U.S. FULBRIGHT STUDENT SPRING RETREAT
April 22-23, 2013, Ukrainian Catholic University
Lviv, Ilariona Sventsitskoho st., 17, Conference Hall, 4th floor
Monday, April 22
10:00 – 10:20
Opening Remarks and Program Overview
Marta Kolomayets, Director, Fulbright Program in Ukraine
10:20 – 11:30
Dr. Volodymyr Turchynovskyy, Vice Rector for Strategic Planning, UCU
“Universities in the Global World. Some Challenges and Opportunities”
Zenia Kushpeta, Founder of Organizations that Serve People with Special Needs, UCU
“Living and Working with Our Ambassadors of Human Relations”
Mariya Tytarenko, Director of the Master’s Degree Program in Media Communication, Associate
Professor of Journalism and Media Communications, School of Journalism, UCU
“Perspectives of Journalism Education in Ukraine”
Roman Vaskiv, Director, School of Ukrainian Language and Culture, UCU
“Discover Ukraine with UCU. Study Abroad Programs”
11:30 – 11:50
11:50 – 12:20
Coffee break
Andrew Nynka, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
“Examining the Intersection of Political and Normative Journalism Theory in Ukraine: How the Press
and the Public Affect Democratic Discourse Online”
12:20 – 12:50
Valentyn Dihtyarenko, Graduate Student, School of Journalism, UCU
“Discourse of Christian Values in a Secular Ukrainian Press in the U.S. in 1950 – 1960”
12:50 – 13:15
Discussion.
Discussants:
Marta Kolomayets, Director, Fulbright Program in Ukraine
Mariya Tytarenko, Director of the Master’s Degree Program in Media Communication, Assistant
Professor of Journalism and Media Communications, School of Journalism, UCU
Dr. Mark James, U.S. Fulbright Scholar 2011/13, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
Dr. Stephen Bloom, U.S. Fulbright Scholar 2012/13, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Natalia Feduschak, U.S. Fulbright Scholar 2004/05, Columbia University, New York, NY
13:15 – 14:15
14:15 – 14:45
Lunch
Joel Kabot, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
“An American Writer in Galicia: Novel Research in Western Ukraine”
14:45 – 15:15
Talia Lavin, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
“Eliakim the Madman: Translating Ben-Avigdor's Novella, 124 Years Later”
15:15 – 15:30
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee break
Kathryn David, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
“Cultural Life as Civil Society: The Case of Odessa's Secular Jewish Youth Community”
16:00 – 16:30
Deborah Jones, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
“Words to Sow: Language, Property, and Place in Former Collective Farming Communities”
16:30 – 17:00
Discussion. Discussants:
Marta Kolomayets, Director, Fulbright Program in Ukraine
Taras Luchuk, Fulbright Scholar Alumnus 2005/06, Lviv Ivan Franko National University
Dr. Mark James, U.S. Fulbright Scholar 2011-2013, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
Dr. Stephen Bloom, U.S. Fulbright Scholar 2012/13, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Summaries: Marta Kolomayets, Director, Fulbright Program in Ukraine
17:00 – 17:30
Tuesday, April 23
10:00 – 10:30
Dr. Yaroslav Hrytsak, Chairperson, Department of Modern and Contemporary History of Ukraine, UCU
“State of the Nation: Ukraine 2013”
10:30 – 11:00
Michael Fedynsky, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
“The Anti-Soviet Dissident Movement in Ukraine”
11:00 – 11:30
Dmytro Sherengovsky, Manager of International Academic Relations Department, UCU
“Constructing New International Systems: the Project of a Global Society”
11:30 – 11:45
11:45 – 12:15
Coffee break
Nelly Kholtobina, 3rd year student, Department of Humanities, UCU
“Theory of Mental Cartography”
12:15 – 12:45
Charitie Hyman, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
“From Art Fields to Urban Landscape: Youth, Symbolism, and Performance in Ukraine”
12:45 – 13:15
Discussion. Discussants:
Marta Kolomayets, Director, Fulbright Program in Ukraine
Natalia Kovalchuk, Associate Professor, Department of Modern and Contemporary History, Assistant
Dean for International Relations, UCU
Taras Luchuk, Fulbright Scholar Alumnus 2005/06, Lviv Ivan Franko National University
Olena Haleta, Fulbright Scholar Alumnus 2010/11, Lviv Ivan Franko National University
Dr. Mark James, U.S. Fulbright Scholar 2011/13, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
Dr. Stephen Bloom, U.S. Fulbright Scholar 2012/13, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
13:15 – 14:00
14:00 – 14:30
Lunch
Jack Morton, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Beth Ciaravolo, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
“West Meets East Meets West: Teaching English Across Ukraine”
14:30 – 15:00
Boris Chiporukha, St. John's University, New York, NY
“Development of Health Tourism in Crimea: the Potential for Foreign and Local Investment”
15:00 – 15:15
15:15 – 15:45
Coffee break
Alla Dziuma, Boston University, Boston, MA
“Behavioral Evaluation of Reproductive Health Decisions”
15:45 – 16:15
Discussion. Discussants:
Marta Kolomayets, Director, Fulbright Program in Ukraine
Dr. Mark James, U.S. Fulbright Scholar 2011/13, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
Dr. Stephen Bloom, U.S. Fulbright Scholar 2012/13, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Oleksandra Khudoba, Associate Professor, Lviv Regional Institute of Public Administration, National
Academy of Public Administration, Office of the President of Ukraine
16:15 – 16:45
Summaries: Marta Kolomayets, Director, Fulbright Program in Ukraine