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Come celebrate the jubilee 20th edition of Conference of Young Slavists with us!

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From December 3 to 5, 2026, the 20th anniversary of the International Conference of Young Slavists will take place at the main building of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague.

For twenty years, our conference has brought together students and young researchers from across Europe, and interest in the conference has been growing year by year.

Applications and abstracts of your papers can be submitted until September 30, 2026 here.

For the 20th edition of COYS, we have chosen not to impose a strict thematic focus. We therefore welcome contributions related to the Slavic region.

Come celebrate the jubilee 20th edition with us!

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The 19th edition of our conference is behind us!

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From 4 to 6 December, Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy hosted the 19th edition of the COYS – Konference mladých slavistů, held this year under the title “Power of Word: Narratives, Ideologies, and Truth in the Societies of Slavic Countries”.
The conference brought together 30 participants from across Europe, who presented engaging papers on historical, literary, and linguistic topics. Each year, interest in the conference continues to grow, and we can now proudly say that our conference has firmly established itself as one of the key events not only at the Department of East European Studies but also at the Faculty of Arts.
As organizers, we greatly appreciate the strong interest and support we receive, and we look forward to welcoming participants to the upcoming jubilee 20th edition! 🎉
On behalf of the entire organizing team, we would like to thank above all the participants, as well as the Faculty of Arts of Charles University and our partners: the Czech Society for Slavonic, Balkan and Byzantine Studies, and the Boris Nemtsov Academic Center.
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Handouts 2025

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Handouts for papers that are not in English

  • Thursday, 4 December 2025

Arthur Zachar: Forms of Netlore Poetry in the East Slavic Context

Andrej Gajdoš: Woman and the State: Ideological Aspects of Rudolf Delong’s Novel Song of Love

Giovanni Gorla: The Living Word: Intonational Science and Theatrical Experimentation of the Institute of the Living Word

Zsófia Mazalevszkaja-Makádi: “Sin and Redemption” and “The Sweet Cherry Orchard”: The Influence of an Era and Ideology on the Concept of Literary Translation

Daria Krylova: Assessment as a Social Narrative: A Comparative Analysis of Grading Systems in Slavic Societies

  • Friday, 5 December

Jiří Kombrza: Central Europe as Discourse: Masaryk, Naumann, Hofmannsthal

Ondřej Kukan: “For the Triune Kingdome” – Croats in the Narrative of Political Catholicism in the late Habsburg Monarchy

Robert Kajstura: The Role of the Polish Language during the Czech National Revival from a Modern Perspective

Anna Sokolova: “Primary and Secondary Nationality”: Nikolai Polevoys Review of Kyrylo Topolias Play Chary

Ferenc Váradi: The Image of Europe in Nikolai Karamzin’s Work “Letters of a Russian Traveler”

Nikola Ostojčič: Všesokolský slet in Prague in 1948: Shaping the Narrative

Ante Lepur: “We are not terrorists” – Sport and Ideology in 1983

Mihaela Ilieva: On Jeans Prose as a Counterpoint to Socialist Realism and Why its Bulgarian Variant is the Most.. Innocent

Jozef Mikloš: Narratives in Songs about Hungarian Saints in 18th-19th Century Slovak Catholic Chantbooks

Nina Grubič: “Double Connotations” and the Coincidence of the ZDS Slogan

  • Saturday, 6 December

Aleksander Baron: Power of Word in the Context of Karel Krejčí’s History of Polish Literature

Anastasia Perič: The Roerich Movement in Interwar Belgrade

Marco Jakovljevič: Smogovci by Hrvoje Hitrec: From an Apolitical to a Propaganda Novel

Kamil Czainski: Ponašymu, is it Silesian? Language Ideological Debates in the Těšín Region Connected with the Emancipation of the Silesian Language

Lovre Prančič: Norm as a Linguistic and Extralinguistic Entity

 

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Schedule of the 19th Annual Conference of Young Slavists

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Dear students, lecturers, and friends,

We are pleased to announce that the program of the 19th Annual Conference of Young Slavists has just been published. The number of applicants for our conference has been growing significantly year by year, and therefore we have decided to continue with the three-day conference format, during which the largest number of contributions to date will be presented. A total of 35 participants from across Europe, with a strong representation of our Croatian colleagues this year, will present their research addressing the theme of this year’s edition: The Power of the Word: Narratives, Ideologies, and Truth in the Societies of Slavic Countries.

The conference will take place in room 104 in the main building of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University.

Conference day: Thursday, 4 December 2025
Conference day: Friday, 5 December 2025
Conference day: Saturday, 6 December 2025

Further information regarding the organization can be found HERE (for participants).

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The 19th annual Conference of Young Slavists has been announced!

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The 19th annual Conference of Young Slavists has been announced! Our conference has already attracted hundreds of Czech, Slovak, and international researchers, with the international dimension of the conference significantly strengthening in recent years. Therefore, sign up for the next annual conference, which will take place from December 4-6 at the main building of Faculty of Arts (Charles University), 2026. You can submit abstracts and registrations until September 30. We look forward to seeing you!

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18th Annual Conference of Young Slavists, 5-7 December 2024

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Dear students, colleagues, friends,

We would like to invite you to the 18th annual Conference of Young Slavists, which will take place from 5 December to 7 December in room 104 of the main building of the Faculty of Arts (Jan Palach Square).

During this year’s conference many interesting papers will be presented, traditionally the foreign audience is the dominant one – now with a large representation of our Italian colleagues, but among the papers we will find participants from practically all over Europe (Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Balkan countries, etc.).

A detailed list of papers and the overall conference schedule can be found here:

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