WUB Hub News
Forthcoming conference on Belarus in London (9-10 May)
WUB Hub wishes to draw the attention of researchers and others interested in Belarus to a conference in London/online taking place on 9-10 May 2025.
The 10th Annual Belarusian Studies in the Twenty-First Century conference is organised by UCL's School of Slavonic and East European Studies, the Ostrogorski Centre, and the Francis Skaryna Library and Museum, with support from the Warwick Ukraine-Belarus Hub. The event includes the Annual London Lecture on Belarusian Studies which this year will be given by Dr Aleksandra Pomiecko of Kings College, London. Her lecture is titled: '"War after War": Anti-Soviet Armed Resistance in the Early Cold War Period.'
In-person participants will be able to attend a reception on Friday evening at which the WUB Hub team will present the new book, Unbroken Generation: Youth Voices of Belarus. There will also be a tour of both the Francis Skaryna Library/Museum and the Church of St Cyril of Turau & All the Patron Saints of the Belarusian People on Saturday. The church is London's only existing wood-built church and, along with the library, an important centre for the Belarusian community in the UK.
Further details (including full programme) and registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/10th-annual-london-conference-on-belarusian-studies-tickets-1117610786949
The Church of St Cyril of Turau and All the Patron Saints of the Belarusian People. London's only wooden church. (Photo by Nieszczarda2, used under CC4.0)
The event also celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Journal of Belarusian Studies, edited by Professor Yarik Kryvoi with the assistance of Dr Paul Hansbury, Dr Nelly Bekus and Dr Per Anders Rudling.