Anglo-Belarusian Society

On Saturday, 27 February 2021 an Annual General Meeting of the Anglo-Belarusian Society will be held at 2pm online via Zoom.

The Anglo-Belarusian Society then cordially invites its members and friends to the Mother Language Day celebration with poetry readings and special guest appearances. Our annual Mother Language Day celebration will be organised with the participation of the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum and Association of Belarusians in Great Britain.

The event was inaugurated by the late Vera Rich to mark UNESCO Mother Language Day and involves poetry reading in all languages particularly Belarusian and English.

Read your favourite poem – works of modern poets or old favourites of your choice in Belarusian, English, Scots, Catalan, Finnish etc (no need to learn by heart!). Children are very welcome to participate.

The readings will start at 3 pm on Zoom and will be followed by virtual refreshments and chat.

The suggested minimum donation for ABS members – £5, for non-members – £10

If you wish to join or pay your annual ABS subscription, please read more how to do it here.

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All members and friends of the Belarusian community in Britain are cordially invited to the traditional Kaliady celebration organised by the Anglo-Belarusian Society on Thursday 31st December 2020, 12noon via Zoom.

There will be the traditional, well-loved Batlejka (Belarusian Christmas puppet show)  performed by Paval Šaǔcoǔ and his troupe performing online. There will also be festive folk songs for Friends and Families to sing along too.

Dress code: Kaliady folk costume.

There is opportunity to create your own Vycinanka or Bethlehem Star star prior the performance.

Kalyady

• Round Table on Belarus Hosted by LSESU European Society, 26th November, 6pm
• ЗБВБ: Стагодзьдзе Слуцкага збройнага чыну, 28 лістапада а 14:00
• Laying Flowers: Daily in London
• The Royal Scottish National Orchestra Digital Season concert (a tribute to the people of Belarus), 4 December.
• 2020 Kaliady and Batlejka in London 31.12 2020 12 noon

UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, the Ostrogorski Centre and the  Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum invites to the Annual London conference on Belarusian Studies.

The conference will take place on 21–22 February 2020 at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) and the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum in London.

The conference serves as a multidisciplinary forum of Belarusian studies in the West and offers a rare networking opportunity for researchers of Belarus. The draft programme of the conference is available here.

This year’s Annual London Lecture on Belarusian Studies will be delivered by Professor Thomas Bohn from Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany. The title is ‘Bagpipe Player and Painted Birds. Belarusian Histories of the People in the Marshes.’

To register for the conference please complete the online form linked here no later than 19 February 2020. The working language of the conference is English. Continue reading →