The Center serves as a training base for students enrolled in the educational program “Belarusian and Ukrainian Languages and Literatures, and English Language.” It also promotes and deepens knowledge about Belarus.The Center began its work in 2009.
The Center coordinates cooperation with universities in the Republic of Belarus. Through an inter-university agreement with Belarusian State University, a student exchange program is conducted for Ukrainian studies students from Belarus.
Special attention is given to organizing career guidance events. Recent activities include the presentation of Belarus at the International Festival of Languages and Cultures (April 2016); the All-Ukrainian student competition “What Do I Know About Slavic Countries? What Do I Know About Belarus?” (February–May 2019); and the All-Ukrainian children’s drawing competition based on V. Korotkevych’s fairy tales Land Beneath White Wings, marking the author’s 90th anniversary (November 2020).
The Center also organizes numerous literary and artistic events, cultural programs, and lectures, including lectures by Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine H. Pivtorak, Professor A. Moskvin of the University of Warsaw (November 2019), and Professor I. I. Korotkevych of Belarusian State University (January 2020); exhibitions such as Celebrating the 90th Anniversary of V. Korotkevych (November 2020) and Commemorating the 135th Anniversary of Yanka Kupala (March 2017); and meetings with figures such as the founders of Ukrainian Studies at Belarusian State University and translators T. Kobrzhytska and V. Rahoisha (May 2019), etc.
The Center’s major annual academic event is the “Korotkevych Readings.” In November 2020, the Center hosted the International Round Table “Was. Is. Will Be”, dedicated to the 90th anniversary of V. Korotkevych.
The Director of the Center is L. Steblyna, PhD in Philology.
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