International Finno-Ugric Students' Conference

IFUSCO (International Finno-Ugric Students' Conference) is an annual international conference for and by the students of Finno-Ugric languages.

IFUSCO conference contains presentations and workshops on linguistics, ethnography, folkloristics, archaeology, history, museology, literature, translation theory, sociology, law, music, mythology, regional issues, education, economics etc., that are connected to the lives of speakers of Finno-Ugric languages.[1][2][3] In addition, IFUSCO offers different events related to the Finno-Ugric cultures and the host country.

IFUSCO has always been a multilingual conference, featuring the Uralic languages as well as English, Russian and German. One of IFUSCO's long-standing traditions is the three-language rule, according to which every presentation must consist of three languages – one for the abstract of the presentation, one for its handouts or slides, and one for the speech itself.[4]

Every hosting students’ committee is also presenting a unique emblem of the year's event that serves as a logo for the whole conference.

History

IFUSCO was created in 1984 in Göttingen by local students of Finno-Ugric studies, to facilitate contact between other students. The conference was initially a small gathering that mainly served as a forum and as a way of exchanging information. The first IFUSCO had 26 participants from the Netherlands (Groningen) and Germany (Göttingen, Hamburg). Later it has turned into a conference format where lectures are given by and for students.

IFUSCO is organized in a different city and by a different university every year. Since the first conference there have been 38 IFUSCOs held in 22 different cities and 11 different countries. Russian universities have organised the largest number of conferences, the first of which was held in 1999 in Syktyvkar.

The conference has been cancelled twice in its history. First cancellation happened in 2001, when the conference was supposed to be held in Izhevsk, Russia.[5] In 2020 the conference was meant to be held by Riga, Latvia, but got postponed until the following year due to COVID-19. IFUSCO in 2021 was held fully online.[6][7] The conferences after that in Prague and Turku offered a chance for partial online participation.[8][9]

In 2016 IFUSCO was originally supposed to be held in Khanty-Mansiysk on 7–9 April. It was postponed twice before finally being cancelled.[10] However, the Finnish students of Finno-Ugric studies organized its small version at the University of Helsinki in order to keep the tradition.

Locations and dates
Year Host city Dates
1984 Germany Göttingen 25–27 May
1985 Germany Hamburg[11]
1986 Netherlands Groningen[12]
1987 Hungary Budapest[13] 24–28 May
1988 Finland Helsinki[14] 22–26 May
1989 Austria Vienna[15] 14–18 May
1990 Estonia Tartu[16]
1991 Germany Greifswald[17] 19–23 May
1992 Germany Munich
1993 Czech Republic Prague
1994 Poland Poznań
1995 Hungary Szeged
1996 Germany Hamburg[18] 24–28 April
1997 Finland Turku[19] 20–24 May
1998 Hungary Pécs 20–25 May
1999 Russia Syktyvkar 10–14 May
2000 Estonia Tallinn 3–7 August
2001 Cancelled
2002 Finland Helsinki 11–15 September
2003 Russia Syktyvkar 24–26 September
2004 Hungary Budapest 3–8 May
2005 Russia Izhevsk 12–15 May
2006 Russia Yoshkar-Ola 12–15 May
2007 Russia Saransk 15–19 May
2008 Finland Helsinki 14–18 May
2009 Russia Petrozavodsk 14–16 May
2010 Russia Kudymkar 14–16 May
2011 Hungary Budapest 9–11 May
2012 Estonia Tartu 8–11 May
2013 Russia Syktyvkar 6–8 May
2014 Germany Göttingen[20] 9–11 April
2015 Hungary Pécs 16–19 April
2016 Finland Helsinki 15–18 September
2017 Poland Warsaw 18–22 September
2018 Estonia Tartu[21] 2–5 May
2019 Austria Vienna 23–27 April
2020 Cancelled
2021 Latvia Riga 11–12 May
2022 Czech Republic Prague 23–27 May
2023 Finland Turku 15–19 May

References
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  12. York, E. 1986: Internationaler Finnougrischer Studentenkongress in Groningen. Finnisch-urgische Mitteilungen 11. 211-213.
  13. Hasselblatt, Cornelius 1987: IFUSCO zum vierten Mal, Finnisch-ugrische Mitteilungen 11. 215-220.
  14. Grünthal, Riho 1989: IFUSCO 1988: proceedings of the Fifth International Finno-Ugrist Students’ Conference, Helsinki, 22-26 May 1988, in: Castrenianumin toimitteita 35. University of Helsinki, Helsinki.
  15. Wilske, Detlef 1990: 6. Internationale Finnisch-ugrische Studentenkonferenz (IFUSCO VI) – Nordeuropa 27, 192|Wien, May 14–18, 1989.
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  17. Brosin, Elke 1992: VIIIth International Fenno-Ugrist Students’ Conference: Greifswald, 19.-23. Mai 1991; Konferenzband, Greifswald Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität.
  18. Herde, Sari 1997: IFUSCO 1996: Vorträge der XIII Internationalen Finnougristik-Studenten-Konferenz Hamburg, 24-28 April 1996, Finnisch-Ugrisches Seminar, Univ. Hamburg, Hamburg.
  19. Wendt, Andreas: 14. Internationale Finno-Ugristik Studentenkonferenz (IFUSCO) : Turku und Helsinki 20.-24. April 1997 – Finnisch-Ugrische Mitteilungen 20. 167–170.
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  21. "IFUSCO 2018". ifusco.ut.ee. Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
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