Speakers

Prof. Feng Wu

School of Journalism and New Media XJTU, China

Research Area: Chinese national leader’s press conferences, Chinese political communication, quantitative research, Chinese newspaper marketing & management, culture industry, and new media

Introduction:FengWu(PhD, School of Journalism and Communication,HuazhongUniversity of Science and Technology, 2009) is a full professor of Journalism and New Media school at Xi’anJiaotongUniversity in Xi’an, Shanxi, P. R.China.Heis also a visiting scholar at the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri(2015-2016) .  His research interests include: Chinese national leader’s press conferences, Chinese political communication, quantitative research, Chinese newspaper marketing & management, culture industry, and new media.  He is a productive young researcher.  In recent five years, he had publishedfiveEnglish articles in leading journals indexed in SSCI, such asInternational Journal of Communication, Asian Journal of Communication,China: An International Journal.  At the same time,he had published more than thirty Chinese articles in leading journals in journalism & communications field (indexed in CSSCI).  He has finished more than50 important projects (funded and principal investigator).

Prof. Xu Jinghong

Beijing Normal University, China

Research Area: New media and Internet governance, health communication and cross-cultural communication, film and television and games

Introduction:He is a member of the Steering Committee of Chinese Communication Association (CCA) and a Chinese and American Fulbright visiting scholar.

Prof. Kun Dai 

Shaanxi Normal University, China

Research Area: English Language Teaching, Translation Theory and Practice, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Cross-Cultural Communication, Country and Regional Studies

Assoc. Prof. Seevan Saeed

Shaanxi Normal University, China

Research Area: Middle East History, History and International Relations

Introduction: Dr Seevan Saeed is Associate Professor in the Middle East Studies, Turkish Studies in the Centre for Black Sea Studies at Shaanxi Normal University- China. He has received his BA degree in Sociology; High Diploma and MA in Social Policy at the University of Wolverhampton-UK, in 2003- 2008. He gained PhD in the Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter in 2015. Seevan delivered lecturers in Domestic and International Universities including Exeter University-UK 2015-2017 and Shaanxi Normal University-China since October 2017. He serves as an active member for the areas of Middle East Studies including Kurdish Studies, Turkish Studies and Belt and Road Studies. Dr Saeed has a record of publishing articles and scientific works in the peer reviewed international journals. He is able to fluently speak, read and write six widely used languages in the Middle East.

Title of Speech: The Symphony of Language and Culture: Travel Through Harmony in Cross-Cultural Communication

Abstract: Language and culture, are meticulously intertwined, shaping human thoughts and interactions in profound ways. Language acts as the vehicle of human communication, while culture provides the context that defines values, beliefs, and world-views. The famous phrase by German Philosopher René Descartes, "I think, therefore I am" encapsulates the significance of thought in establishing existence. This concept can be extended to language and culture, and as language is the expression of thought, while culture shapes that expression. In other words, Culture is an interpretation that transfers these expressions between different systems of thoughts and cultures. Under the shadow of the Concept of Cultural Intelligence, that is focusing on the main four elements of, A- Knowledge, B-Strategic Thinking, C- Motivation and D- Behaviours; this Speech tries to explore the importance of the intertwined phenomenon of Language and Culture in the context for Multiculturalism Era. The speech argues that understanding more than a language means positive ability of better understanding and communicating with more than a culture.