Conquest Prize for Contribution to Holodomor Studies

H-Genocide Conquest Prize for Contribution to Holodomor Studies

Discussion published by Marta Baziuk on Friday, January 12, 2018 Type: Prize Date: June 30, 2018 Subject Fields: Eastern Europe History / Studies, European History / Studies, Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies, Russian or Soviet History / Studies, Demographic History / Studies

The Holodomor Research and Education Consortium (HREC), a project of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, is pleased to announce the establishment of the Conquest Prize for Contribution to Holodomor Studies. The $2,500 CAD prize will be awarded on a biennial basis to the author of an outstanding article that contributes to a fuller understanding of the Famine in Ukraine of 1932-33.

HREC has assembled a jury of eminent specialists to determine the winner of the first prize: Olga Andriewsky (Trent University), Andrea Graziosi (Università di Napoli Federico II), Norman Naimark (Stanford University), and Lynne Viola (University of Toronto).

Nominated articles will have been published in English, in print or in an online publication, between June 30, 2016, and the submission deadline, which is June 30, 2018. Nominations may be submitted by the author, editor, publisher, or colleagues.

The entry form (required) may be found on the HREC website: www.holodomor.ca

ABOUT ROBERT CONQUEST

The Conquest Prize honours historian Robert Conquest, author of the groundbreaking workThe Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine. Published in 1986, Harvest of Sorrow marked a watershed in the study of the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-33. Dr. Conquest’s comprehensive treatment addressed the role of Communist ideology and its relationship to the peasantry, collectivization policy and implementation, the deportation of kulaks, issues of nationality and religion in the Soviet Union, and the role of Stalin in the Famine. Dr. Conquest described the failure of the West to respond to reports of the Famine and assigned culpability to Stalin and his regime for setting impossibly high grain requisitions, seizing foodstuffs, preventing the starving from seeking food elsewhere, and covering up the crime. Based on eyewitness testimonies, his analysis and conclusions were corroborated by Soviet archival materials that became accessible with the collapse of the USSR.

Harvest of Sorrow sparked debates in academic and political circles and ensured widespread awareness of the Holodomor. In a legacy marked by achievement, Harvest of Sorrow is certainly one of Robert Conquest’s greatest accomplishments.

Citation: Marta Baziuk. Conquest Prize for Contribution to Holodomor Studies . H-Genocide. 01-12-2018. https://networks.h-net.org/node/3180/discussions/1246893/conquest-prize-contribution-holodomor-studies Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 1 H-Genocide

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