Ukrainian Institute of America

The Montreal Chapter of NTSh Canada / НТШ Канада invites yo to join their lecture by Dr. Adelina Yefimenko on December 6th at 2PM EST. Join the lecture: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85673337218

Track Holodomor History - a unique historical tour app about the #Holodomor. It includes memories of eyewitnesses, documents, archival photos and videos, audio, and illustrated narratives. The project was created by the Holodomor Museum (Нацональний музей Голодомору-геноциду) with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation (Укранський культурний фонд).

Today we celebrate the life of the greatest Ukrainian philosopher and poet Hryhoriy Skovoroda. Born on this day in 1722, he was educated at the Kyiv Mohyla Academy. Hryhoriy spent over 10 years in Kharkiv, teaching poetics, syntax, Greek, and ethics. After his dismissal from the college he abandoned any hope of securing a regular position and spent the rest of his life wandering about eastern Ukraine. Financial support from friends enabled him to devote himself to reflection ...Continue reading

Warme Arktische Nächte, a German-language translation of Warm Arctic Nights, the acclaimed novel by Yuriy Tarnawsky, was released in November 2020 by Edition Noëma, the belles-lettres imprint of ibidem-Verlag, an important publisher of scholarly literature of Stuttgart, Germany. The book was skillfully translated by Christian Weise in close cooperation with the author who spent his formative years in Germany. The book was originally published in English by JEF Books of Auror...a, Illinois in February of 2019 and launched at the Ukrainian Institute of America on March 8, 2019 on the occasion of the world-premiere screening of Olexandr Fraze-Frazenko's Casi Desnudo, a film about Yuriy Tarnawsky. A Ukrainian-language version of the book, Tepli polyarni nochi (Warm Polar Nights) in an authorized translation by Maksym Nestelieiev was published by the Kyiv publishing house Tempora and presented at the 26th Lviv Publishers’ Forum on September 21, 2019. The novel is a fictionalized, semi-autobiographical account of the first ten years of Yuriy Tarnawsky’s life, describing an idyllic childhood in pre-WW II Poland, where he was brought up, the politically and personally tragic war years in German-occupied Ukraine where the family had moved, and the horrific flight to the West, an experience many members of the Ukrainian diaspora have lived through. #BooksattheInstitute

As we kick off the 2020 holiday season, the Ukrainian Institute of America sends its best wishes for happy and healthy holidays to all. We invite you to join the #GivingTuesday movement on December 1, 2020 and help the Ukrainian Institute to support its mission! It is celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving. Ways to support the Institute: https://bit.ly/3fOnN2z ... Many thanks to all of the members and friends of the UIA who have continued to support the Institute during this incredibly challenging time for all. We are humbled by your generosity and are most appreciative of your steadfast commitment to our organization. For over seven decades, the Ukrainian Institute has continued to promote, through educational, professional and social activities, a greater awareness, knowledge and appreciation of Ukraine’s and Ukrainians’ rich culture, history and accomplishments. As a National Historic Landmark located in the midst of Museum Mile, the building that is home to the Institute plays a significant role in helping draw visitors and heightening general interest in Ukraine and its culture. The Ukrainian Institute is a steward of one of America’s architectural treasures. Through our preservation work, the Ukrainian Institute guarantees that generations of Ukrainian Americans, as well as the global community, are able to enjoy an architectural masterpiece. Over its existence the success of the Ukrainian Institute has been due to Mr. William Dzus, the founder of the Ukrainian Institute, the Institute’s members and its benefactors. We continue to depend on generous gifts from our members and friends.