Research fields

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A Turn to Belarus: Ideas, Methods and Concepts.

Preliminary thematic structure of the Congress

History

(social history, political history, economic history):

1. Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Politics, System of Government, Law and International Relations
2. Lingua et Natio: Ethnicity Problem in Middle Ages and Early Modern Time (Grand Duchy of Lithuania Case)
3. Modernisation, Industrialisation and Political Transformation: Belarus in the 19th-20th Centuries

Humanities:

1. Contemporary Belarusian Culture
2. Contemporary Belarusian Art: discourse, theory, practice
3. Belarusian Cinema: Reinterpretation of the “Soviet” and Problems of Post-Soviet Period
4. Belarusian Literature: Translation, Publication and Research
5. Belarusian Bible: Problems and Prospects of Academic Translation
6. Theological Thought: Historical and Social Context, Research Problems and Prospects for Development

Social sciences (political science, political economy, international relations, European studies):

1. Institutions of Belarusian Politics, 1990-2012
2. Belarus in the System of Bilateral Relations
3. European Studies in Belarusian context
4. Belarus: Challenges of Economic and Political Modernization

Economics:

1. Issues of Belarusian Economy Transformation

Interdisciplinary fields (memory policy, contemporary history, social and political theory, urban studies, religion studies, gender studies):

1. Diversities of (Post)Communism in Central and Eastern Europe
2. City, Urbanization, City Dwellers: Historical Urban Studies
3. Social and Humanitarian Knowledge: Change of Research Paradigms
4. Religion Studies in Belarus: Gains of Two Decades and Prospects for Development
5. Gender Policies and Practices in Belarus
6. Theorization of gender in Belarusian humanities

Panels for practical problems :

1. Reform of Belarusian Education System: Practices and Intellectual Background
2. Belarusian Civil Society studies