18.05 – Public discussion “BNR and/or BSSR – the problem of the foundation of Belarusian statehood”

Within the framework of the 7th Minsk Conference of the Political Sphere Institute “National Sovereignty (1918-2018) (https://palityka.org/2018/04/prahrama-kanfjerencyi-nacyjanalny-suvjerenitet-1918-2018-ideja-i-palitychnaja-praktyka/): Idea and Political Practice,” a public discussion “BNR and/or BSSR – the problem of the foundation of Belarusian statehood” will take place (Art-Siadziba, pr.

Masherava, 18).

Start – 18.30.

Discussion participants: Ihar Babkou, Andrei Kazakevich, Vadzim Mazheika, Piotra Piatrouski.

Moderator – Rustis Kamuntavičius.

Admission to the discussion is free!

The centenary of the BNR and the anticipated centenary of the BSSR bring the discussion of the foundation of Belarusian statehood to a new level.

What place should these entities occupy in the historical memory of Belarus?

From what
moment can we speak of the beginning of new Belarusian statehood?

To what extent are the history, political experience, and images of the BNR and BSSR complementary or, conversely, incompatible within a single historical narrative?

These questions are to be raised within the framework of the discussion.

Ihar Babkou – Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Andrei Kazakevich (Belarus – Lithuania) – Doctor of Political Sciences, Political Sphere Institute (Belarus – Lithuania), Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Rustis Kamuntavičius (Lithuania) – Doctor of History, Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Vadzim Mazheika – Candidate of Culturology, Liberal Club
Piotra Piatrouski – MA, expert of the Analytical Center of the public association “Belaya Rus”