Belarus Colloquium: Knowledge Production vis à vis authoritarian rule, 6.– 7. July 2026 in Hagen.
In recent years, Belarus has become a site for examining the relationship between authoritarian power, violence, and knowledge production. Systematic repression against scholars, universities, and research institutions, alongside forced academic exile and the fragmentation of scholarly communities, has reshaped the conditions under which knowledge is produced, circulated and legitimized.