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Cambridge Ukrainian Studies offers students and the wider public an array of public events throughout the year. Highlights of our annual programme are:

The Annual Cambridge Festival of Ukrainian Film

Now in its fourth year, the Annual Cambridge Festival of Ukrainian Film features the best of Ukrainian cinema as well as international documentary features about Ukraine. The First Annual Festival, 'At the Crossroads,' featured the British premiere of Oles' Sanin's Mamai; the Second Annual Festival featured the British premiere of Serhii Bukovs'kyi's The Living; and the Third Annual Festival featured the British premiere of the project Jerks - Arabesques. The Fourth Annual Festival featured new work by four talented filmmakers -- all of whom were on hand to discuss their work in Cambridge.

The Annual Stasiuk Lecture in Contemporary Ukrainian Studies

Initiated in 2003 with the kind support of the Stasiuk Programme at the University of Alberta, the Annual Stasiuk Lecture in Contemporary Ukrainian Studies explores the internal dynamics and international implications of events in today's Ukraine and features the foremost experts in the fields of Ukrainian politics, history, and society.

The Annual Vsesvit Readings in Celebration of Literary Translation

The Annual Vsesvit Readings were begun in 2011 to celebrate the art of literary translation and the mission of the journal Vsesvit (The Universe), the oldest active literary journal in Ukraine. Founded in 1925 by Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Vasyl' Blakytnyi, and Mykola Khvyl'ovyi, the journal has translated over 4,000 works from 98 literatures of the world into the Ukrainian language.

The Vsesvit Evening, held in the Chapel of Robinson College, Cambridge, consists of musical performances and literary readings of texts in the original language and in English and Ukrainian translation. The readings are performed by the students and academic staff of Cambridge's Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages. Languages read include Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, Hebrew, Italian, Turkish, and Catalan.

International Conferences, Workshops, and Symposia

Cambridge Ukrainian Studies hosts regular international conferences and workshops that seek to advance the field of Ukrainian Studies and to promote intellectual exchange about Ukraine around the world. Highlights of the 2011-12 academic year were the workshop Independent Ukraine: Twenty Years On, whose keynote speaker was Oles' Donii (former leader of the student movement in support of independence), and the symposium A Hidden History of Soviet Cinema: The Legacy of Ihor Savchenko.