Stanford University to present symposium honoring Conquest

STANFORD, Calif. - The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Stanford University will present "Famine in Ukraine: 70 Years After," a symposium honoring Dr. Robert Conquest for his contributions to the study of the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933, on Thursday, November 13.

Featured speakers are: Amir Weiner, associate professor of history, Stanford University, who will cover the topic "The 1932-33 Famine: Sources, Course and Legacies," and Volodymyr S. Lozitskyi, director, Central State Archives of Public Organizations of Ukraine, whose topic will be "Secret Documents about the 1932-1933 Famine in the Archives of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine" (to be presented in Ukrainian with translation).

The symposium is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at the Lane History Corner, Building 200, Room 002, at Stanford University. The event is co-sponsored by the Hoover Institution.

Parking on campus is free after 4 p.m. For further information readers may log on to http://CREEES.stanford.edu or call 650-723-3562.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, November 2, 2003, No. 44, Vol. LXXI

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