[aaus-list] Oct. 11/12 Symposium 'Putting Ukraine on the Map: Cossacks, Cartography, and Controversy'

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                                     Putting
Ukraine on the Map
Cossacks,
Cartography, and Controversy

Symposium October 11
& 12 
                                    
                                        
                                     A two-day symposium in
conjunction with the exhibitions
The Mapping of Ukraine: European
Cartography and Maps of Early Modern
Ukraine, 1550-1799, and The
Cossacks: Their Art and Style
will take place at the Museum on
Saturday and Sunday, October 11 and
12.  The program for the symposium is
as follows: 
                                     Saturday, October 11

10 a.m.&ndash;4:00 p.m., followed by
reception 
                                     Dr. George Gajecky,
historian 
The Cossack
Administration of the Hetmanate

                                     Professor Frank Sysyn
(University of Alberta) 
The
Image of the Hetman: Contending
Historical Evaluations of Bohdan
Khmel'nyts'kyi 
                                     Presentation of Mykhailo
Hrushevsky's History of
Ukraine-Rus', Vol. 9, Book 2,
Part 1: The Cossack Age,
1654-1657 (CIUS Press)

                                     Professor Serhii Plokhii
(Harvard University) 
The
Missing Mazepa: (Mis)understanding the
Cossack Icon 
                                     Professor Steven Seegel
(University of Northern Colorado) 
European Visions of Ukraine:
Introducing The Bohdan and Neonila
Krawciw Ucrainica Map Collection

                                     Sunday, October 12

2:00&ndash;3:30 p.m., followed by
reception and film screening

                                     Professor Natalia Pylypiuk
(University of Alberta &ndash;
Edmonton) 
The
"Look" of Early-Modern
Ukrainian Poetry 
                                     Professor Oleh Ilnytzkyj
(University of Alberta &ndash;
Edmonton) 
Debunking a Myth:
Gogol's Taras Bul'ba as a
Manifestation of "Russian
Nationalism" 
                                     Admission for both sessions
of the symposium is $35 (members and
seniors, $25; students, $15).
Single-day admission is $20 (members
and seniors, $15; students, $10).
Please note that Sunday admission
includes the screening of the film
A Kingdom Reborn: Treasures from
Ukrainian Galicia and a closing
reception (see "Encore"
below). 
                                     Reserve your tickets for
this or any Museum event by calling
212.228.0110. 
                                    
                                      FILM  
                                     A
presentation of the 2007 Canadian
documentary film
Â³äðîäæåííÿ
êîðîë³âñòâà:
ñêàðáè
Ãàëè÷èíè
(A Kingdom Reborn: Treasures from
Ukrainian Galicia), narrated in
Ukrainian, will take place on Sunday,
October 12, at 3:30 p.m. The original
English version of the film had its
New York premiere at the Museum on
September 27. 
                                    
                                        
                                                  Producer/director Dani
Stodilka and writer Peter
Bejger were on hand for
the New York premiere of
their film A Kingdom
Reborn: Treasures from
Ukrainian Galicia.

                                                
                                     Admission for
the film screening, including a
wine-and-cheese reception, is $15
(members and seniors, $10; students,
$5). Please note that admission is
complimentary for those attending the
Sunday session of the "Putting
Ukraine on the Map" symposium
(see above).  
                                    
                                
             The Ukrainian Museum e-news special
announcement 081011. 
            
            
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