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Call for Papers "Preserving Linguistic and Cultural Identity in the Age of Globalization" 4th International Conference Faculty of Al-Alsun, Minia University Minia (Egypt) 23-25 April 2007 __________________________________________________ Welcome to the Fourth International Conference of the Faculty of Al-Alsun, Minia University to be held Monday through Wednesday, April 23-25/07 at the Suzanne Mubarak Auditorium, Minia University, Egypt. The conference will be held in collaboration with Hildsheim University, The Federal Republic of Germany, under the title "Preserving Linguistic and Cultural Identity in The Age of Globalization". Conference Objectives: - Exploring approaches to preserving linguistic identity in the age of globalization. - Exploring approaches to preserving cultural identity in the age of globalization. - Discussing issues of cross-culturalism and pertinent active exchanges with the other. - Communicating with the bodies and agencies concerned with regional and international cultural dialogue. - Providing academic and research opportunities to Egyptian, Arab and foreign researchers in the area of language teaching and language learning. - Probing new horizons in the area of language teaching and language learning. - Discussing a variety of issues in linguistics, arts, translation and culture. - Touching upon the developments in the area of modern technology. - Considering ways of maintaining the aspired equilibrium between cultural and linguistic identity and globalization trends. Expected Participants: The conference is a cultural and academic forum for scholars, researchers and diplomats from Egypt and several European, American, Asian and African countries. The following bodies are invited to participate in the event: 1- Embassies and cultural bureaus-in-Cairo of the foreign countries speaking the languages taught at FAMU as well as those willing to participate in the Cultural Fair by showing their cultures. 2- Arab Embassies and cultural bureaus-in-Cairo. 3- National and International organizations, agencies, leagues and centers in Cairo. 4- Egyptian, Arab and foreign universities. Conference Pivots: 1. Linguistic Studies 2. Literature 3. Translation 4. Culture 5. Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages and Cultures 6. Linguistic and Cultural Identity in the Age of Globalization 7. Modern Technology 8. Media Language Presentation of Papers: - Eligible papers are to be presented in one of the following languages: Arabic, English, German, Italian, French, Spanish or Chinese. - Researchers are kindly requested to present abstracts of their papers in the language of specialty as well as in Arabic, each of only 500 words. - Abstracts will be evaluated by members of a jury as to their importance of topic and how pertinent the topic is to the pivots of the conference. - Researchers of accepted abstracts will be notified and will be kindly requested to submit by regular mail three hard copies of the paper and a soft copy loaded on a floppy disc or CD, or by e-mail. Deadline for Submitting Papers: - Deadline for submitting abstracts is January 31 , 2007. - Deadline for submitting the paper in full is March 15, 2007. (A hard copy and a floppy disk) Contact: Prof. Amal Moustafa Kamal 4th ICFAMU Chairperson Faculty of Al-Alsun Minia University Minia Egypt Fax: +20 86 2370477 or +20 86 2342601 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.minia.edu.eg/con-alusn.htm __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
