The Harriman Institute

Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European Studies at Columbia

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SPRING 2010 COURSES IN UKRAINIAN STUDIES
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WOMEN IN POST-SOCIALIST
TRANSFORMATIONS: UKRAINE, RUSSIA, POLAND

ANTH W4289
Call #17801
3 points

Instructor: Oksana Kis,
Visiting Professor
Institute of Ethnology,
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.


Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:35-11:50am

This course will introduce students to the post-socialist transformations in Eastern Europe from the gender perspective. Focusing on Ukraine, Poland and Russia, it examines the complex impact of radical political, social, economic and cultural changes onto women’s lives. Exploring challenges women faced in transition from state socialism to market economy and democracy, women will be analyzed as both targets and agents of change. Special attention will be given to the most burning problems of female migrant workers abroad and the trafficking of women from Ukraine.
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BRAND NEW:
CREATING IDENTITY
IN CONTEMPORARY UKRAINIAN CULTURE

SLAV W4054
Call #81498
3 points

Instructor: Mark Andryczyk,
Associate Research Scholar
Harriman Institute

Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:10PM-2:25PM


This course presents and examines post-Soviet Ukrainian culture. Students will learn about the significant achievements, names, events, scandals and polemics in contemporary Ukrainian culture and will see how they have contributed to Ukraine’s post-Soviet identity. Centered on the most important successes in literature, the course will also explore the key developments in music and visual art in this period. The course will look at what images have come to represent Ukraine and how they were created.

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TODAY’S UKRAINE:
POWER. POLITICS. DIPLOMACY.

REGN U8755
Call Number # 23368
3 points

Instructor: Ambassador Valerii Kuchynskyi,
former Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations


Tuesdays 11:00AM- 12:30PM

The new course, delivered by a career diplomat, will examine the evolution of Ukraine's
politics since independence and will analyze the causes of current domestic problems. The results of the forthcoming presidential elections and Ukraine's relations with its major partners will also be thoroughly discussed. The format of the course encourages active dialogue and analytical reflection on the part of the students, both graduate and
advanced undergraduate.

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ELEMENTARY UKRAINIAN II

SLAV W1102
Call # 86781
4 Points

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 9:10-10:25am

INTERMEDIATE UKRAINIAN II

SLAV W1202
Call # 41147
3 Points

Mondays and Wednesdays 10:35-11:50am

ADVANCED UKRAINIAN II

SLAV W4002
Call # 75508
3 Points

Mondays and Wednesdays 1:10-2:25pm

All three language courses are taught by Yuri Shevchuk,
Lecturer in Ukrainian
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

The language instructor can be contacted with questions at: sy2165@columbia.edu

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Please note that courses at Columbia are open to students from other universities in the New York metropolitan area seeking credit, as well as to outside individuals interested in non-credit continuing studies. Additionally, through the Lifelong Learners program, individuals over 65 years of age who are interested in auditing courses, may enroll at a discount rate as Lifelong Learners.

For more information about courses or the Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University, please contact Mark Andryczyk at ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu or (212) 854-4697.

*Dates and times are subject to change.