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Holodomor: A Remembrance | A Virtual Visual Art Presentation

The virtual exhibition Holodomor: A Remembrance commemorates the 87-year anniversary of the Holodomor Famine-Genocide, which occurred in Ukraine in 1932-33. It is a visual arts presentation featuring the works of Ukrainian-American artist Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak. In 1991, the artist traveled to Ukraine for the first time. She states: “My eyes and soul were opened to a land that was beautiful but…

Book Talk. The Hungry Steppe: Famine, Violence, and the Making of Soviet Kazakhstan by Sarah Cameron

1219 International Affairs Building 420 West 118th Street, New York City

Please join us for a talk with Sarah Cameron (University of Maryland). The Hungry Steppe (Cornell University Press, 2018) examines one of the most heinous crimes of the Stalinist regime, the Kazakh famine of 1930–33. More than 1.5 million people perished in this famine—a quarter of Kazakhstan’s population—and the crisis transformed a territory the size of continental Europe. Yet its story has remained mostly hidden…