International Congress for Finno-Ugric Studies

International Congress for Finno-Ugric Studies (Congressus Internationalis Fenno-Ugristarum;CIFU) is the largest scientific meeting of scientists studying the culture and languages of Finno-Ugric peoples, held every five years. ^{[1] [2]} The first congress was organized in 1960 in Budapest. The last congress took place in 2025 in Tartu ^[3] and the next congress is planned to be held in Budapest, Hungary in 2030. ^[4]

Congresses

• 1960 – CIFU I. Hungary, Budapest
• 1965 – CIFU II. Finland, Helsinki
• 1970 – CIFU III. USSR, Estonian SSR, Tallinn
• 1975 – CIFU IV. Hungary, Budapest
• 1980 – CIFU V. Finland, Turku
• 1985 – CIFU VI. USSR, Komi ASSR, Syktyvkar
• 1990 – CIFU VII. Hungary, Debrecen
• 1995 – CIFU VIII. Finland, Jyväskylä
• 2000 – CIFU IX. Estonia, Tartu
• 2005 – CIFU X. Russia, Republic of Mari El, Yoshkar-Ola
• 2010 – CIFU XI. Hungary, Piliscsaba
• 2015 – CIFU XII. Finland, Oulu
• 2022 – CIFU XIII. Austria, Vienna
• 2025 – CIFU XIV. Estonia, Tartu
• 2030 – CIFU XV. Hungary, Budapest

The decision on the date and venue of the congress and the scientific programme of the congress is made by the International Committee of the Finno-Ugric Congress (ICFUC).

According to the decision of the ICFUC, the 2010 Congress of Finno-Ugric Studies was organised by Hungary, where the Finno-Ugric Chair of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPCU) was responsible for the event. The theme of the 11th International Congress of Finno-Ugric Studies (CIFU XI) was "Finno-Ugric Peoples and Languages ​​in the 21st Century" and it took place in Piliscsaba from 9 to 14 August 2010. In 2015, the congress was held in Oulu, Finland and was organised by the University of Oulu. In 2022, the 13th CIFU was held in Vienna, Austria. In 2025, the XIV CIFU took place at the Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics of the University of Tartu, where a call was signed to recognize the South Estonian languages ​​as indigenous regional languages ​​and as everyday languages ​​used in kindergartens and schools, as well as in public media. ^[5] The XV CIFU will take place in 2030 at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. ^[6]

References

1. Gulyás, Nikolett F.; Janurik, Boglárka; Mus, Nikolett; Tánczos, Orsolya (2011). "The 11th International Congress for Finno-Ugric Studies: Finno-Ugric Peoples and Languages in the 21st Century". Finno-Ugric Languages and Linguistics. 1 (1–2).
2. Georgieva, Ekaterina; Mus, Nikolett (2015). "The 12th International Congress for Finno-Ugric Studies". Finno-Ugric Languages and Linguistics. 4 (1–2).
3. "14th International Congress for Finno-Ugric Studies". The official site of Estonian Non-Profit Organisation Fenno-Ugria.
4. "Congressus XIV Internationalis Fenno-Ugristarum. August 2025, Tartu". The official site of 14th International Congress for Finno-Ugric Studies. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
5. "Avalik pöördumine lõunaeesti keele kaitseks | Tartu Ülikool". keel.ut.ee (in Estonian). 2025-10-09. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
6. "Congressus XIV Internationalis Fenno-Ugristarum – CIFU XIV will take place on August 18–23 2025 in Tartu, Estonia. The congress is organized by University of Tartu Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics". cifu14.ut.ee. Retrieved 2025-10-23.

External links

• Domokos Péter (2006). "A finnugor kongresszusok története és szerepe (The history and role of Finno-Ugric congresses)" (in Hungarian). Magyar Tudomány. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
• Reference to artilcle Lyle Campbell, Bryn Hauk and Panu Hallamaa. 2015. "Language Endangerment and Endangered Uralic Languages." In Congressus Duodecimus Internationalis Fenno-Ugristarum, Oulu: Plenary Papers (XII International Congress for Finno-Ugric Studies, Oulu) in Rehg, Kenneth L.; Campbell, Lyle (2018). The Oxford Handbook of Endangered Languages. Oxford University Press.
• https://keel.ut.ee/et/uudis/avalik-poordumine-lounaeesti-keele-kaitseks
• https://cifu14.ut.ee/