UNN to host Gorky Readings International Conference

The official opening of the XLII International Scientific Conference "Gorky Readings: M. Gorky in the Studies of the 21st Century" will be held on March 26, 2026, at 09:30, at the Institute of Philology and Journalism of Lobachevsky University.

During the opening ceremony, the winners of the Nizhny Novgorod region's A.M. Gorky Prize will be awarded.

On March 26 and 27, the conference will feature plenary and panel sessions that will explore the most important issues of Russia's cultural and historical landscape in the works of M. Gorky, as well as his literary and intellectual dialogue with his contemporaries and predecessors. The conference will also address the anniversary dates: the 200th anniversary of the birth of M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin, the 130th anniversary of the 1896 All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition held in Nizhny Novgorod, the 90th anniversary of Gorky's death, and the 150th anniversary of the birth of E.P. Peshkova.

For the first time in the conference's history, interdisciplinary roundtables "Studying the Creative Heritage of M. Gorky: Challenges in University and School Education" and "Methods of Teaching M. Gorky's Works in the 21st Century School" will be held, where leading educators and researchers will discuss the role of M. Gorky in the modern educational process. Conference participants and guests will be invited to attend the opening of the exhibition projects "Gorky and... others," a joint project of the All-Russian Association of A.M. Gorky Museums.

The conference will bring together 150 researchers, including philologists, museum and library workers, representatives of leading scientific centres, universities, and museums from Russia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Abkhazia, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Kazakhstan, China, South Korea, and Italy.

Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Peshkova, the great-granddaughter of Maxim Gorky, and her son Timofey will be the honoured guests of the Gorky Readings conference.

On March 28, M. Gorky’s birthday, a flower-laying ceremony will be held at 11:00 on Maxim Gorky Square.