The Anglo-Belarusian Society (Belarusian: Ангельска-беларускае таварыства, romanized: Anhieĺska-belaruskaje tavarystva) is one of the oldest Belarus-related organisations in the UK with an object of “diffusion, interchange and publication of knowledge relating to the Belarusian people, their land, history and culture”.[1]
Originally a part of the Association of Belarusians in Great Britain, the Society was established on 16 March 1954 using contacts within British political and academic circles developed by the Belarusian community in the early 1950s. At the height of the Cold War, there was a growing interest in British Belarusians as representatives of one of the Captive Nations.[2]
Auberon Herbert also became the first acting chairman. The first president of the Society was David Ormsby-Gore. A long-serving President of the Society was Frances Ward (Lady Phipps), wife of Eric Phipps. Another woman who was actively involved in the Society was Katharine Macmillan, a vice-chairman of the Conservative Party in 1968. She served first as the organisation's Vice President and then President.
The Society, despite its "Anglo-" label, was by no means intended to exclude Scotland, Wales and other parts of the UK.[1][2]
Among the early cultural activities of the Society was the publication of a regular pamphlet on Belarus and the organisation of concerts of Belarusian church chants, folk songs and dances in Westminster Cathedral Hall in 1950s.[1][2]
In 1965 the Society began publishing the Journal of Belarusian Studies, with an introduction by Prof. Robert Auty. The Journal was distributed annually to universities, libraries and private subscribers in the UK, the US, the Soviet Union and other countries throughout the world. As well as articles on Belarusian literature, linguistics, history and art, each number of the Journal included book reviews, a chronicle of current events, and a comprehensive bibliography for the preceding year. A booklet “An Introduction to Byelorussia” was also published by the Society in 1965.
^ abcdГардзіенка, Наталля (2010). Беларусы ў Вялікабрытаніі [Belarusians in Great Britain, by Natalla Hardzijenka]. Minsk: Згуртаванне беларусаў свету Бацькаўшчына, Медысонт. pp. 466–488. ISBN978-985-6887-63-8.
^Гардзіенка, Наталля (2010). Беларусы ў Вялікабрытаніі [Belarusians in Great Britain, by Natalla Hardzijenka]. Minsk. p. 468. ISBN978-985-6887-63-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Šaucoū, Paval (2023). "Centenary of Auberon Herbert (1922–1974), the Man Who Started British-Belarusian Collaboration" (PDF). The Journal of Belarusian Studies. 12 (1–2): 95–99. doi:10.30965/20526512-12350022. S2CID 257862966. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
^Bennett, Brian (2017-12-11). "Annual report of the chairman of the Anglo-Belarusian Society for 2016". Journal of Belarusian Studies. 8 (2): 86–87. doi:10.30965/20526512-00802008. ISSN 0075-4161.
^"Annual Report of the Chairman of the Anglo-Belarusian Society for 2019 | Anglo-Belarusian Society". Retrieved 2021-05-25.
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