the 15th International Scientific Conference The East – The West: A Dialogue of Languages and Cultures
Department of Modern Languages and Department of English Philology, Pomeranian University in Słupsk are pleased to announce the 15th International Scientific Conference The East – The West: A Dialogue of Languages and Cultures
Time of the Conference: 26-27 June 2025
The Conference Venue: Department of Modern Languages and Department of English Philology,
Słowiańska 8, 76-200 Słupsk and online Working languages: Polish, Russian, English, German
Maximum presentation time: 20 minutes Deadline for the submission of Registration Forms: 25 May 2025 Please provide the name, address, and Tax Identification Number (NIP) of your university (for the invoice).
The conference fee: 500 PLN (120 Euro for foreign guests) for stationary participation or 300 PLN
(70 Euro) for online participation.
The conference fee for BA, MA or PhD students: 80 PLN or 20 Euro
The deadline for paying the conference fee: 30 May 2025
Payments should be made to the following bank account: 02 1240 3770 1111 0000 4068 0617
sub-account 249-581, with a note: Międzynarodowa Konferencja Naukowa WSCHÓD-ZACHÓD:
Dialog Języków i Kultur 2025.
The registration fee includes the gala dinner, coffee breaks and the publication of the papers
presented at the conference. The texts presented at the Conference will be published, after prior
approval by reviewers, in a multi-author monograph or in the scientific journal Polilog. Studia
Neofilologiczne.
The conference organisers do not provide accommodation for participants.
The Registration Form should be filled in and sent to one of the following organizers:
English forum: Paulina Ogórek, MA: paulina.ogorek@upsl.edu.pl
German forum: Joanna Flinik, PhD: joanna.flinik@upsl.edu.pl
Slavic forum: prof. Tadeusz Osuch: tadeusz.osuch@upsl.edu.pl
“Reading Abai”: Amankul Kazmagambetova, MA: Amankulkazmagambetova@gmail.com
As a part of the Slavic, English and German language forums, we propose the following research
areas for discussion:
1. Literature and culture of (e)migration.
2. History in the context of literature.
3. New genres and forms in contemporary literature.
4. Linguistic research in a synchronic, diachronic, contrastive, intercultural
and glottodidactic approaches.
5. Pragmalinguistic research on text and discourse.
6. Contemporary challenges in foreign language teaching.
The conference will also include an academic session on "Reading Abai: the history and
perspectives of Kazakh culture in the Eurasian area."
Organizing Committee
Danuta Gierczyńska Associate Professor, Pomeranian University in Slupsk
Tadeusz Osuch, Associate Professor, Pomeranian University in Slupsk
Prof. Saule Abisheva, Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Swietłana Charczenko, Associate Professor, The National University of Life and Environmental
Sciences of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine
Grażyna Lisowska, PhD, Pomeranian University in Slupsk
Tatiana Pudowa, PhD, Pomeranian University in Slupsk
Joanna Flinik, PhD, Pomeranian University in Slupsk
Barbara Widawska, PhD, Pomeranian University in Slupsk
Idalia Smoczyk-Jackowiak, PhD, Pomeranian University in Slupsk
Marta Gierczyńska-Kolas, PhD, Pomeranian University in Slupsk
Paulina Ogórek, MA, Pomeranian University in Slupsk
Amankul Kazmagambetova, MA, Pomeranian University in Slupsk