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The first event in the international online conference series entitled “Global Encounters: Intercultural Dialogues” was hosted by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Language and Communication Research Group at the University of Miskolc on January 22 and 23. The central themes of the discourse were intercultural communication, competence development, and identity construction.
The conference was organized in cooperation with Chouaib Doukkali University (Morocco), Sunway University (Malaysia), St. Cyril and Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria), and II. Ferenc Rákóczi Hungarian University of Transcarpathia (Ukraine).
The two plenary lectures were given by Dr. Irina Golubeva (University of Baltimore, USA) and Dr. Tamás Kiss (Sunway University, Malaysia), who discussed the development of intercultural citizenship in the service of inclusive higher education and the encouragement of critical thinking through student questions.
A total of 33 presentations in eight sections examined issues of inter- and multicultural identity construction from the perspectives of literary representation, translation and the responsibility of translators, as well as professional and educational contexts.
Sixty participants from eight countries shared their research findings and educational experiences and took part in inspiring professional discussions. The conference provided an excellent opportunity to strengthen cooperation between the participating universities, as a result of which the partners are planning to publish a joint conference volume and continue the conference series in 2027.
