Dialogue of Cultures. Culture of Dialogues:

from Conflicting to Understanding (DCCD’20)

DCCD’20

The Institute of Foreign Languages with Moscow City University (Moscow, Russia) is privileged to welcome you to II International academic and practical conference “Dialogue of Cultures. Culture of Dialogues: from Conflicting to Understanding”.

Dates: September 21st, 23d—25th, April, 2020

Venue: Institute of Foreign Languages, Moscow City University (Maly Kazenny Sidestreet 5 B, Moscow, Russia 105064)

Conference Languages: The conference languages are English and Russian.

Topic Areas:

Area 1. The fundamentals of cross-cultural dialogue

  • Dialogue vs. conflict within the information society framework. Dialogue and communication in sociohumanitarian interpretation.

  • Personal identity as seen in the dialogue of cultures.

  • Subjects to dialogue of cultures: psychological, linguistic and pedagogical aspects and trends.

  • Ethics of intercultural background.

  • From xenophobia, ethnocentrism, cultural non-jundgemental relativism to personal / national identity.

  • Mediacommunication and / of cultures in XXI century.

Area 2. Communication patterns for the dialogue of cultures

  • Megapolis as multicultural environment: from conflicting to understanding.

  • Monologue and / or dialogue in intercultural communication.

  • Culture of dialogue regarding professional communication.

  • Communication and dialogue in teacher training.

  • Secular and religious Ethics in dialogue.

  • The principle of dialogue in literature.

Area 3. Theory and practice of intercultural approach to studying

  • Dialogue of cultures and its antipodes as the subject matter of linguodidactics.

  • Teaching resolution of conflicts strategies within intercultural communication.

  • Awareness building techniques against multicultural background.

  • Approaches to identifying subject in the dialogue of cultures.

  • E-learning tools in cross-cultural teaching.

  • Training specialists for the sphere of intercultural communication.

Area 4. The issues of culture, ethics, law, polyvalence in society

  • Linguistic and cultural space of regions.

  • Conflicting public and personal opinions, controversy in law, ethics in a multicultural, multilingual и multi-ethnic community.

  • National identity and self-awareness vs. globalization. Multiculturalism.

  • Administrative and state controls over the integrity of a multicultural, multilingual и multi-ethnic community.

  • Ethics in civil society, academic world and information field worldwide.

  • International policy и foreign affairs contributing to interethnic and linguistic ties.

  • Linguistic, cultural and social terrorism.

  • Inclusion of people with special needs in multicultural urban public space.

  • Cultural, linguistic and communication memory in the region.

  • Language and culture expression in art and design.

  • Cross-cultural approaches to identity and society.

  • The theoretical aspects of law and the issues of law enforcement in modern multiethnic civil society.

  • Issues dominating the society of today’s.

Important Dates

  1. Deadline for application (both in-person and virtual participants): 1 April 2020.

  2. Deadline for papers submission (RSCI Proceedings): 1 April 2020.

  3. Deadline for papers submission (WoS indexed Proceedings): 1 May 2020 (early preferential submission 1 April 2020).

  4. Notifications for acceptance of submissions: 1-2 months after receiving.

  5. WoS indexing: 6–24 months after the Proceedings are published.