Third Tehran Conference of IARLL <i>Russian Language and Literature in the Modern World: Problems and Prospects</i>

Abstract

Russian Language and Literature in the Modern World: Problems and Prospects, the 3d International Forum of the Iranian Association of Russian Language and Literature (IARLL) took place in Tehran on February, 25-26, 2023. It was timed to the 10th anniversary of the foundation of the Association, as well as to the Year of the Russian Language. Despite the difficult international situation, philologists from Iran, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Georgia, Ukraine, China, Bulgaria took part in the conference. Representatives of Russian universities and research centers from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Minsk together with scientists from 10 Iranian universities formed the core of the conference. Russian scientists are attracted by the high scientific level of the forum, the interest of Iranian colleagues in Russian culture, the success of students in learning the Russian language, a cultural program that allows to get acquainted with the cultural treasures of ancient Persia and, most importantly, the tradition of Russian-Iranian cooperation. The expanding ties between Iran and Russia have made the Russian language significant in university teaching in Iran. It has been conducted for 90 years, since the foundation of the University of Tehran in 1934. Today, Russian language and literature departments have been established in 15 Iranian universities, where about 270 students begin their studies every year. The Russian Language and Literature Association was established in 2012 on the initiative of professors of the Tehran University Janolah Karimi-Motakhhar and Marzieh Yahyapur. Its activities enjoy great respect and full support among Russian scientists: 28 literary scholars and 72 linguists are represented in the collection of abstracts of scientific reports published by the Tehran University by the beginning of the conference. The reports delivered at the conference focused primarily on the topical problems of learning the Russian language in Iran and a selection of the reports will be published in The Research Journal of Russian Language and Literature published by IARLL, is an only scientific peer–reviewed journal in Russian in Iran.