[aaus-list] April 10 Holodomor Conference at Rutgers-Newark

Thu Apr 3 12:15:08 EDT 2008

The Ukrainian Famine-Genocide: Reflections after 75 Years

A Conference Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human 
Rights

Rutgers University-Newark

Thursday, April 10, 2008, 2:30-5:30pm

Provost's Conference Room

Center for Law and Justice

123 Washington Street, 5th floor

Rutgers University-Newark

I. Introductory Remarks

Alexander L. Hinton, Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and 
Human Rights,

Associate Professor of Anthropology and Global Affairs, Rutgers-Newark.

II. Film Excerpt:  Holodomor: Ukraine's Genocide of 1932-33

III. Reflections on the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide

Chair: Alexander J. Motyl, Professor of Political Science and Deputy 
Director, Division of Global Affairs, Rutgers-Newark.

Speakers:  

·         "The Ukrainian Genocide and Soviet Policy," Taras Hunczak, 
Professor Emeritus of History, Rutgers-Newark, and Editor, The Ukrainian 
Quarterly.

·         "Putting the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide on the Scholarly Agenda: The Role of the Ukrainian Diaspora," Frank E. Sysyn, Director, Peter Jacyk Centre for Ukrainian Historical Research, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta.

·         "The Ukrainian Famine-Genocide--the Larger Context," George G. Grabowicz, Dmytro Chyzhevs'kyj Professor of Ukrainian Literature, Harvard University, Editor, Krytyka, and Director, Krytyka Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine.

·         "The Famine in the United Nations," The Honorable Valery 
Kuchinsky, Former Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Nations.

·         "A Survivor's Retrospective," Daria Schulha Kira, NYC.

IV. Concluding Remarks

Henry R. Huttenbach, Professor of History, Director, Russian and East 
European Studies Program, City College of New York, and Editor, Journal 
of Genocide Research.

V. Reception

For more information, log on to: http://cghr.newark.rutgers.edu/

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