The Research Laboratory in Culture and Communication Organises

The Research Laboratory in Culture and Communication Organises A national conference: The Problematic of Difference in Language, Culture and Society 22 & 23 October 2015 Amphi 4 Faculty of Arts and Humanities Beni Mellal

Conference coordinator: Mohamed Rakii Organising committee : Mohammed Sghir Syad, Cherki Karkaba, Mohammed Rakii, Khalid Chaouch, Mustapha Mamaoui Programme: Thursday 22 October 2015: 9: 00 – 9: 30 : Opening ceremony Morning Session 1 : Chairperson : Redouane Saidi , Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Béni Mellal 9: 40 -10: 00 : M’Barek Rouwane , Hassan II University Casablanca: The Problematic of the concepts "Cultural Diversity" and "Cultural Differences" 10: 00 – 10: 20 : Cherki Karkaba, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Béni Mellal : The dialectics of difference in the process of signification 10: 20 – 10: 50 : Break Morning Session 2 : Chairperson : Aziz Boudlal, Chouaib Doukali University, El Jadida 10: 50 – 11: 10 : Abdelkader Sabil , Chouaib Doukali University, El Jadida: Memory and History writing. 11: 10 – 11: 20 : Mohammed Rakii, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Béni Mellal: Theorising Difference 11: 20 – 12: 20: Discussion Afternoon session 1: Chairperson : Khalid Chaouch 15: 00 – 15: 20 : Mohamed Sghir Syad, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Béni Mellal : The racial and the sexual unhomely in Toni Morrison's Paradise 15: 20 – 15: 40 : Mustapha Mamaoui, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Béni Mellal : Intelligence and difference in English Literature: Conrad, Lawrence, Lewis and Orwell. 15: 40 – 16: 00 : Break Afternoon session 2: Chairperson : Abdelkader Sabil 16: 00 – 16 : 20 : Hamid Masfour , Sultan Moulay Slimane. University, Béni Mellal : The Rhetoric of Difference in Yasmine Zahran's A Beggar at Damascus Gate. 16: 20 – 16 : 40 : Mohcine Nachit , Moulay Ismail University, Meknes: Embracing Difference: Toward a Modern Islamic Mindset. 16: 40 – 17: 40 : Discussion ---------------------- Friday 23 October 2015 Morning session : Chairperson : Mohamed Sghir Syad, 9: 00 - 9: 20: Abdelaziz Boudlal , Chouaib Doukali University, El Jadida : Cultural Transfer in Legal translation, 9: 20 – 9: 40: Abdeljalil Tounsi, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Béni Mellal : Inter-ethnic linguistic Boundaries and Contact Situations 9: 40 – 10: 40 : Discussion Afternoon session : Chairperson : M’Barek Rouwane 15: 30 - 15: 50: Khalid Chaouch , Université Sultan Moulay Slimane, Béni Mellal : representing a Different Space: Moroccan Topos in American Travel Logos. 15: 50 - 16: 10: Rachid Agliz , Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Béni Mellal : Fernea in Morocco: The exotic world of women 16: 10 – 17: 10: Discussion 11: 50 - 12: 00: Conference closing remarks and recommendations