Oct 19, 2008

International conference "The Intercultural Challenge"

“BABEŞ-BOLYAI” UNIVERSITY

THE FACULTY OF EUROPEAN STUDIES

INSTITUTE OF MULTICULTURAL AND INTERCULTURAL STUDIES

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

THE INTERCULTURAL CHALLENGE CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES

CLUJ-NAPOCA
November 6-8, 2008




THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Thursday, November 6


9.00 – 11.00 Aula Magna, 1 Mihail Kogălniceanu St.

Moderator: Prof. Ladislau Gyémánt

Opening of the Conference

Prof. Andrei Marga, “Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca

The Address of Ambassador Knut Vollebaek, the High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Prof. Milan Mesic (Zagreb),
Multicultural World and Intercultural Challenge

Prof. Luminiţa Silaghi – Dumitrescu (Cluj-Napoca),
Developments of the Romanian Programs at BBU

Prof. Magyari Tivadar (Cluj-Napoca),
Developments of the Hungarian Programs at BBU

Prof. Rudolf Gräf (Cluj-Napoca),
Developments of the German Programs at BBU

Prof. Ladislau Gyémánt (Cluj-Napoca),
Developments of the Jewish Programs at BBU

Prof. Sanda Tomescu (Cluj-Napoca),
The Programs with the Lingual Bases at BBU

Discussions

Recess


11.30 - 14.00

Moderator: Prof. Vladimir Simovic

Prof. Albert van Goudoever (Utrecht),
Academic Quality and the International Standard

Prof. Georgi Dimitrov (Sofia),
The EU-Bulgaria Communication: an Intercultural Gap

Prof. Liviu Rotman (Bucharest),
Modernisation of Romania – a Multiethnic and Multicultural Challenge

Prof. Eric Beckett Weaver (Budapest),
The Internationalization of Nationalism?

Discussions

14.30 Lunch at “Piramida” Restaurant

16.00 – 19.00 Room Jean Monnet

Moderator: Prof. Georgi Dimitrov

Prof. Vladimir Simovic (Zagreb),
One Approach to Better Intercultural Literacy – Case of Faculty of Teacher Education (University of Zagreb, Croatia)

Prof. Marius Jucan (Cluj-Napoca),
Pluralism as a Litmus Test of the American Identity at the Beginning of the 20th Century

Prof. Zolt Lazar (Novi Sad),
Factors of Cherishing National/Ethnical Affiliation in Vojvodina

Prof. Diana Dumitru (Chişinău),
Between Instrumentalized Memories and Competing Victimhood: the Holocaust Study in the Republic of Moldavia

Discussions

19.30 Dinner at “Piramida” Restaurant



Friday, November 7

9.00 – 11.30 Room Jean Monnet, 1 Em. De Martonne St.

Moderator: Prof. Milan Mesic

Prof. Dan Lazea (Timişoara),
European Neighbourhood Policy: Dialogue and Commitment to Shared Values

Dr. Sharif Hafez (Giza),
Mistakes of Intercultural Dialogue between Muslims and the West after 9/11

Dr. Şerban Văetişi (Cluj-Napoca),
Cultural Practices and Resistance in the American New Urban Communities

Kozak Gyula (Cluj-Napoca),
Differential Incorporation: Ethnicity and Religion among Muslims in Romania


Annemarie Sorescu Marinkovic (Belgrade),
Constructing Identity through Traditional Repertoire: Vlach Mythological Narratives

Aleksandra Djurić-Milovanović, (Belgrade),
Multiconfessional Communities in Voivodina: the Case of Romanian Neo-Protestants

Discussions

Recess

12.00 – 14.00 Room Jean Monnet

Moderator: Prof. Zolt Lazar

Prof. Viorica Ţurcanu (Bălţi),
The Role of Gypsies (Rrommas) in the National Textbooks of History

Svetlana Ćirković (Belgrade),
Ethnic Stereotypes about Roma in Serbia: Conversation in a Multicultural Environment

Cristian Suciu (Cluj-Napoca),
Faces of Marginality: The Representation of Roma in Romanian Literature

Zsuzsa Plainer (Cluj-Napoca),
Roma from Byron Street, Cluj-Napoca – Methodological Issues

Dr. Sergiu Mişcoiu (Cluj-Napoca),
On the story of deadlock: political representations of the Romanian Roma

Discussions

14.30 Lunch at “Piramida” Restaurant


16.00 – 18.00 Room Jean Monnet

Moderator: Prof. Liviu Rotman

Prof. Ion Taloş (Cluj-Napoca),
Romanic Parallels in the Field of Oral Cultures

Prof. Vasile Leb (Cluj-Napoca),
Personal Identity and Koinomia in Contemporary Ecumenism

Dr. Alina Branda (Cluj-Napoca),
Properties, Memories, Identities. A Case Study

Dr. Edit Szegedi (Cluj-Napoca),
Cluj-Kolozsvar: Irreconcilable Memories?

Dr. Petruţa Teampău (Cluj-Napoca),
Memory and Identity Narratives in a Multicultural City

Cristina Bojan (Cluj-Napoca),
Intercultural Education in Europe. Case Study: Intercultural Aspects of the Minority Education in Transylvania

Agnes Patakfalvy-Czirjak (Cluj-Napoca),
Electric Sounds of Cluj. Intercultural Challenge within a Clubculture

Discussions

Recess

18.30 - 20.00 Room Jean Monnet

Moderator: Prof. Ion Taloş

Ana Pantea (Cluj-Napoca),
Who are the others in Contemporary European Culture?

Remus Gabriel Anghel (Bielefeld),
Modes of Incorporation and Status Changes among Romanian Migrants in Milan

Dr. Eleonora Sava (Cluj-Napoca),
Mirroring Identities

Lucian Bogdan (Cluj-Napoca),
The Intercultural Dimension: an Essential Prerequisite for the Success of the American Export of Democracy

Discussions

20.30 Cocktail at “Piramida” Restaurant


















Friday, November 7

The Intercultural Dimension in Language Teaching


9,30-11 h Institute of European Studies

Moderator: Conf. Dr. Horia Ursu

Delia MARGA
Intercultural Communication Competence

Maria PETRUŢ
Student cultural awareness at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration from Cluj

Ioana NAN
Foreign language teaching and assessment as social practices

Delia MORAR
The Intercultural Factor in Language Teaching

Sorin BARBUL
The Challenge of French-Romanian Interculturality : « False Friends » and Other Difficulties in Communication

Alexandra D. IONESCU
The Influence of Ethnical Stereotypes in Teaching Foreign Languages

Diana ZĂGAN-ZELTER & Réka KOVÁCS
Intercultural perspectives on teaching English as a foreign language

Horia URSU
A Paradox of Iintercultural I ntegration

Veronica ARMAŞU
Politeness Theory and Intercultural Competence. Teaching English to Students in Economics

Adrian CIUPE
Impact of ELT software on intercultural teaching / learning: EDs

Paul TIŢA
Competition and Collaboration in Teaching Foreign Languages in Multicultural Environments

Discussions
Recess: 11-11, 30 h




Second part: 11, 30-13 h

Moderator: Conf. Dr. Victoria Moldovan

Gabriela MOCAN
Intercultural Exchanges – A Narrative Approach

Mariana TOMA
Cultural influences on public relations writing

Adriana FEKETE
Advertising and multiculturalism: some aspects regarding slogans and the language used in advertisements

Timea TOCALACHIS
La dimensión intercultural del discurso publicitario en la prensa

Nicolae ŞERA
Aspects interculturels du discours publicitaire: un regard différent sur le monde des affaires

Anamaria STAN
Advertising and multiculturalism: some aspects regarding slogans and the language used in advertisements

Antónia KELEMEN
Learning Goals for Efective Communication in German

Enikő BIRO
Compensation strategies of bilingual learners with an intercultural approach

Eugenia IRIMIAS
Cultural differences re-united by business etiquette

Manuela-Delia SUCIU
Negotiation Across Cultures

Ana-Maria PASCU
Bringing Society and Culture into the Language Classroom: a “Debatable” Issue?

Discussions
Conclusions : 13 -13,30 h



Saturday, November 8

9.30 Trip in the multicultural neighbourhood of Cluj


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