Public Discussion “Political Science as a Problem: Fates and Trajectories in Contemporary Belarus,” 21 September 2016, 17.00-19.00

On 21 September, as part of the “Week of Belarusian Thinking,” a discussion organized by the Belarusian Collegium and Political Sphere Institute will take place:
“Political Science as a Problem: Fates and Trajectories in Contemporary Belarus.”

Participants: Andrei Kazakevich, Andrei Yahorau, Yuri Chavusau, Aliaksandr Filipau.

In institutionalized form, political science has a 25-year history of development, which requires reflection.

The discussion aims to raise the following questions:
What is political science in contemporary Belarus?

What ideas and motives drive its development?

To what extent is the study of politics an academic phenomenon, and to what extent a political one?

And finally: does Belarusian political science have achievements, and what intellectual currents will shape its development in the future?

Venue: 9 Masherau Ave. (“Corpus 8”).