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.