CALL FOR PAPERS

 

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE

UNITY AND DIVISION IN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES

 

9 – 11 MAY 2023

 

 

Dear Colleagues,                                                                                                                    Bulgarian

 

The Faculty of Slavic Studies at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski“ has the pleasure to invite you in an International scientific conference “Unity And Division In Languages, Literatures and Cultures”, which will take place between 9 to 11 May 2023 at the Sofia University.

 

INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION AND THEMATIC PANELS

 

In addition to individual participation, we would like to offer the possibility of creating separate thematic panels within the conference on specific scientific issues. Each panel should have a minimum of four participants.

Proposals for panel topics (including the list of panel speakers) should be sent by 28 February 2023.

Individual submissions should be sent by 10 April 2023.

Please, send your Application Form to the following email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.      

 

The working languages of the conference are: Bulgarian, all Slavonic languages and English language.

 

CONEFERENCE PUBLICATION

The papers will be published in a book.  Each paper should not exceed 22,000 characters (including List of works cited and Appendices,).

The deadline for submissions is 31 July 2023.

All editorial instructions will be sent later.

 

PARTICIPATION FEE

The participation fee is 70 BGN. Students (MA and PhD) of Bulgarian universities and scientific institutions pay half of the fee, equal to 35 BGN.

Project “Bulgarian Studies” will cover the participation fee of foreign scholars in the field of Bulgarian Studies.

Please note that the travel and accommodation expenses are covered by conference participants.

 

The time, provided for each paper is 15 minutes.

 

The proposals for panels and individual talks may refer to one of the following THEMATIC GROUPS:

 

Literary Studies

Pandemics, loneliness, isolation – a dimension of suffering

Literature of transition. Hidden and overt dependencies

Literature of totalitarianism, critical reflections, readers' nostalgia

The hybrid habitus: the human between the real and the virtual

World literature - national projections. Theoretical breakdowns and new constructions

The war in the texts - texts at war. Battles for interpretations in the present

 

Linguistic Studies

East and West

The Bulgarian language - Slavic, Balkan, European…

Language and culture

Language on the Internet

Unity and division in language and culture

The Bulgarian language – continuity and innovation

 

Anthropology. Ethnography. Folklore studies

Migrations, holidays, social networks

Sick and healthy body. Pandemic and traditional and new healing practices

Mystifications and rationalizations of everyday life

 

 

Conference organizing committee:

Prof. Doctor of Philological Studies Nikolay Papuchiev,

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Diana Atanasova,

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Darina Mladenova,

Asst. Prof. Dr. Maria Marinova,

Asst. Prof. Dr. Katerina Voynova,

Asst. Prof. Liliya Trifonova,

Asst. Prof. Francheska Zemyarska