Elena Alekseevna BURIK

Vice-Rector for Ideological and Educational Work
of Brest State A.S. Pushkin University,
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor

Short biography

In 2004, she graduated from the Faculty of History of Brest State A.S. Pushkin University on the speciality «History» with a specialization in Socio-Political Disciplines, and in 2012 she completed postgraduate studies at the same University in the speciality «National history». In 2014, she defended her PhD thesis on "Cross–border cooperation between Belarus, Poland and Ukraine (1991-2008)" (scientific supervisor - Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor M.E. Chesnovsky). In 2020, by a decree of the Presidium of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Republic of Belarus, she was awarded the academic title of associate professor in the specialty «History».

She has been working at Brest State A.S. Pushkin University since 2004 as a laboratory assistant and since 2005 as a part-time assistant and lecturer at the Department of General History. Since 2009 she has been an assistant, lecturer (2012), Associate Professor (2014) of the Department of General History, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of History for Research and Academic Affairs, Executive Secretary of the University Admissions Committee (2015-2016). In 2016-2022, she was Dean of the Faculty of History, in 2022-2025 – Head of the Department of History of Slavic Peoples. On 23 of June 2025 she appointed to the position of Vice-Rector for Ideological and Educational Work.

Scientific activity

She is the author (co-author) of more than 80 scientific, scientific-methodological publications, co-author of a textbook with the stamp of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus. She participated in the implementation of 3 research projects.

Research interests:

• foreign policy of Belarus;
• cross-border cooperation of Belarus with neighboring countries;
• international relations.

Awards:

• 2014 г. – she received a commendation from the Rector of the university;
• 2018 г. – she received a diploma;
• 2020 г. – she received a diploma from the Brest Regional Committee of the Belarusian Professional Union of Education and Science Workers;
• 2023 г. – she received a Certificate of Honor from the University.