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The Center for the Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature researches of the National Academy of Sciences conducts research in the field of art history, ethnography, ethnology, folklore, language, and literature.

A r e a s  o f  a c t i v i t y:
► Study of ethnocultural processes in Belarus, inter-ethnic relations of Belarusians, Russians, Ukrainians and other peoples in the field of material and spiritual culture.
► Development of the history and theory of Belarusian art problems and cultural anthropology.
► Study of the Belarusian language at different stages of its development.
► Sociolinguistic, comparative and comparative-typological studies.
► Compilation of the Belarusian language dictionaries, including translation dictionaries from Belarusian to other Slavic languages and vice versa.
► Revelation and analysis of principal trends and patterns of the historical and contemporary literary process.
► Study of literature history problems and literary connections in the Slavic world and beyond.
► Study of the literary heritage of Belarus, including the preparation of academic editions of collected works of Belarusian literature classics and literary monuments.

The Center is a public entity under the jurisdiction of the National Academy of Sciences and is a part of the The Department of Humanitarian Sciences and Arts.

Number of employees of the Centre (on 2015/05/01) is 203 persona, including 2 academicians, 5 corresponding members, 27 doctors (Dr.Sc.Hum.) and 89 candidates of science (Ph.D.). The Center trains 4 doctoral candidates, 43 postgraduate students, 5 candidates for higher degrees qualification.