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.
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