An international interdisciplinary workshop
7 September (Room E0101)
13-14
Keynote: David-Emil Wickström (Popakademie Baden-Württemberg): «Belarusian Identity and the legacy of Belarusian VIAs»
1415-1545:
Yngvar Steinholt (UiT): “Anthems old and new, anti-anthems and anthems subversed: Challenging the official musical symbols in contemporary Belarus”
Arve Hansen (Norwegian Helsinki Committee): „Anthems of the 2020 Belarusian crisis”
Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT): “Eighty-three songs about Lukashenka”
8 September
9-1030 (Room C1005)
Natalia Chernyshova (Winchester): “A Long View: The Soviet Legacy in the Current Belarus Crisis” (online)
Ryhor Nizhnikau (Finnish Institute of International Affairs), “Catch 2020: Explaining the EU policy towards Belarus after the Belarusian Revolution” (online)
Nikolay Zakharov (Södertörn): “Belarusian Churches’ response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine”
1045-1215 (Room C1005)
Arnold McMillin (SSEES UCL): “Belarusian Politics and Literature: Unlikely Bedfellows But Still Under theDuvet”
Katie McElvanney (BL): “‘Days in Belarus’: Building a library collection in response to the 2020-21 Belarusian protests”
Libbie Katsev (independent scholar): “Relationships between Protest, Music, and Gender in Belarus”
1230-1330 (Room E0104)
Lunchtime concert (Aliaksandr Ilyukevich)