Research Areas of the Third International Congress of Belarusian Studies. Deadline: 10 June 2013

The research areas and topics have been defined for which participants may submit applications to the Third International Congress of Belarusian Studies, which will take place on 11-13 October 2013 in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Economics

1. The economy of Belarus: challenges and problems of transformation
2. The economy of Belarus: a “special path” or a repetition of others’ experience?

Social sciences and philosophy

1. Contemporary sociality: new phenomena, processes, and structures
2. Gender “rules” in Belarus: constructing normativity and practices of social exclusion
3. “New media”: the information landscape and social practices
4. Philosophical discourses and social context: a post-Soviet perspective
5. Belarusians as a minority and diaspora

Education and science

1. Higher and secondary education in Belarus: condition, problems, and prospects
2. Science and innovation in Belarus and Central and Eastern Europe: condition, problems, and prospects

Politics and international relations

1. Belarus in international relations
2. Eurasian integration: prospects and challenges
3. Political institutions of Belarus, Central and Eastern Europe, and Northern Europe: a comparative perspective
4. Economic and political cooperation among the states of Central and Eastern Europe and Northern Europe
5. Public administration reform as a condition for improving the quality of public policy in Belarus

History

1. “Lithuania” and “Rus’”: codes of politics, ethnicity, and confession in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, thirteenth to seventeenth centuries
2. Legislation and the legal system of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: trends, influences, and specific features
3. The history of Belarus in the nineteenth century
4. The history of Belarus in the twentieth century
5. The history of the city in Central and Eastern Europe and Northern Europe
6. The Second World War in Belarus and Central and Eastern Europe: history, memory, and representation
7. Belarusians in the Baltic states
8. Jews of Belarus: life, activity, and interaction with Belarusians

Religious and biblical studies

1. Migrant religions: the formation of new traditions
2. Christianity in the lands of Polatsk: research and conceptualisation of spiritual and intellectual heritage
3. The Belarusian Bible: problems and prospects of scholarly translation

Culture and art

1. Traditional culture of Belarus and Central and Eastern Europe: evolution, transformation, and prospects
2. Literature as a form of national reflection
3. Belarusian cinema and film industry: an algorithm of development and transformation
4. Contemporary Belarusian culture and art in the national and regional context
5. The cultural heritage of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania as a key factor in the development of intercultural dialogue and European identity
6. Protection and restoration of historical and cultural heritage

Psychology and psychoanalysis

1. Psychology and psychoanalysis in Belarus: condition, problems, and prospects