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Translating Cultures: Theory and Practice

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Call for Papers:

The Faculty of Languages, MSA University is pleased to launch its first international conference “Translating Cultures: Theory and Practice” in October 2019.

The conference offers an engaging platform for academicians, theorists, artists and practitioners from different backgrounds to share their ideas on how languages and narratives can be diversely understood across different cultures and contexts.

The conference aims to highlight the role of cultures and/or cultures in translation in enlightening people and transmitting diverse values, narratives and histories. This enlightenment contributes to a level of understanding that leads to appreciation, tolerance, acceptance and inter/cross-cultural communication.

Publication Opportunity

Dear Colleagues

Please be advised that there would be a publication opportunity for the BEST 15 to 20 papers in a book adopted from the conference which will be published by Cambridge Scholar Publishing within a year after the end of the conference.

The Deadline for sending abstracts is thereby extended to June 30, 2019

Topics of Interest:

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

1- Challenges of Cultural Translation
2- Transnationalism
3- Intercultural Encounters
4- Performing Cultures
5- History and Culture in Literary Texts
6- Translating History between Theory and Practice
7- Translation and Media
8- Culture and Education
9- Culture and Arts
10- Localization and Globalization
11- Language and Cultural Transformations
12- Multiculturalism and identity
13- Sociocultural Contexts in Teaching EFL
14- Digital Humanities
15- Cyber Culture

The Path to City Resilience International Conference

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Introduction:

All cities are vulnerable to severe impacts from a range of shocks and stresses that can be both natural and human made. Resilience challenges could be a result of rapid urbanization, climate change, political or economical instability. Resilience is the ability of urban systems to maintain continuity through all pressures and strains while positively adapting and transforming towards sustainability. A resilient city assesses, plans and acts to prepare to absorb, respond to and recover from all hazards, either sudden or slow-onset, expected or unexpected while maintaining its essential functions, structures and identity and adapting to continual changes. Consequently, resilient cities have the ability to protect and enhance people’s lives, secure development gains, foster an investible environment, and drive positive change. Unplanned cities are more vulnerable to shock as they often have pre-existing stresses. In cities that are not prepared or unable to recover, shocks can intensify existing stresses and create a flow of negative impact that compromise city functionality and put people at risk. The fundamental aspect is how cities should protect their cultural and natural heritage to adapt to climate change without losing their identity.

Main Themes:

CONFERENCE PURPOSE:

This conference will be a chance to find new solutions and innovations in the resilient urban systems. These creative inventions can be a motive to dynamic, desirable and healthy communities. “The Path to City Resilience” conference is a fertile ground for architects, engineers, city planners, social and political scientists who able to consider new concepts and adapt them according to technological innovations and human desires.

1- Urban Resilience:

Urban resilience is the measurable ability of any urban system, with its inhabitants, to maintain continuity through all shocks and stresses, while positively adapting and transforming toward sustainability. Cities and city inhabitants are facing additional challenges as a result of rapid urbanization, a changing climate and political instability. A resilient city assesses, plans, and acts to prepare for and respond to all hazards; sudden and slow-onset, expected and unexpected. As risks and urban population are increasing, urban resilience has gained greater importance in international development discourse and has emerged as one of the core principles of sustainable urban development in the global development frameworks and targets, including sustainable development goals, new urban agenda and agreements on climate change: - Pathways towards implementing resilience.
- Innovation in the realm of urban resilience. New challenges require new solutions. How can innovations in the resilient urban systems be a motive to dynamic, desirable and healthy communities.
- Building cohesive, healthy and resilient community.

2- Resilience Planning:

Resilience planning is a holistic approach that takes into consideration future economic, social and environmental developments including climate change. Planning for resilience empowers diverse stakeholders to evaluate plans, set strategic policies, and implement projects that will enable communities to adapt and succeed when faced with challenges. Resiliency planning can include updating land use codes, zoning, development standards, incentive programs, and other plans or policies to better prepare for shocks and stresses while also developing measures that allow for action in the face of uncertainty or unexpected events.

3- Resilience and Heritage:

Historic cities, monuments, archaeological sites, museums and cultural landscapes are increasingly affected by threats both natural and manmade. The progressive loss of these places as a result of floods, mudslides, fire, earthquakes, civil unrest has become a major concern. Heritage contribute to social cohesion, sustainable development and psychological wellbeing. Protecting heritage promotes resilience. There is a considerable wealth of experience exists in protecting heritage form disasters and in harnessing the potential of a well-maintained historic environment to strengthen the resilience of communities. The initiative and commitment of national and local governments, businesses and communities around the world is increasingly apparent. Their efforts need to be further encouraged. UN Agencies, NGO’s and a wide range of universities and technical institutions have been organizing additional support and guidance. Nevertheless, efforts to protect heritage from disaster risk remain fragmented and efforts to draw on heritage as an instrument for building resilience remain inconsistent. It is essential for cities to protect their cultural and natural heritage to adapt to climate change without losing their identity.

4- Environmental Resilience:

- Climate change is aggravating the intensity and frequency of natural disaster worldwide. How are cities should be ready to cope with environmental risks.

- Examining the ability of natural systems to recover from disturbances and to tolerate or adapt to changing climate.

- Improving our understanding of the risks facing both natural and managed systems as a result of global change factors, such as climate change, land-use change and nutrient pollution.

5- Landscape Resilience:

- Landscape resilience is the ability of a landscape to sustain desired ecological functions, healthy natural biodiversity, and critical landscape processes over time, under changing conditions, and despite multiple stressors and uncertainties. Landscape resilience identifies the factors that create options and alternative for species and processes within places places. The attributes of resilience differ depending on whether the focus is on species and ecosystems or on enduring physical landscape. It is essential to explore the factors that allow a landscape and a geophysical setting to sustain ecological function and maintain a diverse array of species places as the climate changes. Those places with inherent properties that built resilience will be natural strongholds for species and nature into the future. The seven main principles of landscape resilience are setting, process, connectivity, diversity and complexity, redundancy, scale and people.

6- Infrastructure Resilience:

Infrastructure systems are important when considering infrastructure resilience. Resilience is not just related to individual infrastructure elements, but it shows how these work together as energy, transport, water and sanitation, ITC networks – and affect each other. - Climate Change:
- Understanding climate change implications for infrastructure resilience.
- Best practices in infrastructure resilience and enhancing capacity.
- Critical consideration of the role of planning in resilience. - Emergency Planning:
- Understanding acute events and their implications for infrastructure resilience.
- Understanding emergency planning’s role in infrastructure resilience.
- Best practices in emergency planning. - Hard Infrastructure:
- Understanding the fundamentals of infrastructure resilience.
- Best practices in infrastructure resilience and enhancing capacity.
- Critical consideration of the role of planning in resilience.
- Natural areas and cities. - Soft Infrastructure:
- Understanding the fundamentals of infrastructure resilience.

7- Resilience in Systems:

System resilience is an ability of the system to withstand a major disruption within acceptable degradation parameters and to recover within an acceptable time. - Innovative methodologies, smart technologies, techniques and solutions to resilience challenges.

8- Innovative Smart Technologies and Resilience

Innovative applications of smart technologies make cities stronger, improving resources allocation, strengthening communication and social cohesion and generally making life easier for everyone living in the city.

9- Resilience in Education System:

Education resilience involves identifying risks and assets, protecting the assets in schools, universities and communities, and aligning education system commitment to a resilience approach. Resilience matters in education because learning and education can be the vehicle to overcome shocks and stresses.

10- National Policy Frameworks on Resilience:

Collaboration with other levels of government is one of the key drivers to ensure a coherent and integrated approach to resilience. Many national governments have plans for reinforcing their countries’ resilience. Of the 45 national policy frameworks on resilience, 39 mention the role of cities or subnational governments for building national resilience in the national policy frameworks on resilience. They refer to the importance of local actions for resilience by emphasizing that local authorities are primarily responsible for building resilience. Some frameworks on resilience include very specific roles and missions for cities.

Contact Us

Address: MSA University, 26th July Mehwar Road Intersection with Wahat Road, 6th of October City, Egypt.

Tel: +202-383-71114/5/6

Fax: +202-383-71543

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Important Dates

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Abstract submission due	September 14th, 2019 (Extended to September 28th, 2019)
Abstract acceptance notification	September 22nd, 2019
Full paper submission due	November 30th, 2019
Full paper acceptance notification	January 12th, 2020
Conference days	March 22nd,23rd, 2020
Rescheduled Dates	October 10th,11th, 2020

The Path to City Resilience International Conference

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Committees

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Conference Board:

Under the Auspices of H.E. DR. ASSEM EL‐GAZZAR Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities in Egypt
Under The Auspices of Dr. Nawal El Degwi
Conference Chair Prof. Nahed Sobhy, Faculty Dean
Conference Co-Chair Prof. Hesham Aref, Faculty Vice Dean
Conference Determinative Assoc. Prof. Zeinab Feisal

Scientific Committee:

Chair: Morad Abdel Kader, Ain Shams Uni., Egypt

Members (Alphabetical):

Abbas El-Zafarany, Cairo Uni., EGY
Adel Al Dosary, King Fahd Uni., KSA
Adel Yasseen, Ain Shams Uni, EGY
Ahmed El Seragy, Arab Academy, EGY
Ahmed Ouf, Cairo Uni., EGY
Ahmed Rashed, BUE Uni., EGY
Ahmed Shetawy, MSA Uni., EGY
Ahmed Yousry, Cairo Uni., EGY
Aly Gabr, Cairo Uni., EGY
Ali Abu Ghanimeh, University of Jordan
Amal Abdou, Helwan Uni., EGY
Ashraf M.Salama, Uni. of Strathclyde, UK
Ayman Wanas, AAST, EGY
Basel Kamel, AUC, EGY
Benzion Kotzen ,Uni. Of Greenwich, UK
Ed Wall, Uni. Of Greenwich, UK
Ehab Okba, Fayoum University, EGY
Eman Eid Attia, Menofia Uni., EGY
Esam Eldin Mohamed, Assiut Uni., EGY
Ghada Farouk, Ain Shams Uni, EGY
Hania Hamdi, Helwan Uni., EGY
Hisham Aref, MSA Uni., EGY
Hisham El-kadi, Uni. of Salford, UK
Hisham Gabr, AUC, EGY
Ibrahim Eldemery, HBRC, EGY
Khaled Dewidar, BUE Uni., EGY
Khalid S. Al-Hagla, Alexandria Uni., EGY
Khalid Abdel Hadi, Benha Uni., EGY
Lamis El Gizawi, Mansoura Uni., EGY
Maysa Omar, MSA Uni., EGY
Mervat El- Shafie, Effat Uni., KSA
M. Alaa Mandour, Helwan Uni., EGY
Mohamed Essmat El-Attar, BUE, EGY
Mohamed Salheen, Ain Shams Uni, EGY
Mohga Embabi, Fayoum Uni., EGY
Mostafa Refaat, Ain Shams Uni, EGY
Nader El-Bizri, AUB, LEBNON
Namir Heikal, MSA Uni., EGY
Neveen Hamza, Newcastle Uni., UK
Nurhan Abujidi, ZUYD Uni., Netherland
Sahar Attia, Cairo Uni., EGY
Sahar El-Arnaouty, Alex. Uni., EGY
Shahdan shabka, Cairo Uni., EGY
Sherif El-Attar, Fayoum Uni., EGY
Soheir Hawas, Cairo Uni., EGY
Vincent Nadin, Delft Uni., Netherland
Walaa Nour, Tanta Uni., EGY
Zeinab Shafik, Cairo Uni., EGY

Organizing committee:

Assoc.Prof Dr Zeinab Feisal
Assoc.Prof Dr Nihal Amer
Dr Eman Saleh
Dr Mai Ebeid
Dr Ghada Ghazala
LA. Esraa Elareef
LA. Nermine Nofal
LA. Rana Adel
LA. Shereen Abou Dagher
LA. Yousra Mohamed
LA. Yosra Alaa El Din Attwa
LA. Aya El Kholy
TA. yara mohamed
TA. Nariman Shehab

Keynote speakers

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Publications

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Distinguished papers published in special edition of;

Fayoum University journal of Engineering (FJE)
Journal of Urban Research (JUR) Cairo University
The Path to city Resilience Conference proceeding

Download: Book of Abstract.

Download: Conference Proceeding Book.

Registration Form

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Keynote Speakers

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Prof. Mary Malcolm Professor Mary Malcolm, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), University of Bedfordshire, UK Opening Ceremony Keynote Speaker PPT Title: “Last in Translation: The Promise and Practice of a Research-Teaching Nexus” - At University of Bedfordshire, Professor Malcolm has overall responsibility for the quality of the learning experience, including the work of the Centre of Learning Excellence to integrate into the curriculum the knowledge and skills that support enterprise, environmental sustainability, and global citizenship. - She further has a leading role in partnership development (UK and overseas), quality assurance and organizational development.

Dr. Omid Tofighian-
Assistant Professor, Philosophy – Department of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences- AUC. Second Day Keynote Speaker PPT Title: “Refugee Filmmaking and the Border-Industrial Complex” - Omid Tofighian is an award-winning lecturer, researcher and community advocate, combining philosophy with interests in citizen media, popular culture, displacement and discrimination. He contributes to community arts and cultural projects and works with refugees, migrants and youth. - Tofighian has taught at different universities in Australia, the United Arab Emirates, Belgium, the Netherlands & Egypt. He has published numerous book chapters and journal articles.

Prof. Nadia El-Kholy Prof. Nadia El Kholy, Professor of English Language & Literature at Cairo University PPT Title: “The Fairy Tale and Translation: Is there an Egyptian Cinderella?” - University of Bedfordshire External Examiner at MSA University-Faculty of Languages - Nadia El Kholy was the Cultural Counsellor at the Egyptian Embassy in London from 2012-2015. She served as Director of the National Council for Children’s Culture, was a member of the jury for the Hans Christian Anderson international award for Children's Literature and is currently a member of the IBBY (international Board of Books for Young Readers) Executive Committee as well as President of the Egyptian Board of Books for Young Readers (EBBY). - Her research interests include writing and translation for children, Comparative and Postcolonial Literature, and Gender Studies.

Prof. Mustafa Riad Prof. Mustafa R M Riad, Professor of English Literature, Faculty of Languages, MSA University PPT Title: “Ethical and Social Responsibility in the Practice of Translation: A Case Study of Egyptian Translators in Modern Times” - Professor Riad's research interests include comparative studies and translation. He is a translator and editor of several works and studies in literature and the humanities. Published papers and took part in conferences in Egypt and abroad in the fields of theatre and translation. He is the Ex- Editor-in-chief of Al Masrah (Theatre) magazine published by the General Egyptian Book Organization. And an esteemed expert in the Literature Committee of the Academy of the Arabic Language.

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Translating Cultures: Theory and Practice