Sponsored Events
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Andrey Shlyakhter (Petro Jacyk Visiting Scholar – Virtual Engagement): Borderness and Famine: Why did Fewer People Die in Soviet Ukraine’s Western Border Districts During the Holodomor, 1932-34?
Chair and Moderator: Ksenya Kiebuzinski (PJP Co-Director and Head of the Petro Jacyk Central & East European Resource Centre, and Slavic Resources Coordinator, the University of Toronto Libraries) While the Holodomor affected all of Soviet Ukraine, not all regions suffered equally. Drawing on archives in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, as well as witness testimonies, my research demonstrates that […]
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Lubomyr Luciuk | What Mendel Osherowitch saw: Ukraine during the Holodomor
Professor Lubomyr Luciuk will discuss How People Live in Soviet Russia: Impressions from a Journey, Mendel Osherowitch’s account of his visit to Soviet Ukraine in 1932 at a time when millions of Ukrainians were dying of starvation. Professor Luciuk edited the volume, newly translated from the Yiddish, which has been described as “one of the most penetrating and moving accounts of […]
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“The Holodomor: 85 Years Later” Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine
HREC sponsored panels at the Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine at the University of Ottawa in recognition of the 85th anniversary of the Holodomor. The seminar is an annual forum and an important venue in Ukrainian studies, bringing together international researchers working in the social sciences and humanities related to Ukraine. Presenters included Oleh […]
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Ukraine’s Place in Europe: Toward a new understanding of interwar Ukrainian history (1921-1939)
This event, organized together with the Shevchenko Scientific Society and sponsored by: BCU Foundation and Ukrainian Cultural Centre Toronto, featured eminent Polish-Ukrainian Ola Hnatiuk and Roman Wysocki, who discussed their publishing project “Ukraine. Europe: 1921-1939,” the aim of which is to publish little-known documents that counteract falsifications of history, including a volume dedicated to documents […]
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Holodomor Panel at the 2019 Conference of Canadian Association of Slavists
At a panel organized by HREC at the conference of the Canadian Association of Slavists (CAS) titled, “Cold War Politics and Memory of the Holodomor” featured a paper by HREC’s Bohdan Klid discussing Ukrainian testimonies related to the US Select Committee on Communist Aggression in 1954; Oksana Vynnyk presenting on representations of Holodomor “victims,” “perpetrators,” […]
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Holodomor Programming at the 2019 SUSK Conference (Ukrainian Canadian Students’ Union)
HREC supported a day of Holodomor-related programming at the congress of the Ukrainian Canadian Students’ Union (SUSK), held in Winnipeg. The congress was attended by more than fifty student leaders from across Canada. HREC provided SUSK a grant of $6,000 to fund bursaries toward the costs of travel to Winnipeg from Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, […]
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Consumption in Soviet Ukraine in the 1920–1930s: Between Ideology and Survival
Dr. Iryna Skubii is an Associate Professor at the Petro Vasylenko Kharkiv National Technical University of Agriculture. Her research project focuses on material culture and the experiences of children during the Holodomor. Dr. Skubii presented her research on material culture in Ukraine in the 1920–1930s.
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International Forum on the Holodomor “Ukraine Remembers, The World Recognizes”
HREC took active part in the 85th anniversary Holodomor commemorations in Ukraine, in particular, as panelists at the International Forum “Ukraine Remembers, The World Acknowledges,” held November 22–23, 2018, at Ukrainian House in Kyiv and organized by the National Institute of Memory of Ukraine and the Government of Ukraine. HREC’s Ms. Baziuk, Dr. Klid, Dr. […]
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Holodomor Commemoration at the Sheptytsky Institute
At a Holodomor commemoration event organized by the Sheptytsky Institute, HREC Research Associate Anastasia Leshchyshyn presented on the Holodomor photo directory project, undertaken together with librarian Lana Babij. The documentary film “Voices of Survivors” was screened, and director Ariadna Ochrymovych was present and responded to questions from the audience. HREC provided research support in the […]
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Film Screening of “Hunger for Truth”
At a Holodomor commemoration event held by the University of Toronto – Mississauga’s Ukrainian Students’ Club, HREC’s Anastasia Leshchyshyn presented on a HREC photo directory project that will feature authenticated photographs from the Holodomor era. The event also featured a screening of the film “Hunger for Truth,” produced by the Holodomor National Awareness Tour, which […]
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