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HREC promotes the research, study, and understanding of the Holodomor – the Famine in Ukraine of 1932-33. HREC was established in 2013 by the Temerty Foundation at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian

Holodomor Research and Education ConsortiumCanadian Institute of Ukrainian StudiesUniversity of Alberta promotes the research, study, and understanding of the Holodomor – the Famine in Ukraine of 1932-33. HREC was established in 2013 by the Temerty Foundation at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS), University of Alberta. The HREC mandate is carried out by staff in a Toronto office, CIUS staff in Edmonton, and researchers in Ukraine. Announcements Online Course “Famine as Genocide: “The Holodomor in Ukraine” The Holodomor Research and Education Consortium (HREC) announces the launch of its new online course titled Famine as Genocide in the 20th Century: The Case of the Holodomor. The 13-module course is accessible at no cost on the Coursera platform, offering a vital resource for scholars, students, and the public alike to explore Ukrainian […] Read more How to Hide a Famine – The Holodomor as History and Heuristic The Toronto Annual Ukrainian Famine Lecture will take place on November 10 (Monday), 7 PM, in-person in the Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto and online via Zoom. This year’s speaker is Dr. Henry Prown, the Temerty Postdoctoral Fellow in Holodomor Studies at University of Alberta (2022-25), a specialist in the relationship […] Read more HREC Research Grants 2025-2026 The HREC Research Grants Competition aims to expand knowledge and understanding of the Holodomor by supporting academic research, publishing research results, preserving materials, and organizing and participating in academic venues. Examples of research that could be supported include the policies of foreign governments during collectivization and the Holodomor; the Holodomor at the national and sub-national […] Read more HREC announces prize winner of 2025 Conquest Prize The winners of the 2025 Conquest Prize for Contribution to Holodomor Studies are Andrei Markevich, Natalya Naumenko, and Nancy Quian for their article “The Causes of Ukrainian Famine Mortality, 1932-33,” published by in Review of Economic Studies (September 2024). A jury of eminent specialists determined the winner of the $2500 CAD prize which is awarded […] Read more Toronto Annual Ukrainian Famine Lecture The Toronto Annual Ukrainian Famine Lecture will take place on November 4 (Monday), 7 PM, in-person in the Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto and online via Zoom. This year’s speaker is Alex de Waal, a world-renowned expert on famine, who will be speaking on famine denial throughout history. n-person in the […] Read more Events Volodymyr Maniak Collection The collection features valuable witness accounts gathered in the late 1980s by journalist Volodymyr Maniak View Collection HREC Online Photo Directory The directory features more than 100 authenticated photographs from the Holodomor are. Go to Directory Volodymyr Maniak Collection The collection features valuable witness accounts gathered in the late 1980s by journalist Volodymyr Maniak View Collection HREC Online Photo Directory The directory features more than 100 authenticated photographs from the Holodomor are. Go to Directory OUR DIVISIONS The HREC Research component conducts and promotes research on the Holodomor and related topics and engages scholars and institutions across disciplines through conferences, grants competitions, fellowships, translation and publication programs, and other initiatives. The HREC Education component furthers the study and teaching of the Holodomor through six streams: resource development, educator training workshops, presentations, outreach, promotion, and consulting. HREC ED promotes the inclusion of the Holodomor in curricula and at educational institutions through a multidisciplinary approach that encourages the development of critical and historical thinking skills. HREC ED develops instructional materials and trains educators across Canada, the USA, and Ukraine in best practices for teaching the Holodomor and works with ministries of education, school boards, administrators, and history and social studies curriculum leaders. About HREC HREC/CIUS Publications Україна Модерна, No. 30, 2021 Supported by the Peter Jacyk Program for the Study of Modern Ukrainian History and Society at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, the scholarly journal Ukraina Moderna is one of the leading historical journals in Ukraine Its special issue no 30 for 2021 is dedicated to the topic of the archival collections on the Holodomor outside the former Soviet Union Order the Book The Holodomor Through the Eyes of Ukraine’s Scholars: Essays on the Famine-Genocide of 1932–1933 in Soviet Ukraine Since Ukraine’s independence in 1991, the study of the Holodomor has resulted in thousands of publications by Ukrainian authors, both popular and scholarly Yet the international academic community is largely unfamiliar with these works This volume of twelve translated essays makes available writings by Ukraine’s scholars to a wider English-language readership and is of value not only to those researching the Holodomor but also to those interested more broadly in Ukrainian and Soviet history Order the Book Documenting the Famine of 1932–33 in Ukraine This collection of articles breaks new ground in Holodomor scholarship, presenting archival sources that in many cases are little known or completely unexplored The articles are organized in four sections: new explorations of archival collections; responses of Western governments to events in Ukraine in 1932-33; the international response to the Famine; and perspectives for future exploration Researchers share their knowledge of the archives of foreign affairs ministries in countries that maintained diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union in the 1930s, including Japan and the United States Order the Book Empire, Colonialism, and Famine in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries The essays in this volume examine the often-overlooked connection between empire building, imperial rule, and mass starvation While droughts and other natural disasters can lead to serious food shortages, a decline in food availability need not result in wide-scale starvation Mass starvation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries has almost always been linked to political decisions about food distribution—whether food is made available to those who most need it Order the Book Україна Модерна, No. 30, 2021 Supported by the Peter Jacyk Program for the Study of Modern Ukrainian History and Society at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, the scholarly journal Ukraina Moderna is one of the leading historical journals in Ukraine Its special issue no 30 for 2021 is dedicated to the topic of the archival collections on the Holodomor outside the former Soviet Union Order the Book The Holodomor Through the Eyes of Ukraine’s Scholars: Essays on the Famine-Genocide of 1932–1933 in Soviet Ukraine Since Ukraine’s independence in 1991, the study of the Holodomor has resulted in thousands of publications by Ukrainian authors, both popular and scholarly Yet the international academic community is largely unfamiliar with these works This volume of twelve translated essays makes available writings by Ukraine’s scholars to a wider English-language readership and is of value not only to those researching the Holodomor but also to those interested more broadly in Ukrainian and Soviet history Order the Book

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