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Marples, David

Dr David Marples

(Distinguished University Professor)

ON LEAVE, 1 JULY 2009-30 JUNE 2010

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  

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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
Publications

 

Books (Single-authored unless stated otherwise)

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

 20th Century Russia: the Quest for Stability. Submitted to Pearson Education. Earliest publication date, April 2010.

"The Famine of 1932-33 in Ukraine: Causes and Consequences." New project, EDC 2010

"Historical Memory and World War II in Belarus." New project, EDC, 2011.

Recent Awards

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

Killam Annual Professor Selection Committee, 2009--

Killam Scholarships Committee, 2008--

Killam Trusts Committee, 2008--

Dean's Representative on hiring committees in Department of Philosophy, Political Science, University of Alberta, 2007, 2008

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: 4 completed, 5 continuing, 16 serving as a committee member
MA: 22 completed, 0 continuing

CURRENT STUDENTS:

PhD: Ilya Khineiko, David Dolff, Trevor Rockwell [co-supervision with Robert W. Smith], Brian Daley, Mariya Melentyeva

Recent 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.

Links


Stasiuk Program for the Study of Contemporary Ukraine

http://ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com/