About the Journal

Title and History

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Rossica is an interdisciplinary, international scholarly annual affiliated with the Institute of East European Studies at the Faculty of Philology, University of Lodz (Poland). It continues the traditions of two journals of the University of Lodz: Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Rossica (published since 1999) and Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Linguistica Rossica (issued between 2003 and 2024).

The journal’s title refers to one of the earliest documented designations of the inhabitants of Eastern Europe, first recorded in the Annales Bertiniani in 839. Over time, this term became widespread in Latin (Rhos), Byzantine (Ros), Arabic (ar-Rūs), and Church Slavonic (Rus’) sources, eventually giving rise to numerous names referring to geographical areas, ethnic groups, languages, dialects, and state entities in the region. Thus, the term embodies the memory of Eastern Europe’s multiethnic and multicultural heritage.

 

Aims and Scope

The editorial board of Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Rossica accepts original, previously unpublished scholarly texts concerning broadly understood Eastern Europe from the Middle Ages to the present day. These works may address the languages, literatures, and cultures of East Slavs as well as non-Slavic areas of the eastern part of the European continent – from the Baltic region in the north to the Caucasus and the basins of the Black and Caspian Seas in the south. The journal also welcomes studies based on sources from outside the region that explore perceptions of Eastern Europe by people from other parts of the world.

The journal publishes materials in the following fields:

1. Literary Studies:

  • History of East Slavic literatures, both historical and contemporary (Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Church Slavonic, Novgorodian),
  • Literary and cultural comparative studies,
  • Literary theory and poetics;

2. Linguistics:

  • Semantics,
  • Stylistics,
  • Ethnolinguistics,
  • Cognitive linguistics,
  • History of language,
  • Comparative linguistics;

3. Translation Studies;

4. Language Teaching (Glottodidactics);

5. Interdisciplinary Humanities:

  • Cultural studies,
  • Anthropology,
  • History,
  • Philosophy,
  • Religious studies,
  • Ethnology,
  • Art history.

The journal aims to present original, scientifically sound, ideologically and politically unbiased, multifaceted, and creative studies on Eastern Europe, thereby expanding current research and knowledge. We are particularly interested in innovative interpretative approaches and research methodologies. In addition to scholarly articles, we publish reviews of academic works, as well as reports from conferences and other scholarly events.

Articles are published in English, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, and German, ensuring broad recognition within the global academic community.

The scientific quality and impartiality of the editorial process are overseen by the editorial team and an international advisory board, which includes scholars from institutions such as the University of Lodz (Poland), University of Ottawa (Canada), V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukraine), Justus Liebig University Giessen (Germany), Pázmány Péter Catholic University (Hungary), University of Warsaw (Poland), University of Szczecin (Poland), Appalachian State University (USA), University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland), Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen (Bulgaria), Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (Slovakia), University of Helsinki (Finland), Mykhailo Drahomanov Ukrainian State Pedagogical University (Ukraine), Sapienza University of Rome (Italy), St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria), Free University of Tbilisi (Georgia), Institute for the History of Religions of the Romanian Academy (Romania), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil), University of Latvia (Latvia), and Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University (Kazakhstan).

The journal also invites authors to submit works documenting research data previously deposited in a chosen repository (data articles), describing datasets or traditional scholarly articles supplemented with data documentation. Guidelines for sharing research data can be found here: data papers.

Articles should be submitted through the University of  Lodz journal platform.

Additionally, the journal presents information on university teaching activities. Our goal is to promote opinions on East Slavic philology and foster integration within the international academic community.

The estimated processing time for texts submitted for publication is approximately 6 months.