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Program: ‘Za Samostinist’-Ukraine’s Century of Struggle for Independence


Ukraine's Century of Struggle to Secure Independence

 


A UA Historical Encounters Series Event:


Taking Measure of Milestones in Modern


Ukrainian Military History


1917-2017


 


DAY ONE


Venue: SHCFR Conference Room/1st Floor


MI-ASU/1777 F Street NW Washington DC


12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Registration


12:30 PM – 01:00 PM Focus Session One: Why Measure Must Be Taken


Speaker: Valeriy Chaly [Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States]


01:00 PM – 3:00 PM Panel Session One: Antecedents to the Struggle (1900-1917)


Moderator: Lubomyr Hajda [Senior Advisor to the Director/Harvard Ukrainian Researcher Institute]


Panelists:


Anna Procyk [Professor of History/KBCC/City University of New York] 


Pavel Podobyed [Deputy Director/Institute for National Military Historical Monuments]                      


Hüseyin Oylupinar [Lecturer/International Relations/Izmir University of Economics]



Suggested Topics:



Ukrainian Sich Rifleman [Austro-Hungarian Empire] 



Ukrainian Military Club [Russian Empire]



Union for the Liberation of Ukraine [Ottoman Vector]


03:00 PM – 05:00 PM Panel Session Two: A First Effort (1917-1923)


Moderator: 


Lada Kolomiyets [Fulbright Visiting Scholar/Penn State University | Taras Shevchenko University]


Panelists:


Mark Von Hagen [Professor of History and Interim Director/Melikian Center/Arizona State University] 


Mykhailo Koval’chuk [[Senior Researcher/National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine]                            


Hakan Kirimli [Professor of History & CRS Director/Bilkent University]



Suggested Topics:



Ukrainska Narodna Respublikanska Armiya (UNRA)



Ukrainska Halychska Armiya (UHA)



Military Formations in Southern Ukraine/Crimean Tatar Aspirations


5:00 PM – 5:30 PM Focus Session Two: Preparations for a Second Effort (1921-1939) (Abroad


Speaker: Yaroslav Faizulyn [Research Fellow/National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine]


DAY TWO


Venue: Rockefeller-Petersen Conference Room/2nd Floor


MI-ASU/1777 F Street NW Washington DC


09:30 AM – 10:00 AM     Focus Session Two: Preparations for a Second Effort (1921-1939) (In Country)


Speaker: 


Serhii Kvit [Stanford University Senior Fellow & Minister of Education of Ukraine 2014-2016]


10:30 AM – 1:30 AM Panel Session Three: A Second Effort (1939-1950)


 Moderator:


Jars Balan [Interim Director/Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies/University of Alberta]


 Panelists:


Oleksandr Pahirya [Senior Researcher/’Prison on Lonsky Street’ National Memorial Museum]


Volodymyr Vyatrovych [Director/Ukrainian Institute of National Memory]


Vladyslav Hrynevych [Senior Researcher/National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine]



Suggested Topics:



Karpatska Sich



Ukrainska Povstann'ska Armiya (UPA) 



Ukrainian Liberators of Auschwitz & Berlin


11:30 AM – 12:00 AM Focus Session Three: In Preparation for a Third Effort (1986-1991) 


Speaker: Kostyantyn Morozov [Minister of Defense of Ukraine 1991-1993]


12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Lunch


12:30 PM – 02:30 PM Panel Session: The Third Effort (1991-2017) 


Moderator:


Orest Deychakiwsky [Senior Policy Advisor (ret.)/CSCE & BOD Member/US-Ukraine Foundation]


Panelists:


Mariana Budjeryn [Research Fellow/ Belfer Center/JFK School/Harvard University]


Leonid Polyakov [Chairman/Board of Experts/Centre for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies] 


Phillip Karber [President/Potomac Foundation]



Suggested Topics:



First Years of the Modern Ukrainian Armed Forces/Budapest Memorandum 



Peacekeeping Duties in West Africa, the Balkans (IFOR-KFOR) & Iraq



The Russo-Ukrainian Conflict

 


02:30 PM – 04:30 PM Final Panel Session: What the Future May Hold 


Moderator: 


Anders Corr [Principal & Chief Editor/Journal of Political Risk]


Panelists:


Gen. Ihor Kolesnyk [Deputy Head/General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces] 


Gen. John Abizaid [Special US Military Advisor to President Poroshenko]


Amb. John Herbst [Director/Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center/Atlantic Council]



Suggested Topics:



A Successful Conclusion to the Current Anti-Terror Operation (ATO)



The Ability to Fully Contain Future Threats to Ukraine’s Sovereignty



Leadership in the Black Sea Security Zone/Membership in the Euro-Atlantic Community


4:30 PM – 05:00 PM Final Focus Session: An Exercise Worth Remembering


Speaker: Arsen Avakov [Minister of the Internal Affairs of Ukraine][INVITED]


4:30 PM – 05:00 PM     Speakers’ Reception


Venue:  CUSUR/AFPC 509 C Street NE Washington DC


Host: Andrew Futey [President/Ukrainian Congress Committee of America]