Summer Institute of Belarusian Studies

[Curt Woolhiser]

3rd International Summer Institute of Belarusian Studies

Hajnówka, Poland



July 6-August 3, 2014



Dr. Maria Paula Survilla, Executive Director of the Center for Belarusian

Studies at Southwestern College (Winfield, KS) invites undergraduate

and graduate students to participate in the Center’s 3rd International

Summer Institute of Belarusian Studies from July 6 to August 3, 2014.

The program, co-sponsored by the Belarusian Historical Society

(Białystok, Poland), will be held at the Belarusian Cultural Center

and Belarusian Lyceum in the town of Hajnówka, located in the

Podlasie region of northeastern Poland, an area of great natural

beauty and home to Poland’s sizable ethnic Belarusian population

—an ideal setting for the study of Belarusian language, history,

society, and culture, as well as for the study of a broad range of

issues relating to cultural diversity and minorities policies in the

EU. Ambassador (retired) David H. Swartz will serve as the Summer

School’s Program Director. Amb. Swartz was the first U.S. ambassador

 to Belarus. His career also included service as Dean of the School

of Language Studies at the U.S. Department of State.



PROGRAM



Coursework will include intensive Belarusian language instruction

(beginning and intermediate levels and individual advanced-level

tutorials) and lectures in English and Belarusian on Belarusian

history, literature, contemporary politics and society. The program

will also include a regional studies component, with lectures and

events focusing on the history, culture and current status of the

Belarusian minority in Poland, as well as of the Podlasie region’s

other ethnic groups, including Poles, Jews, Tatars, Lithuanians, and

Russian Old Believers.



FACULTY



The Summer Institute faculty will include instructors from Białystok

University and the Belarusian Lyceum in Hajnówka, as well as visiting

instructors from a number of Belarusian universities. Additional guest

lectures on Belarusian history, politics, society and culture will be

given by leading researchers in the field of Belarusian studies from

Europe and North America.



ACCOMMODATIONS



Participants will have a choice of hotel accommodations or home stays

with Belarusian-speaking families in Hajnówka.



CULTURAL PROGRAM



Coursework will be supplemented by a rich and diverse cultural

program, including visits to local Belarusian cultural organizations

and media outlets, meetings with Belarusian writers and artists,

films, concerts, and excursions to important sites related to

Belarusian culture and the other cultures of the Podlasie region: the

city of Białystok, the recently restored Orthodox monastery and Museum

of Icons in Supraśl, the Białowieża (Biełavieža) National Park (the

largest and ecologically most diverse remnant of the primeval forests

of the Northern European plain), the historic town of Bielsk Podlaski,

the Holy Mountain of Grabarka (the most important Eastern Orthodox

pilgrimage site in Poland), the 17th-century Great Synagogue in

Tykocin, the Tatar mosque in Kruszyniany, and the Borderland Center in

Sejny, a unique institution dedicated to preserving the rich

multicultural heritage of the borderland region and promoting dialogue

and mutual understanding between its many ethnic groups and cultures.

In mid-July students will also have the opportunity to attend

Basovišča, the annual festival of Belarusian rock music organized by

the Belarusian Students’ Association in the town of Gródek (Haradok)

east of Białystok.



OPTIONAL TOUR OF BELARUS AND LITHUANIA



At the end of the program, from August 7-19, students will have the

option of traveling to Belarus on a guided tour including Hrodna,

Słonim, Navahrudak, Mir, Niaśviž, Minsk, Połack, Viciebsk, Mahiloŭ,

Pinsk and Brest. The trip will end with a visit to the Lithuanian

capital Vilnius, including important sites related to the history of

the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the modern Belarusian national

movement.



PROGRAM FEES



The program cost is $4200. This covers:



· 4 hours of graduate credit in Belarusian language/area studies;

· Room and board at the Hajnówka site (homestay or hotel

  accommodations);

· On-site expenses for program-related excursions.



Travel expenses from/to the U.S. to Hajnówka are additional. The cost of
the optional tour of Belarus and eastern Lithuania at the end of the
program will be announced as details become available. Financial aid may be
available based on demonstrated need.



Application Deadline: March 1, 2014



CONTACTS



For further information and application materials, please visit the CBS
website  (http://belarusiancenter.org/?page_id=455) or contact the Program
Director, Amb. David Swartz (david.swartz at sckans.edu) and/or Associate
Program Director, Dr. Curt Woolhiser (Brandeis University):
cwoolhis at brandeis.edu.

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