The review presents the results of the All-Russian scientific conference "M. M. Prishvin in the context of modern humanitarian knowledge", dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the writer's birth. The conference was supported by the "History of Motherland" fund and included in the Plan of main events for the preparation and holding of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of M. M. Prishvin. The conference was attended by scholars-specialists in Prishvin studies from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Barnaul, Surgut, Voronezh, Orel, Yaroslavl, Stary Oskol, Lipetsk, Yelets, including young scholars, graduate students, and master's students. The conference outcomes contribute to the emergence of new and expansion of existing traditions in Prishvin studies taking into account modern scientific approaches.