Review of the international conference ”Speech Genres and “Speech Genres””, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of humanities education in Saratov State University and the 20th anniversary of the international scientific journal “Speech Genres” (Saratov State University, 27–29 November 2017). The conference was attended by researchers from Saratov, Veliky Novgorod, Volgograd, Voronezh, Hanover (Germany), Ekaterinburg, Kazan, Krasnoyarsk, Minsk (Belarus), Moscow, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Penza, Perm, Samara, St.