About the Journal

Title and History

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Rossica is an interdisciplinary, international periodical 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 title of the journal refers to one of the earliest documented designations of the inhabitants of Eastern Europe, first recorded in the Annales Bertiniani under 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 denoting geographical areas, ethnic groups, languages, dialects, and political entities. Thus, the term embodies the memory of Eastern Europe’s multiethnic and multicultural heritage.

Aims and Scope

The journal accepts original, previously unpublished manuscripts devoted to Eastern Europe and its history from the Middle Ages to the present day. These articles should be concerned with East Slavic culture(s), literature, languages, as well as the non-Slavic culture(s) 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 exploring the perception of Eastern Europe in the 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, multifaceted, scholarly sound, and ideologically unbiased studies that are based on extensive research and add to our knowledge of various aspects of Eastern European culture(s). The editorial board is interested in articles applying original research approaches and innovative research methodologies. In addition to being devoted to scholarly articles, the journal also contains a review section and provides space for reports from academic conferences and other scholarly events.

Articles may be submitted in English, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, and German, with a view to facilitating the journal’s international reception.

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).

Authors are also invited to submit works containing research data and documentation (data articles) and describing datasets. Guidelines for sharing research data are available here: data papers.

Manuscripts should be submitted via the University of Lodz journal platform.

The journal also provides information on university teaching activities. Our goal is to publicize East Slavic philology and help integrate the international academic community.

The estimated time for processing submitted manuscripts is approximately six months.