Editorial Board
- dr hab. Jankowiak Miroslaweditor-in-chief (Prague, Czech Republic)
- Maxim Karaliou, PhDfounder, executive editor (Viciebsk, Belarus / Warsaw, Poland)
- Kristine Bekere, PhDRiga, Latvia
- Hanna Vasilevich, PhDPrague, Czech Republiс
- Julija Gabranova, PhDRiga, Latvia
- dr hab. Jerzy GrzybowskiWarsaw, Poland
- dr Eriks JekabsonsRiga, Latvia
- Tatsiana Niakrasava, MAenglish texts editor (Viciebsk, Belarus)
- Ihar Pushkin, PhDMahiliou, Belarus
- Nina Skepjan, PhDPrague, Czech Republic
Miroslaw Jankowiak – editor-in-chief (Prague, Czech Republic)
Doctor habilitated in Linguistics (2023, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń)
Graduated from the departments of Belarusian Philology (2003) and Polonistic (2003) at the University of Warsaw.
In 2008, got his PhD in the field of humanities (Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences). The Academic Researcher at the Institute of Slavonic Studies of the Czech Academy of Sciences. He is the author of 6 monographs (1 co-authored) and 1 dictionary, co-editor of 3 collective monographs and author of more than 100 articles in the field of linguistics, cultural studies, history and political science.
His research interests are in the Belarusian language outside Belarus, especially Baltic Ukraine, the identity and history of Belarusians in Latvia and Lithuania, Poles in Latvia, and the Belarusian-Polish linguistic and cultural border.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6212-1463
Doctor habilitated in Linguistics (2023, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń)
Graduated from the departments of Belarusian Philology (2003) and Polonistic (2003) at the University of Warsaw.
In 2008, got his PhD in the field of humanities (Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences). The Academic Researcher at the Institute of Slavonic Studies of the Czech Academy of Sciences. He is the author of 6 monographs (1 co-authored) and 1 dictionary, co-editor of 3 collective monographs and author of more than 100 articles in the field of linguistics, cultural studies, history and political science.
His research interests are in the Belarusian language outside Belarus, especially Baltic Ukraine, the identity and history of Belarusians in Latvia and Lithuania, Poles in Latvia, and the Belarusian-Polish linguistic and cultural border.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6212-1463
Maxim Karaliou – founder and executive editor (Viciebsk, Belarus / Warsaw, Poland)
Doctor of History (2026, Warsaw, Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences).
The yearbook «Latvians and Belarusians: together through the centuries» (2012) creator and founder. A long worked as a senior lecturer at the Social and Human Science Department of Viciebsk State Medical University. Now a doctoral student at the Anthropos Doctoral School of the Polish Academy of Sciences (The Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences).
The author of 9 monographs (7 co-authored) and more than 70 scientific articles.
Research interests concern national policy in Eastern Europe (from the middle 19th century to the present); the situation of Latvians and Poles in the Belarusian land, as well as Belarusians in Latvia in the interwar period, historical memory and historical policy.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5365-8365
Doctor of History (2026, Warsaw, Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences).
The yearbook «Latvians and Belarusians: together through the centuries» (2012) creator and founder. A long worked as a senior lecturer at the Social and Human Science Department of Viciebsk State Medical University. Now a doctoral student at the Anthropos Doctoral School of the Polish Academy of Sciences (The Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences).
The author of 9 monographs (7 co-authored) and more than 70 scientific articles.
Research interests concern national policy in Eastern Europe (from the middle 19th century to the present); the situation of Latvians and Poles in the Belarusian land, as well as Belarusians in Latvia in the interwar period, historical memory and historical policy.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5365-8365
Kristine Bekere (Riga, Latvia)
PhD (2020, University of Latvia)
The Academical Researcher at the University of Latvia, Faculty of Humanities. Editor-in-chief of “The Journal of the University of Latvia. History”.
Research interests: diaspora history; Latvian diaspora; relations between the homeland and the diaspora; political activities of Latvian diaspora 1945‒1991.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4401-9892
PhD (2020, University of Latvia)
The Academical Researcher at the University of Latvia, Faculty of Humanities. Editor-in-chief of “The Journal of the University of Latvia. History”.
Research interests: diaspora history; Latvian diaspora; relations between the homeland and the diaspora; political activities of Latvian diaspora 1945‒1991.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4401-9892
Hanna Vasilevich (Prague, Czech Republic)
PhD (2015, Metropolitan University/International Relations Institute in Prague)
Hanna Vasilevich is Chair of the Board at the International Centre for Ethnic and Linguistic Diversity Studies (ICELDS), Prague, Czechia.
She worked in the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI). She defended her PhD thesis on Belarusian National Identity.
She actively participated in the social and cultural life of the Belarusian Diaspora in Prague and initiated the process of acknowledging Belarusians as a national minority in the Czech Republic.
Her research interests include national identity, national and religious minorities, diaspora and kin-state relations, linguistic diversity, and the issues of equality and non-discrimination with an emphasis on language and ethnicity.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3379-9651
PhD (2015, Metropolitan University/International Relations Institute in Prague)
Hanna Vasilevich is Chair of the Board at the International Centre for Ethnic and Linguistic Diversity Studies (ICELDS), Prague, Czechia.
She worked in the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI). She defended her PhD thesis on Belarusian National Identity.
She actively participated in the social and cultural life of the Belarusian Diaspora in Prague and initiated the process of acknowledging Belarusians as a national minority in the Czech Republic.
Her research interests include national identity, national and religious minorities, diaspora and kin-state relations, linguistic diversity, and the issues of equality and non-discrimination with an emphasis on language and ethnicity.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3379-9651
Julija Gabranova (Riga, Latvia)
Doctor of Philology (2016, University of Liepaja).
Scientific Researcher at the University of Latvia (Board Member of the Centre for Bohemian and Polish Studies), Member of the Latvian Committee of Slavists, author of more than 20 articles in the field of contrastive linguistics.
Scientific interests include: the first Belarusian-Latvian and Latvian-Belarusian dictionary, periodicals published in Latvia during the first half of the 20th century etc.
She seeks to elucidate the intricate dynamics of Belarusian and Latvian linguistic interplay and its significance for cultural identity and heritage. Argues that the Belarusian language in Latvia constitutes a vital aspect of cultural and historical heritage, reflecting the vitality of Belarusian identity beyond its ethnic homeland.
Doctor of Philology (2016, University of Liepaja).
Scientific Researcher at the University of Latvia (Board Member of the Centre for Bohemian and Polish Studies), Member of the Latvian Committee of Slavists, author of more than 20 articles in the field of contrastive linguistics.
Scientific interests include: the first Belarusian-Latvian and Latvian-Belarusian dictionary, periodicals published in Latvia during the first half of the 20th century etc.
She seeks to elucidate the intricate dynamics of Belarusian and Latvian linguistic interplay and its significance for cultural identity and heritage. Argues that the Belarusian language in Latvia constitutes a vital aspect of cultural and historical heritage, reflecting the vitality of Belarusian identity beyond its ethnic homeland.
Jerzy Grzybowski (Warsaw, Poland)
Doctor habilitated in History (2012, Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences)
Historian, professor at the University of Warsaw. Vice-director of Institute of Intercultural Studies of Central and Eastern Europe at the University of Warsaw.
Author of over 270 scientific publications, including 11 monographs. Winner of numerous domestic and foreign grants and awards, including scholarships from „Polityka” and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education for outstanding young researchers. Additionally, he was awarded the Pro Memoria medal.
Explores the military, political and religious history of Belarus in the 20th century. It focuses particularly on the history of Belarusian-Polish relations, the Belarusian diaspora and the Belarusian independence movement. He also studies the history of the Orthodox Church in Poland and Belarus.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7359-487X
Doctor habilitated in History (2012, Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences)
Historian, professor at the University of Warsaw. Vice-director of Institute of Intercultural Studies of Central and Eastern Europe at the University of Warsaw.
Author of over 270 scientific publications, including 11 monographs. Winner of numerous domestic and foreign grants and awards, including scholarships from „Polityka” and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education for outstanding young researchers. Additionally, he was awarded the Pro Memoria medal.
Explores the military, political and religious history of Belarus in the 20th century. It focuses particularly on the history of Belarusian-Polish relations, the Belarusian diaspora and the Belarusian independence movement. He also studies the history of the Orthodox Church in Poland and Belarus.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7359-487X
Eriks Jekabsons (Riga, Latvia)
Doctor of History (1995, University of Latvia).
Professor of the Department of History and Archaeology, the University of Latvia, a full member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences.
An author of more than 30 books published in Latvia and abroad, more than 300 scientific articles etc. Served as an expert of Latvian Scientific Council. He is a member of the editorial board of 5 Latvian and 17 foreign scientific journals, visiting universities in Poland, Ukraine, Belarus. Decorated with Poland's Gold Merit Cross, Poland’s Merit Order, Latvian Order of Three Stars.
His research interests include political and military history of Latvia and the region (Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus) in the first half of 20th century.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4961-106X
Doctor of History (1995, University of Latvia).
Professor of the Department of History and Archaeology, the University of Latvia, a full member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences.
An author of more than 30 books published in Latvia and abroad, more than 300 scientific articles etc. Served as an expert of Latvian Scientific Council. He is a member of the editorial board of 5 Latvian and 17 foreign scientific journals, visiting universities in Poland, Ukraine, Belarus. Decorated with Poland's Gold Merit Cross, Poland’s Merit Order, Latvian Order of Three Stars.
His research interests include political and military history of Latvia and the region (Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus) in the first half of 20th century.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4961-106X
Tatsiana Niakrasava (Viciebsk, Belarus)
MA in Pedagogy (2010, Viciebsk State University of P.M. Masherau), MA in Cultural Management (2012, MSSES).
Independent researcher, the co-founder of a travel company.
The author wrote more than 20 academic articles.
Research interests concern on the development of cross-border Belarus-Latvia tourism, possibilities of ethno-cultural basis and animation activities in providing cross-border tourism, the impact of tourism on social processes (mobility and the exploration of space and time), cross-border sociocultural travel, and, the transnational culture of tourism, national cuisine for travel and leisure.
MA in Pedagogy (2010, Viciebsk State University of P.M. Masherau), MA in Cultural Management (2012, MSSES).
Independent researcher, the co-founder of a travel company.
The author wrote more than 20 academic articles.
Research interests concern on the development of cross-border Belarus-Latvia tourism, possibilities of ethno-cultural basis and animation activities in providing cross-border tourism, the impact of tourism on social processes (mobility and the exploration of space and time), cross-border sociocultural travel, and, the transnational culture of tourism, national cuisine for travel and leisure.
Ihar Pushkin (Mahiliou, Belarus)
PhD in History (2002, Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus)
Associate Professor. Works at the Department of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines of the Belarusian State University of Food and Chemical Technologies.
Studies the personnel of the industry of Soviet Belarus, the participation of national minorities of Belarus in the socio-political and cultural life of the 20th century, the past and present history of Belarus and the city of Mahiliou, anti-Soviet armed resistance in the 1920s and 1930s.
The author of 15 monographs (10 co-authored), co-author of 12 books and 3 albums about Mahiliou, 20 collections of scientific papers. The author of more than 365 articles in scientific publications of Belarus, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic (in English, Belarusian, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian).
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1845-1515
PhD in History (2002, Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus)
Associate Professor. Works at the Department of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines of the Belarusian State University of Food and Chemical Technologies.
Studies the personnel of the industry of Soviet Belarus, the participation of national minorities of Belarus in the socio-political and cultural life of the 20th century, the past and present history of Belarus and the city of Mahiliou, anti-Soviet armed resistance in the 1920s and 1930s.
The author of 15 monographs (10 co-authored), co-author of 12 books and 3 albums about Mahiliou, 20 collections of scientific papers. The author of more than 365 articles in scientific publications of Belarus, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic (in English, Belarusian, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian).
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1845-1515
Nina Skepjan (Prague, Czech Republic)
PhD in History (2008, Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus)
Co-founder and Chair of the Belarusian Institute in Prague. Worked as a senior researcher at the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, where she participated in the museification of Mir Castle. Lectured at Charles University, Faculty of Arts.
Her research interests include the history of state institutions in the Middle Ages and Early Modern period, the impact of high-ranking officials on societal development, social history, as well as the representation of elites and the formation of magnate latifundia.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1536-3931
PhD in History (2008, Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus)
Co-founder and Chair of the Belarusian Institute in Prague. Worked as a senior researcher at the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, where she participated in the museification of Mir Castle. Lectured at Charles University, Faculty of Arts.
Her research interests include the history of state institutions in the Middle Ages and Early Modern period, the impact of high-ranking officials on societal development, social history, as well as the representation of elites and the formation of magnate latifundia.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1536-3931