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Anton Liavitski

Anton Liavitski

Anton Liavitski

Research Associate

Müller-Friedberg-Strasse 6/8
Büro 52-7138

9000 St. Gallen
Publications

No publications on Alexandria yet

Main Focuses

History of democracy

Nationalism studies

Soviet history

Education

2016–2022: Ph.D. in Eastern European History, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany


2016: Master of Arts (M.A.) in History, Belarusian State University, Minsk


2016: Exchange Semester, University of Leipzig, Germany


2015: Specialist Diploma in History and Political Science, Belarusian State University, Minsk


2014–2015: Exchange Semester, University of Leipzig, Germany

Professional Career

Since 2024 – ESKAS Fellow, University of St. Gallen


2022–2024 – GIAS Junior Fellow, Central European University (Budapest) / European Humanities University (Vilnius)


2022 – Research Fellow, Institute for Contemporary History, Munich, Germany (Values of the Past Network)

Projects

Since 2022:“Politics of Collapse: Democrats and Their Voters in Belarus and Ukraine, 1990–1995” (Postdoctoral project)

2016–2022: “Perestroika, Intelligentsia, and the Birth of Belarusian Populism, 1988–1997” (PhD project)

Affiliations

Swiss Academic Society for Eastern European Studies (SAGO)

Talks

18.11.2024: "Perestroika, Intelligentsia, and the Birth of Belarusian Populism, 1988–1997" (University of Hagen)

18.10.2024: "Democracy and Its Discontents: Revisiting Post-Communism’s Great Divide" (European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder))

13.6.2024: "Democratic Minorities: Middle Class, Party Competition, and Diverging Political Cultures of the Post-Soviet City" (Bonn)

9.1.2024: "Politics of Collapse: Democratic Voters in Belarus, 1990–1995" (Colloquium for East European History, University of Giessen)

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