Dr. Hanna Vasilevich

Board Chair (on sabbatical leave)

Dr. Hanna Vasilevich worked in the European Centre for Minority Issues. She defended her PhD thesis on Belarusian National Identity at the Metropolitan University/International Relations Institute in Prague. Dr. Vasilevich actively participated in the social and cultural life of the Belarusian Diaspora in Prague, and also initiated the process to acknowledge Belarusians as a national minority in the Czech Republic. Her research interests include the issues of interethnic relations, minorities, equality and non-discrimination with particular emphasis on language and ethnic aspects. She has published extensively on Belarusian politics, history and culture.