Join the C-RRC at the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where a wide range of scholars will present their work on Carpatho-Rusyn history, language, and literature.
Presenters include:
- Thomas Bird (CUNY-Queens College)
- Elena Boudovskaia (Georgetown University)
- Wayles Browne (Cornell University)
- Sándor Foldvari (University of Debrecen)
- Bogdan Horbal (New York Public Library)
- Edward Kasinec (Columbia University)
- Pat Krafcik (Evergreen State College)
- Nick Kupensky (Yale University)
- Sarah Latanyshyn (University of California-Santa Barbara)
- Paul Robert Magocsi (University of Toronto)
- Robert Rothstein (University of Massachusetts-Amhearst)
- Elaine Rusinko (University of Maryland-Baltimore County)
- Maria Silvestri (Timo Foundation)
The conference will take place from November 19th to 22nd at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. Visit http://www.aseees.org for more information.
The same weekend, on Sunday, November 22nd at the Bohemian National Hall in New York City, Paul Robert Magocsi, scholar and a major force behind the modern Carpatho-Rusyn revival, will discuss present-day instability in Eastern Europe made worse by the interest of Putin’s Russia and Orban’s Hungary in Ukraine’s Transcarpathian region (historic Subcarpathian Oblast), territory of former Czechoslovakia until 1939. He will also introduce his latest book With Their Backs to the Mountains: A History of the Carpathian Rus’ and Carpatho-Rusyns. The event is free and open to the public.
Visit http://www.bohemiannationalhall.com/…/en/ev/823/page/0 for more information.
Finally, Nick Kupensky will lead the inaugural walking tour of Emil Kubek’s Mahanoy City on Sunday, November 22nd. Kubek, who lived and worked in Mahanoy City from 1904 to 1940, is one of the most prolific Carpatho-Rusyn writers. While his poetry and prose are taught in European universities, he remains a relatively unknown figure in North America. The walking tour will visit the places in Mahanoy City that inspired his work, including St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church, the West End Cafe, West Railroad Street, the former location of John Žinčak Smith’s grocery store, the former location of the American Rusyn Messenger, John Žinčak Smith’s beautiful mansion, and St. Mary’s Cemetery (where Kubek and Smith are both buried). Additionally, Drew Skitko from the Philadelphia Opera will perform a musical adaptation of Kubek’s “My Native Land,” which was set to music by the Carpatho-Rusyn cantor Michal Bilansky. A reception featuring traditional Carpatho-Rusyn cuisine and Hungarian wine will follow the event. Emil Kubek’s Mahanoy City is free and open to the public.
For information about how to attend, contact Nick Kupensky at nkupensk@bucknell.edu or visit www.kubekproject.wordpress.com