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Canadian historian
David Roger Marples (born October 17, 1952) is a 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]
Education
Marples was born October 17, 1952, in
Chesterfield, Derbyshire , United Kingdom, and grew up in
Bolsover , a town about 6 miles (9.7 km) away.
[2] Marples initially attended Shirebrook Grammar School (subsequently Shirebrook School, now Shirebrook Academy, and later
Keele University , studying English and Sociology, but transferred after one year to
Westfield College , which was part of the
University of London . He received his
BA honours from the
University of London in 1975, his
MA in History from the
University of Alberta in 1980, and
Ph.D. in Economic and Social History from the
University of Sheffield in 1985. The title of his
Ph.D. dissertation was Collectivisation of agriculture in Western Ukraine 1944-1951.
[3]
Career
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).
Publications
Marples, David R.; Hurska, Alla (2022). Joseph Stalin: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works .
Rowman & Littlefield . p. 314.
ISBN
978-1-5381-3360-6 .
Marples, David R., ed. (2022). The War in Ukraine's Donbas .
Central European University Press . p. 244.
ISBN
978-963-386-597-2 .
Marples, David R. (2020). Understanding Ukraine and Belarus: A Memoir .
E-International Relations . p. 192.
ISBN
978-1-910814-54-3 .
Marples, David; Fujiwara, Aya, eds. (2020). Hiroshima-75: Nuclear Issues in Global Contexts .
Ibidem Press . p. 302.
ISBN
978-3-8382-1398-9 .
Marples, David R. (2017). Ukraine in Conflict: An Analytical Chronicle .
E-International Relations . p. 222.
ISBN
978-1-910814-29-1 .
Marples, David R.; Mills, Frederick V., eds. (2015). Ukraine's Euromaidan: Analyses of a Civil Revolution in Ukraine .
Ibidem Press . p. 304.
ISBN
978-3-8382-0700-1 .
Marples, David R. (2014). "Our Glorious Past": Lukashenka's Belarus and the Great Patriotic War .
Ibidem Press .
ISBN
978-3-8382-0574-8 .
Marples, David R. (2011). Holodomor: Causes of the Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine .
Heritage Press . p. 105.
ISBN
978-0-88880-567-6 .
Marples, David R. (2014). Russia in the Twentieth Century: The Quest for Stability .
Routledge . p. 392.
ISBN
978-1-138-42534-7 .
Marples, David R. (2007). Heroes and Villains: Creating National History in Contemporary Ukraine .
Central European University Press . p. 386.
ISBN
978-963-7326-98-1 .
Marples, David R. (2007).
The Lukashenka Phenomenon: Elections, Propaganda, and the Foundations of Political Authority in Belarus . Trondheim Studies on East European Cultures and Societies.
ISBN
978-82-995792-1-6 .
ISSN
1501-6684 .
Forbrig, Joerg; Marples, David R.; Demeš, Pavol, eds. (2006). Prospects for Democracy in Belarus .
German Marshall Fund of the United States .
ISBN
978-80-969487-2-7 .
Marples, David R. (2004). The Collapse of the Soviet Union, 1985-1991 .
Routledge . p. 192.
ISBN
978-0-582-50599-5 .
Marples, David R. (2002). Motherland: Russia in the 20th Century .
Routledge . p. 320.
ISBN
978-0-582-43834-7 .
Marples, David R. (2000). Lenin's Revolution: Russia 1917-1921 .
Routledge . p. 182.
ISBN
0-582-31917-X .
Marples, David R. (1999). Belarus: A Denationalized Nation .
Routledge . p. 160.
ISBN
978-90-5702-343-9 .
Marples, David R.; Young, Marilyn J., eds. (1997). Nuclear Energy And Security In The Former Soviet Union .
Westview Press .
ISBN
978-0-8133-9013-0 .
Marples, D. (1996). Belarus: From Soviet Rule to Nuclear Catastrophe .
Palgrave Macmillan . p. 179.
doi :
10.1057/9780230378315 .
ISBN
978-0-333-62631-3 .
Marples, D. (1992). Stalinism in Ukraine in the 1940s .
Palgrave Macmillan . p. 228.
doi :
10.1057/9780230376076 .
ISBN
978-1-349-38901-8 .
Marples, David R. (1991). Ukraine Under Perestroika: Ecology, Economics, and the Workers' Revolt .
Palgrave Macmillan . p. 264.
ISBN
978-0-333-49260-4 .
Marples, David R. (1988). The Social Impact of the Chernobyl Disaster .
St. Martin's Press . p. 313.
ISBN
978-0-312-02432-1 .
Marples, David R. (1987). Chernobyl and Nuclear Power in the USSR .
Palgrave Macmillan . p. 240.
ISBN
978-0-333-44198-5 .
Personal life
Marples is married and has four children.
[7]
[9] He lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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