INFORMATION LETTER
The I.S. Lupinovich Belarusian Agricultural Library of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (BelAL) together with the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus are organizing the 3rd International scientific conference “Agriculture of Belarus through the Prism of Scientific Research” dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, which will take place on September 26, 2025.
THE CONFERENCE TOPICS:
- Agriculture of Belarus in the context of multi-aspect socio-humanitarian research.
- Intellectual heritage of agricultural science of Belarus in the collections of libraries, archives, museums, in private collections.
- State policy, educational structures, private and public initiatives aimed at agricultural education and development of agricultural science in Belarus.
- The role of foreign educational institutions and foreign agricultural literature in training personnel for the formation and development of agricultural science in Belarus.
- National agricultural higher educational institutions and research institutions: history, achievements, development prospects.
- Belarusian scientific schools in the field of agriculture and related disciplines.
- Retrospective of introduction of scientific achievements into agricultural production in Belarus.
- Agricultural science during the Great Patriotic War: participation in combat operations, partisan and underground struggle, valiant work and development of research.
- Development of agriculture in biographies: scientists, teachers, organizers, leaders, administrators, practitioners, popularizers and other figures contributing to the scientific support of the development of the agricultural sector of Belarus.
- Contribution of Belarusian natives to the development of agricultural science in other countries.
- Scientific information resources on problems of agriculture and related industries: creation, organization of access, use.
- Modern agricultural science in the system of international scientific communications.
- Popularization of achievements of agricultural science: forms, methods, technologies.
The conference working languages are Belarusian, Russian, and English.
THE CONFERENCE WILL BRING TOGETHER:- scientists, early career researchers, graduate students, doctoral students;
- teachers of educational institutions;
- representatives of library, museum and archival institutions;
- managers and specialists working in the fields of science, education, culture, and agriculture;
- interested in historical issues.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION:
The paper submission deadline for the Organizing Committee is August 05, 2025, e-mail: .
The registration deadline for the conference participants is August 25, 2025 on the library website https://belal.by/.
Time limit for presentations (including questions and answers) at the plenary session is up to 20 minutes; on sectional sessions – up to 10 minutes.
There is no registration fee to participate in the Conference.
Participants will need to cover all transport, accommodation and food related expenses themselves.
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS:
Scientific papers must report original scientific and applied research, correspond to the Conference topics, and must not have been published or submitted elsewhere.
The submitted papers cannot exceed six pages of A4 format including abstracts, illustrations, appendices, diagrams, etc. Each participant can present no more than two scientific papers.
The Conference proceedings will be available on the Scientific Electronic Library platform eLIBRARY.RU and on the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) http://elibrary.ru.
The submitted papers must meet the following requirements:
- text must be in MS Word processing format, 14 point Times New Roman regular font (Times New Roman Cyrillic);
- line spacing: single line spacing;
- justified alignment;
- paragraph indentation: 1,25 mm;
- page margins: top and bottom: 20 mm, left: 25 mm, right: 10 mm.
- charts, diagrams, photos, screenshots, etc.: JPG format;
- UDC index: left alignment, no indentation
- in Belarusian, Russian and English: the paper title (in bold); the full names and affiliations of the author(s) / co-authors; the city and the country, e-mails; center aligned;
- in Belarusian, Russian and English: the paper title (in bold); the full names of the author(s) / co-authors; affiliations of the author(s) / co-authors: name of the organization, e-mails; center aligned;
- in Belarusian, Russian and English: the abstract and keywords which accurately describe the contents of the paper. The abstract can not exceed 850 characters (including spaces); in italic font;
- the reference list should be arrange in accordance with mention in the text of paper and must correspond the Instructions of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Republic of Belarus, in-text references should be indicated by square brackets with page number – [2, p. 72–75];
- a sample of a scientific paper outline see below.
Papers that do not meet the requirements above, WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
After the text of the paper, information about the authors is indicated: surname, first name, patronymic (in full); academic degree and title (if any); name (in full) and address of the institution that the author represents, position; contact telephone number; e-mail.
The Conference Organizing Committee has the right to include or reject the inclusion of the received papers into the Conference program and the Conference proceedings.
THE CONFERENCE VENUE:
the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus: 1 Academic St., Minsk, Belarus
CONTACTS:
Veranika Babaryka-Amelchanka, Head of the Department of Research, Scientific and Methodological Activity of BelAL
phone +375 17 379-11-70
Yulia Karakulko, Academic Secretary of BelAL
phone +375 17 379-00-46
phone/fax +375 17 379-55-00
Valentin Mazets, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Leading Researcher, Department of Modern History of Belarus, Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
phone +375 17 379-16-10