Marples, David
Dr David Marples
(Distinguished University Professor)
PhD, University of Sheffield (1985)
MA, University of Alberta (1980)
BA Hons, University of London (1975)
2-69 Tory Building
University of Alberta
Edmonton AB T6G 2H4
Tel. (780) 492-0851
david.marples@ualberta.ca
| Current Positions |
- Distinguished University Professor, Department of History & Classics, University of Alberta, since 2006 (joined department in 1991, full professor from 1995)
- Director of Stasiuk Program for the Study Contemporary Ukraine, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, since 1996
- President, North American Association for Belarusian Studies, since 2010
| Publications |
Books (Single-authored unless stated otherwise)
Holodomor: Causes of the Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine (Heritage Press, 2011)
Russia in the Twentieth Century: the Quest for Stability (Harlow, UK: Pearson-Longman, 2011), 410 pp.
Heroes and Villains: Creating National History in Contemporary Ukraine (Budapest and New York: Central European University Press, 2007 cloth, 2008 paperback .
The Lukashenka Phenomenon: Elections, Propaganda, and the Foundations of Political Authority in Belarus (Trondheim, Norway: Trondheim Studies on East European Cultures and Societies, No. 21, 2007).
Historiya ZSRR: od rewolucji do rozpadu (Wroclaw, Poland: Ossolineum Publishers, 2006)
Prospects for Democracy in Belarus (Washington, DC: GMFUS-Heinrich Boll, 2006) [Co-edited with Joerg Forbrig and Pavol Demes]. Second revised edition published later in the same year.
The Collapse of the Soviet Union, 1985-1991 (Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education-Longman, 2004)
Motherland: Russia in the 20th Century (London: Longman, 2002)
Lenin's Revolution: Russia 1917-1921 (London: Wesley, Addison, and Longman, 2000)
Belarus: A Denationalized Nation (Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1999)
Nuclear Energy and Security in the Former Soviet Union (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997) [co-edited with Marilyn J. Young]
Belarus: From Soviet Rule to Nuclear Catastrophe (Basingstoke, UK: Macmillan Press; New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press; and Edmonton, AB: The University of Alberta Press, 1996).
Stalinism in Ukraine in the 1940s (London: The Macmillan Press, 1992)
Ukraine Under Perestroika: Ecology, Economics, and the Workers' Revolt (London: The Macmillan Press, 1991)
The Social Impact of the Chernobyl Disaster. (London: The Macmillan Press, 1988)
Chernobyl & Nuclear Power in the USSR (London: The Macmillan Press, 1987).
Work in Progress
"Historical Memory and World War II in Belarus." New project, EDC, 2011.
| Recent Awards |
Delta Khi Teaching Excellence Appreciation 2011
SSHRC Major Research Grant, 2009-2012 (History, Memory, and World War II in Belarus)
University of Alberta Senate, Beyond These Halls Award, Individual-Faculty, 2009
Delta Khi Teaching Excellence Appreciation, 2009
University Cup, 2008
Faculty of Arts Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2008
The Philip Lawson Award for Excellence in Teaching, June 2007
Promoted to University Professor, September 2006
Killam Annual Professorship, 2005-06
Alberta Centennial Medal, 2005
Appointed Honorary Lieutenant Colonel, 6th Intelligence Division,
Canadian Armed Forces, April 2005-2008, 2009-2012
Recipient of the 2003 J. Gordin Kaplan Award for Excellence in Research
SSHRC major research grant, 2003-2005
SSHRC major research grant, 1996-1999
McCalla Research Professorship, 1998-99
Faculty of Arts Research Prize for Full Professors, 1999
Shevchenko Gold Medal, Ukrainian Canadian Committee (national), 1999
Listed in Canadian Who's Who and The Dictionary of International Biography
| Committees/Administration |
Dean's Representative on hiring committees in Department of Philosophy, Political Science, University of Alberta, 2007, 2008
Graduate Studies Committee, 2010-13
Grants and Scholarships Committee, University of Alberta, 2007-2009
SSHRC Appeals Committee, 2006, 2008
Chair, Committee 2 (History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine), SSHRC, 2003-06
SSHRC Research Grants Committee (Committee 2), 1999-2002
Acting Director, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, 1999-2000
Advisory Board of Belarus, German Marshall Fund of the United States, 2007-present
Vice-President, North American Association of Belarusian Studies, 2006-present
Member, Editorial Board: Nationalities Papers, Eurasian Geography and Economics, Journal of Ukrainian Studies, Belarusian Review
Monument to the Jewish ghetto victims, Minsk, Belarus
GRADUATE SUPERVISION
PhD: 5 completed, 5 continuing, 19 serving as a committee member
MA: 22 completed, 2 continuing
RECENT GRADUATE STUDENT COMPLETIONS:
(MA): Declan Braiden, 2005; David Ryning, 2006; Amber Rommens, 2006; Rebecca Anderson, 2006, Daniel Grigat, 2007, Greg Fowler, 2007, Meaghan Bernard, 2008, Fred Mills, 2009; (PhD): Per Rudling, 2009; David Dolff, 2010.
| Links |
Stasiuk Program for the Study of Contemporary Ukraine
http://ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JevTU_kmfwg