Individual Applications for the VIII Congress Accepted until 25 May 2019

The Organising Committee of the International Congress of Belarusian Studies announces a call for individual applications to participate in the next, eighth, Congress, which will take place on 27-29 September 2019 in Vilnius, Lithuania.

The application deadline is 25 May 2019.

The Congress is the most representative annual academic and expert event on Belarus, bringing together all major intellectual centres for the study of Belarusian society, politics and culture. In addition, the Congress provides an excellent opportunity to develop new viable research and civic projects, exchange views and ideas, and establish informal contacts with representatives of expert and academic communities in Belarus and other countries.  

The mission of the Congress is to develop a community of scholars, analysts and experts, and to promote a deeper understanding of Belarus in academic circles in the country, the region and the world. 

In 2019, the Congress will work across 14 research areas, covering all major social sciences and humanities disciplines: history, international relations and political science, linguistics, literary studies, philosophy, law and others.

To submit an application by 25 May 2019, please complete the online form: https://palityka.wufoo.com/forms/application-form-for-speakers-2019/

To participate in the Congress as a speaker, applicants must submit an abstract of 2,000-4,000 characters.

The call for applications from guests and journalists, as well as for the organisation of presentations of academic, cultural and publishing projects, exhibitions, etc., will be announced later (tentatively on 25 April 2019).