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Ukrainian Studies: People and Events

Ukrainian Studies: People and Events

M.A. Students in Ukrainian and Comparative Literature:

Dr. Roman Ivashkiv received his Ph.D. from the University of Alberta and is currently Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages a the U. of Alabama.

Dr. Mykola Polyuha received his Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario and is an Associate Professor at Bloomsburg State University.

Dr. Olha Tytarenko received her Ph.D. from the U. of Toronto and is a Senior Lector I and Associate Research Scholar at Yale University.

Dr. Olesia Wallo received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois and is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Kansas.

Oksana Husieva is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Kansas.

Oksana Tatsyak is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto.

Eminent Ukrainian Writers, Artists, and Scholars in Residence:

Yuri Andrukhovych, Ukrainian writer from Ivano-Frankivsk

Natalka Bilotserkivets, Ukrainian poet from Kyiv

Lina Kostenko, Ukrainian poet from Kyiv

Oleh Lysheha, Ukrainian poet from Tysmennytsya

Mykola Riabchuk, Ukrainian writer, political and cultural commentator from Kyiv

Yuri Vynnychuk, Ukrainian prose writer from Lviv

Oksana Zabuzhko, Ukrainian poet, prose writer, and essayist from Kyiv

Bohdan Zholdak, Ukrainian prose and filmscript writer from Kyiv

Recent Fulbright Scholars:

Dr. Vasyl Byalyk, Professor of Translation Studies, Chernivtsi National University

Dr. Lada Kolomiyets, Professor of Translation Studies, Kyiv National University

Dr. Olha Luchuk, Professor of Translation Studies, Lviv National University

Dr. Alla Perminova, Professor of Translation Studies, Kyiv National University

Dr. Maria Zubrytska, Professor of Literary Theory, Lviv National University

Dr. Mariya Tytarenko, Professor of Journalism and Poet-Writer, The Catholic University of Lviv

Prominent Guest Lectures, Speakers, and Performers:

Dr. Markian Dobczansky, Professor of Historian, Stanford University

Dr. Marta Dyczok, Political Scientist and Media Specialist, University of Western Ontario

Dr. Taras Filenko,  Independent Scholar, Ethnomusicologist, and Concert Pianist

Dr. John Fizer, Professor of Slavic Literature, Rutgers University

Dr. Amelia GlaserProfessor of Slavic Literature, University of California, San Diego

Dr. Solomiya Ivakhiv, Violinist, Associate Professor of Violin and Viola, Coordinator of Strings, University of Connecticut

Dr. Alexander Motyl, Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University

Dr. Olena Palko, Assistant Professor of History, University of Basel

Dr. Serhiy Plokhy, Chair of Ukrainian History, Harvard University

Dr. Myroslav Shkandrij, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Slavic Literature, University of Manitoba

Dr. Oxana Shevel, Associate Professor of Political Science, Tufts University 

Dr. Lydia Stefanowska, Professor of Ukrainian Studies, Warsaw University

Yuri Andrukhovych, Ukrainian Prose Writer, Poet, and Essayist

Stanislav Aseyev, Ukrainian Journalist and Prose Writer

Vasyl Gabor, Prose Writer and Publisher Solomiya Ivakhiv, Violinist, University of Connecticut

Eugene Hutz, Ukrainian Musician and Frontman of Gogol Bordello

Andriy Liubka, Ukrainian Prose Writer

Sergei Loznitsa, Ukrainian Filmaker

Ivan Malkovych, Poet and Leading Ukrainian Publisher

Askold Melnyczuk, Writer and editor, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Peter Pomerantsev, Ukrainian-Born Journalist

Vasyl Popadiuk, Ukrainian Musician

Volodymyr Rafeyenko, Ukrainian Prose Writer

Marianna Sadovska, Singer and Collector of Ukrainian folk songs

Olena Stiazhkina, Ukrainian Prose Writer

Lyubov Yakimchuk, Ukrainian Poet

Recent Conferences and Symposia

Five Years after the Maidan, 2019

Writing Ancestral Homelands in Another Language, 2018

Twenty-Five Years of Ukrainian Independence, 2017

National Bards and National Literatures, 2016

Eastern Slavic Folklore and Popular Culture, 2015

The Diverse Landscapes of Ukraine, 2012

Majoritizing Minority Literatures Through Translation, 2011

Program-Related Online Resources:

The Ukrainian Weekly, “The Great Famine of 1932-l933 in Ukraine: A Presentation at Penn State University”:
https://web.archive.org/web/20230906193244/https://www.ukrweekly.com/uwwp/the-great-famine-of-1932-l933-in-ukraine-a-presentation-at-penn-state-university/

Youtube:

The Oxford University Ukrainian Society reading of Dr. Naydan’s translation of Lina Kostenko’s poem “Wings”

Ukrainian writer Yuri Andrukhovych and Dr. Naydan doing a bilingual reading at Penn State

Ukrainian poet Viktor Neborak reading his poetry at Penn State

Ukrainian poet and publisher Ivan Malkovych giving a reading and lecture at Penn State:

Actor Michael Bernosky reading from Dr. Naydan’s translations of Yuri Andrukhovych’s novel Perverzion: