SOCRAT Academic Conference

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June 18–19, 2026

Within the framework of the SOCRAT project, funded through the Interreg Italy–Croatia Cross-Border Cooperation Programme, the scientific and professional conference Co-creating Sustainable Tourism brings together researchers, practitioners, experts, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and representatives of local communities to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and knowledge exchange on sustainable, inclusive, and authentic tourism development.

The Conference focuses on the co-creation of tourism policies, products, and experiences through the active involvement of local communities, the application of innovative and creative approaches, and the valorisation of local identities, culture, and gastronomy. The Conference programme includes  keynote lecture by Daniela Angelina Jelinčić, and offers opportunities for exchange and collaboration between academia and industry. The programme will also feature a special session on professional practices in sustainable tourism.

Landscape in Education and Education in the Landscape

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May 22 – 23, 2026

Defined as the unity of all elements within a given area as perceived by humans, landscape represents not only a recurrent motif in the visual arts but also a concept of substantial interpretative and scholarly depth, lending itself to diverse interdisciplinary approaches. Since the 19th century, when Alexander von Humboldt introduced it as a scientific concept within geography, the notion of landscape has evolved into a significant object of study across numerous academic disciplines — ranging from archaeology and historical studies to ecology, environmental sciences, landscape architecture, urbanism, psychology, sociology, and related fields.

Although frequently employed in everyday language, the term landscape—along with related terms such as paysage and scenery—is a highly polysemous and semantically rich concept. Each of these terms is understood and applied differently across various artistic and scientific disciplines. In the visual arts, for instance, landscape appears in forms such as landscape painting and landscape design; in literature, it emerges as landscape poetry; in linguistics, as the ubiquitous linguistic landscape; and in music and sound art, as the musical landscape or soundscape. Within geography, architecture, and urbanism, distinctions are often drawn between urban and rural as well as natural and cultural landscapes (or paysages). In agronomy and the natural sciences, attention is directed towards landscape architecture and the concept of significant landscapes as forms of protected areas. Moreover, the concepts of cultural, historical, and archaeological landscapes are relevant in the context of cultural heritage preservation. Owing to its broad applicability, the concept of landscape also constitutes a recurrent theme in education—across all levels, from early childhood to higher education—where the terms landscape and scenery are frequently used interchangeably.

Contemporary Horizons in English Studies (CHES)

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September 18-19, 2026

The conference theme, Contemporary Horizons in English Studies, casts a wide net, encompassing diverse areas and perspectives within the field. As we reflect on decades of growth in English studies and the 70-year history of our department, we also look toward the new horizons that continue to expand the boundaries of our discipline. Inspired by our department’s interdisciplinary spirit, the theme highlights a variety of research, teaching, and creative work taking place across English studies. In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Department of English Studies at the University of Zadar, we warmly invite scholars and practitioners whose work is grounded in diverse areas, such as linguistics, applied linguistics, second language acquisition, literature, culture, media, film, literary translation and translation studies, to participate at the conference.

Psycholinguistics of Slavic Languages

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May 27-29, 2026.

Psycholinguistics of Slavic Languages (PsychoSlav) is a biennial conference whose aim is to bring together researchers examining Slavic languages from psycholinguistic perspective. The goal of the conference is to promote the discussion between such scholars and possibly lead to some future collaborative crosslinguistic projects. The conference was first organized at the University of Tübingen in 2022 and in 2024, by the Centre for Corpus and Experimental Research on Slavic Languages “Slavicus” at the University of Wrocław.