David Roger Marples (born October 17,1952) is a British-born Canadian historian and Distinguished University Professor at the Department of History &Classics,University of Alberta. He specializes in history and contemporary politics of Belarus,Russia and Ukraine.[1]
Marples is a former President of The North American Association for Belarusian Studies[4] (2010–15) and was formerly Director of the Stasiuk Program on Contemporary Ukraine at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (2004–14),University of Alberta.[5]
He is regarded as one of the leading Western authorities on the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe (social and political aspects).[6] and as well as the contemporary history and politics of Belarus and Ukraine. He is honorary president of the Belarusian Academy or Arts and Sciences in Canada,and retired Hon. Lt. Colonel,6 Int Coy,Canadian Armed Forces (2006-14).
Political Controversies
In 2015,David R. Marples initiated an open letter addressed to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko,calling on him not to sign the so-called anti-communism law and the law honoring the “heroes of the nation”. This letter was signed by numerous historians involved with Ukraine.[7] In response,the head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory,Volodymyr Viatrovych,described the mass murders of Poles and Jews by Ukrainian nationalists as mere “individual opinions”and accused the signatories of spreading Russian propaganda.[8]
Personal life
Marples is married and has four children.[9][10][11] He lives in Edmonton,Alberta,Canada.
Marples, David R. (2021). "Stalin's Ghosts, Parasites, and Pandemic: The Roots of the 2020 Uprising in Belarus". Journal of Belarusian Studies. 11 (1): 5–26. doi:10.30965/20526512-12350008.
Marples, David R. (2019). "Ukraine's drive to independence in 1991". Canadian Slavonic Papers. 61 (3): 321–345. doi:10.1080/00085006.2019.1636629.
Marples, David R. (2009). "Outpost of tyranny? The failure of democratization in Belarus". Democratization. 16 (4): 756–776. doi:10.1080/13510340903082986.
Marples, David R. (2006). "Color revolutions: The Belarus case". Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 39 (3): 351–364. doi:10.1016/j.postcomstud.2006.06.004.
Marples, David R. (2006). "Stepan Bandera: The resurrection of a Ukrainian national hero". Europe-Asia Studies. 58 (4): 555–566. doi:10.1080/09668130600652118.
Marples, David R. (1996). "Chernobyl: Ten Years After the Catastrophe". Medical and Health Annual of the Encyclopedia Britannica. 1996: 17–41.
Marples, David R.; Duke, David F. (1995). "Ukraine, Russia, and the Question of Crimea". Nationalities Papers. 23 (2): 261–289. doi:10.1080/00905999508408377.
Marples, David R. (1993). "Belarus: The Illusion of Stability". Post-Soviet Affairs. 9 (3): 253–277. doi:10.1080/1060586X.1993.10641370.
Marples, David R. (1993). ""After the Putsch": Prospects for Independent Ukraine". Nationalities Papers. 21 (2): 35–46. doi:10.1080/00905999308408274.
Marples, David R. (1985). "The Soviet Collectivization of Western Ukraine, 1948-1949". Nationalities Papers. 13 (1): 24–44. doi:10.1080/00905998508408009.
Marples, David R. (1985). "Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia Under Soviet Occupation: The Development of Socialist Farming, 1939-1941". Canadian Slavonic Papers. 27 (2): 158–177. doi:10.1080/00085006.1985.11091799.
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