Professor Victor Shadurski

About

Project Role: support WP2 in developing and implementing Country-Specific Research Integration Strategies; organising national thematic research workshops, Early Careers training schools and student conventions; and contributing to academic outputs of the project and development of new funding initiatives.

Prof. V. Shadurski is Dean of the Faculty of International Relations of the Belarusian State University (since Sept. 2008). His professional profile includes being Head of the BSU Department of International Relations for five years (1992-1997), he has participated in numerous educational and research cooperation projects. The sphere of academic interests includes current issues of foreign policy of the Republic of Belarus, its relations with European states, internal and foreign policy of France, place and role of the Baltic states in contemporary world politics, global development challenges and their impact on Belarus. Professor Shadurski authored numerous academic papers on these topics, including those published abroad, monogaphs and manuals. He is member of the BSU Council, serves as the Head of “Journal of International Law and International Relations” editorial board.

Some most important recent publications include: Shadurski, Victor (coauthor). Lithuanian and Belarusian national identity in the context of European integration / Steven M. Hoffman and Renee Buhr editors. Kaunas: Vytautas Magnus University, 2013; Thomas M. Bohn, Victor Shadurski (Hg.). Ein weisser Fleck in Europa. Die imagination der Belarus als Kontaktzone zwischen Ost und West. – Transcript Verlag. – 2011. – 270 s. (Editor and coauthor).