Faculty of Philology

During the spring vacation, the final round of the Republican Olympiad in the academic subjects "Belarusian language" and "Belarusian literature" is traditionally held. This year, the participants (which are 112 students of general secondary education institutions of six regions of our country and the city of Minsk) were welcomed by hospitable Brest. The competition of young philologists was held on the basis of the "Brest Regional Lyceum named after P.M. Masherov". On the first day of the…

Every year, the Department of Russian, General and Slavic Linguistics at the Faculty of Philology of Francisk Skorina Gomel State University holds a thematic event dedicated to the Day of the Native Language. The Belarusian proverb "Slova da slova– budze mova" became the motto of the meeting held on February 21, 2023. This year, an important traditional event designed to remind about the need for careful attitude to the native language, was the beginning of a joint research marathon initiated…

From May 17 to May 20, the international scientific and educational forum “Russian traditions of everyday Linguoculture in the Slavic Borderland” was held in the city of Novozybkov, where the branch of I.G. Petrovsky Bryansk State University is located, co-organized by Francisk Skorina Gomel State University. The forum was actively attended by teachers of philology of our University: Head of the Department of Russian, General and Slavic Linguistics, Doctor of Philology E.V.Nichiporchik,…

On April 9, at a meeting of the University Council, a decision was made to award the Dean of the Faculty of Russian of Shanghai Industry & Commerce Foreign Language College, Director of the Gomel Institute at the Shanghai Professional Institute of Industry, to Professor Wang Baoshi of the title “Honorary Doctor of “Francisk Skorina Gomel State University” for his significant contribution to the development of cooperation and training of highly qualified specialists within the framework of…

On April 18, an unusual event took place at the Faculty of Philology: in the auditorium 2-23 – the Confucius Chinese Studies room – a friendly meeting of Chinese students studying in the specialty “Russian Philology” with Belarusian philology students studying Chinese took place. The meeting was also attended by very young Sinologists – students of Gymnasium No. 10, studying Chinese under the guidance of a philologist student Alina Morozova. Welcoming those present, the Dean of the Faculty of…

On March 24-25, the next V Republican Olympiad in Chinese among students was held on the basis of the Confucius Republican Institute of Chinese Studies of BSU (Minsk). The Olympiad was attended for the first time by the 1st–year students of the Faculty of Philology of our university, studying Chinese. They are Daria Korshakova and Violetta Tereshina, as well as the 2nd-year student of the specialty “Russian Philology” Alina Morozova. The Chinese language teacher, intern of the Department of…

The Faculty of Philology awarded diplomas to 10 graduates of the specialty “Russian Philology (Computer Support)” from the People's Republic of China. This is the third graduation of students in a joint educational program. In accordance with the Agreement on Joint training of specialists between the Francisk Skorina Gomel State University and the Shanghai Professional Institute of Industry, Commerce and Foreign Languages, students study for 2.5 years in China and 2 years in Belarus. After…

On December 20, the II International Scientific Conference of Young Researchers "Step into Science: Problems, searches, solutions" was held at the walls of the Francisk Skorina Gomel State University. Among the participants of the scientific conference are representatives of Belarus, Russia, Vietnam, China, Mongolia, Palestine, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The researchers focus on the semantics of words and stable expressions, objectifying the most important cultural concepts, the symbolic…

On December 8, the Confucius Institute held the III International Scientific and Practical Conference "Chinese Language and Culture of China in the East Slavic context". Two previous conferences on similar topics were held in 2017 and 2019. More than 50 university teachers, postgraduates, undergraduates and students from Belarus, China, Russia and Ukraine took part in the current conference. Among them are Professors A.N. Gordei (MINSK STATE LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITY, Minsk) and V.I. Senkevich (…

As part of the cultural, educational and scientific program of events "Slavic Meetings", a round table meeting on the topic "Current problems of linguoculturology" was held at the Faculty of Philology of the Francisk Skorina Gomel State University on November 30, 2021. Russian teachers, postgraduates, undergraduates and students of the Faculty of Philology were addressed by Vladimir Karasik, a well-known specialist in the field of axiological linguistics, linguoculturology and discourse theory…