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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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Holodomor Programming at the Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine
HREC sponsored Holodomor content at the Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine at the University of Ottawa, a prestigious annual event in Ukrainian studies, bringing together international researchers working in the social sciences and humanities related to Ukraine. A highlight of the seminar was a session with Anne Applebaum, entitled “Researching the Holodomor: A Conversation […]
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Holodomor Roundtable at the Oral History Association Convention
HREC organized a roundtable panel titled “The Holodomor Remembered: New Critical Approaches to Oral Historical Research on the Man-Made Famine in Ukraine in 1932–33” at the annual conference of the Oral History Association, held at Concordia University in Montreal. Oral history is now a developed academic field, and the topics of genocide and the Holocaust […]
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New Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Holodomor, CSEEES Conference
HREC supported this international scholarly conference organized by the Centre for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies (CSEEES) at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in collaboration with the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute and the Ukrainian Association of North Carolina. Valentina Kuryliw, Director of Education at Holodomor Research and Education Consortium, conducted a Teacher […]
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Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Slavists
HREC Research Director Bohdan Klid organized a panel on the Holodomor at the conference of the Canadian Association of Slavists titled, “The Ukrainian Famine of 1932–33: New Perspectives. The papers and presenters were as follows: Bohdan Klid, “Knocking Sense into the Heads of Ukraine’s farmers: The Holodomor as Punishment”; HREC’s Andrij Makuch, “Anne Applebaum’s Red […]
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What Does “Never Again” Really Mean?
The second event in the community event series was a conference held at St. Vladimir Institute in Toronto, featuring genocide survivors and descendants of survivors, as well as a panel on education that included Olesia Stasiuk, general director of the Holodomor Victims’ Memorial National Museum in Kyiv. The event was featured in the Ukrainian Canadian Congress blog […]
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What Does “Never Again” Really Mean?: The Importance of Genocide Education in Fighting Hate
In April, in recognition of Genocide Awareness, Condemnation, and Prevention Month, HREC partnered with the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, the Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs, the Armenian National Committee of Canada, and the Humura Association to organize a series of events on the importance of genocide education. Marta Baziuk was a speaker on a panel […]
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Conference on Holocaust and Genocide
HREC sponsored a Holodomor panel at a conference on the Holocaust and Genocide at Millersville University in Pennsylvania (April 11–13), featuring panelists Olga Bertelsen (Columbia University), on “Starvation and Violence Amid the Soviet Politics of Silence: The 1928–1929 Famine in Ukraine”; Bohdan Klid (University of Alberta), on “Knocking Sense into the Heads of Ukraine’s Farmers: […]
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