THE XIV INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM – The Silk Road Countries` Folklore (Dedicated to the Memory of Gogla – Giorgi Leonidze)
Dear
Colleagues!
We have a great pleasure to invite you to participate in the
XIV International Symposium
The Silk Road Countries` Folklore
(Dedicated of poet and academician Giorgi Leonidze)
which will take place on 23-26 September, 2020, in Tbilisi, Georgia
The following panel topics will be in operation:
- History and Collective Memory
- Folklore – Reservoir of National Identity
- Myth, Ritual and Symbol in Folklore and Literature
- Folklore Genres
- Folklore and Literary Text
- Contemporary Mythology and Literary Fairy-tales
- Folk Music
- Contemporary Folk Narratives (Urban Myths)
- Folklore and Gender
- Folklore as a Tool of Cross Cultural Communication
- Folklore in Multicultural Society – Tradition and Innovation
- Folklore and its AdjoiningScientific Disciplines (History, Literature, Ethnology)
- Preservation and Popularization of Folklore as Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Folklore and Digital Era
- Digital Folk Archives and Databases
- Field Research Practice
- Folklore and Multimedia
- Folklore in Pop Culture
- Folklore in Media and Creative Industry
- Folklorists – Names, Epochs, Achievements
Working languages of the Symposium are: Georgian, English, Russian
