Humanism - Digital Humanism

Dear Sir/Madam,
The Faculty of Philology of Belgrade University, as an educational institution relying on a heritage of two centuries of tradition in the sphere of higher education, with an extensive range of educational, culturological and scientific interests and research, where no less than 34 different languages and their attendant literatures and cultures are studied, is one of the leading institutions in Serbia when it comes to developing intercultural and multicultural projects.
The Faculty of Philology of Belgrade University takes great pleasure in inviting you to participate in the international scientific conference Humanism: Culture or Illusion?, to be held in Belgrade on 15th and 16th May 2014.
Nowadays, the term humanism seems to be gradually going out of use. In today’s globalised world, ruled by the flow of capital and the laws of technological distribution, humanistic disciplines are declining in terms of real power, but their importance is simultaneously increasing. The issue of humanism, despite the fact that it may appear anachronistic, even illusory, determines the status of the scientific community. Our attitude towards this issue will determine the outlook of the world we live in. To what extent it is necessary to adjust humanistic heritage to contemporary civilisation, and conversely, to what extent it is necessary to adjust our civilisation to the heritage of humanism – those are dilemmas that encompass multidisciplinary areas of culturological research and everything that used to be called philology.
In keeping with such a far-reaching field of research, we take the liberty of suggesting that the topics of conference papers be formulated within the framework of the following scientific areas:
1. The position of humanism in contemporary culture,
2. Humanistic heritage and literature,
3. The culture of dialogue: language and humanity,
4. Translation-related disciplines in a/an (in)humane world,
5. Libraries today: digital technologies and the preservation of humanism,
6. A more humane education and methodological disciplines,
7. Posthumanism.
Conference sessions will focus on particular theoretical issues related to the above-mentioned areas.
The application form can be downloaded from the Internet site: http://www.fil.bg.ac.rs/humanism2014/. The participants may submit completed application forms until 15th February 2014 at the following Internet address: humanism2014@fil.bg.ac.rs.
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We kindly ask you to limit your conference presentation to 15 minutes. The conference schedule will
be posted at the Faculty website after all the applications have been collected. . Looking forward to meeting you in Belgrade,