Ukrainian Historical Encounters Series” Special Event: The Ukrainian Experience in 1945 – A 75th Year Retrospective

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Prime Venue: Ukrainian Institute of America 
Webinar Coordinator: Andrij Dobriansky (UCCA)
Webinar Moderator: Wolodymyr Zaryckyj (CUSUR)

10:00 am – 10:25 am — Focus Session I: Forum Word of Welcome

   Host: Ukrainian Institute of America President Kathy Nalywaiko

         First Word:  Consul General of Ukraine Oleksii Holubov

10:25 am – 11:55 am — Discussion Session I:  The Ukrainian Experience Points West of Ukraine (1945)

Chair: Alexander Motyl [Rutgers University]

Topic One: Ukrainians as Ost-arbiters and Nazi Concentration Camp Inmates

Presenter: Olesya Isayuk [Center for the Study of the UA Liberation Movement]

Topic Two: Ukrainians Serving with the Allied Military Forces

Presenter: Lubomyr Luciuk [Royal Military College of Canada] 

Topic Three: Ukrainians in the ‘Western Diaspora’

Presenter: Laryssa Kyj  [Rowan University/United Ukrainian American Relief Committee]

11:55 am – 12:30 pm — Focus Session II: Taking Note of the 75^thAnniversary of the ‘Ukrainian Quarterly’

Chair:  Ukrainian National Association Treasurer Roma Lisovich

       Featured Speaker: Ukrainian Quarterly Chief Editor Ihor Dlaboha 

12:30 pm – 2:10 pm — Discussion Session II — The Ukrainian Experience in Ukraine and Points East (1945) 

Chair:  Lubomyr Hajda [Harvard University]

Topic One: Ukrainians in Western Ukraine – Civilian Life/Military Formations (1945)

Presenter: Ivan Patrilyak [Taras Shevchenko University]

Topic Two: Ukrainians in Eastern Ukraine – Civilian Life/Military Formations (1945)

Presenter: Hennadi Ivanuschenko [Ukrainian Information Service]

Topic Three: Ukrainians in the Various GULAGS of the Soviet Union (1945)

Presenter: Lesya Bondaryk [Institute of National Memory]

Special Word About the Crimean Tatars by the Chair

2:10 pm – 2:45 pm — Discussion Session III  — Ukrainians in Allied Displaced Persons Camps (1945)

Chair: Albert Kipa [Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences]

       Featured Speaker:  Taras Hunczak [Rutgers University]

2:45 pm – 3:00 pm — Focus Session III:  A Final Word on the Subject

Closing Remarks: Ukrainian World Congress President Paul Grod 

Sponsors:
Ukrainian Institute of America
Ukrainian National Association
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America
Ukrainian American Bar Association
Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences
Shevchenko Scientific Society
Center for US-Ukrainian Relations