{"id":645,"date":"2026-04-20T16:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uslit.sav.sk\/en\/?p=645"},"modified":"2026-04-20T16:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:33:13","slug":"the-battle-of-mohacs-1526-ottoman-themes-and-literary-depictions-of-historical-events-in-works-of-older-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uslit.sav.sk\/en\/the-battle-of-mohacs-1526-ottoman-themes-and-literary-depictions-of-historical-events-in-works-of-older-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"The Battle of Moh\u00e1cs (1526), Ottoman themes and literary depictions of historical events in works of older literature"},"content":{"rendered":"

Institute of Slovak Literature of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak National Library, Institute of Czech Literature of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and E\u00f6tv\u00f6s Lor\u00e1nd University invite you to an international academic conference titled The Battle of Moh\u00e1cs (1526), Ottoman themes and literary depictions of historical events in works of older literature<\/strong>,\u00a0to be held on September 17, 2026, at the Institute of Slovak Literature of the Slovak Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n

About the conference<\/strong><\/p>\n

The conference marks the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Moh\u00e1cs 1526 an event that profoundly shaped the political, cultural, and religious history of Central Europe. It examines how the battle and the Ottoman expansion were reflected in literary texts from the sixteenth to the early nineteenth century, and analyses their role in shaping collective memory and cultural paradigms. The conference builds on the international colloquium Historical Events in the Coordinates of Premodern Literature 2025 extending its key questions to the Battle of Moh\u00e1cs as a supra regional historical event.<\/p>\n

Thematic areas<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Literary representations of the Battle of Moh\u00e1cs and Ottoman themes<\/strong>
\nGenre, poetic, and rhetorical forms of representation in sixteenth century texts and discourse<\/p>\n

2. Moh\u00e1cs and the Ottoman expansion in early modern literary culture<\/strong>
\nReflections from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth century reinterpretations across cultural and confessional contexts<\/p>\n

3. The historical event as a literary motif: genre, discourse, and communication<\/strong>
\nModes of literary processing of historical ruptures rhetorical strategies and their political and social functions<\/p>\n

4 Literature, memory, and the formation of collective identity<\/strong>
\nThe role of literary texts in constructing historical memory, images of \u201c and the \u201c and notions of \u201c and \u201c as well as regional and confessional identities<\/p>\n

5. Methodological and interdisciplinary approaches to literary representations of historical events<\/strong>
\nPerspectives from literary studies, historiography, religious and cultural studies approaches of memory studies, imagology, discourse analysis, and cultural transfer<\/p>\n

Further information<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe conference languages are Slovak, Czech, and English Papers should be 15 minutes (max 20 minutes) Revised contributions will be considered for publication in the journals Slovensk\u00e1 literat\u00fara<\/em> and Kniha<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Organising Committee<\/strong>
\nMartin Braxatoris, Institute of Slovak Literature SAS
\nJana Cabadajov\u00e1, Slovak National Library
\nMatou\u0161 Jalu\u0161ka, Institute of Czech Literature CAS
\nR\u00f3bert Kiss Szem\u00e1n, E\u00f6tv\u00f6s Lor\u00e1nd University
\nStanislava Knap\u010dokov\u00e1, Slovak National Library
\nIvona Koll\u00e1rov\u00e1, Institute of History SAS
\nLenka Ri\u0161kov\u00e1, Institute of Slovak Literature SAS
\nDaniela \u0160kulov\u00e1, Slovak National Library
\nO\u013ega Vanekov\u00e1, Institute of Slovak Literature SAS
\nTimotea Vr\u00e1blov\u00e1 Institute of Slovak Literature SAS<\/p>\n

The event is supported by the VEGA project No 2 0063 25 Functions and Intentionality in Older Slovak Literature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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