The Week of Belarusian Thinking is happening between September 19-25!

The event schedule "of the Week of Belarusian Thinking, which will be held from 19-25 September, has been formed!

Dozens of different events across the country will unite Belarusians, for whom thinking is an absolute value. And it's not just philosophers and thinkers – the organizers emphasize that by thinking they mean not only professional identity, but above all the ability to speak freely, consciously and reasonably.

A number of civil society institutions and educational institutions have united by the idea of ​​ Belarusian thinking as a part of our identity and self-understanding of the nation. At the end of May 2015 a joint cultural project "Quote Your Own!" was launched, which served as the start of "the Year of Belarusian thinking." Bright events of the year widely and publicly represent the intellectual achievements of Belarus and promote them in contemporary culture.

The initiative "Quote Your Own!" continued with the publication of the book and the creation of original design T-shirts; the Anthology of Belarusian thinking "The Code of Presence" has been published and presented; a series of public lectures and discussions "Heritage of Ihnat Abdziralavich" took place, and an essay contest was announced. The results of the competition and the awards ceremony will be held on September 25, marking the final event of the Week.

Thus, the Week of Belarusian Thinking, which will take place in Belarus from 19-25 September, aims at summing up the results of the Year and presenting the diversity of forms and manifestations of Belarusian thinking in the modern Belarusian society.

The list of organizers of the Week of Belarusian Thinking includes: International Consortium "EuroBelarus", the Flying University, "Budz’ma Belarusami" public campaign, the Belarusian Collegium, "Mova Nanova", "Belarusian magazine", "Lohvinau" bookstore and the Institute of Political Studies "Political sphere".

The Week of Belarusian Thinking will be launched with the exhibition "Cogito Albarutheniae. The panorama of Belarusian thinking", which is organized by "EuroBelarus", the Flying University, and the Belarusian Collegium. The opening will take place on September 16 at 19.00 in "Korpus8" space (Masherova Ave, 9). The organizers emphasize that the exhibition starts on Friday, on the eve of the Week, and hope that thanks to it, the participants will get inspired by the atmosphere, collect their thoughts, decide on their schedule among the events of the Week", and plunge into it.

More than ten organizations, communities and the initiatives all over Belarus joined the Week of Belarusian Thinking. The events of the Week will take place at different venues in Minsk, as well as in Astravets, Babruisk, Brest, Vitebsk, Gomel, Grodno, and Mogilev. All events of the Week have free admission!

You can find the detailed and up-to-date program of the Week of Belarusian Thinking here (in Belarusian), as well as on the website of the Flying University.

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For additional or more specific information, please contact via email: [email protected]. The organizers will gladly answer all your questions!

See you at the events of the Week of Belarusian Thinking!