With participation of professors from University of Kerbala and Al_Qadisiyah University,College of Education for Humanities, University of Kerbala holds a scientific symposium on “Language as a Site of Intellectual Conflict”.
The symposium aims at exploring the role of language in shaping intellectual and cultural conflicts, understanding how it is employed in transmitting knowledge, and analyzing its impact on societies in context of globalization and contemporary challenges.
Dr. Sami Bashir Al-Hasnawi, Qadisiyah University addresses a shift in understanding of culture and language, critiquing traditional view of culture and highlighting the concepts of relativism, hybridity, and acculturation in context of globalization. He also discusses problematic nature of English language as a tool for liberation.
In similar token, Dr. Raed Dakheel Kareem, Qadisiyah University, examines application of evaluation theory and systemic functional linguistics to José Saramago’s novel “Blindness,” clarifying ideological, social, and political dimensions of the text.
Dr. Muthanna Makki Muhammad, University of Kerbala, deals with trilogy of the poet Hilda Doolittle, explaining how language becomes an arena of cognitive conflict, during the Second World War.
