Modern Culture and Communication

We invite you to participate in the 5th International Conference «Modern Culture and Communication, MCC-2025», which is going to be held at the St Petersburg University, Russia, October 15-17, 2025. The conference is organized by St. Petersburg State University (Russia). The working language of the conference is English.

The purpose of the conference is to discuss topical issues of cultural transformation in the context of developing ways of communication, which are the product of the modern information society. The target audience includes researchers of trends in the development of various aspects of the culture of modern society, university professors, employees of research organizations, graduate students and students. 

In 2023, the main topic of the conference is "Culture in conditions of instability, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity".The social significance and relevance of this topic is due to the intensification of the pace of technological development, which is one of the main factors in creating a state of instability, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity in society. Together, these factors create problematic conditions for preserving the "core of culture" and transmitting the "cultural code". The total introduction of information and communication technologies, which are the dominant communication technology, plays a decisive role in the processes of cultural transformation. At the same time, their cross-border nature and pervasiveness (ubiquity) are the basis of the "dialogue of cultures", which can lead to both mutual enrichment of local cultures and cultural absorption. The proposed topic makes it possible to identify patterns of the processes of preservation and transformation of culture in conditions of instability and uncertainty, in which new generations are being formed, designed in the future to serve as a protective belt.

It is proposed to participate in the discussion of the following main thematic areas:

• Sustainability and continuity of culture in conditions of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity
• The processes of mastering the "cultural core" and its development during the change of generations
• Factors of preservation of the "cultural core" and transmission of the "cultural code"
• Mechanisms of functioning of the "protective belt" in a situation of changing cultural paradigms
• Traditions and "innovations" in the cultural space
• "Global" and "regional" in intercultural communication
• The role of practical aesthetics in modern culture
• Word, music, painting in modern cultural dynamics

In addition to the main topic, the conference program includes the following areas of research:

• Culture in the Modern World
• Problems of Cultural Development in Philosophical Interpretation
• Aesthetics of new media
• Cross-Cultural communication
• Modern Methods and Approaches in Cultural Studies
• Modern Art Object and Communication
• The Life World in the New Paradigm of Communications
• Globalization / Anti-globalization Processes and the Networked World