Samara University holds the 4th Scientific Conference with International Participation “Evolution and Transformation of Discourses” on 22-23 November. Detailed informationMain trends in the conference work: - Discursive typology, its evolution in various sociocultural contexts; - Transformation of linguistic and sociocultural components of discourses; - Ontogenesis of the discursive system in foreign-language and Russian-speaking communication; - The interaction of discourse and society: linguistic and socio-cultural aspects; - Language and socio-cultural transformation of media discourse; - Language and socio-cultural aspects of the translation discourse; - Evolutionary, receptive and transformational processes in artistic (literary) discourse; - Evolution of the form and content of methodical discourse; - The emergence and development of new discourses in society.Types of participation: - a report at the sectional or plenary session; - only full-time participation is available for colleagues from Samara.Applications for participation and papers, conforming to the publication guidelines, should be sent to one of the following e-mail addresses until September 30, 2018: slash99@mail.ru (Linguistics and Translation Studies); danilova_nina@mail.ru (Discourse Studies); doubinin@mail.ru (Linguistics and Teaching Methodology); gal-kuchumova (Literary Criticism).Contact numbers: (846) 926-05-59 (Department of English Philology), (846) 928-36-48 (Department of German Philology). As a result of the conference the collection of scientific papers will be published and included into Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI).The authors of the accepted papers will need to provide their organization’s permission for the publication of their paper and fill in the license agreement. Participants’ papers should include 5-10 pages (180 rubles per page). The expected publication date for the collection of scientific papers – January 2019.