Conference “Nationhood, Statehood, Region: National Movements and Regionalism in Belarus and Lithuania”, 11-12 May 2012 (guest registration for the conference until 7 May)

Nationhood, Statehood, Region:
National Movements and Regionalism in Belarus and Lithuania
(late 19th – early 20th century)
11-12 May 2012
(Minsk, Belarus)
Nationhood, Statehood, Region:
National Movements and Regionalism in Belarus and Lithuania
(late 19th – early 20 th century)
May 11-12, 2012
(Minsk, Belarus)
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The conference, which will take place on 11-12 May in Minsk, is planned to bring together leading specialists on regionalist ideas and national movements in Belarus and Lithuania.

The aim of the conference is to deepen comparative analysis, rethink the trajectories of nation-building in the region, and broaden the interdisciplinary research perspective.

It is planned that the development of the Belarusian, Lithuanian and Polish movements and of the regionalist idea will be considered at the level of: 1) ideas and intellectual projects, 2) the evolution of the system of political and cultural organizations, and 3) the basic social and cultural processes of the region of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

The conference will also include a round table on the topic: “Projects of Regional Cooperation: from the Regionalist Idea to European Integration”.

Organizers:
Political Sphere Institute (Belarus-Lithuania)
Polish Institute in Minsk (Belarus)
Institute of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lithuania)
Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Belarus
Participants
About 40 specialists from Belarus, Poland, Lithuania and other countries specializing in the study of the Belarusian, regionalist and Lithuanian movements.

Among them are Aleś Smalianchuk (director of the Institute of Historical Studies of Belarus), Dariusz Szpoper (head of the Department of the History of State and Law of Poland at the University of Gdańsk), Rimantas Miknys (director of the Lithuanian Institute of History) and others.

The program and thematic structure of the conference are available at the link>>> (https://palityka.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Programme_bel_eng.pdf)
To participate in the conference, please send a registration request to [email protected] by 7 May.

Conference program
Conference Program
Friday (11 May) / Friday (May 11)
Registration/ Registration
9.00-10.00
Opening of the conference, welcome remarks / Opening plenary, speech of welcoming
10.00-10.15
Plenary session / Plenary session
10.15-11.45
Coffee break / Coffee break
11.45-12.05
Work of panel 1, beginning of panel 2 / Work of the panel 1 and the beginning of the panel 2
12.05-14.00
Lunch / Lunch
14.00-15.00
Work of panel 2, beginning of panel 3 / Work of the panel 2 and the beginning of the panel 3
15.00-16.45
Coffee break / Coffee break
16.45-17.00
Work of panel 3 / Work of the panel 3
17.00-18.20
General discussion: “Projects of Regional Cooperation: from the regionalist idea to European integration”
Plenary discussion: “The Projects of Regional Co-operation: from post-GDL Regionalism (Krajovasc Idea) to European
Integration”
18.20-19.20
Dinner / Dinner
19.30
Evening walk around Minsk / Evening walk around Minsk
20.30 Saturday (12 May)
Saturday (May 12)
Saturday (12 May) / Saturday (May 12)
Work of panel 3 /Work of the panel 3
10.00-11.45
Coffee break / Coffee break
11.45-12.00
Work of panel 4 / Work of the panel 4
12.00-13.40
Closing of the conference / Closing plenary
13.40-14.00
Lunch / Lunch
14.00