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2023 Toronto Annual Ukrainian Famine Lecture: "From Stalin to Putin: Analyzing Moscow's Genocides 90 Years after the Holodomor"

  • Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto (map)

This event will take place in-person in the Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto and online via Zoom.

HREC Announces 2023 Toronto Annual Ukrainian Famine Lecture 

The Toronto Annual Ukrainian Famine Lecture will be delivered November 6 by Kristina Hook. As a specialist on genocide and researcher of the Holodomor, Professor Hook is the Principal Author of the report  "The Russian Federation's Escalating Commission of Genocide in Ukraine: A Legal Analysis," published in July 2023 by New Lines Institute and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. She is Assistant Professor of Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University’s School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding, and Development, where she specializes in genocide prevention and international human rights. An expert in Ukraine-Russian relations, Dr. Hook is a former Fulbright Scholar to Ukraine and has conducted extensive fieldwork there since 2015. She previously served as a U.S. Department of State policy adviser for mass atrocity prevention, as a nonresident research fellow at the Marine Corps University, and as a U.S. Presidential Management Fellow. She is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center.  

Co-Sponsor: Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine Co-Sponsor: Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies

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About Kristina Hook:

Dr. Hook is the Principal Author of "The Russian Federation's Escalating Commission of Genocide in Ukraine: A Legal Analysis," published in July 2023 by New Lines Institute and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. She is Assistant Professor of Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University’s School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding, and Development, where she specializes in genocide prevention and international human rights.

An expert in Ukraine-Russian relations, Dr. Hook is a former Fulbright Scholar to Ukraine and has conducted fieldwork there since 2015. She previously served as a U.S. Department of State policy adviser for mass atrocity prevention, as a nonresident research fellow at the Marine Corps University, and as a U.S. Presidential Management Fellow. She is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center.


The Toronto Annual Ukrainian Famine Lecture was initiated in 1998 and is organized by HREC, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta. The event is co-sponsored by the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, University of Toronto; the Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Studies; the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Toronto; the Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine, University of Toronto; and St. Vladimir Institute (Toronto).

This event will be a part of the #holodomor90 campaign. Visit holodomor90.com to find out more.