Kremlin’s shadow in the Belarusian politics of memory Kiryl Kascian Recent discussion about the so-called “Litvinism” caused a lot of emotions among both Lithuanians and Belarusians. A significant number of texts [...]
A grievance in law: Why would official Minsk invent and institutionalize genocide? Kiryl Kascian On 14 December 2021, the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus adopted the Law [...]
Belarus’s Day of National Unity: a controversial public holiday with a flawed logic Kiryl Kascian On September 17th, Belarus celebrated its so-called “Day of National Unity”, an official holiday created on [...]
Lukashenka’s campaign against Nazism: one must imagine Sisyphus happy Kiryl Kascian On May 14th, Alyaksandr Lukashenka approved a new law on preventing the rehabilitation of Nazism. It quickly became a part [...]
Belarus-Poland relations: minorities caught in-between The Belarusian authorities, in response to recently rising diplomatic tensions with Poland, have initiated repressive legislation which has targeted civil society and protestors. But in [...]
Leonid Smilovitsky: Jewish places of memory in Belarus have a huge educational potential Belarus and Israel have much in common. Among the founding fathers of the State of Israel and [...]
Inconsistent foundations: why Huntington was wrong about Belarus? In his famous book The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order Samuel P. Huntington [1] attributed Belarus to the [...]
Why is Belarus important for diversity studies? It turns out that most people, even those who professionally deal with national minority issues, perceive the topic of cultural and ethnic diversity [...]
