Enrollment for the “Contemporary History” Department of the Belarusian Collegium. Applications Due by September 25.

https://palityka.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Cold_War_Map_1959.pngThe Belarusian Collegium announces its new 2013 enrollment (https://palityka.org/2013/09/belaruski-kalegiyum-nabor/) for study in three specializations: contemporary history, journalism, and philosophy/literature.

Applications are accepted until September 25, 2013.

We draw your attention to the new programme of the Department of Contemporary History, which from this year is headed by Aliaksei Lastouski, Candidate of Sociological Sciences and researcher at the Political Sphere Institute.

In the contemporary history track at the Belarusian Collegium, students will become acquainted with existing theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of twentieth-century history, and with the best examples of research on the country’s contemporary history without “forbidden zones,” without ideological control by the state.

A unique course of study is offered, since only at this educational institution is the teaching of history built on original courses by the best Belarusian historians.

Here students have the opportunity to learn about the results of the work of the most outstanding researchers, to be the first to learn about new discoveries, and to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of reconstructing historical events.

Since historical knowledge is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary, great attention in the contemporary history track will be paid to the systematic teaching of modern political science and sociological theories and methods, without familiarity with which it is difficult to obtain high-quality knowledge about contemporary Belarusian society.

The following thematic blocks are offered for study: “History of the Belarusian National Movement,” “History of Soviet Belarus,” “History of Everyday Life in Belarusian Society,” “The Second World War: Occupation, Holocaust, Collaboration, Resistance,” “Minorities in Belarusian History of the Twentieth Century,” and “Contemporary History of Belarus in the Focus of Political and Social Sciences.”

Among the lecturers are such well-known names as Ales Smalianchuk, Siarhei Khareuski, Aleh Dziarnovich, Ihar Kuzniatsou and many others.

During studies at the Department of Contemporary History, students will also be able to acquire theoretical and methodological competences; much attention will be devoted to practical classes and students’ own research.

Archival practice, the preparation of essays and academic articles, and participation in oral history expeditions will be organized.

It is envisaged that students of the Department of Contemporary History of the Belarusian Collegium will take an active part in international summer schools, acquire knowledge from the best foreign scholars, and establish contacts with young people from European countries.

Successful graduates of the Belarusian Collegium will receive recommendations for admission to free study or scholarship-supported study in master’s programmes at European universities.