Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of the Holodomor as Genocide

Session Submission Type: Panel

Brief Description

This panel focuses on Soviet genocide against Ukrainians in the 1930s from a comparative genocide studies perspective. Using theories and mixed-methods approaches at the cross section of anthropology, genocide studies, history, and law, the panel participants examine the legal qualification of the crime of the Holodomor in Ukraine in light of the international law, the pivotal moment when genocidal intent emerged, and how it affected one of the first targeted groups, namely Ukrainian intellectual elites. The panelists address challenges of studying lived experiences in the post-genocidal society, compounded by contested identities and historical narratives.

Sub Unit

• History: Russian and Eurasian, since 1924

Chair

• Olga Bertelsen, Tiffin U

Papers

• International Law Issues of the Qualification of the Holodomor in Ukraine - Myroslava Antonovych, National U of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" (Ukraine)

• Inferring Intentionality: A Comparative Genocide Studies Approach to Violence Escalation in the 1932–1933 Ukrainian Holodomor - Kristina Hook, Kennesaw State U

• The Ukrainian Intelligentsia as the First Target of Soviet Genocide - Victoria A. Malko, California State U, Fresno

Discussant

• Norman M. Naimark, Stanford U