Scientific Conference Language and Culture in Tomsk State University

Abstract

Between November 16th and 17th, 2023, Tomsk State University hosted the 33rd International Scientific Conference Language and Culture, devoted to the 145th anniversary of the University and the Year of the Teacher and Mentor. Experienced and young researchers, language teachers and mentors from across Russia and abroad gathered to discuss the best pedagogical practices and methodological developments in the field of foreign language education. The five working languages of the conference (Russian, English, German, French, Chinese) indicate the high level of the event. The content of the conference fully reflects the list of its scientific directions: current issues of linguodidactics and methods of teaching foreign languages; psychophysiological and cognitive processes when learning a foreign language; modern formats for organizing the educational process; interdisciplinary studies of culture and intercultural communication; language and society; philosophy and language; history of Indo-European languages and classical philology; modern paradigm of linguistic research; methodology for teaching ESP; theoretical and applied issues of translation and intercultural communication; current studies of European languages and cultures: theoretical and applied aspects; theoretical and applied aspects of studying the Chinese language, etc. One of the significant sections of the current conference is the section Interdisciplinary studies of culture and intercultural communication. This year, the section discussed interdisciplinary approaches to the study of culture based on languages such as Chinese, Selkup, Spanish, Quechua (Peru), English, and Russian. The Language and Culture, initiated in the late 1980s by Doctor of Philology, Professor, Honored Dean of TSU Svetlana Konstantinovna Gural, the conference has become a recognizable scientific brand of Tomsk State University. First, in 1986, S. K. Gural organized a scientific and methodological seminar Language and Culture at the Department of English Language of TSU. The seminar immediately received international status, thanks to the participation of Oxford University professor Bruce Munk. Subsequently, in 1990, the seminar was transformed into an international conference. This conference, which brings together specialists in the field of cultural studies and philology, has been allowing representatives of different universities to exchange experiences and introduce colleagues to the results of their scientific research for four decades now.