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EHU Strengthens Belarusian Studies Ties: Dr. Uladzislau Ivanou Visits University of Warsaw through Erasmus+ Program

From April 7 to 13, 2025, as part of the Erasmus+ program, Uladzislau Ivanou, Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Senior Fellow at the Center for Gender Studies at EHU, visited the Department of Belarusian Studies at the University of Warsaw.

During his visit, Dr. Ivanou delivered lectures titled “Belarusian Inclusive Language, Parts 1 and 2” and “Feminisation of Job Titles in Modern Belarusian.” He also participated in a seminar for students of the Belarusian Studies Master’s program, offering consultations in gender linguistics.

In addition, Dr. Ivanou participated in the international academic conference “Polish-Belarusian Linguistic, Literary, Cultural and Historical Ties”, held on April 7 at the Department of Belarusian Studies. He presented a report titled “The Masculine Gender as ‘Generic’ or ‘Generalised’ in the Belarusian Language: Sociolinguistic Remarks.”

This visit marks a step forward in the fruitful and promising cooperation between the University of Warsaw and EHU—currently the two leading centers of Belarusian studies outside of Belarus.

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