100th anniversary of the Western Ukrainian Republic

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the independence of the Western Ukrainian Republic and its unification with the Ukrainian National Republic, the Shevchenko Scientific Society in America, the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S. and the Ukrainian Institute of America are sponsoring a conference in New York City. The conference will feature three presentations. Oleh Pavlyshyn (Ukraine): “The establishment of the Ukrainian government in Eastern Galicia and state building in the Western Ukrainian Republic;” Orest Popovych (U.S.A): “November 1918 in the light of family reminiscences;” Ihor Hyrych (Ukraine): “Contentious questions in contemporary interpretations of the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917-1921.”