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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.

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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.

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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.

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