Current Issues in Linguistics and Literary Studies (APLiL) is an annual international conference, providing a platform for students, both under- and postgraduate, and early career researchers. 

This year the conference explores The Conscious Subject. In the world of today, people—those speaking and writing, reading and listening, creating and perceiving—face numerous challenges that question their place in the present and future of texts and contexts. As a response, we believe it is especially important to discuss the individual as an agential conscious participant in the interaction between thought and word. We invite you to join the conversation!

The conference covers a wide variety of research areas including the following:

• Cognitive linguistics 
• Communicative linguistics 
• Computational linguistics
• Applied linguistics 
• Comparative linguistics 
• Comparative-historical linguistics and classical philology
• Russian as a foreign language within the diverse linguocultural media 
• Key aspects of contemporary Russian language studies
• Folk culture in language and text

• Classic Russian Literature
• Russian literature of the 20th century
• Contemporary and current Russian literature
• Creative writing
• International literary connections of Russia and literary translation

We warmly encourage contributions that engage with the aforementioned or similar areas.

 

Presentation time: 7–10 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A.

Languages: Russian and English. However, the Russian language and literature being the main focus of the majority of the sessions, we expect the presentations to be delivered in Russian. The presentations concerning international literary connections of Russia and literary translation, as well as translation and intercultural communication may be delivered in English.

The conference is held on-site. For international and long-distance participants online format is possible. 

Meals, as well as travel and accommodation expenses are the responsibility of the participants. Coffee-breaks are provided on site. 

All participants are given a certificate of participation. Each session awards diplomas to the participants whose presentations are named the best by a panel of experts. The authors of a number of presentations selected by the experts will be invited to contribute to the conference proceedings. 

 

• The applicant indicates their affiliation.
• The applicant without an academic degree (PhD or an equivalent) has a supervisor.
• The topic and abstract of the future presentation is consistent with the overall conference theme and one of its research areas;
• The abstract is up to 1000 characters long and covers the aim, materials, methods, and main result of the study;
• For a co-authored application, one author registers first as the primary author, the others join the same application as co-authors;
• The application is submitted within the specified deadline. We recommend taking into account possible technical issues on the platform in the final hours and minutes before the deadline. Applications received via conference email will not be considered.

 

KEY DATES

• By 22 March 2026 (23:59 Tomsk time, GMT+7) — register on the Lomonosov portal.
• Up until 27 March 2026 (23:59 Tomsk time, GMT+7) — follow your application status.

The conference proceedings will be published online and will be included in the RSCI database. Submissions are accepted only from the participants invited to contribute by the session experts — no more than one submission per participant. The submission is either to duplicate or elaborate the topic and content of the presentation.

To be accepted for review, the manuscript must be submitted by 24 April 2026 (23:59 Tomsk time, GMT+7) on the Lomonosov portal alongside the accompanying documents:

• a .doc or .docx file containing the manuscript formatted in accordance with the guidelines (see Call for Papers, Appendix 1, 2);
• a scanned copy of the manuscript, certified by the signature of the supervisor or head of department followed by their full name, position, and academic degree;
• a scanned copy of the completed and signed consent form (see Appendix 3), certified at the place of study or work (in Russian).

Late submissions, as well as ones not satisfying the guidelines, not certified by the signature of the supervisor or head of department, or sent without a consent form will be rejected. All submitted manuscripts are reviewed by an expert committee and can be accepted, rejected, or returned for revision.

Address: 634050, Tomsk, Russia, 34 Lenin Ave., Building 3 (Tomsk State University, Faculty of Philology).

Phone: 8 (3822) 785-206 (Dean’s Office), 8 (3822) 785-205 (Department of Romance-Germanic and Classical Philology, Anastasia M. Serdyuk, Executive Secretary).

E-mail:  filf.conf.tsu@mail.ru.

Web-site: http://conference.tsu.ru/science_philology/.

Social media: https://vk.com/filf_conf.