Alexandra Goujon		Peter Potichnyj		Blair Ruble		Maryna Bazylevych

The Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Ottawa, under the direction of Dominique Arel, Chairholder, and with the support of the Wolodymyr George Danilyw Foundation, is pleased to announce the program of the Fifth Annual Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine to be held on 29-31 October 2009.

Twenty-six panelists, from Ukraine, Germany, France, the United States and Canada will take part in the event. The full program is enclosed below. A PDF version of the program is available here.

The 2009 Seminar will address the two major themes of the politics of war memory and the politics of Ukraine’s economy.

At a time when the memory of World War II has become a significant point of contention in state and societal discourse, and coinciding with 70th anniversary of the beginning of World War II, the Seminar will devote and a day and half – from Thursday 1.30 PM to Friday 6 PM – to the theme of “Disputed Memories of the Second World War.” The section will feature eight paper-based presentations on anti-“partisan” violence, forced labor (Ostarbeiter), the Holocaust (Shoah) and the OUN-UPA, as well as the screening and discussion of the French documentary “The Holocaust by Bullets” (La Shoah par balles), and the special presentation of Professor Peter J. Potichnyj’s wartime memoirs My Journey.

The second section, on Saturday from 10 AM to 4 PM, will feature four papers on “New Research on the Political Economy of Ukraine,” ranging from an examination of business clans, a network analysis of former Communist (Komsomol) among entrepreneurs, the informal economy of the health sector, and a comparative study of the rent economy of oil in Ukraine and its neighbors.

As a testimony to the dynamism of contemporary Ukrainian studies, six of the twelve papers to be presented at the Seminar will be from doctoral students, enrolled in universities from five different countries. This is reflective of the fact that among the record number of applicants to the Seminar, nearly 40 percent came from doctoral students.

The Seminar will also feature an opening reception, that will be held on Thursday, October 29, at 6:15 PM at the Resto-Pub Jazzy, University Centre, 85 University St., on the 1st Floor.

The Seminar is open to the public and there is no cost of admission. As seating is limited, people interested in attending are requested to register in advance by contacting the Chair of Ukrainian Studies by e-mail (chairukr@gmail.com) or by phone (613-562-5800 ext. 3692).

The Seminar will take place in The Lounge, New Residence, 90 University Private, on University of Ottawa campus. Click here for the campus map:
http://www.uottawa.ca/map/campus_map.pdf. The New Residence is located at the center top of the map, near parking lot K.

The aim of the Danyliw Seminar is to provide a unique forum for researchers from Canada and internationally to engage in fruitful inter-disciplinary dialogue, disseminate cutting-edge research papers, encourage publications in various outlets, and stimulate collaborative research projects.

The 2009 Danyliw Seminar is made possible by the commitment of the Wolodymyr George Danyliw Foundation to the pursuit of excellence in the study of contemporary Ukraine. We hope that you will join us for what promises to be a stimulating and exciting gathering.

For a PDF version of the 2009 Danyliw Seminar Program, click here.
Papers from the 2008 Danyliw Seminar are available here.

The Ukraine List (UKL), the Chair's electronic newsletter on Ukrainian Studies and current events in Ukraine, is now available in interactive PDF (Adobe 9). For the current issue, click here. UKL is sent by email. For a free subscription, please write to Dominique Arel, darel@uottawa.ca, indicating your occupation and postal address.

Previous issues, published since April 2007 can be accessed here.

Selected UKL items from 2005-2006 can be found here.

Dominique Arel

Rebounding Identities:
The Politics of Identity in Russia and Ukraine

Chairholder Dominique Arel recently co-edited Rebounding Identities: The Politics of Identity in Russia and Ukraine (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006), and authored its introduction, “Theorizing the Politics of Identities in Russia and Ukraine.”

The book came out of a series of workshops, led by Arel and Blair Ruble, director of the Kennan Institute, and involving an interdisciplinary group of young scholars. The book can be ordered on the web and its table of contents is available here.

Arel is also the author of “La face cachée de la Révolution Orange: l’Ukraine et le déni de son problème régional”, featured in the December 2006 issue of the Revue d’études comparatives Est-Ouest (Paris, France). An English-language translation of the article is available here.

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Seminar on Canadian Technical Assistance
in Ukraine

11 October 2007

Peter Solomon

Orysia Sushko

The Seminar will feature 23 speakers from the international development, community, government, and academic realms. Following an overview presentation, ten projects —initiated and funded by CIDA or community organizations — will be highlighted. A roundtable on “The Way Forward” will conclude the proceedings.

The Seminar is open to the public and there is no cost of admission. As seating is limited, however, people interested in attending are requested to register in advance by contacting the Chair of Ukrainian Studies by e-mail (ukrain@uottawa.ca) or by phone (613-562-5800 ext. 3692).

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