Humanities Research Centre
5
-th international interdisciplinary scientific conference
THE REGION: HISTORY, CULTURE, LANGUAGE
Dedicated to Battle of Saule
March 31th–April 1st, 2016
Šiauliai
Humanities Research Centre, which carries out interdisciplinary research into the history, culture and heritage of
Northern Lithuania, on March 31st –April 1st, 2016, organises an international interdisciplinary scientific conference The
Region: History, Culture, Language.
Researchers of different spheres are invited to participate and to discuss the subject from various aspects.
Suggested topics:
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Region research methodologies and methods.
Regions in historical research.
Cultural and communication memory in the region.
Regional policy.
Region as a periphery.
Religious life in the region.
Regions in cultural research.
Regional identity, mentality and self-awareness.
Linguistic understanding of the region, territorial and social dialects, language specifics.
Regional literature and regional authors.
Region and philosophy.
Lithuania as an ethnic, cultural, and administrative region. Ethnographic regions of Lithuania.
Conference languages: Lithuanian, English, Russian.
Conference fee: Eur 20 (payable upon registration).
Registration forms with the summary of the presentation (200-300 words) should be submitted by 26th February 2016
at the following address: su.siaures.lietuva@gmail.com
Authors are going to be informed about inclusion of their papers into the conference programme by 14th March.
Peer reviewed and approved papers based on the conference presentations are going to be published in the research
works periodical Acta humanitarica universitatis Saulensis, reviewed in the international data bases “Index Copernicus”
and ”MLA International Bibliography”.
Guidelines for the authors can be found at the following addresses: http://hu.su.lt/humanitarinisfakultetas/mokslas/leidiniai/acta-humanitarica-universitatis-saulensis/informacija-autoriams
Paper submission deadline is 15th May.
Conference Scientific Committee:
Chairman – assoc. prof. Simonas Strelcovas (Šiauliai University)
Members:
dr. Nerijus Brazauskas (Šiauliai University)
prof. dr. Genovaitė Kačiuškienė (Šiauliai University)
prof. dr. Mihaela Koletnik (University of Maribor, Slovenia)
habil. dr. Benedikts Kalnačs (University of Latvia, Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art)
assoc. prof. dr. Regina Kvašytė (Šiauliai University)
prof. dr. Henrihs Soms (Daugavpils University)
dr. Anna Stafecka (University of Latvia, Latvian Language Institute)
Humanities Research Centre
5
-th international interdisciplinary scientific conference
THE REGION: HISTORY, CULTURE, LANGUAGE
Dedicated to Battle of Saule
March 31th–April 1st, 2016
Šiauliai
REGISTRATION FORM
To be submitted by 26th February at the following address: su.siaures.lietuva@gmail.com
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Preferred accommodation (please mark X):
University halls of residence
Hotel
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