Belarusian Studies Researchers Organize Belarusian Programme At ASEEES Conference In Chicago

As part of the annual conference of ASEEES (the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies), taking place in Chicago on November 12–15, a Belarusian Stream is scheduled — a series of specialized academic and cultural events dedicated to Belarus.

Eight sessions on Belarusian publishing in exile, cinema, language, protest and new books about Belarus are being held at the Palmer House Hilton hotel.

• Friday, November 13 (3:30 p.m.), Wabash Room: “Belarusian Short Film Night”, a 90-minute programme featuring screenings of the best Belarusian short films from 2021–2025. (For registered conference participants.) The programme features films recognized by the Belarusian film critics’ award “Chyrvony Veras”, which is now based in exile.
• Friday, November 13 (6 p.m.), Salon 5: Relaunch of NAABS and presentation of BELIMA, the Belarusian Independent Media Archive, with Tatsiana Zamirouskaya.
• Saturday, November 14 (8 p.m.), Salon 6: Belarusian Books In Exile and a poetry event.

Admission is free, and conference registration is not required.

Some conference panels were already held online on October 16–17.

The theme of the 58th annual conference of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) this year is “States and Empires”.