Welcome speech:
Ouannes Hafiane — PhD in Philology, Dr. habil., Higher Institute of Languages of Tunis, Director of Scientific Laboratory “Language and Forms of Culture”, University of Carthage, Secretary General of the Tunisia-Russia Society (Tunisia)
Elena V. Butrova – Vice-President of Stepan Erzia International Art Foundation (Russia)
Keynote Speakers at the Plenary Session:
Svetlana N. Kurbakova — Dr. of Philology, Professor, MGIMO State University (Russia)
Topic: “Preservation of Historical Memory as a Key Task of Translating Materials on the Great Patriotic War”
Hichem Messoudi — PhD, Dr. habil., Director of the Higher Institute of Languages of Tunis, Co-Director of the Confucius Institute, University of Carthage (Tunisia)
Topic: “The Hermeneutical Foundations of Translation”
Svetlana Yu. Rubtsova – PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, St. Petersburg State University (Russia)
Topic: “Cultural Codes as the Language of Meanings: Between Symbol and Precedent”
Natalia A. Akhrenova – Doctor of Philology, Professor of the Institute of Foreign Languages, RUDN University, Vice-President of the National Association for Applied Linguistics (NAAL) (Russia)
Theme: Text in Transmedia Dimension
Alla V. Kirilina – Dr. of Philology, Professor, Deputy Head of the Directorate for memorialization of the fallen soldiers defending the Motherland, Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Russia)
Topic: “Terminology of memory’s perpetuation sphere as an object of preservation of traditional Russian values (generalization of practical experience)”