David Marples, BA, MA, PhD
Contact
Distinguished University Professor, Faculty of Arts - History, Classics, & Religion Dept
- dmarples@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 905-8859
- Address
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2-57C Tory (H.M.) Building
11211 Saskatchewan Drive NWEdmonton ABT6G 2H4
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Ukraine Belarus Russia History Politics 20c 21c
About
Winner of:
University Cup, 2008
Killam Annual Professorship, 2004
J. Gordin Kaplan Award for Excellence in Research, 2003
Faculty of Arts Excellence in Research Award for Full Professors, 1999
Chair of Department, 2014-19
Appointed Distinguished University Professor (since 2006)
Research
Main research areas are 20th and 21st century Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia.
Teaching
History 322: 20c Russia
History 631: Problems in 20c Russian History
History 300: Russia Since Independence
History 121: Russia in the Cold War
History 114: The World in the Last Ten Years
History 104: The Atomic Age: The World After 1945
Courses
HIST 104 - The Atomic Age: The World After 1945
Introduction to key economic, political, and societal changes at the global scale.
HIST 114 - The History of the World in the Last 10 Years
Global historical developments over the last 10 years with emphasis on the interaction of states and peoples.
HIST 300 - Topics in European History
HIST 419 - Topics in Soviet History
Prerequisite: 3 units in HIST at the 300-level or consent of Department.
HIST 609 - Directed Study
This credit/fail course is required for students in the thesis-based M.A. program. Students are introduced to scholarship relevant to their research and supported in developing a research proposal.
HIST 631 - Problems in 20th-Century Russian History
Scholarly Activities
Research - Full CV
Featured Publications
David R. Marples, Katsiaryna Lozka
Prague, Czech Republic. 2024 February; (January-March 2024):9-17
David R. Marples and Alla Hurska
Washington, DC. 2022 September;
David R. Marples
Budapest, Hungary. 2022 January;
David R. Marples
Canadian Slavonic Papers. 2021 December; 63 (3-4):278-295
David R. Marples and Veranika Laputska
Europe-Asia Studies. 2021 August; 74 (1):19
David R. Marples
Journal of Belarusian Studies. 2021 June;
Kurapaty: Belarus' Continuing Debates
David R. Marples and Veranika Laputska
Slavic Review. 2020 October; Vol. 79, Fall 2020 (3):521-543
David R. Marples
Bristol, UK. 2020 June;
Aya Fujiwara and David R. Marples, Editors
Stuttgart, Germany and New York, USA. 2020 April;
David R. Marples
Bristol, UK. 2017 April;
David R. Marples and Frederick V. Mills
Stuttgart, Germany and New York, USA. 2015 April;
David R. Marples
Stuttgart, Germany and New York, USA. 2014 June;
Russia in the 20th Century: The Quest for Stability
David R. Marples
Harlow, Essex, UK. 2011 April;
David R. Marples
Budapest, Hungary: Central European University Press. 2007 September;