The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute invites members of the Harvard community and the
general public to the following special events:
The Social Roots of Belarusian Dictatorship
A lecture by Pavel Tereshkovich (European Humanities University, Vilnius/Minsk)
Tuesday, April 12, 12:15-2:00
HURI, 34 Kirkland St.
Pavel Tereshkovich is a historian and cultural anthropologist whose research focuses on
nationalism, identity, ethnic minorities and cultural hybridity in the western Eurasian
borderlands (Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova). He is Director of the Center for Advanced
Studies and Education for the Western Eurasian Borderlands (CASE) and Chair of the
Department of History at the European Humanities University, an independent Belarusian
university-in-exile that has been based in Vilnius, Lithuania since its closure by the
Belarusian authorities in 2004.
The State of Social Science Research and Free Inquiry
in the Western Eurasian Borderlands:
Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova
A panel discussion with Pavel Tereshkovich and other scholars affiliated with
the Center for Advanced Studies and Research for the Western Eurasian Borderlands (CASE)
at the European Humanities University (Vilnius/Minsk)
Tuesday, April 12, 5:00-7:00
CGIS North K105, 1737 Cambridge St.
Other panelists:
Olga Breskaya, a leading scholar in the field of religious studies and the sociology of
religion in Eastern Europe, holds dual appointments as assistant professor for the
Department of Cultural and Religious History at Brest State University (BrSU) in Belarus
and at the European Humanities University in Vilnius.
Elena Matusevich, CASE Deputy Coordinator, currently serves as lecturer at the European
Humanities University (Vilnius/Minsk) and guest lecturer at Humboldt State University in
California. Dr. Matusevich's research interests include the media and cultural
identity in Belarus, multiculturalism and intercultural communication, postcolonial theory
and border studies.
Milana Nikolko, an anthropologist and specialist in social and political philosophy, has
held numerous teaching and research positions in Ukraine, the United States, and Canada.
Her current research focuses on social capital formation in multi-ethnic Crimea. She also
serves as director of the Institute for Social Anthropology, a Ukraine-based NGO that
promotes local scientific discourse with the aim of improving research on matters of
social importance in the post-Soviet region.
Alexandr Osipian, a historian, currently serves as associate professor of history as well
as Secretary of the university Senate at Kramatorsk Institute of Economics and Humanities
in Ukraine. His research focuses on the uses of history in politics and nation-building.
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