March 2, 2017
The Anglo-Belarusian Society cordially invites its members and friends to join our annual Mother Language Day celebration organised with the participation of the Belarusian Sunday School and the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum. The event was inaugurated by the late Vera Rich to mark UNESCO Mother Language Day and involves poetry reading in all languages particularly… Continue reading Mother Language Day – Saturday, 11 March
February 4, 2017
On Saturday 25 February the Second Annual Conference on Belarusian Studies will take place at the University College London. It is organised by the UCL School of Slavic and Eastern European Studies, the Ostrogorski Centre and the Belarusian Francis Skaryna Library and Museum. The speakers from Belarus, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, the United States and other… Continue reading The Second Annual London Conference on Belarusian Studies (25 February 2017)
January 27, 2017
All members and friends of the Belarusian community in Britain are cordially invited to the Annual General Meeting of the Anglo-Belarusian Society on Saturday, 4 February 2017, 2.00pm at St Cyril’s Belarusian Religious and Cultural Centre, Marian House, Holden Avenue, London N12 8HY. The meeting’s agenda is available here here.
November 12, 2016
The Anglo-Belarusian Society invites its members and friends to a talk by the Slovak Ambassador to the United Kingdom HE Lubomir Rehak ‘Belarus in a European context’. For several yearsMr Rehak worked in Belarus as a diplomat and is fluent in Belarusian. The event will take place at the Slovak Embassy at 11 am on… Continue reading HE Lubomir Rehak: ‘Belarus in a European context’
June 13, 2016
The Anglo-Belarusian Society invites its members and friends to the traditional Kupalle (Midsummer) celebration on Saturday 25 June 2016, 4pm – 10pm in the garden of Belarusian House, 52 Penn Road, London N7 9RE. Programme: For the first time in London: a unique opportunity to hear literary presentations by two of the most prominent Belarusian… Continue reading Kupalle (Midsummer) Celebration: Saturday 25 June 2016, 4pm-10pm
May 6, 2016
A symposium is being held in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), University College London (UCL), to mark the 75th birthday of Professor Arnold McMillin. The event is generously supported by the Modern Humanities Research Association, the Association of Belarusians in Great Britain, the Anglo-Belarusian Society, the Belarusian Catholic Mission and the… Continue reading Symposium to mark Arnold McMillin’s 75th birthday
March 22, 2016
UCL SSEES and the Ostrogorski Centre present the second Annual London Lecture on Belarusian Studies followed by a reception sponsored by the Anglo-Belarusian Society. The lecture will start at Masaryk Senior Common Room, UCL, 16 Taviton St, London WC1H 0BW at 6 pm on 24 March 2016 and will be delivered by Professor Andrew Wilson. Andrew Wilson is Professor in Ukrainian… Continue reading The Annual London Lecture on Belarusian Studies: Explaining Lukashenka’s Survival