Course organiser:Mary Carnegie
‘Eastern Europe and beyond’ offers countries enough for a year of fascinating courses. Here is our pick of five.
27 Sep:
Edward & Ludmila Sakowski: Leaving Poland and beginning anew. The Sakowskis are art restorers who fled their native Poland. They will talk about leaving Poland and beginning a career in Art Restoration in New Zealand.
4 Oct:
Joe Studholme: Ukraine and Chernobyl. Joe first went to Russia in 1978 at the invitation of the Russian Dept of Agriculture to talk to state and collective farms about NZ farming. Since then he has been on numerous occasions to the Ukraine, where he has organised medical equipment for the Chernobyl Relief Fund.
11 Oct:
Dr Terry Heiler: Central Asia. Terry, who has a PhD in agricultural engineering, has worked in many Asian countries. He will talk about Central Asia after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
18 Oct:
Dr Evgeny Pavlov: Putin's Russia. Dr Pavlov is a Senior Lecturer at University of Canterbury and a graduate of Moscow University.
25 Oct:
Dr Bob and Joanne Gumbrell: Mongolia. Dr Gumbrell is a veterinarian with long experience in NZ and the UK. The Gumbrells recently went to work for a few weeks with their son, who is working near Ulaan Baator in Mongolia, upskilling the local veterinarians.