Center for Research of Intersubjectivity and Interpersonal Communication

The Center for Research of Intersubjectivity and Interpersonal Communication (CRIIC) is the successor to the Center for Research in Philosophical Anthropology Topos which was established in 1996 at the European Humanities University in Minsk on the initiative of prof. Tatiana Shchyttsova. Since its founding the Center’s research focus has been defined by such concepts as intersubjectivity, communication and being-with-others. The renaming of the Center (in 2020) is associated with the strengthening of the interdisciplinary orientation in its research work. The Center’s activities involve the cooperation of various socio-humanitarian disciplines: philosophy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, pedagogy and others.

History

Since 1996 the Center has organized a series of international conferences and seminars; conducted several research projects; published a number of books. Since 2000 it publishes the journal Topos, since 2002 the book series Conditio humana.

Main goals

  • conducting advanced research of intersubjectivity and interpersonal communication based on the principles of methodological and conceptual pluralism;
  • promotion of dialogue between different disciplines in EHU and in academia in general;
  • organization of research seminars, scientific conferences, summer schools;
  • publication of scientific books  (including translations);
  • explication of practical relevance of academic research work to social life.

Research priorities

  • Аsymmetric intersubjective relations: anthropological foundations and social practices;
  • The emotional dimension of social communication;
  • Ethical aspects of interpersonal communication (in everyday life, in professional spheres, in crisis situations);
  • Influence of contemporary technologies (information technologies, biomedical technologies and others) on embodied subjectivity and interpersonal communication.

Corresponding study programs

  • BA Program in Philosophy (until 2012);
  • MA Program in Social Theory and Political Philosophy (until 2009);
  • MA Program in Existential Psychology (2015-2016);
  • BA Program Media and Communication;
  • MA program Cultural Studies (until 2019);
  • PhD program in Philosophy.

Team in AY 2021/22

  • Researchers: Prof. Tatiana Shchyttsova, Prof. Andrey Gornykh, Prof. Almira Usmanova, Lect. Ksenya Shtalenkova, Assoc. Prof. Irina Poleshchuk, Lect. PhD Andrei Vazyanau
  • PhD students: Nadezhda Ilushenko, Natalia Sorokovik
  • Students: Anastasia Sheiko (BA Media and Communication, 3rd year), Katsiaryna Akushka (MA International Law and European Union Law, 2nd year), Yanina Reviaka (BA Media and Communication, 4th year), Marya Kulik (BA Visual Design, 2nd year), Lisaveta Dzedzulia (BA Visual Design, 2nd year), Yerofey Daineko (BA Media and Communication, 3rd year), Yana Taratun (BA World Politics and Economics, 5th year)

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Coordinator: Prof. Tatiana Shchyttsova

Activities 2014 – 2021

Scientific publications

  • Щитцова Т., Глухова И. и др. Ты хочешь поговорить об этом? Новая психологическая культура в постсоветской Беларуси и Украине. Вильнюс 2014;
  • Хольцхей-Кунц А. Страдание из-за собственного бытия. Дазайн-анализ и задача герменевтики психопатологических феноменов. (Под ред. Т. Щитцовой; пер. И.Глуховой.) Вильнюс 2016;
  • Щитцова Т. (ред) Цолликоновские семинары. Комментарии и интерпретации. Вильнюс 2017;
  • Лехциер В. Болезнь: опыт, нарратив, надежда. Очерк социальных и гуманитарных исследований медицины. Вильнюс 2018;
  • Штайн Э. К проблеме вчувствования. Пер. И.Казаковой, Т.Щитцовой. Вильнюс 2018;
  • Shchyttsova T. Jenseits der Unbezüglichkeit. Geborensein und Intergenerative Erfahrung, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann (2016);
  • Щитцова Т. Антропология. Этика. Политика. Вильнюс (2014);
  • Shchyttsova T. Poetics of Intergenerational Relations. To the Importance of Eugen Fink’s Cosmological Substantiation of Educational Coexistence, in: Brinkmann M. et.al. (eds) Leib – Leiblichkeit – Embodiment, Springer 2019, 267-278;
  • Shchyttsova T. The Ethos of Gratitude. To the Non-Utilitarian Grounds of University Education, in: Anja Kraus (ed): Scenarios of Knowledge at Universities in Change: Perspectives of the Humanities, the Educational and the Cultural Sciences. Waxmann 2017, 13-23;
  • Shchyttsova T. Asymmetry and Gift. On Ethical Implications of the Adult–Child Differentiation. In: Kraus A., Buhl M., Carlsburg G.-B. v. (Eds.): Performativity, Materiality and Time. Tacit Dimensions of Pedagogy, Waxmann 2014,103-114;
  • Shchyttsova T. Kierkegaard’s Existential Therapy and the Problem of the Subject, in: Topos 1, 2014, 29-38;
  • Poleshchuk I. “Ethical exegesis and ethical body in the philosophy of E. Levinas”, in Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict studies, Vol 34/3, UDC1(091)17, 2018, p.356-368;
  • Poleshchuk I. “Formation of Sensibility in Mother-Child Relation: Temporal Dephasing and Traumatic Displacement”, Journal of Clinical Philosophy 19, Osaka 2018, p.64-78, ISSN: 1349-9904;
  • Poleshchuk I. “Transcendence and Sensibility: Affection, Sensation and Non-Intentional Consciousness”, in Levinas Studies, Vol. XI, eds. Richard A. Cohen and Jolanta Saldukaityte, Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 2017, p. 1-20, ISSN: 978-0-8207-0709-9;
  • Poleshchuk I. “On the Condition of Ethical Becoming of the Self: Sensibility, Enjoyment and Displaced subjectivity”, Journal of Clinical Philosophy 17, ISSN 1349-9904, Osaka, 2016, p. 3-21.

Book series Conditio Humana

  • Щитцова Т. Событие в философии Бахтина. Минск 2002;
  • Нанси Ж-Л. Бытие единичное множественное. Пер. В. Фурс. Минск 2004;
  • Киркегор С. Заключительное ненаучное послесловие к философским крохам, Пер. Т. Щитцовой. Минск 2005;
  • Мерло-Понти М. Видимое и невидимое. Пер. О. Шпараги. Минск 2005;
  • Щитцова Т. Memento nasci: Сообщество и генеративный опыт. Штудии по экзистенциальной антропологии. Вильнюс 2006;
  • Спинелли Э. Зеркало и молоток. Вызовы ортодоксальному психотерапевтическому мышлению. Пер. И.Глуховой. Вильнюс 2009;
  • Шпарага О. Пробуждение политической жизни. Эссе о философии публичности. Вильнюс 2010;
  • Хайдеггер М. Цолликоновские семинары. Пер. И.Глуховой. Вильнюс 2012;
  • Shchyttsova T. (Hrg.) In statu nascendi. Geborensein und intergenerative Dimension des menschlichen Miteinanderseins, Nordhausen 2012 (книга вышла в серии libri nigri издательства Traugott Bautz в сотрудничестве с серией Conditio humana);
  • Хольцхей-Кунц А. Страдание из-за собственного бытия. Дазайн-анализ и задача герменевтики психопатологических феноменов. Пер. И.Глуховой. Вильнюс 2016;
  • Щитцова Т. (ред) Цолликоновские семинары. Комментарии и интерпретации. Вильнюс 2017;
  • Лехциер В. Болезнь: опыт, нарратив, надежда. Очерк социальных и гуманитарных исследований медицины. Вильнюс 2018;
  • Штайн Э. К проблеме вчувствования. Пер. И.Казаковой, Т.Щитцовой. Вильнюс 2018;
  • Щитцова Т., Артимович Т., Ковтяк Е., Полещук И. Без будущего. Депрессия и авторитарное общество. Вильнюс 2020.

Materials of international seminars held in Minsk

  • Философия Кьеркегора и современность, Минск 1996;
  • Мартин Хайдеггер и философия 20 века, Минск 1997;
  • От Я к Другому: проблемы социальной онтологии в постклассической философии, Минск 1998;
  • Понимание и существование, Минск 2000.

Other publications

  • От Я к Другому. Сборник переводов по проблемам интерсубъективности, коммуникации, диалога. Минск 1997;
  • Вальденфельс Б. Мотив чужого. Сборник переводов. Минск 1999;
  • Ясперс К. Введение в философию. Пер. Т.Щитцовой 2000.

Organized conferences

  • 2014 (October 10-11), Vilnius: International conference Situated Practices of Exclusion and Inclusion, organized in cooperation with Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore; Linnéuniversitetet Växjö/Kalmar, Sweden; International network Tacit Dimensions of Teaching and Learning);
  • 2017 (October 28-29), Minsk: International conference Logos and Pathos: Reflections of the Humanities Scholars Under the Conditions of War organized in cooperation with International Association for the Humanities, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Human Sciences, Flying University (Minsk), Institute Political Sphere;
  • 2018 (June 6), St. Petersburg: International conference Inevitability of the Other: Ethical Philosophy of Levinas and Tasks of Psychotherapy organized in cooperation with Smolny Institute and Institute of Psychotherapy and Consulting Harmony (St. Petersburg).

Other events

  • 2014-2018: A number of seminars and summer schools in contemporary Daseinsanalysis organized in Minsk and in St.Petersburg in cooperation with Society for Hermeneutic Anthropology and Daseisnanalysis (Zürich), Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Human Sciences (Minsk), Smolny Institute (St.Petersburg), Institute of Psychotherapy and Consulting Harmony (St.Petersburg), the journal HORIZON. Phenomenological Studies;
  • 2016 (December 13), Minsk: Open lecture of Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht (Stanford University) Should the Humanities and Arts Matter Today? and Seminar The Dimension of «Stimmung» [Atmoshpere, Mood] in Contemporary Popular Culture organized in cooperation with Goethe-Institute in Minsk, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Human Sciences (Minsk), and Kniharnia Lohvinau;
  • 2018 (September 27-28), Vilnius: International seminar Transformation of Emotional Culture and Spread of Discourse of Depression in Post-soviet Societies;
  • 2018 (December 11/13), Minsk/Vilnius: Two open lectures of Shinji Hamauzu (University of Osaka): Anthropology of Ageing (Minsk), Two Ways of “Clinical Philosophy” in Japan (Vilnius).

Projects

  • 2012–2014: Regional interdisciplinary research project Transformation of Emotional Culture as a Mirror of Social Changes: the Role of New Psychological Discourses in Shaping the Post-Soviet Self (supported by Carnegie Foundation);
  • 2017-2018: Interdisciplinary research project devoted to spreading of (discourse of) depression and psychopharmacotherapy in Belarusian society (supported by Sida grant).

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