Third International Congress of Belarusianists

[curt fredric woolhiser]

Dear Colleagues:

The preliminary program for the spring session of the Third
International Congress of Belarusianists (Minsk, May 22-24, 2000) has
been posted on the website of "Kantakty i dyjalohi", the bimonthly
bulletin of the International Association of Belarusianists
(http://www.lingvo.minsk.by). The spring session will include panels
and roundtables on the following topics:

*Christianity in Belarus
*Francysk Skaryna and European culture
*Belarus and Russia
*Belarus and Ukraine
*Belarus and Poland
*Belarus and the Baltic countries
*Belarus and the countries of Central and Western Europe
*Belarusian linguistics
*Belarusian sociolinguistics


The topics for the fall session (September 26-27, 2000) will include:

*The synthesis of Eastern and Western traditions in Belarusian
literature and art
*Dialogue as a means of resolving conflicts between national and
religious groups in Belarus
*The role of the Belarusian diaspora in East-West dialogue


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Curt F. Woolhiser
Dept. of Slavic Languages
and Literatures
Calhoun 415
University of Texas
Austin, TX 78713-7217 USA

Tel. (512) 471-3607
Fax: (512) 471-6710
Email: cfwoolhiser at mail.utexas.edu
Slavic Department Home Page:
http://www.dla.utexas.edu/depts/slavic/
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