A scientific and practical conference was held at BGAMLI «XXIV Uzbek Readings»

On May 24, 2024, the Belarusian State Archive-Museum of Literature and Art (hereinafter referred to as BGAMLI) hosted a scientific and practical conference «XXIV Higher Readings» dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Writers’ Union of Belarus. The conference was attended by researchers, literary critics, archive and museum workers, and representatives of higher educational institutions of Belarus.

The work of the conference was held in accordance with the chronological and thematic plan within the framework of the following problem fields: the «Uzvyshsha» era as a phenomenon of cultural upsurge; domestic literary criticism in the spiritual and sociocultural context of the 20th – early 21st centuries; national literary classics: new research and discoveries; literary processes through the prism of journalism; current issues of general, special and specialized theory of translation; literary translation yesterday and today; The Great Patriotic War as an object of literary reflection; issues of preserving spiritual heritage; current problems of modern humanities.

During the scientific event, new research and developments were presented, which aroused great interest and discussion among the participants.

The conference participants were addressed with a welcoming speech by: the head of the department of information, publication and use of documents of the BGAMLI, candidate of historical sciences, associate professor V.P.Skok, who simultaneously served as the moderator of the event, as well as the honorary archivist of Belarus A.V.Zapartyko.

The plenary session was attended by:
• Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of BSU M.F.Shumeiko with a report «The Union of Literature of Belarus in the Candidate of Cultural Studies in the Humanitarian Profile»;
• senior researcher at the Yanka Kupala Institute of Literary Studies, State Scientific Institution «Center for Research of Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus», Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor I.E.Bogdanovich with the report «The literary genre of paslanna and the creativity of the poet «Uzvyshsha»;
• honorary archivist of Belarus A.V.Zapartyko with a report «And the song is the hearts of the heat…» (Yes, the history of the archival decline of Pauluk Trus);
• leading researcher at the Research Center of Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, candidate of art history, associate professor K.I.Remishevsky with a report «Unknown pages of documentary filmmaking of the Great Patriotic War: Belarusian newsreeler Julian Dovner»;
• leading researcher of the department of information, publication and use of documents of the BGAMLI, candidate of philological sciences, associate professor M.P.Kenko with a report «Uladzimir Dubouk – translator of William Shakespeare’s sanitary system»;
• leading archivist of the department for the use of documents and information of the Belarusian State Archive of Film and Photo Documents E.I.Tretyak with the report «Voices of the People’s Poets of Belarus – Sound Recordings from the Funds of the Belarusian State Archive of Film, Photo and Sound Documents».

The scientific discussion of the event participants continued during the work of the section «Academic Literature and Current Problems of Current Humanitarian Sciences in Spiritual and Social Cultural Studies».

At the end of the conference, the director of BGAMLI, E.A.Makarenko, summed up its results and presented letters of gratitude to individual participants of the event: A.V.Zapartyko, M.F.Shumeiko, K.I.Remishevsky.

Conference participants

Conference participants during a discussion at a plenary session

During the speech: senior researcher at the Yanka Kupala Institute of Literary Studies I.E.Bogdanovich

During the speech: Honorary Archivist of Belarus A.V.Zapartyko

During the speech: leading researcher at the Research Center of Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus K.I.Remishevsky

BSU Associate Professor M.F.Shumeiko after presenting a letter of gratitude by BGAMLI director E.A.Makarenko