INVITATION
17th INTERNATIONAL SLAVIC STUDIES CONFERENCE:
“PHILOLOGICAL (RE)VISIONS”
Organized by the Department of Slavic Linguistics and the Department of Slavic Literatures, Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”
Dates: 8–10 June 2026
Location: Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
The Departments of Slavic Linguistics and Slavic Literatures at Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski” are pleased to announce the upcoming 17th International Slavic Studies Conference on the topic of “Philological (Re)visions.” We invite scholars, researchers and doctoral students from around the world to submit their proposals.
PHILOLOGICAL (RE)VISIONS
The topic “Philological (Re)visions” suggests a reflection on the status and possibilities of philology today. In the contemporary academic and cultural context, marked by intense technological, communicational and disciplinary transformations, philology is becoming an increasingly dynamic system of different scientific and interpretative approaches. The conference problematics includes both an analysis of the relevance and applicability of traditional methods in philological research and a discussion of contemporary theoretical, interdisciplinary and digital perspectives. The forum is open to subjects in the fields of linguistics, literary studies, cultural anthropology and folklore studies related to the history and current state of Slavic languages, literatures and cultures.
We suggest the following thematic areas:
- Contemporary philology – legitimacy of traditional methodologies and new approaches
- Digital philology
- Philological (re)visions in the historical development of language
- Contemporary linguistic thought and its philological (re)visions
- Philological (re)visions of/in contrastive Slavic linguistics
- Translation in the era of artificial intelligence and digital technologies
- New literary theoretical paradigms and literary-historical readings
- Post-socialist studies of literary and cultural heritage
- Revision of the forgotten/forbidden in culture
- Comparative readings of Slavic literatures; Slavic literatures in a European and global context
- Literary translation reception and transfer of cultures
- Reception, revision and editing of/in medieval texts
- The future of teaching foreign languages and literatures in an academic environment
- Philological knowledge in an educational context
- The place of philology in contemporary public debate.
The working languages of the conference include all Slavic languages as well as English.
Presentations should not exceed 15 minutes in length.
The conference will be held in person; remote or virtual participation is not envisaged.
The participation fee is 50 euros (97.79 BGN), payable by bank transfer. Doctoral students pay a reduced fee of 25 euros (48.90 BGN). All travel and accommodation expenses are the responsibility of the participants.
The papers are planned to be published in a collection. Detailed technical guidelines for manuscript submission will be provided separately.
The deadline for submitting applications for participation is 31 March 2026. Applications may be submitted by completing the registration form available here.
Confirmation of acceptance of applications will be sent within two weeks of receipt. The Organizing Committee reserves the right to decline applications that are not relevant to the conference topic or are only formally related to it.
Organizing Committee:
Assoc. Prof. Ani Burova, PhD
Senior Assistant Prof. Borislav Borisov, PhD
Senior Assistant Prof. Venesa Nacheva, PhD
Senior Assistant Prof. Kristiyan Yanev, PhD
Senior Assistant Prof. Nedyalko Zhelev, PhD
Senior Assistant Prof. Slaveia Dimitrova, PhD
Assistant Prof. Yavor Vasilev
Head of Department of Slavic Linguistics: Head of Department of Slavic Literatures:
Assoc. Prof. Tsvetanka Avramova, PhD Assoc. Prof. Ani Burova, PhD
Sofia, 5 December 2025