowledge...

Perspectives on Language, Ethnicity, Nation in the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict

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Organized by Yale University Library; with Volodymyr Dibrova On February 24, 2022, Russian military forces entered the sovereign nation of Ukraine leaving many around the world in shock and disbelief. Those familiar with Russian history, however, noticed...

Translating the Language of Death

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Poetry Reading by Iya Kiva, poet, translator, and journalist living in Kyiv, Ukraine. Moderated by Oleh Kotsyuba, Manager of Publications at the Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University Event Description This bilingual reading will feature Iya...

Ukrainian Language Opens Paths for Opera Studies

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by César Moreno, HUSI 2021 I took the course “Ukrainian for Reading Knowledge” at the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute to explore and develop a deep insight into the Ukrainian language. My aims have been fulfilled. The course has a wide spectrum of...

Beyond the Battle: Insights from HURI's Latest Book on Language in Ukraine

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HURI is pleased to announce the publication of its latest volume, The Battle for Ukrainian: A Comparative Perspective. Edited by Michael S. Flier and Andrea Graziosi, this collection of 24 articles is the most up-to-date examination of the history and...

War of Words: New MAPA Module Illuminates Language Practices in Ukraine

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The “language issue” has deep historical roots in Ukraine, from suppression of Ukrainian during the Russian empire to Soviet policy and beyond. That tumultuous past is explored in depth in The Battle for Ukrainian (as we celebrated during our recent book...

Under the Virgin's Veil: Monastic Spirituality, Gender, and Power in Stefan Iavors'kyi's Sermon to the Nuns of the Ascension Convent in Kyiv

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A lecture by Maria Grazia Bartolini, Associate Professor of Medieval Slavic Culture and Slavic Linguistics at the University of Milan and Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literature at Harvard Moderated by Michael S. Flier...