Announcements
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Accepting Nominations for the Conquest Prize for Contribution to Holodomor Studies
The Holodomor Research and Education Consortium (HREC), a project of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, is accepting nominations for the Conquest Prize for Contribution to Holodomor Studies. The $2,500 CAD prize is awarded on a biennial basis to the author of an outstanding article that contributes to a fuller understanding of […]
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HREC Announces 2022-23 Temerty Postdoctoral Fellow In Holodomor Studies, Henry Prown
HREC is pleased to announce that Dr. Henry H. Prown has been named the 2022-23 Temerty Postdoctoral Fellow in Holodomor Studies. Dr. Prown, who was recently awarded a PhD in American Studies from the College of William & Mary, is a specialist in the relationship between Stalinism and the American media during the Great Depression. […]
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Roundtable “Russia’s War on Ukraine in the Context of Genocide”
On April 29, HREC held the online roundtable “Russia’s War on Ukraine in the Context of Genocide” featuring leading experts on genocide Dirk Moses (University of North Carolina), Francine Hirsch (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Douglas S. Irvin-Erickson (George Mason University) and Erin Farrell Rosenberg (University of Cincinnati). HREC aimed with the roundtable to prompt consideration of Russia’s war on […]
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HREC Non-Residential Research Grants for Ukrainian Scholars
The Holodomor Research and Education Consortium invites applications for its non-residential research grants program for scholars in Ukraine. Grants will be made for a period from 1 to 3 months and will provide a stipend of $1,000 CAD per month. Applications will be considered that propose research that expands our knowledge and understanding of the Holodomor; […]
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Holodomor Remembrance Day
In April each year, Ukrainians worldwide traditionally visit cemeteries to remember the dead with special memorial ceremonies held the week after Easter, when victims of the Holodomor are specifically remembered. April Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month is recognized in Canada annually through a historic motion passed in 2015. During this month, we honour the memory of the victims of genocide whose survivors Canada has […]
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The River that Killed and Saved: Crossing the Dnister into Romania during the Era of Collectivization and Famine in Ukraine
Eduard Baidaus will be giving a lecture on Thursday, 14 April 2022, 10:00 a.m. Edmonton time. This will be a joint CIUS/HREC event with the U of A’s Department of History, Classics, and Religion. The presentation focuses on the unsuccessful and successful attempts of Soviet citizens, especially inhabitants of the Moldavian ASSR in the Ukrainian SSR, to cross the border […]
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Now Available – How People Live in Soviet Russia: Impressions from a Journey
HREC is making available in English a translation of the account of Mendel Osherowitch, originally in Yiddish, of his visit to Soviet Ukraine in February/March 1932. Osherowitch provides first-hand descriptions of the beginning of what has come to be known as the Holodomor, the genocidal Great Famine of 1932-33 in Soviet Ukraine. He describes widespread […]
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Now Available — Genocide: The Power and Problems of a Concept
This volume contains articles based on papers presented at the conference “Genocide in Twentieth-Century History: The Power and the Problems of an Interpretive, Ethical-Political, and Legal Concept,” which was held in October 2018 at the University of Toronto and organized by HREC together with the Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies at the University of […]
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HREC Research Grants 2022-2023
The Holodomor Research and Education Consortium (HREC) announces its 2022 Research Grants Competition. Grants are intended to support research that expands our knowledge and understanding of the Holodomor; publication and translation of research results; preservation of and increasing access to materials; and organization of and participation in academic forums. Deadline: April 15, 2022 https://www.ualberta.ca/canadian-institute-of-ukrainian-studies/funding-and-awards/cius-research-grants.html
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Temerty Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Holodomor Studies
The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies is pleased to announce the 2022-23 Temerty Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Holodomor Studies. Offered under the auspices of its Holodomor Education and Research Consortium (HREC) for the academic year of 2022–23, the fellowship supports the study of and expansion of knowledge about the Holodomor. Applications are welcome from scholars in […]
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