The London Conference on Belarusian Studies is the leading multidisciplinary forum for Belarusian studies in the West, bringing together scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to discuss Belarus’s history, politics, international relations, society, culture, and economy. Hosted annually by the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, the Ostrogorski Centre, and the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum, the conference provides a unique platform for academic exchange, networking, and the presentation of new research, with selected papers published in the Journal of Belarusian Studies. It is held in a hybrid format, enabling participation from researchers and professionals around the world.
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Past conferences
- 10th Annual ‘Belarusian Studies in the 21st Century’ Conference & Annual London Lecture on Belarusian Studies (2025). Keynote address: “War after War”: Anti-Soviet Armed Resistance in the Early Cold-War Period – The Annual Lecture on Belarusian Studies: Dr Aleksandra Pomiecko, King's College London, United Kingdom (programme)
- 9th Annual ‘Belarusian Studies in the 21st Century’ Conference & Annual London Lecture on Belarusian Studies (2024). Keynote address: The End of Belarusian Adaptive Autocracy? – The Annual Lecture on Belarusian Studies: Dr Stephen Hall, University of Bath, United Kingdom (programme; video)
- 8th Annual ‘Belarusian Studies in the 21st Century’ Conference & Annual London Lecture on Belarusian Studies (2023). Keynote address: From Frying Pan to Fire? Protest, War and the Forging of a Belarusian Nation – The Annual Lecture on Belarusian Studies: Dr Paul Hansbury, University of Warwick, United Kingdom (programme; video)
- 7th Annual ‘Belarusian Studies in the 21st Century’ Conference & Annual London Lecture on Belarusian Studies (2022). Keynote address: Complexity, Resilience and the Political: Understanding the Many Crises in Belarus – The Annual Lecture on Belarusian Studies: Professor Elena Korosteleva, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (programme; video)
- 6th Annual ‘Belarusian Studies in the 21st Century’ Conference & Annual London Lecture on Belarusian Studies (2021). Annual London Lecture on Belarusian Studies: ‘Stalin’s Ghosts, Parasites, and Pandemic – the Roots of the 2020 Uprising in Belarus’ by Professor David Marples, the University of Alberta, Canada (programme; video)
- 5th Annual ‘Belarusian Studies in the 21st Century’ Conference & Annual London Lecture on Belarusian Studies (2020) Annual London Lecture on Belarusian Studies ‘Bagpipe Player and Painted Birds. Belarusian Histories of the People in the Marshes’ by Professor Thomas Bohn, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany. (programme; audio)
- 4th Annual ‘Belarusian Studies in the 21st Century’ Conference & Annual London Lecture on Belarusian Studies (2019) Annual London Lecture on Belarusian Studies: ‘Belarusian nationalism in the 2010s, a case of anti-colonialism? Origins, features and outcomes of ongoing ‘Soft Belarusianisation’ by Dr Anais Marin, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus (programme; audio)
- 3rd Annual ‘Belarusian Studies in the 21st Century’ Conference & Annual London Lecture on Belarusian Studies (2018). Annual London Lecture on Belarusian Studies: ‘Belarusian state- and nation-formation: from Polatsk principality to Independent Belarus’ by Dr Alena Marková, Assistant Professor at the Department of Historical Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague (programme)
- 2nd Annual ‘Belarusian Studies in the 21st Century’ Conference & Annual London Lecture on Belarusian Studies (2017). Annual London Lecture on Belarusian Studies by Dr Alexander Susha, Deputy Director of the National Library of Belarus, Chairman of the International Association of Belarusian Language and Culture Specialists (programme; audio)
- Innagural conference ‘Belarusian Studies in the 21st Century’ & Annual London Lecture on Belarusian Studies (2016). Annual London Lecture on Belarusian Studies: 'Belarus: from a Social Contract to a Security Contract?' by: Prof Andrew Wilson, University College London (programme; audio)
- Innagural Annual London Lecture on Belarusian Studies: 'The Beginnings of Modern Belarus: Identity, Nation, and Politics in a European Borderland' by Dr Per Anders Rudling, Visiting Professor, University of Vienna & Associate Professor, Lund University (2015) (programme; audio).