In the half-day seminar on November 11 (14:00-20:00), invited participants from the University of Tartu, Estonia, Jagiellonian University, Poland and the organisers at the Estonian Literary Museum will gather to discuss comparative methods in communication styles research. The academic programme of the event:

Photos by Natalia Bunkevich, our conference participant from Belarus, are here.

The first conference organised under the project "Communication styles: Developing a cross-cultural theoretical and methodological framework" will focus on culinary culture and its expressions in communication. The conference will take place at the Estonian Literary Museum on May 2, 2016, and will bring together researchers from Poland, Bulgaria, Belarus and Estonia. Take a look at the conference programme here.

A new cooperation project between Estonian and Polish Academies of Science has been launched in January 2016. University of Opole and Estonian Literary Museum, having signed the contract, will aim to study communication styles in the two cultures. In the age of Internet and increasing globalising / localising tendencies in communication, we witness changes in communication styles as well. Comparison between the two countries with different cultural and linguistic background shows how important questions like identity are discussed and reflected in everyday communication. The cooperation will define areas of mutual interest not only in the established branches of research (e.g. humour), but also bring together students and experts from both sides of the agreement.

Volume 2 of Estonia and Poland: Creativity and tradition in cultural communication, Perspectives on national and regional identity was published in May 2013. The electronic version will soon be available. The book can be bought at kriso.ee online bookstore .

Volume 1 of Estonia and Poland: Creativity and tradition in cultural communication, Jokes and their relations was published in December 2012. The electronic version is available here . The book can be bought at kriso.ee online bookstore .

The editorial board of the Polish/Estonian volume has decided to move the article submission deadline to March 31st. The articles that have already been sent to the editors will be uploaded to this website, under Links. Please note that these are not the latest versions of the articles, but they will give the project participants an overview of the topics, methods and possible crossreferences. The articles are passoword protected and the password will be spread among the participants via email.

Check out article guidelines in pdf format HERE. For an example of properly formatted article, see the online journal Folklore: Electronic journal of folklore, which is also published by the ELM Scholarly Press and has same stylesheet as our upcoming volume.

The main guidelines for your article include the following:

Your article should be sent to the project leaders / editors by the 31st of March 2012

It is best to send it to all three addresses: chlopicki@gmail.com, dorbrzo@gmail.com, and liispet@gmail.com;

The paper should be proofread by a native speaker of English before sending it to the editors. If this should not be possible for any reason, send an EARLY notice to at least one of the editors and we will try to find a solution. Still, we urge you to find a proofreader on your own for the best results;;

The paper should be ca 35000 to 50000 characters (9 to 12 pages if you write with the font of 10pts);;

The paper will then be edited (we would also want to go through a peer-review process). Suggestions will be sent back to the authors as soon as possible;;

Editing process will take place during spring and summer 2012

Download the conference programme and abstracts from here. PDF file, 354 K.