Mykola Posivnych (Kolasky Visiting Fellow, Jacyk Visiting scholar; Ivan Kryp'iakevych Instute of Ukrainian Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), Ukrainian Liberation Movement and Activities of NKVD-MGB-KGB in the 1940s-50s (In Ukrainian)

Registration: http://www.utoronto.ca/ceres/

Munk Centre for International Studies
1 Devonshire Place
Room 108, North Building

Sponsored by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies and the Petro JacykProgram for the Study of Ukraine.

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Thursday-Saturday, January 24-26
Graduate Student Symposium
http://www.utoronto.ca/jacyk/gss2008/index.html

New Perspectives on Contemporary Ukraine: Politics, History and Culture

Registration: http://www.utoronto.ca/ceres/
Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility (1 Devonshire Place) Sponsored by the Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine.

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Thursday, January 31, 12-2 pm

Sofia Ryabchuk (Jacyk Visiting Scholar; Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine), "The Crisis of Masculinity in the Texts of Ukrainian Avant-Garde"

Munk Centre for International Studies
1 Devonshire Place
Room 108, North Building

Larysa Iarovenko
larysa.iarovenko@utoronto.ca
Ukrainian Programs Manager
Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies
Munk Centre for International Studies
University of Toronto
1 Devonshire Place Toronto, ON
M5S 3K7 Canada

Tel: (416) 946-8113
Fax: (416) 946-8939

Edmonton…The Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village kicks off its first special event of the year, Feast of Jordan – Iordan, on Saturday, January 19, 2008.

This holiday commemorates the baptism of Christ and is more commonly known as the Feast of the Epiphany. This event is also one of the most important holy days of the Ukrainian church calendar marking the end of the Ukrainian Christmas season.

Activities at the Village include church services at 11:00 a.m. at all three historic churches: St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church and St. Nicholas Russo-Greek Orthodox Church. The end of each service will see a water blessing ceremony at the ice cross following the services, a didukh (ritual wheat sheaf) burning ceremony and house blessings.

A number of historic buildings will also be open for viewing. Meet costumed role players and witness how early Ukrainian pioneers celebrated this special day. Other activities for all ages include entertainment, food services and free horse-drawn wagon rides.

This event is held in partnership with the Friends of the Ukrainian Village Society and Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Alberta Provincial Council. A small donation will be accepted in lieu of an admission fee. The site is open from 10:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

The Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village is located 25 minutes east of Edmonton along Highway 16. The site is open Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. For more information, call

(780) 662-3640 or dial 310-0000 for toll-free access.

School of Music, Theatre, & Dance
Guest/Faculty Recital

violin
SOLOMIA SOROKA

piano
ARTHUR GREENE
CREES Faculty Associate

Saturday, January 19, 2008 at 8 pm
Britton Recital Hall
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

No tickets required

This recital includes William Bolcom’s Violin Sonata No. 4 (drawn from their recent Naxos CD of the complete Bolcom sonatas); Allegretto and Dance from Hutsulian Triptych by Ukrainian composer Myroslav Skoryk; Sonata No. 2 in A Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 100 by Johannes Brahms; and selected works for violin and piano by turn-of-the-century Hungarian-American composer Arthur Hartmann, one of the original faculty members of the Eastman School of Music and a friend and confidant of Claude Debussy. They will close the program with a performance of Csardas No. 2 by Jeno Hubay.