Valentina S. Novak

 EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Specialization: Philology, Faculty of Philology, Belarusian State University, 1978.  Candidate of Philological Sciences (1990). Doctor of Philology (2002), Professor (2006). Head of the Belarusian culture and folklore chair.

Born in 1954 in a. October Logoisk district, Minsk region, graduated in 1978, the Faculty of Philology of the educational establishment "Belarusian State University" specialty "Belarusian and Russian language and literature."
In 1990 he defended his thesis for the degree of Candidate of Philology. In 1997, Novak V. was named winner Skaryninskih scientific readings GSU F. Skaryna for his work on "Folk traditions Gomel Polesie". In 2002 he defended his thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philology. In 2003 she was awarded the Diploma of the Gomel Regional Executive Committee for fruitful work and contribution to the development of the Belarusian Science, and was awarded the Prize of the Council of the Special Presidential Fund for talented young people, was awarded a scholarship of the President. In 2005 she was awarded a medal Skarina. In 2006 she received the title of professor of literature in the specialty. Since 2007, the head of the department of the Belarusian culture and folklore.
He is a member of the Council for doctoral theses in 10:01:09 -Folklore at the Institute of Arts, Ethnography and Folklore of the K. Nettles NASB.

RESEARCH AREAS

The problem of interaction, multi-ethnic folk traditions, regional and local study of folklore and Slavic mythology of Gomel Belarusian, folk traditions Bryansk-Gomel-Chernigov borderland. Takes an active part in the implementation of research projects (the Belarusian Republican Foundation for Fundamental Research), the Ministry of Education.
Novak V. manages the task of the state program "History, culture, society and the State" (subprogram "History and Culture" (2011 -2015).) "The current state of traditional folklore and mythology of the Belarusian Polesie: genres mifasemantyka, poetics", is a scientific Head of the Russian-Belarusian Belarusian project "Establishment and functioning of traditional culture on the territory of the Russian-Belarusian border region: cross-cultural interaction in the diachronic and synchronic" and a regional research project, "Petrik and Petrykavshchyna: current state of spiritual culture, rituals and customs."
Developed the concept of local-regional strategy for the field of folklore studies Gomel.
Has published more than 200 scientific works, including the individual and collective monographs, educational and practical manuals, and articles. He is the author-compiler of many folklore and ethnographic collections in different areas of Gomel.