A discussion on the nature of genocides in history from Biblical times to Darfur; the tragedy of Babyn Yar as a worldwide symbol of the Holocaust, genocidal practices of Russia in the modern war against Ukraine. What do we know and how do we remember genocides in world history? How is the memory of the Holodomor ('death by hunger' in Ukraine in 1932/33) erased in the Ukrainian territories temporarily occupied by Russia, and why should these practices be considered as one part of genocide? Why is it important for modern Ukraine to preserve the memory of the past genocides?
Norman Naimark is an American historian, author of Genocide: A World History; Lyudmila Hrynevych is a director of the Holodomor Research and Education Committee; Vladyslav Hrynevych's book is Babyn Yar: History and Memory; American professor Paul Robert Magocsi is Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto; Igor Shchupak is director of the Tkuma Ukrainian Holocaust Research Institute and Yehor Vradii is assistant director.
Norman Naimark will join the event digitally.
