To help celebrate this achievement, we will host an academic conference EHU 30, on 6-7 October, 2022 at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania (Katedros a. 4, Vilnius).
Against the background of the ongoing crisis of post-Soviet transformations, which have become a real challenge to the political systems of Europe and all world, an ambitious debate is needed about the path that liberal arts universities must go in order to remain able to shape generations of young people with independent thinking, creative imagination and the ability to put their ideas into practice.
The year EHU30 is also a year of commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the publication of “The Little Traveller’s Book” by Francysk Skaryna in Vilnius. Being in the center of Belarusian enligments EHU conceptualized its role in the topos where the history and contemporary reality closely bonds with each other, influencing the generations of youth in the region.
This debate should focus on the following questions:
- What functions can and should be performed by universities in the societies of Eastern Europe today?
- How do universities promote their social humanitarian functions while fulfilling their integral mission in human life and society in this region?
- How does the educational and political component of EHU increase its influence on political transformations in the region of Eastern Europe?
Results: published conference materials for the participants and academia.
NB! To participate in the Conference, please register via the link.
Agenda
- Day 1 – October 6, 2022
-11.00 a.m. – 12.00 a.m.
Registration and welcoming coffee
-12.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
Opening speeches in regards EHU30
- EHU Rector, Professor Sergei Ignatov.
- Dr. Mantas Adomėnas, Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
- Professor Dr. Tatiana Shchyttsova on behalf of the Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya office
-12.30 p.m.-1.00 p.m.
Key-note address: Prof. Anatoli Mikhailov, Founder of EHU
-1.00 p.m. – 2.30 p.m.
Panel Discussion 1. “How do universities promote social humanitarian functions while fulfilling their integral mission of transforming Central and Eastern Europe?”
Moderator: Arkadijus Vinokuras (Writer, journalist, civil society activist, dissident)
Participants:
- Prof. Dr. Siargei Ignatov (Rector, EHU)
- Prof. Dr. Inga Žalėnienė (Rector, MRU)
- Prof. Dr. Artūras Vasiliauskas (Vice-Rector, VU)
- Prof. Dan E. Davidson, American councils
- Minister of Science, education and sport adviser Mr Andrius Zalitis
-2.30 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.
Lunch
-3.30 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.
Panel Discussion 2. “Contextualizing the Academy: What is the significance of EHU to Belarus and the region?”
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Tatiana Shchyttsova
Participants:
- Dr. Henrik Huitfeldt, Head of Cooperation at the EU Delegation to Belarus
- Doc.dr.Andžej Pukšto, VDU
- Aleksandra Dynko, journalist
- Research Associate. Ph.D. Dzmitry Kruk
- Prof. Dr. Almira Ousmanova
-5.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m.
Closing remarks
Topic: “Past, present, future of EHU”
1. Horton Beebe-Center, Chairman of EHU’s General Assembly of Part-Owners (GAPO);
2. Robert Nurick, Friends of EHU
3. Prof. Dan E. Davidson, American Councils
6.00 p.m. – 7.10 p.m.
Doctor Honoris Causa ceremony
Gaudeamus
- Day 2 – October 7, 2022
-10.00 a.m. –10.15 a.m.
Opening address by Andrius Kubilius
-10.15 -11.45 a.m.
Panel 1. The Belarusian civil society inside and outside Belarus: aims and challenges.
Moderator: Vytis Jurkonis, political scientist, Freedom House director
Participants:
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Jenna Tajchman, USAID/Belarus Country Director
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Andrius Kubilius (LT)
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Pavel Marinich, Belarusian civil society representative, Malanka media director
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Natalia Mackevich, Lawyer (tbc)
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Violetta Belyatskaya, Razam
-11.45 a.m. – 12.00 a.m.
Coffee break
-12.00 p.m.- 12.20 p.m.
Address “The language of academic freedom”
Dr. Liudmila Ulyashyna, Chair of the Senate of EHU, Associate Professor
-12.20 pm -1.40 pm
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Academic Department of Social Sciences Panel |
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Topic |
Building the Future through Social Sciences: the Significance and the Primary Objectives of the Research Agenda of EHU |
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Moderators |
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ingrida Danėlienė Assoc. Proc. Dr. Liliana Tymchenko |
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Panelists |
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-1.40 pm. – 3.00 pm
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Academic Department of Humanities and Arts Panel |
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Topic |
Mission of Humanities in an Unhuman World |
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Moderators |
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aliaksei Machnach |
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-3.00 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.
Lunch
-3.30 pm – 4.15 pm
Book presentation “At the origins of Belarusian political science” (“Ля вытокаў беларускай палітычнай навукі”)
- Phd. Uladzislaŭ Ivanoŭ
- Dr.Andrei Stsiapanaŭ
- Valery Karbalevich, political scientist
- KAS
-4.15 pm – 5.30 pm
Round Table “The role of enlightenmenters in the educational landscape of the Eastern European region. 500th anniversary of the publication of “The Little Traveller’s Book”
Moderator: Prof.Aliaksandr Kalbaska
Participants:
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Dr. Sigitas Narbutas
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Prof. Aliaksandr Grusha
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Doc.Siarhei Chareuski
-5.30 p.m. – 5.50 p.m.
Doctorate awards for the EHU professor ceremony
-5.50 p.m. – 6.00 p.m.
Closing remarks
EHU Rector, prof.Sergei Ignatov