The aim of the workshop is to develop the concept of a 'History of Belarusian Literature' (working title) in a circle of proven specialists from Belarus and with the help of the expertise of selected colleagues from neighbouring disciplines. The centre of the project is the interweaving of current problems of theory and practice of literary historiography, especially those recently discussed in Western discourse, with specific challenges of a (post-Soviet) conceptualisation of Belarusian literary history.

The longer-term goal, with regard to which the planned workshop represents a first concrete step, is the publication of a one-volume 'Literary History' in parallel in Belarus and in Germany under the responsibility of the applicant and her Minsk cooperation partner, Dr Pavel I. Navumenka (Belarusian State University, School of Philology, Chair of History of Belarusian Literature and Culture). It pursues the intention of a twofold transfer achievement: on the one hand, the aim is to present a decidedly problem-oriented 'literary history' that exemplifies current theoretical discourses on the subject and thus implements them sustainably in Belarus; on the other hand, access to the object itself - the literature of Belarus - is to be facilitated in German-speaking countries in order to stimulate the discussion of this subject, which is still little illuminated in (literary) Slavic studies.

For the programme in German please here click here - in Belarusian language please click here.