"Contested By
Whom?:
Lemko Rusyns In
The Post-Communist World"
presented by
Bogdan Horbal
Saturday,
November 1, 2008, 2 - 4:00 pm
at
The Queens
Library, Long Island City Branch
37-44 21 Street
(&38th Avenue), Long Island City
Queens, New
York 11101
(718) 752-3700
You are
cordially invited to attend a program entitled "Contested
By Whom?: Lemko Rusyns In The Post-Communist World" on Saturday
November 1st at 2 p.m. at the Long Island City Branch Library in Queens
presented by Bogdan Horbal.
The Lemko people are a numerically small
and dispersed minority, which has experienced big changes in
post-Communist Poland. During the Communist period, all Lemkos were
administratively declared to be Ukrainian. However, the Rusyn
movement among the Lemkos officially reemerged in 1989 and the group
appears to be permanently divided. Lemko Rusyns are now recognized
by the authorities which provide funding for their cultural
activities. The Lemko Rusyn language has been codified and is taught
in public schools at all levels. Polish society appears to be
divided into those who extend moral support to the Lemko Rusyn
movement and those who treat all Lemkos as Ukrainians. The
attitude of most Ukrainian circles remains negative to the Rusyn
movement in general, and to the idea that Lemkos may actually be a
part of something other than the Ukrainian nation.
Bogdan Horbal
will guide the audience through this complex tangle of current
history and illuminate the issues involved. For further information
call (609)882-4872 or email
.
Free
Admission • Open to the Public • Refreshments will
be served
TRAVEL DIRECTIONS:
Bus: Q66, Q69,
Q102, Q103
Train: N, F, W,
7
Car: From
Manhattan Queensboro bridge to 21st Street to 38th Avenue.
From Queens, Queens Blvd to 21st Street to 38th Avenue.
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The Queens Library, Long Island City Branch
