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BRAMA, April 8, 2001, 10:00pm EDT
Learn something about Ukraine - Go to Columbia University for a day
- Day 3 at the ASN conference
New York, April 8 - The Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) Convention ended yesterday with a number of stimulating panels and roundtable sessions dealing with current issues in Ukraine. One of the better attended discussions of the ASN convention was the one devoted to the current political crisis. Panelists presented various perspectives about the status of free press, the high profile Gongadze case, and the political implications of the "Kuchmagate" tape scandal. An insider's view was provided by Olena Prytula, Chief Editor of the Internet news website "Ukrayinska Pravda" founded by murdered journalist Heorhiy Gongadze. Expert opinions and analyses of the situation in Ukraine were provided by scholars Marta Dyczok, Olya Andriewsky, George Grabowicz, and Roman Kupchinksy, the head of RFE/RL Ukraine Service. ©HK/BRAMA 4/7/01
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Dilemmas of Minority Language Policies in East Central Europe (Roundtable) Sponsored by the Shevchenko Scientific Society In the photo (l-r): A. Berezovenko, M. Znayenko, L. Onyshkevych, M. Trofimenko, L. Babotowa
Chair: Larissa Onyshkevych (Shevchenko Scientific Society, New York, USA)
International Standards and Policies Regarding Linguistic Rights Lubica Babotowa (Presov U, Slovakia)
Antonina Berezovenko (Columbia U, USA)
Myroslava T. Znayenko (Rutgers U, USA)
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"National identity and foreign policy in Ukraine". In the photo (l-r):
T. Kuzio, P. D'Anieri, S. Shulman (standing).
Chair: Nancy Popson (Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center, USA) Stephen Shulman (Southern Illinois U, Carbondale,
USA)
Paul D'Anieri (U of Kansas, USA)
Victor Chudowsky (Meridian International Center,
Washington, DC, USA)
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"The Gongadze Case, the Press, and the Political Crisis in Ukraine" (roundtable). Above (l-r): M. Dyczok, R. DeLossa, R. Kupchinsky, O. Prytula, O. Andriewsky.
Chair: Rob DeLossa (AAUS/Harvard U, USA
George G. Grabowicz (AAUS/Harvard U, USA) - not present; article read by Rob DeLossa Roman Kupchinsky (RFE/RL Ukraine Service, Kyiv, Ukraine) Olena Prytula (Ukrains’ka pravda, Kyiv, Ukraine) Olga Andriewsky (AAUS/Trent U, Canada) |
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Panel: "Language in Ukraine". In the photos, are (l-r) V. Chernetsky, D. Arel, A. Fournier, Y. Shevchuk, C. Marshall (standing), A. Jawornicka, and O. Wolowyna (not a panelist).
Chair: Dominique Arel (Watson Institute, Brown U, USA)
Post-Soviet Language Policy and the Language Utilization Patterns of Kyivan Youth Yuri Shevchuk (Independent Researcher, Toronto,
Canada)
Anna Fournier (Johns Hopkins U, USA)
Aleksandra Jawornicka (General Statistics Office,
Poland)
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