Challenges of Slavic Studies in the 21st Century

From 13 to 15 May 2021 at the Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, with the possibility of online participation

We invite you to participate in the 4th International Scientific Conference Slavic Scientific Reflections entitled Challenges of Slavic Studies in the 21st Century. The conference will take place from 13 to 15 May 2021 at the Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor. It will be organized by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literature in cooperation with the Slavic Society Maribor.

The purpose of the conference is to present the current situation and indicate the trends for the development of Slavic studies, both in terms of research topics and methodologies. The conference will present a wide range of linguistic and literary topics, especially within individual philologies, and contrast past research with contemporary ones. Special attention will be paid to interdisciplinarity in research, the integration of intercultural perspectives and, above all, the analysis of the role of Slavic studies and study programmes in Slavic studies around the world and the presentation of the challenges they face.

The linguistic contributions should include comparative-historical and dialectological research of Slavic languages, comparative research of modern Slavic languages, sociolinguistic, psycho- and neurolinguistic, linguocultural and computer research of Slavic languages, research on the standardization and norms of Slavic languages. In the field of Slavic literature and cultures, we expect topics on Slavic literature in a comparative, interliterary and intercultural perspective, Slavic literature in film, theoretical aspects of the study of contemporary Slavic literature, the interrelationships of Slavic literature and cultures, Slavic folklore, translations of Slavic literature. The conference will also strive to shed some light on the didactic aspect and perspectives of Slavic studies through the prism of the development of contemporary Slavic studies and the teaching of Slavic languages, literature and cultures.

Conference topics

Methodological approaches in Slavic studies between tradition and innovation
Research of Slavic languages on different linguistic planes
Norm studies in individual Slavic languages
Challenges of Slavic dialectologies
Interdisciplinary research of Slavic languages
Translations of Slavic literature as cultural transfers
Slavic literature and cultural heritage in the 21st century
Slavic literature in an intercultural context
Film adaptations of Slavic literature
Interdisciplinary research of Slavic literature
Perspectives of Slavic studies and the study programmes in Slavic studies
Transfer of new knowledge into the educational process

Important dates

Registration for the conference with a topic and an abstract: 21 February 2021
Notification of successful abstracts: 15 March 2021
Conference program: 31 March 2021
Conference: from 13 to 15 May 2021
Submission of the paper: 30 September 2021

International Program Committee

dr. Gjoko Nikolovski, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, President of the Conference
dr. Lidija Arizankovska, Faculty of Philology Blaže Koneski, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
dr. Agnieszka Będkowska-Kopczyk, Academy of Engineering and Humanities, Bielsko-Biała
dr. Blanka Bošnjak, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor
dr. Boris Kern, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovene Language ZRC SAZU
dr. Mira Krajnc Ivič, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor
dr. Anita Peti-Stantić, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
dr. Krystyna Pieniążek-Marković, Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznań
dr. Đurđa Strsoglavec, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
dr. Miran Štuhec, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor
dr. Natalija Ulčnik, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor
dr. Branislava Vičar, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor

Important information

Instructions for preparing papers
Conference participants book and pay for accommodation and travel expenses themselves.
Peer-reviewed papers will be published in a scientific monograph after the conference.
Registration fee: 40 euros. We will send you an invoice by e-mail, which you can pay at the bank or post office.
Time for the presentation of the paper: 15 minutes.
The working languages of the conference are all Slavic languages and English.
Online participation will take place through the MS Teams application (you need a good internet connection and a computer with a camera and a microphone). Before the conference we will send an e-mail with a link to the online environment in which the conference will take place.