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National histories of countries
National history of every country of the region should enrich each other.
I am not an ardent supporter of a quantitative comparison of one national generation of scientists with another. Work in the sphere of art is an individual thing, and a scientist who submits his text to somebody’s judgment is responsible not only for his erudition, but also for mythology and ideology he puts in his work. Criteria of professional competence in the humanities, as criteria of truth itself, are extremely indistinct. If we are to talk about what version of national history – Lithuanian, Belarusian or, for example, Ukrainian – is the closest one to ideal “European” standards, let’s concede frankly that all these controversies are quite marginal and uninteresting for a big Europe. First of all, we address ourselves to each other.
There are still many books with uncut edges concerning our common spiritual history in Lithuanian and Belarusian libraries and archives. Actualization of such heritage might become a great contribution into UNESCO programmes of preservation of cultural heritage or maintenance of cultural diversity of the European Union. It is because of parallel development of Lithuanian and Belarusian cultures we don’t know a lot about each other. Launching of “Eastern partnership” initiative and existing programmes of good-neighbourliness presuppose maintenance of activities aimed at alleviation of the tension that inevitably appears if any boundary exist. Such an interest from Brussels’ part makes us consider development of a new scientific and educational exchange system, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, out-of-school activities, in which the main emphasis will be made on the growth of mutual understanding. It meets not only the European Union politics, but also sincere desire of the people of Eastern and Central Europe.
© National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 2011
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