CYS 2018

Conference of Young Slavists XIV

Central, South and East Europe and the Year 1918: Social and International Context

1–2 November 2018

Place: Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague

Deadline for applications: 15 July

We kindly ask the interested persons to fill in the paper synopsis in English and in the language of the paper on https://bit.ly/2sdxdML (including other required information). Applications sent without annotations and /or after deadline will not be considered.

The conference is intended for senior students, graduates, alumni, PhD students and young scholars under 35 years of age.

As usual, the languages of the conference shall be all the Slavonic languages.

Time given to the paper presentation: 15–20 minutes

We kindly ask participants to stay within the time limits and to prepare well-structured handouts for the audience (30–40 copies).

Poster: made on the paper size A0 (841 mm × 1189 mm)

Recommended: – serif font (e. g. Times New Roman)

– number of words under 800

– using software (e. g. Adobe Illustrator or CorelDraw)

There will be a designated room for the posters. The reports will be divided into sections according to their topics. These sections will be conducted by the members of academia of the Charles University. Participants in the conference presenting a paper will be offered to publish their contribution in a form of comprehensive study in conference proceedings. Editors of the volume therefore reserve the right to reject submissions not conforming with requirements put on scientific texts (regarding content, language or formal side).

Sections will be made after choosing the papers based on the synopsis. Topic areas are specified by the conference title “Central, South and East Europe and the Year 1918: Social and International Context“:

1. Language
2. Literature
3. History
4. Others
5. Posters

Conference fee:

1) participation fee 1 500 CZK / 60 EUR (reading the paper; will be charged on the spot) providing the organizational issues of the conference or

2) poster presentation fee 500 CZK / 20 EUR (will be charged on the spot)

 

Accomodation

If applied in time, we also provide accomodation in Charles university students‘ hostels for participants from outside Prague and from abroad (participant pays the costs).