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 […]
Read moreHREC is pleased to join the Temerty Foundation in sharing the news of a major gift from Helen and Paul Baszucki to promote understanding and awareness of the Holodomor. Release: Gift of Helen and Paul Baszucki to HREC
Read morePresenter: Andreea Kaltenbrunner, Institute of East European History (University of Vienna) Discussant: Alberto Basciani, Roma Tre University (Università Roma Tre) Andreea Kaltenbrunner holds a PhD in history from the University of Vienna. Her fields of research are Central and Eastern Europe, with a focus on anti-Semitisms and interwar Romanian history. She is currently a postdoctoral […]
Read morePresenter: Charley Boerman, Radboud University Discussant: Daria Mattingly, University of Cambridge, UK Charley Boerman is a PhD candidate at Radboud University, The Netherlands. Her PhD project Framing Famines: Memory, Museums and Visual Culture is part of a larger project, Heritages of Hunger: Societal Reflections on Past European Famines in Education, Commemoration and Musealisation, and explores the visual and material memory […]
Read moreJoin screenwriter Andrea Chalupa in a conversation with Marta Baziuk, Executive Director of HREC, about the inspiration for and making of the film Mr. Jones and its relevance today. To register visit: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uoWNIruuTJqRjfwGDbCJew
Read moreThe Holodomor Research and Education Consortium (HREC) announces the launch of the online Holodomor Photo Directory. Most of the more than 100 authenticated photographs featured in the Directory were taken surreptitiously by foreigners visiting or working in Ukraine in 1932-33 and smuggled out. The Directory also includes a rare collection by a local photographer documenting […]
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HREC was consulted on preparations for the unveiling of Toronto’s Holodomor Memorial Parquette, a permanent memorial to the victims of the Holodomor. The memorial unveiling, held on October 21, marked a milestone for Toronto’s Ukrainian community. The event was attended by distinguished guests including Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, Mayor of Toronto John […]
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