Selected dates:

1958

Born in Minsk (BSSR, today the Republic of Belarus).

1999

In the magazine "Fragments" No. 3-4, an article by Maxim Zhbankov "Culture of the Family" and "The Family of Culture" was published, which became a program among intellectuals. In his work Maxim describes the crisis of the Belarusian culture; with stamps and trends of mass culture. He writes: “Smetetse” is a set of pure magical masses, a palette of cultural creativity. Hetky archivists are created for role-playing cultural experiments, vybudovy ўlasnaga cultural asyarodzdzia z pazychanaga materiyalu. Geta is the strategy of the old man.

2013

The first book by Maxim Zhbankov “No style. Belcult between Woodstock and Dazhynki. This is a collection of articles and essays written between 2000 and 2010 in which he explores contemporary Belarusian culture. “No style”, according to Maxim Zhbankov, is an important characteristic of our modern culture: “No style” is, on the one hand, death to the canons, on the other hand, a real launching pad. Even now, before our eyes, contrary to what we think about them, new outlines of Belarusian culture are emerging: paradoxical, non-linear, far from our hopes and ideals. And it's wonderful!

2003

The book “Belarus: Reform Scenarios” was published in co-authorship.

Teaching activity:

Since 1986

He taught philosophy at the Belarusian State University.

Since 1997

He teaches at the Belarusian Kalegium.

Until 2014

He was a lecturer at the European Humanities University in Vilnius (Lithuania).

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• Author of numerous articles in the journals "pARTisan", "Fragments", "Mastatstva" and others. He was the author of critical articles and publications for many exhibitions and art projects of Belarusian artists, for example, for the project “No matter what” by Ruslan Vashkevich in 2014.