Announcements
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Available Now: Recording of the 2022 Toronto Annual Ukrainian Famine Lecture
If you missed out on the 2022 Toronto Annual Ukrainian Famine Lecture, then you’re in luck! Watch the recorded lecture at the link below. LINK Speaker: Daria Mattingly, University of Cambridge and Leverhulme Early Career Fellow In her lecture, Dr. Mattingly explored how the Holodomor offers a key to understanding the current war in Ukraine, both […]
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Available Now: Recordings of the Holodomor in Global Perspective Conference
The conference The Holodomor in Global Perspective took place September 28-29, 2022, at the University of Cambridge (UK). Although the Holodomor affected global economics, politics, and international relations and was covered in hundreds of press accounts, its role in global history has yet to receive adequate attention. Presenters at the conference will address aspects of […]
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Russia’s War against Ukraine and Global Food Security
Date: Friday, August 26, 2022 Time: 12-1:00 pm EST Location: Online Event Speakers: Janetta Azarieva, Research Fellow, The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Oleg Nivievskyi, Assistant Professor at Kyiv School of Economics and a coordinator of the UaFoodTrade Research Project conducted jointly with the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies […]
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WINTERKILL: A Tale of Survival During the Holodomor by Marsha Skrypuch
WINTERKILL, by acclaimed Ukrainian Canadian author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, is a moving story for middle-grade students set during the Holodomor. In her novel, Marsha manages to interweave the history of the period while telling a gripping tale of unity, perseverance, and the irrepressible will to survive. HREC Education is providing funding to support 30 schools in hosting […]
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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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