Working Materials of the Second International Congress

The working materials of the Second International Congress of Belarusian Studies have been published. The congress took place on 28–30 September 2012 in Kaunas, Lithuania, and brought together about 400 scholars from different countries.
We are pleased to present the contents of the publication.

General Information and Contents (pdf)

General Information and Contents (pdf)

Section 1. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Ethnicity, Politics, and International Relations in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period

[spoiler  show=View]Kristina Apanovich. Patriarch Theophanes of Jerusalem (1570–1644) and the Kyiv Metropolia in the Mirror of Polish HistoriographyAndrei Blanutsa. The Policy of Land Grants by the Jagiellons in the Grand Duchy of LithuaniaIhar Bortnik. The Problem of Tolerance in the Socio-Political Thought of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth under the Conditions of the Rokosz of 1606–1609

Alexey Martynyuk. “Gen Preussen, Littwan, Tartarei…”: The Image of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in German Knightly Poetry of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

Uladzimir Padalinski. The Activity of Representatives of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at the General Sejms of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the End of the Sixteenth Century: Particularist Tendencies

Natallia Sliž. Copies of the Statute of 1588 as Additional Sources of Law

Uladzimir Fiodaraŭ. The Lithuanian Metrica as the Main Source for Studying the Process of Internal Colonisation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Late Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries: Features and Problems of Use

Viktar Jakubaŭ. The Reflection of the Historical Past in Students’ Consciousness

Anton Kovaleu. “Lingua et natio” in Eastern Europe at the Beginning of the 14 th  Century According to the Data from “Descriptio Europae Orientalis”[/spoiler]

Section 2. Modernisation, Urbanisation, and Political Transformations: Belarus in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

[spoiler  show=View]Elena Borun. Diocesan Administration of Orthodox Monasteries on the Territory of Belarus (1839–1917)

Andrei Bondarenko. The Creation of “Home Space” in Postwar Lviv: The Experience of the Podzamche District

Tacciana Varonich. “Famous Townswomen”: From the History of Prostitution in the Cities of Belarus in the Second Half of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

Vital Harmatny. The Law on Land Consolidation of 31 July 1923 and Its Place in the Agrarian Policy of the Polish Authorities

Natalya Dovgyalo. BSSR Legislation Concerning Religious Cults in 1919–1939

Alexander Zagornov. Justice among Belarusian Peasants in the Context of the Modernisation Process of the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century

Andrei Kish­ty­mov. Alfonsas Moravsky on the Economic Unity of Belarus and Lithuania

Leanid Laŭreš. The Life of the District Town of Lida in 1906–1912: Based on Materials from the Vilnius Newspapers “Kurier Litewski” and “Kurier Wileński”

Ihar Melnikau. On the History of Soviet Repressions against Polish Citizens on the Territory of Western Belarus in 1939–1940

Elena Prishchepa. Transformations of the Cultural Everyday Life of Townspeople in Right-Bank Ukraine (Second Half of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries)

Volha Rastoŭskaja. The Transformation of Cultural Forms of Urban Space (the Case of Viciebsk)

Volha Rymko. “Diocesan Gazette” on the Territory of Belarus in the Second Half of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

Ina Sorkina. Between Villagers and Townspeople: The Residents of Belarusian Small Towns in Search of Their Estate Status in Society (Late Eighteenth and First Half of the Nineteenth Century)

Andrei Cichamiraŭ. The Diaries of Ivan Sprogis as a Source on the History of Everyday Life

Hanna Šastak. The Proletarianisation of the Composition of BSSR Higher School Students in the 1920s

Andrei Šulaieŭ. Belarusian National and Soviet Vexillological Systems in the Twentieth Century: Historiographical Image and Critique

Denis Bugaev. Belarusian Participation in Development of Georgia in the 18 th  – 19 th Cent.

Piotr Cichoracki. Problem świadomości narodowej mieszkańców województwa poleskiego w okresie międzywojennym (1921–1939) – oceny, kontrowersje, następstwa

Makoto Hayasaka. Działalność polityczna Bronisława Taraszkiewicza w kontekście historii dalekiego wschodu

Mirosław Szumiło. Belarusians in the Polish Parliament (1922–1939)

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Section 3. Varieties of (Post-)Communism in Central and Eastern Europe

[spoiler show=View]Tatiana Vodolazhskaya. A Ban on the Profession in Contemporary Belarus

Vera Belokrylova, Tatiana Kapitonova, Alexei Krysenko. The Evolution of Images of the “Enemy” and the “Friend” in Postwar Belarus (1945–1953): Ideological Narratives and Personal Accounts

Natalia Laas. Slavic Studies in the Context of American and Canadian Sovietology during the Cold War

Alexander Osipian. The Use of the Soviet Past in Contemporary Ukrainian Politics (2010–2012)

Natallia Prystupa. The Construction of the Soviet Model of Socialism in Czechoslovakia (1948–1953) on the Pages of the Émigré Journal “Svědectví” (“Testimony”)

Aliaksandr Piahanau Features of Interconnections between Interwar Czechoslovak-Hungarian Relations and the Current State of Slovak-Hungarian Dialogue

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Section 4. Contemporary Belarus: Politics, Economy, and International Relations

[spoiler show=View]Aleh Alampieŭ. Belarusian Society through the Eyes of People from the Islamic East

Ilya Zavodovsky. The Ukraine and Republic of Belarus Factor in Relations between Russia and the European Union

Anatolii Kruglashov. European Studies in Belarus: State and Possibilities of Development

Alexander Lozovitsky. Prospective Geopolitical Interests and Motivations of the Republic of Belarus under Contemporary Conditions of Globalisation

Igor Nedokus. Problems of the Formation and Functioning of the Ukrainian-Belarusian Border

Vladimir Poplyko. Economic Policy: The Dynamics of Interaction between GDP and Household Incomes

Aliaksandr Sinkievič. The Transformation of the “Belarusian Model” under Conditions of the Global Crisis

Tatiana Telyatitskaya. The Influence of International Law on Legislation on Foreigners (Based on Materials from the Republic of Belarus)

Yuliya Chaikovskaya. Trends in the Development of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Republic of Belarus

Ivars Liepnieks. Belarus Attitude towards the Use of Force: Lukašenka and NATO Operation in Libya

Iryna Vashko. Economic Rights in the System of Human Rights and Their Role in Economic Development

Maja Ziętara. New Social Movement in Belarus – an Analysis of the Activities of Belarusian Rock Movements

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Section 5. Reforming the Belarusian Education System: Practice and Conceptual Support

[spoiler show=View]Valentin Glina. Social Aspects of the Life Activity of Students of Belarusian Universities (Based on the Results of a Focus-Group Study in Hrodna)

Anna Lazovskaya. The Presentation of Belarus in Educational Publications for Foreign Students

Volha Staškievič. Changes in the Country’s Higher Education: Pro et Contra

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Section 6. Social and Humanitarian Knowledge: Changing Research Paradigms

[spoiler show=View]Iryna Kaštalian. The Use of Witnesses’ Memories in Works on the History of Twentieth-Century Belarus as a Prospect for Changing the Research Paradigm: The Belarusian Oral History Archive

Liuboŭ Uladykoŭskaja. Some Aspects of American Studies in Contemporary Belarus

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Section 7. Belarusian Religious Studies: Results of a Twenty-Year History and Prospects for Development

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Viktar Adzinočanka. On the Problem of Teaching Religious Studies in Belarusian

Tomasz Bugaj. Alien or One of Us? Jehovah’s Witnesses in Belarus: A Time of Repressions and the Present

Svetlana Karaseva. The Formation of Religious Studies in Belarus in 1991–2012

Tatiana Korotkaya. The Formation of a Religious Studies Research Tradition in Contemporary Belarus

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Section 8. Gender Policies and Practices in Belarus

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Igor Pavlov. The Single-Parent Family in Belarus: Gender Preconditions of Social Non-Acceptance

Tatiana Shchurko. From Policy to Practice: A Gender Analysis of Belarusian School Textbooks

Tetyana Bureychak. Gender Conservatism and Homophobia as Strategies of Moral Salvation in Contemporary Ukraine

Tamara Martsenyuk. Women’s Top-Level Political Participation in Ukraine

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Section 9. Contemporary Belarusian Culture

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Natallia Ahafonava. Belarusian Cinema: A Strategy of National De-Identification

Pavel Vainicki. A Step Down from the Pedestal: Contemporary Transformations of Belarusian Urban Sculpture

Ekaterina Zubrevich. Traditions of Belarusian Plastic Theatre in Light of Theatre Experiments in Viciebsk

Tacciana Kasataja. Advertising of Hrodna Cinemas on the Pages of Local Newspapers in the Interwar Period

Olga Romanova. National Identity in the Film Production of “Belarusfilm” in the 1970s–1980s: Models, Versions, Fragments

Svetlana Chervonnaya. Minsk – Kaunas – Munich – New York: The “Steep Route” of Belarusian Art (the Fate of the Artist Mikola Paškievič)

Iryna Šumskaja. Musical Culture in Nation-Building Processes

Vitaly Shchutsky. How Can One Write about Contemporary Belarusian Art?

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Section 10. The Belarusian Bible: Problems and Prospects of Scholarly Translation

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Jadviha Kazłoŭskaja-Doda. Features of the Language of the So-Called “Ecumenical Translation” of the New Testament (2003). Linguistic Notes

Michail Samkoŭ. Skopos Theory and Bible Translation. An Attempt to Translate the Book of Jonah into Belarusian

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