Department of Cultural Studies was established in 1999. Currently, the department trains specialists in the areas of “Cultural studies (applied)” and “Cultural studies (fundamental)”. Graduates can work in the field of cultural industries (tourism, event agencies, PR agencies, advertising), institutions of culture, in education, in the area of fundamental and comparative researches. Well-known scientists have been working at the department: PhD in History and Pedagogy Svetlana V. Snapkovskaya, PhD in Pedagogy Tatiana A. Pecheneva, PhD in History Irina R. Chikalova, PhD (candidate) in Philology Galina V. Sinilo. The Head of the department – PhD (Candidate) in Cultural Studies, Associate Professor Elina A. Usovskaya (up to 2015 – the department was headed by PhD (candidate) in Philology, associate professor Galina V. Sinilo).
The department offers Master’s and Postgraduate Courses.
The department is actively cooperating with Moscow State University, the New Institute of Cultural Studies, Akaki Tsereteli State University (Georgia), the National Pedagogical University (Kyiv), Goethe Institute at the German Embassy in the Republic of Belarus, the American Cultural Center at the US Embassy in the Republic of Belarus, the Israeli Cultural Center at the Embassy of the State of Israel in the Republic of Belarus.
Аddress: Minsk, Kurchatova str, 5-401 «А»
Phone .: +375 (17) 209 58 94
E-mail: kulturologbsu@gmail.com