Hienadź Sahanovič (Генадзь Сагановіч; born 13 January 1961) is a Belarusian historian. He specializes in the early modern period of Central European and Belarusian history.
Education and academic career
In 1984 Sahanovič graduated from the Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University in Minsk. Beginning in 1986 he became an active member of the democratic opposition in Soviet Belarus.«Бабілён» http://www.slounik.org/153727.html In 1989 Sahanovič obtained a PhD degree in history from the Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, where he worked as a researcher between 1984 and 2005. His employment was terminated, in the course of the politically motivated purge of historians and social scientists, whose research did not follow the government's official line.The cause of Sahanovič's dismissal was that during his leisure he went to do archival research in Cracow. Officially, the institute maintains that the historian was dismissed, because he published an article on the state of Belarusian historiography in the Russian periodical Rodina. (See: Sahanoviču pahražajuć zvalnieńniem [Sahanovič Threatened with Dismissal]. 2005. Naša niva, April 26. https://nn.by/?c=ar&i=100133). After 2003 many leading Belarusian historians were dismissed from the Belarusian Academy of Sciences and the country's universities in order to reformulate the officially espoused vision of Belarusian history by making it more pro-Russian. (See: Hienadź Kanstancinaŭ. 2008. Prastora i identyčnasć u Bielarusi [Space and Identity in Belarus]. DW. November 16. Hienadź Sahanovič. 2008. Vajna z bielaruskaj historyjaj [The War Against Belarusian History]. Žyvie Bielaruś. October 15. http://jivebelarus.net/society/war-against-belarusian-history.html) Sahanovič moved to the European Humanities University (EHU), then still based in the Belarusian capital of Minsk.Саганович, Геннадий Николаевич (кандидат исторических наук; род. 1961) http://unicat.nlb.by/scient/pls/dict.prn_ref?tu=e&tq=v0&name_view=va_all&a001=BY-NLB-ar91367&strq=l_siz=10 The EHU ceased operating in Belarus in 2004.Ash, Lucy. 2013. Belarus's University in Exile. BBC News. www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22254545
In 1994 Sahanovič founded the journal Belaruski Histaryčny Ahliad/Belarusian Historical Review, and since then has served as its Editor-in-Chief.Belaruskì Gìstaryčny Aglâd = Belarusian Historical Review: [navukovy časopìs / red. Genadz' Saganovìč], Belarusian Historical Review http://bha.knihi.com/index-e.htm At the same time, he was also a member of the editorial board of another new learned journal (established in 1993), devoted to Belarusian studies, namely, Беларусіка Belarusika/Albaruthenica, as founded and edited by the leading Belarusian philologist and historian Adam Maldzis (Адам Мальдзіс).Belarusìka = Albaruthenica. Kn. 1 / [rèd. Adam Mal'dzìs, Genadz' Saganovič, Genadz' Cychun]; Mìžnarodnaja asacyjacyja belarusìstaǔ, Nacyjanal'ny navukova-asvetny cèntr ìmja Francìška Skaryny. http://alpha.bn.org.pl/search~S5*pol?/asahanowicz/asahanowicz/1%2C1%2C25%2CB/frameset&FF=asahanowicz+hienadz~a+++++1961&2%2C%2C25
Sahanovič works and does research at the EHU, Vilnius, Lithuania,EHU: Staff: Henadz Sahanovich http://en.ehu.lt/staff/henadz-sahanovich/ and at the University of Warsaw in the Center for Belarusian Studies, Center for East European Studies.Centrum Studiów Białoruskich przy SEW UW, http://studium.uw.edu.pl/struktura/centrum-studiow-bialoruskich-przy-sew-uw/ In 2018 Sahanovič obtained a Habilitation degree in history from the University of Warsaw.Генадзь Сагановіч абараніў доктарскую http://nn.by/?c=ar&i=210577
Awards
For his research Sahanovič received a Belarusian PEN Club's Francišak Bahuševič award in 1995,Саганович, Геннадий Николаевич (кандидат исторических наук; род. 1961) ЛЯЎРЭАТАМ ПРЭМІІ ІМЯ ФРАНЦІШКА БАГУШЭВІЧА СТАЎ ГІСТОРЫК ЗАХАР ШЫБЕКА http://www.svaboda.org/a/24852684.html and in 2001, an award conferred by the Polish journal Przegląd Wschodni.Laureaci nagrody "Przeglądu Wschodniego" 1993–2013 http://studium.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2018/.../Laureaci-starzy.pdf
Books
Айчыну сваю баронячы: Канстанцін Астрожскі Ajčynu svaju baroniačy: Kanstancin Astrožski [Kanstancin Astrožski: A Defender of His Fatherland]. 1992. Мiensk: Navuka i technika, 62pp. . Войска Вялікага княства Літоўскага ў XVI—XVII стст Vojska Vialikaha kniastva Litoŭskaha ŭ XVI-XVII stst [The Army of the Great Duchy of Lithuania in the 16th-17th Centuries]. 1994. Miensk: Navuka i technika, 79pp. . Невядомая вайна, 1654—1667 Nieviadomaja vajna, 1654—1667 [ The Unknown War (book) ]. 1995. Miensk: Navuka i technika. 144pp. . With U. Arlov Дзесяць вякоў беларускай гісторыі, 862—1918 Dziesiać viakoŭ bielaruskaj historyi, 862—1918 [Ten Centuries of Belarusian History, 862-1918]. 1999. Vilnius: Naša Budučynia. 223pp. . Нарыс гісторыі Беларусі ад старажытнасці да канца XVIII ст. Narys historyi Bielarusi ad staražytnasci da kanca XVIII st. [An Overview of the History of Belarus from Antiquity to the End of the 18th Century] 2001. Miensk: Encykłapiedyks. 411pp. . Bibliografia białoruska, 1992-1994 [Belarusian Bibliography, 1992-1994] (Ser: Bibliografia Europy Wschodniej, Vol 13). 2002. Warsaw: Studium Europy Wschodniej UW, 240pp. Źródła pamięci historycznej współczesnej Białorusi. Powrót zachodniorusizmu [Sources of Historical memory: A Return of West Russianism] (Ser: Analizy Instytutu Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej, Vol 14) (translated from the Belarusian into Polish by Andrzej Gil). 2006. Lublin: Instytut Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej, 29pp. Грунвальд у беларускай гісторыі: спроба разбору палітычнага міфа Hrunvald u bielaruskaj historyi: sproba razboru palityčnaha mifa [ The Battle of Grunwald in Belarusian History: An Analysis of the Political Myth] (Ser: Бібліятэка часопіса "Беларускі Гістарычны Агляд" Biblijateka časopisa "Bielaruski Histaryčny Ahliad", Vol 27). 2015. Miensk: Medysont. 414pp.
References
External links
Texts of Scholarly Publications
Research Henadz Sahanovich European Humanities University, Department of History. Retrieved 2018-07-12
Lectures Генадзь Сагановіч. 2012. "Беларусь як акупаванае грамадства" [Belarusian Society Under Muscovian Occupation in the 17th Century]. Retrieved 2018-07-08 Гісторыкі і гістарычная навука ў нацыябудаўніцтве (Historians and History in the Process of Nation-Building), 2014. Retrieved 2018-07-08 Генадзь Сагановіч: “Абліччы вольнадумства ў БССР: Мікола Прашковіч і вялікая дыскусія пра гісторыю” [Fascets of Free Thought in Soviet Belarus: Mikoła Praškovič and the Great Discussion on History]. 2021. Беларускі Калегіюм. 21 Apr.
Articles Articles by Hienadź Sahanovič in the Беларуская Электронная Бібліятэка Генадзь Сагановіч «Грунвальд у беларускай гістарыяграфіі» (The Battle of Grunwald in Belarusian Historiography) Генадзь Сагановіч «Русіны пад Грунвальдам (Дуброўнай) у 1410 г» (Ruthenians in the 1410 battle of Grunwald) Генадзь Сагановіч «Невядомая вайна, 1654—1667» (The Forgotten Muscovian—Polish-Lithuanian War of 1654-1667) Генадзь Сагановіч «Мода на плагіят?» (Why Is Plagiarism So Popular in Today’s Belarus?)
Editor Belarusian Historical Review in English Belarusian Historical Review, 1996-2005