SPRING 2012 COURSES IN UKRAINIAN STUDIES
WOMEN IN POST-SOCIALIST TRANSFORMATION:
UKRAINE, RUSSIA, & POLAND IN FOCUS
Wednesdays, 11:00AM-12:50PM
Instructor: Dr. Oksana Kis
Anthropology G4289
3 Points
This course will introduce students to the post-socialist transformations in Eastern Europe from the gender perspective. By focusing on Ukraine, Poland and Russia, it will examine the multidimensional 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 changes. The role of schooling and media in women´s gendered socialization, ways of (re)construction of old/new models of femininity, women´s responses to demographic crisis and alteration of family roles, women´s agency and representation in politics, as well as women´s economic strategies and employment behaviors will be examined. Special attention will be given to the problems faced by women migrant workers abroad and those subject to trafficking. International debates on collisions of feminist and traditionalist ideologies in the new women´s activism and controversies of introducing women´s and gender studies in post-socialist academic discourse will be discussed as well to enable students´ better understanding of complexity of emerging women´s movements and institutionalization of feminist scholarship in Central and Eastern Europe.
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FIN DE SIÉCLE UKRAINIAN LITERATURE:
BEAUTY, DUTY AND DECADENCE
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:10-2:25PM
Instructor: Dr. Mark Andryczyk
Ukrainian W4033
3 Points
This course will focus on the onset of modernism in Ukrainian literature in the late 19th century and early 20th century - a period marked by a vigorous, often biting, polemic between the populist Ukrainian literary establishment and young Ukrainian writers who were inspired by their European counterparts. Students will read prose, poetry and drama written by Ivan Franko, the writers of the Moloda Muza, Olha Kobylianska, Lesia Ukrainka and Vasyl Stefanyk, among others. The course will trace the introduction of urban motifs and settings, as well as decadence, into Ukrainian literature and analyze the conflict that ensued among Ukrainian intellectuals as they set out forging the identity of the Ukrainian people.
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UKRAINE: POWER, POLITICS, DIPLOMACY
Tuesdays, 2:10-4:00 PM
Instructor: Ambassador Valerii Kuchinsky, former Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations
Regional Institute U8755
3 points
Delivered by a career diplomat, this new course will examine the evolution of Ukraine’s politics since independence and will analyze the causes of current domestic problems.
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ELEMENTARY UKRAINIAN II
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9:10-10:25AM
Slavic W1102
4 Points
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INTERMEDIATE UKRAINIAN II
Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:35-11:50AM
Slavic W1202
3 Points
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ADVANCED UKRAINIAN II
Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:40-3:55PM
Slavic W4002
3 Points
All three Ukrainian language courses are taught by Dr. Yuri Shevchuk.
Dr. Shevchuk can be contacted with questions at: sy2165@columbia.edu.
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Courses at Columbia are open to students from other universities in the New York metropolitan area seeking credit. Please contact the university at which you enrolled to determine whether it participates in this manner with Columbia University. Some courses are also open 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. Please visit the Columbia University School of Continuing Education (http://www.ce.columbia.edu/auditing/?PID=28) for more details. Classes begin January 17 and January 27th is the last day to sign up for a class. For more information about courses or the Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University, please contact Dr. Mark Andryczyk at ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu or 212-854-4697.
*Dates and times are subject to change.
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