Opening of the 59th Summer School for Macedonian Language, Literature and Culture in Ohrid
Sixty participants from 17 countries gather in Ohrid; the event includes the 53rd International Scientific Conference and presentation of six new collections.
The 59th Summer School of the International Seminar for Macedonian Language, Literature and Culture at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University opens today in the Congress Centre in Ohrid.
Sixty specialists — Macedonian philologists, Slavicists, Balkanists, philologists, cultural studies scholars and translators — will take part, arriving from 17 countries: Albania, Argentina, Bulgaria, Italy, Japan, Canada, the People's Republic of China, Poland, the Russian Federation, the USA, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Turkey, Hungary, France and Croatia.
Programme, publications and prizes
The Summer School’s programme includes language laboratory exercises, lectures, interactive classes, open-air lessons in the old town, a course in Macedonian folk dances, a translators’ workshop, a cultural-art programme, book promotions and a scientific excursion in the old town.
At the conclusion of the school organisers will hold the 53rd International Scientific Conference, which is expected to gather 75 researchers from North Macedonia and abroad. In total, 135 participants — students, lecturers and researchers — will study the Macedonian language and explore Macedonian literature and culture during the combined events.
At the gala opening, Rector Biljana Angelova will present the awards for Macedonian studies. This year the highest award for Macedonian studies, “Vozdejstva”, will be presented to Prof. Dr. Kristina Kramer.
As part of the programme organisers will promote six new collections: Zbornik-Predavanja na 58. Letna shkola; Zbornik na 52. Mezhunarodna nauchna konferencija; three volumes from the translators’ workshop edited by Prof. Dr. Kristina Nikolovska — "Gane Todorovski – na nedorek jazici", "Petre Andreevski – na reka od jazici" and "Ante Popovski – na okean od jazici" — and the Polish-language volume "Izlishno pismo do Boga / Zbyteczny list do Boga", rendered into Polish by Prof. Dr. Maciej Kawka.
Organisers also noted that in the past three years Ss. Cyril and Methodius University opened three lectorates in Macedonian language teaching: in Tirana (Albania) and Nitra (Slovakia), and it revived the oldest lectorate in Naples (Italy), bringing the total number of lectorates to 12.
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