Deadline: August 31, 2025
On behalf of the International and North American Dostoevsky Societies, we are excited to announce that the call for papers for the XIX International Dostoevsky Symposium (IDS) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 16-19, 2026 is now available! All the details and the Google Form for abstract submission are available on the Symposium website (https://rusaires.wixsite.com/xix-simposio/xix-simposium-eng) and also on the North American and International Dostoevsky Societies’ website (https://dostoevsky.org/symposia/symposium-updates/).
All attendees of the XIX IDS must be members in good standing, either of the International Dostoevsky Society if they are from outside North America, or NADS if they are from North America. To join either Society, please visit: https://dostoevsky.org/membership/. Although the organizers have not specified an abstract length, we suggest keeping abstracts to a maximum of 300 words. The closing date for IDS XIX submissions is August 31st, 2025. Please make sure that you submit by this date.
A limited number of Martinsen travel bursaries (https://bloggerskaramazov.com/martinsen-award/) will be available for North American-based graduate students and scholars who are precariously employed and will be awarded on a competitive basis. More information will be provided after acceptances are announced by the organizing committee.
In collaboration with the XIX IDS, the International Dostoevsky Society is hosting its 2nd Dostoevsky Video Competition. The deadline for submissions is April 1st, 2026 and all details can be found here: https://dostoevsky.org/international-dostoevsky-society-video-competition/.