FALL 2009 COURSES IN UKRAINIAN STUDIES
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EARLY MODERN RUSSIA, UKRAINE, AND THE POLISH-LITHUANIAN COMMONWEALTH
HIST W4258
Instructor: Frank Sysyn, Visiting Professor
Director, Peter Jacyk Center for Ukrainian Historical Research
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta
Wednesdays 2:10-4:00pm
The course examines the polities, societies, and cultures of the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Ukrainian Cossack Hetmanate, and
Muscovy-Imperial Russia in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. Special
attention is paid to the interaction of states and the flow of social models
and cultural developments. The role of Poland in the "Westernization" of
Ukraine and Russia, the relation of Western and Eastern Christianity, the
consequences of the Cossack revolts, the flourishing and crisis of Polish
Jews, the remaking of Eastern Europe through the rise of the Russian Empire,
and the relation of the political thought and identities of the period to
modern nations are major themes.
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The class will be filled by application. Undergraduates and graduates from
all departments are welcome. Interested students should contact Eleanor Kaye
at emk2114@columbia.edu.
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HISTORY OF MODERN UKRAINE
HIST W3226
Call #12199
Sec 001
3 points
Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:10PM-2:25PM
Location: TBA
Instructor: Frank Sysyn, Visiting Professor
Director, Peter Jacyk Center for Ukrainian Historical Research
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta
The course explores selected questions in early modern Ukrainian history. It concentrates on the evolution of Ukrainian identity, culture, and political aspirations. These developments are placed in the context of the states that ruled Ukrainian lands and the diverse populations and non-Ukrainian cultures and political movements on these territories.
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UKRAINE AND THE UNITED NATIONS
THROUGH THE EYES OF
A UKRAINIAN AMBASSADOR
Regional Institute U4575 section 001; Call Number: TBA
901 International Affairs Building
3 points, School of International and Public Affairs
Instructor: Ambassador Valerii Kuchinsky,
former Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations
Tuesdays 11:00am-12:50pm
The course provides a comprehensive examination of the United Nations and its role in three core areas of international relations: peace & security; sustainable development; and human rights & humanitarian affairs. It analyzes inputs of individual member-states, Ukraine in particular, one of the founding members of the United Nations.
The course is delivered by a career diplomat who has been actively involved in the implementation of Ukraine’s foreign policy for decades and is aimed at both graduate and advanced undergraduate students.
By joining the class you have a unique chance to plunge into the intricate world of today’s international diplomacy and politics and address many complicated issues.
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ELEMENTARY UKRAINIAN I
W1101 Call # 62531 Points: 4, MWF 9:10-10:25am, Location TBA
INTERMEDIATE UKRAINIAN I
W1201 Call # 41147 Points: 3 Day/Time: MW 10:35-11:50am, Location TBA
ADVANCED UKRAINIAN I
W4001 Call # 41946 Points: 3 Day/Time: MW 1:10-2:25pm Location: TBA
All three courses are taught by Yuri Shevchuk
The language instructor can be contacted with questions at: sy2165@columbia.edu
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POST-SOVIET, POSTCOLONIAL FILM
The course discusses how film was used in the Soviet era and today as a tool of imperial domination over the ethnic peripheries of the Soviet Union, and how the colonized – Georgians, Ukrainian, Belarusians, Estonians, and others – both collaborated with and resisted their colonizer through film. A third of the course overviews Soviet period and two thirds deal with post-Soviet films made in Russia and its former colonies, including most recent ones.
Fall-2009, Comparative Literature: Slavic W4075 section 001,
Call # 53696, 3 points,
Department of Slavic Languages
Instructor Yuri Shevchuk
Tuesdays 6:10-10:00 PM
Open to Columbia College, Engineering and Applied Science, General Studies, School of Continuing Education, Graduate School of Arts and Science, School of the Arts, International and Public Affairs, Barnard, Engineering and Applied Science: Graduate. For more info write to 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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