PROGRAM

VІІ Annual Fulbright Conference

UKRAINIAN AREA STUDIES – LIMITS AND DIMENSIONS

22 – 24 October 2004

Kyiv, Institute of Postdiploma Education,

36a Vasylkivska St.

Friday, October 22, 2004

14:00 -15:00	Registration
15:00 -18:00	Opening Session
Great Hall	Martha BOHACHEVSKY-CHOMIAK, Director of the Fulbright Program inUkraine
	Sheila GWALTNEY, Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy in Ukraine
	Janet DEMIRAY, Public Affairs Officer in the US Embassy in Ukraine
	Lisa HELLER, Cultural Affairs Officer in the US Embassy in Ukraine
	Dolores HYLANDER, Assistant Cultural Affairs Officer in the US Embassy in Ukraine
	Olha HOMILKO, President of the Ukrainian Fulbright Association
	Yaroslav ISAYEVYCH, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine “Ukrainian Studies: Meaning and Context”
	Yuriy LOGUSH, Regional Director of “Kraft Food International” in Ukraine “Ukrainian Studies Beyond the University”
	Oleksiy HARAN, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy “Current Situation in Ukraine: One Fulbrighter’s Perspective”
	Antonina KOLODIY, Kyiv International University “Ukraine in Political Science”
18:00 -	Reception

Saturday, October 23, 2004

8:30 –9:30	Coffee and breakfast
9:30 – 11:00	Sections and round tables

Section 1: Sources of Ukrainian Studies

Moderator: Olena Boriak (Maksym Rylskyi Institute of Art Studies, Folklore and Ethnology,

National Academy of Sciences)

Tetiana Horbachenko	Church Slavonic Book Manuscripts in the Life of Ukrainian People	Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University
Olena Boriak	Oral History as a Key Instrument of Research of Every Day Life: Expanding the Sources of Ukrainian Studies	Maksym Rylskyi Institute of Art Studies, Folklore and Ethnology, National Academy of Sciences
Oksana Kis	Oral Women’s History as a Historical Alternative	Ethnology Institute , National Academy of Sciences
Iryna Valiavko	Ukrainian Studies at Bakhmeteff Archive of Columbia University and the Dmytro Chyzhevsky Private Archives in Germany	Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences

Section 2: Nation-Building in Ukraine

Moderators: Oleh Bilyi (Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences);

Mykhailo Kirsenko (National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy)

Serhiy Lepiavko	Ukraine’s Great Frontier at the Edge of European Civilization	Chernihiv National University
Anatoliy Rusnachenko	Ukraine in the Imperial System	Hrinchenko Kyiv City Pedagogical University
Victor Yelenskyi	Religion in Nation-Building	Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences
Roksoliana Zorivchak	Literary Translation as a Factor in Nation-Building	Lviv Ivan Franko National University
Natalia Chechel	A Semiotic Perspective on Ukrainian Cossack Culture: “Total Theatre”	Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University
Olha Filippova	Images of Language as Constructs of Identity	Kharkiv National Pharmaceutical University

Round table 1: Ukrainian Constitutional Tradition: Continuity or Change?

Moderator: Vsevolod Rechytskyi (National Law Academy of Ukraine, Kharkiv)

Participants: Oleksandr Biriukov (Institute for Foreign Relations),

Myroslava Antonovych (National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy),

Vasyl Nepyivoda (Institute of Legislative Prognosis and Legal Expertise)

11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00 – Sections and round tables

Section 3: Economic Development in Ukraine

Moderator: Serhiy Slukhai (Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University)

Volodymyr Anderson	Ukrainian Regionalism and Economic Development: Marketing of Territories and Regions as an Instrument for Implementing Regional Economic Development in Ukraine under Globalization	Mechnykov Odesa National University
Volodymyr Salamatov	Perception of Effective Practices of Municipal Government: Ukraine and the US experience	Ukrainian Academy of public Administration
Ivanna Bakushevych	Corporate Management for Local Community Development	Ternopil Institute of Social and Information Technologies

Section 4: Ukrainian Studies within Other Regional Studies

Moderators: Natalia Vysotska (Kyiv Linguistic University),

Oleksandr Pronkevych (Petro Mohyla Mykolayiv Humanitarian University)

Pavlo Kutuev	Academic Exchange Programs as a Dimension of the Educational Sphere of the Modern Society: Modest Proposal for Ukrainian Fulbright	National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”
Volodymyr Vladymyrov	Journalism Students’ Interest in Other Cultures	Kyiv International University
Oleksandr Pronkevych	The Spanish Dimension of Ukrainian Studies	Petro Mohyla Mykolayiv Humanitarian University
Natalia Vysotska	Can/Should Ukrainian Studies Be Modelled after American Studies?	Kyiv Linguistic University

Round table 2: Philosophical Foundations of Ukrainian Studies

Moderator: Yaroslav Shramko (Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical Institute)

Participants: Olha Homilko (Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences),

Volodymyr Navrotskyi (Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences)

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:30 Sections and round tables

Section 5: Childhood and Psychology in Ukraine

Moderator: Tamara Hovorun (Drahomanov Teachers’ Training University)

Еleonora Nosenko	Changes in Psychological Features of Ukrainian Culture	Dnipropetrovsk National University
Svitlana Biletska	Childhood in the History of Ukrainian Pedagogical Thought	Kharkiv Pedagogical University
Oleksandr Tokhtamysh	Humanization of Childhood and Child Psychology	Hrinchenko Kyiv City Pedagogical University

Section 6: Language Aspects of Ukrainian Studies

Moderator: Liudmyla Bordiuk (National University “Lviv Polytechnika”)

Lyudmyla Bordiuk	Ecology of Language: a Ukrainian context	National University “Lviv Polytechnika”
Maksym Vakulenko	What in Heavens Sake is Ukrainian Latin Script?	Kyiv Linguistic University
Yuriy Posudin	Teaching General and Special Disciplines to Ukrainian Students in English	National Agricultural University
Tetyana Yakhontova	Cultural Differences in English and Ukrainian Academic Writing	Lviv Ivan Franko National University
Olena Morozova	Studying Discourse within the Ukrainian Context	Kharkiv National University

Round table 3: Ukrainian Studies as Presented in Mass Media

Moderator: Borys Potiatynyk (Lviv Ivan Franko National University)

Participants: Volodymyr Vladymyrov (Kyiv International University), Natalia Feduschak (U.S. Fulbright Scholar), Mykhailo Skulenko (Institute of Journalism, Kyiv Taras Shevchenko National University), Hal Foster, U.S. Fulbright Scholar), Natalia Habor (Lviv Ivan Franko National University)

15:30 – 16:00 – Coffee break

16:00 – 18:00 – Sections and round tables

Round table 4: Developing a Curriculum for Area Studies: Interdisciplinary Approach Moderator: Halyna Zaporozhets (Petro Mohyla Mykolayiv Humanitarian University)

Participants: Oksana Kis’ (Ethnology Institute, National Academy of Sciences), Oleksandr Pronkevych (Petro Mohyla Mykolayiv Humanitarian University), Victor Hlebov (Odesa National University), Hortense Simmons (U.S. Fulbright Scholar)

Round table 5: Ecology and ecological education: why are we wasting time instead of engaging in real reform?
Moderator:Valentyna Pidlisniuk (National Agricultural University)

Participants: Maryna Naboka (Radioecological Center, National Academy of Sciences),

Vasyl Nepyivoda (Institute of Legislative Prognosis and Legal Expertise)

18:00 – 20:00 Play by the Skin of Our Teeth

20:00 – 21:00 Wine and Cheese Party

Sunday, October 24, 2004

8:30 – 9:30	Coffee and Breakfast
9:30 – 11:00	Conference Wrap up. Moderators’ reports. Future Plans.
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00	Meeting of the Ukrainian Fulbright Association