An Agreement of International Cooperation with Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences was signed at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

The Agreement was signed within the framework of International scientific conference «Change of paradigms in historical science: theoretical searches, research practices, new challenges». 110 researchers from scientific institutions and universities of Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus took part in the conference. The Faculty of History, Communication and Tourism of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno and Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences jointly organized the event.

The conference was held from April 12 to 14 at Kupala University. It was opened with a plenary session, attended by Olga Vorobyeva, a leading researcher of the Institute of World History RAS, Viktor Ishchenko, Head of the Department of International Scientific Cooperation of the Institute of World History RAS, Vadim Lakiza, Director of the Institute of History of the NASB and other scientists. Mikhail Lipkin, Director of the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, joined the conference online.

«This event is unprecedented: no university in our country has such an Agreement. Certainly, our joint work is expressed not only in holding this conference. Now our long–term friendship is officially sealed, which contributes to even more active collaboration in various areas» noted Iryna Kiturka, welcoming the participants of the conference.

At the plenary session, scientists discussed contemporary issues, including paradigms of studying the past and their actualization and re-actualization, interdisciplinary approach to history, historiography and its history in the context of paradigm shift. The participants of the conference discussed the history, theory and methods of source studies, the relations between history and historical politics and other crucial topics.