International School of Historical and Archaeological Research at the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

Relevance:
Conducting international scientific schools is a relevant and popular trend in modern historical science. Similar events are held regularly in various countries of the world. They were also held in our country on the basis of the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

Goals and tasks of the work:
Purpose: to improve the development of domestic historical and archaeological research in line with global trends.
Tasks:
• strengthening of international cooperation between domestic historians and archaeologists;
• study and analysis of the research experience of foreign colleagues on topical issues of historical and archaeological research;
• comparative analysis of the development of domestic and foreign historical science;
• international approbation of the results of research by domestic historians and archaeologists;
• popularization of the achievements of national historical science.

Expected scientific results:
• use in the practice of historical and archaeological research in Belarus the best of the research experience of foreign colleagues;
• development of new methods of scientific research in the field of history and archeology;
• identification of previously unknown documentary materials on the history of Belarus in the archives of foreign countries;
• development of recommendations for solving urgent scientific problems in the field of history and archeology.

Financing:
• government research programs;
• international treaties;
• grants

Cooperation with universities of the country:
The Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus has branches of the Department of Archeology and Special Historical Disciplines (Faculty of History of BSU) and the Department of Philosophy and Methodology of Science (Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences of BSU). Research projects are carried out jointly with colleagues from universities. Employees of the institute teach at the leading universities of the country, are the leaders of diploma projects, master’s and candidate’s theses.

Foreign partners:
• International Association of Institutes of History of the CIS Countries,
• Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
• Institute of Archeology RAS,
• Institute of the History of Material Culture SPO RAS,
• Institute of History SB RAS
• Institute of World History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
• Institute of Archeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
• Institute of History and Ethnology. Ch. Ch. Valikhanov (Kazakhstan)
• Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan,
• Institute of History PAN,
• Institute of Archeology and Ethnology PAN,
• Podlaski Museum in Bialystok (Poland),
• Institute of History of Latvia, University of Latvia,
• Lithuanian University of Education,
• University of Modena (Italy),
• Center for Napoleonic Studies (France).