The First International Conference on Languages and Translation

Between Tradition and Modernity

August 6-7, 2025

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About The Conference

Conference Introduction

The Departments of Languages and Translation at the Faculty of Arts at Yarmouk University are honored to organize the "First International Conference on Languages and Translation: Between Tradition and Modernity", scheduled to take place from August 6 to 7, 2025. This conference serves as an academic platform that brings together researchers, academics, and practitioners in the fields of languages and translation to discuss contemporary issues and recent developments in linguistic, literary, and translation studies.

The conference aims to explore the relationship between tradition and modernity in these disciplines by shedding light on modern approaches to linguistics, changes in phonology and semantics, and issues of multilingualism, as well as discussing innovations in lexicography and the role of artificial intelligence in shaping languages, literature, and translation. Additionally, the conference will address the impact of translation on cultural transmission and its influence on literary studies, in addition to the challenges facing translators in the digital transformation era.

It also aims to highlight contemporary fields of applied linguistics, which are rapidly expanding to encompass most aspects of human life. Additionally, it places special emphasis on modern literary studies, including critique, analysis, and appreciation.

We hope this conference will provide a valuable opportunity for academic dialogue and knowledge exchange, enriching research and fostering collaboration among scholars from various disciplines and interests.

Conference Objectives

  1. Explore the development of linguistic and literary studies while balancing heritage with modern advancements.
  2. Study modern approaches in theoretical and applied linguistics to enhance language analysis and teaching.
  3. Bridge applied linguistic studies with real-world contexts and exploring practical applications of various branches of applied linguistics.
  4. Investigate changes in phonetics, semantics, and discourse analysis from both historical and contemporary perspectives.
  5. Address issues of linguistic plurality and language policies to balance heritage preservation with innovation.
  6. Encourage innovation in lexicography and the study of grammar and morphology in the digital era.
  7. Highlighting the relationship between classical and modern literature and the role of translation in cultural exchange.
  8. Delve into the role of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies in shaping languages, literature, and digital creativity.
  9. Study the state of translation across various fields (political, literary, legal, scientific, journalistic, translation software, audiovisual translation, machine translation, and AI-assisted translation).
  10. Discuss the role of literature and criticism in understanding cultural, social, and political transformations.

Conference Themes

Theme 1: Linguistic Studies

  • Theoretical linguistics and the evolution of modern language analysis methodologies.
  • Applied linguistics and its role in teaching foreign languages.
  • Phonetics and phonetics change over time.
  • Semantics and the evolution of meaning across history.
  • Text linguistics and discourse analysis in light of contemporary developments.
  • Multilingualism and language policies between conservation and innovation.
  • Lexicography between tradition and innovation: concepts and methodologies.
  • Grammar and morphology: classical rules versus modern applications.
  • Linguistic studies in light of modern digital media.
  • Challenges of local languages and dialects.

Theme 2: Applied Linguistics

Language acquisition and teaching methodologies
  • Language teaching methodologies in light of applied linguistics.
  • Strategies of language learning: From traditional to innovative methods.
  • The role of linguistics in developing language teaching programs for non-native speakers.
  • Designing language proficiency assessment tests in educational and non-educational contexts.
  • Analysis of criteria and concepts related to language tests and effectiveness measurement tools.
  • The use of software and modern applications language teaching practices.
  • Applying applied linguistics to enhance online education.
  • Psycholinguistic applications in language learning and acquisition.
  • Computerization of language proficiency tests.
The Impact of Social and Political Factors on Languages and Translation
  • Examining linguistic disparities across different societies.
  • The relationship between social class, educational level, and language use.
  • Sociolinguistics in Cultural Interaction and Communication.
  • The impact of globalization on languages and translation.
  • Translation and ethnicity.
  • Languages and globalization: Opportunities and challenges.
Cognitive Linguistics
  • The impact of psychological processes on language use.
  • The relationship between linguistic cognition and psychological knowledge in language interpretation.
Technology and Applied Linguistics
  • The role of technology in advancing applied linguistics research.
  • Linguistic applications in developing language-based software.
  • Human-machine interaction through natural language processing.
  • AI-driven linguistic techniques for language processing.
  • Natural language processing applications in machine translation, data analysis, and search engine optimization.

Theme 3: Literary studies

  • Literature between tradition and modernity.
  • Modern critical approaches to literary text analysis.
  • Literary translation between creative fidelity and textual commitment.
  • Feminist literature and its impact on literary language development.
  • Digital literature and the challenges of reception in the digital age.
  • Comparative literature and its role in fostering intercultural dialogue.
  • Identity and narration in world literature.
  • The impact of translation on shaping the literary imagery of the original texts.
  • Cultural criticism and its role in literary texts analysis.
  • The impact of classics on modern literature.
  • Literature in the context of cultural and political changes.
  • Literary criticism between tradition and modernity.
  • The role of artificial intelligence in literary production.
  • Language and Literature: The relationship between words and meaning.
  • Symbolism and Imagination in Literature.
  • Language and Social Conflict in Literature.

Theme 4: Translation Studies

  • Computer-assisted translation.
  • Audiovisual translation.
  • Artificial intelligence and its impact on the translation profession.
  • Intercultural Communication and Translation Studies.
  • Literary, technical, religious, legal, and media translation.
  • Dubbing and subtitling.
  • Translation and Comparative Literature.
  • Developing translation curricula.
  • Translation and Identity.
  • Theoretical approaches to translation.
  • Translation in the Context of Colonial and Postcolonial Studies.
  • Terminology and translation.
  • Translation and commerce.
  • Translation and Intercultural Studies.
  • Translation and Intercultural Interactions.
  • Translation and minority studies.
  • Translation and Multiculturalism.
  • Translation and Nationalism.
  • Translation and Diversity.
  • Translation and Ethnicity.
  • Translation in a Multilingual Societies.
  • Teaching translation.
  • Researchers' contributions to translation studies.
  • Translation assessment.

Conference Committees

Organizing Committee
Scientific Committee
Public Relations
Students Committee
Recommendations
# Organizing Committee members Role
1 Prof. Mohammed Al-Anaqra Conference Chairman - Dean of the Faculty of Arts - Yarmouk University
2 Dr. Raidah Al-Ramadan Head of the Translation Department - Head of the organizing Committee - Yarmouk University
3 Prof. Mudar Telfah Member - Vice Dean of the Faculty of Arts for Faculty Affairs - Yarmouk University
4 Dr. Hassan Al-Zeyout Member - Vice Dean of the Faculty of Arts for Accreditation and Quality Assurance - Yarmouk University
5 Prof. Bassam Qatous Member - Head of the Arabic Language Department - Yarmouk University
6 Dr. Ghassan Al-Shater Member - Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Arts - Yarmouk University
7 Dr. Ghazi Al-Atna Member - Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Arts for Student Affairs - Yarmouk University
8 Dr. Nancy Al-Doughmi Member - Head of the Department of English Language and Literature, Yarmouk University
9 Dr. Mona Bani Bakr Member - Head of the Department of Modern Languages, Yarmouk University
10 Dr. Rabba' Rababa'a Member - Head of the Department of Semitic and Oriental Languages - Yarmouk University
11 Prof. Mohamed Shakiri Member - Department of Languages and Culture, International University of Rabat – Morocco
12 Prof. Yassin Bakkar Member - Department of Turkish Language Teaching Methods - Faculty of Educational Sciences - Anadolu University - Türkiye
13 Dr. Maria Susanna Seguin Member - Paul Valéry University Montpellier 3 - France
14 Dr. Florence Magnot Member - University of Rennes 2 - France
15 Dr. Rawyar Abbas Al-Jabari Member - Department of Turkish Language, Faculty of Education, University of Kirkuk, Iraq
16 Dr. Reda Mohamed Abdel Ghaffar Hamada Member - Department of Persian Language, Faculty of Arts, Menoufia University, Egypt
17 Dr. Hilda Mock Member - Faculty of Languages, Jean Moulin University, Lyon, France
18 Dr. Emre Gollum Member - Department of Turkish Language and Literature - Faculty of Arts - Anadolu University - Türkiye
19 Dr. Omar Saeed Golar Member - Faculty of Arts - Istanbul Medeniyet University - Türkiye
20 Dr. Tracy Lassiter Member - Digital Learning Program - University of New Mexico, Gallup - USA
21 Dr. Mohamed El Masry Member - University of Oklahoma - USA
22 Dr. Linda Obaid Member - Arar Chair - Yarmouk University
23 Dr. Alaa Gharaibeh Member - Department of Arabic Language and Literature - Yarmouk University
24 Dr. Ibtisam Hussein Member - Department of Arabic Language and Literature - Yarmouk University
25 Dr. Eqab Shawashra Member - Department of English Language and Literature - Yarmouk University
26 Dr. Raafat Al-Rousan Member - Translation Department - Yarmouk University
27 Dr. Somia Al-Qudah Member - Translation Department - Yarmouk University
28 Dr. Nancy Al-Faouri Member - Translation Department - Yarmouk University
29 Dr. Mohammed Nusirat Member - Department of Semitic and Oriental Languages - Yarmouk University
30 Dr. Reda Mohamed Hamada Member - Department of Semitic and Oriental Languages - Yarmouk University
31 Dr. Saleh Jaradat Member - Department of Semitic and Oriental Languages - Yarmouk University
32 Dr. Rasul Oz Afshar Member - Department of Semitic and Oriental Languages - Yarmouk University
33 Dr. Reham Jaradat Member - Department of Modern Languages, Yarmouk University
34 Dr. Nabil Awawdeh Member - Department of Modern Languages, Yarmouk University
35 Dr. Mohammed M. Obeidat Member - Translation Department, Head of Jordanian Translators’ Association - Yarmouk University
36 Omar Irshaidat Coordination and Follow-up - Yarmouk University
37 Mrs. Rasha Al Sharif Conference Secretary - Yarmouk University
38 Mr. Auda Al-Taani Member - Public Relations Department - Yarmouk University
39 Mr. Mohammed Al-Sharairy Member - Public Relations Department - Yarmouk University
40 Mr. Khaldoun Qawasmeh Member - Financial Department - Yarmouk University
41 Miss. Ala Zeid Al-Khalafat Member - Department of Arabic Language and Literature - Yarmouk University
# Scientific Committee Members Role
1 Prof. Fawaz Al-Abd Al-Haqq Al-Zubun Head of the Scientific Committee - Department of English Language and Literature - Yarmouk University
2 Prof. Ziad Al-Zoubi Member - Department of Arabic Language - Yarmouk University
3 Prof. Bassam Qatous Member - Head of the Arabic Language Department - Yarmouk University
4 Prof. Mahmoud Kanakri Member - Translation Department - Yarmouk University
5 Prof. Mahmoud Al-Ali Member - Department of Modern Languages, Yarmouk University
6 Prof. Ahmed Abu Dalu Member - Department of Arabic Language - Yarmouk University
7 Prof. Bassam Rababa'a Member - Department of Semitic and Oriental Languages - Yarmouk University
8 Prof. Mahmoud Al-Amrat Member - Department of Semitic and Oriental Languages - Yarmouk University
9 Prof. Taisir Al-Azzam Member - Department of Semitic and Oriental Languages - Yarmouk University
10 Dr. Hassan Al-Zayout Member - Department of Semitic and Oriental Languages - Yarmouk University
11 Prof. Velez Kalyon Member - Department of Semitic and Oriental Languages - Yarmouk University
12 Prof. Sadiq Bazar Member - Department of Turkish Language and Literature - Istanbul Medeniyet University - Türkiye
13 Prof. Ahmed Al-Harahsheh Member - Translation Department - Yarmouk University
14 Prof. Mohammed Al-Quraan Member - Translation Department - Yarmouk University
15 Prof. Shukry Abdel-Ati Member - Department of Modern Languages, Yarmouk University
16 Prof. Ghada Sasaa Member - Department of English Language and Literature - Yarmouk University
17 Prof. Rana Qandeel Member - Department of Modern Languages, Yarmouk University
18 Prof. Aziz Al-Baytar Member - Department of English Language and Literature - Yarmouk University
19 Dr. Mamoun Shtaiwi Member - Department of Modern Languages, Yarmouk University
# Committee Members
1 Mr. Mohammed Hajjat, Chairman
2 Dr. Khazim Al-Khalidi, Director of Yarmouk FM Radio
3 Mr. Fadl Maarek, Jordanian Radio
4 Mr. Mamoun Massad, Jordanian TV
5 Mr. Mohammed Al-Sharairy
6 Al-Mamlakah TV
7 Ro'ya TV
8 Jordan News Agency
9 Mr. Suhaib Al-Tal, Al-Dustour newspaper
10 Al-Rai newspaper
11 Ammon News Agency
# Committee Members
1 Alaa Bassam Qatous
2 Imran Mohammed Rababa'a
3 Sara Yaseen Irshaidat
4 Hanin Al-Shayab
5 Osid Momani
6 Mohammad Abu Shaqra
7 Lana Abu Al-Heija
8 Mohammed Al-Khatibnancy
9 Noor Bataineh
10 Marwa Ziad
11 Fatima Al-Adous
12 Mahir Al-Kasaji
13 Ahmed Al-Farsouni
14 Mohammed Beleibil
# Committee Members Role
1 Prof. Mohammed Al-Anaqra Conference Chairman - Dean of the Faculty of Arts - Yarmouk University
2 Dr. Raidah Al-Ramadan Head of the Translation Department - Head of the Organizing Committee - Yarmouk University
3 Prof. Mudar Talfah Member - Department of History - Yarmouk University
4 Prof. Bassam Qatous Member - Head of the Arabic Language Department - Yarmouk University
5 Prof. Ahmed Abu Dalu Member - Department of Arabic Language - Yarmouk University
6 Prof. Ghada Sasaa Member - Department of English Language and Literature - Yarmouk University
7 Prof. Ahmed Al-Harahsheh Member - Translation Department - Yarmouk University
8 Prof. Shukry Abdel-Ati Member - Department of Modern Languages, Yarmouk University
9 Prof. Aziz Al-Baytar Member - Department of English Language and Literature - Yarmouk University
10 Prof. Mahmoud Al-Amrat Member - Department of Semitic and Oriental Languages - Yarmouk University
11 Prof. Taisir Al-Azzam Member - Department of Semitic and Oriental Languages - Yarmouk University
12 Prof. Bassam Rababa'a Member - Department of Semitic and Oriental Languages - Yarmouk University
13 Dr. Hassan Al-Zayout Member - Department of Semitic and Oriental Languages - Yarmouk University
14 Prof. Bassam Qatous Member - Head of the Arabic Language Department, Yarmouk University
15 Dr. Ghassan Al-Shater Member - Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Arts - Yarmouk University
16 Dr. Nancy Al-Doughmi Member - Head of the Department of English Language and Literature, Yarmouk University
17 Dr. Mona Bani Bakr Member - Head of the Department of Modern Languages, Yarmouk University
18 Dr. Rabba' Rababa'a Member - Head of the Department of Semitic and Oriental Languages - Yarmouk University

Participation

Conference Participation Instructions

  1. The submitted research must align with one of the conference themes.
  2. Each submission must include an abstract in its original language and another in English.
  3. The research paper must not exceed 25 pages, using a 14-point font size in Simplified Arabic.
  4. The deadline for abstract submission is May 20, 2025.
  5. The final version of the research paper must be submitted in Word format by July 15, 2025.
  6. The research must be original and should not have been previously published or presented at any conference or symposium.
  7. All submissions will undergo an initial academic review, and only accepted papers will be approved for conference participation. Authors will be notified of acceptance via email. Accepted research papers will be published, after peer review, in a special issue dedicated to the conference.
  8. The university will provide accommodation and hospitality for participants from outside Jordan, and hospitality for participants from within Jordan from August 6 to August 7, 2025.

Conference Participation Fees

  • $350 for participants from outside Jordan.
  • $100 for participants from within Jordan.
Account Number 090003424722
Beneficiary Name: Yarmouk University
Beneficiary Bank: Cairo Amman Bank
Branch Name: Yarmouk University Branch
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Correspondence

Correspondence should be sent to the following address:

Head of the Organizing Committee: Dr. Raidah Al-Ramadan
Yarmouk University - Irbid - Jordan
Phone: 7211111 00962 Ext: 2391
Mobile: 00962796027747
Email: LGTR@Yu.Edu.Jo
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