"To give new forms to new aspirations". Vaclau Lastouski and the cultural discourse of the 1920s

The figure of Vaclau Lastouski – a self-taught polymath, a true pioneer who laid new forms and approaches in many areas of Belarusian studies – stands out clearly against the backdrop of cultural construction in the 1920s. Reflecting the multiplicity of Lastouski's spheres of activity, the collection presents an interdisciplinary approach to his work. Perhaps for the first time, Lastouski appears before us as a sociolinguist, art critic, and philosopher, and the reception of his work is explored. Along with the central figure of Lastouski, other significant figures who laid the foundations of Belarusian linguistics (Ya. Karski), literary studies (M. Haretski), and ethnography (A. Shliubski) are considered.

CONTENTS

• Preface
• Vatslav Lastouski's Philosophical Thought in the Intellectual Context of the Era (Anton Prakapchuk)
• Decolonization of the Belarusian Narrative of the History of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: From Vatslav Lastouski to Mikola Yarmalovich (Siarhei Marozau)
• Vatslav Lastouski: At the Origins of Belarusian Sociolinguistics (Uladzislau Harbatski)
• The First and Still Unsurpassed "History of the Belarusian (Kryvian) Book" by Vatslav Lastouski (Ales Susha)
• Maxim Haretski's "History of Belarusian Literature" (1920) Compared to the Modern "Belarusian Literature" (2023) Curriculum for Schools in Belarus: Conceptual Models, Text Corpora, Approaches (Viktar Khalipau)
• Vatslav Lastouski and the Study of Ancient Monuments in Belarus in the 1920s (Siarhei Khareuski)
• Vatslav Lastouski – Artist, Collector, Art Critic: Pages from a Biography (Volha Labacheuskaya)
• The Forgotten Belarusian Ethnographer: The Life and Work of Aliaksandr Shliubski (Stsiapan Zakharukevich (Vilnius)
• Scientific Connections of Yafim Karski with Interwar Czechoslovakia (Miroslav Jankowiak)
• Vatslav Lastouski in Belarusian and Polish Culture (Natallia Rusetskaya)
• Index