• 27 Feb 2024

Baku Eurasia University "Green world in humanities: ecolinguistics, ecocriticism, ecotranslation" Republican Conference was held

According to the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, declaring 2024 as the "Year of Solidarity for the Green World" in Azerbaijan, on February 23, 2024, the Departments of Theoretical Linguistics and Turkish Languages, Azerbaijani and World Literature, Translation, Foreign Language and Literature of Baku Eurasian University "Green world in humanitarian sciences: ecolinguistics, ecocriticism, ecotranslation" Republican conference was held under the joint organization of

Great work is being done today in the direction of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN in Azerbaijan. The steps taken within the framework of the work carried out are indicators of the goals of achieving the Azerbaijan 2030 agenda during the last five years of our solidarity for the sake of a green world and a healthy future. For this purpose, the conference "Green world in humanitarian sciences: ecolinguistics, ecocriticism, ecotranslation" held at Baku Eurasian University, the reports presented at the conference have very important issues to solve.

At the opening ceremony of the conference, Professor Gulzar Ibrahimova, Vice-Rector for Scientific Affairs, Doctor of Political Sciences, Academician Mukhtar Imanov, Director of the Folklore Institute of ANAS, Academician Mukhtar Imanov, Scientific Secretary of the Nizami Institute of Literature of ANAS, Associate Professor Aygun Bagirli, Ph.D. in Philology, Narimanov District Organization of the New Azerbaijan Party Chairman Samir Valiyev gave interesting speeches. At the end of the opening ceremony of the conference, the head teacher of the Department of Translation, Gunel Kazimova, showed the presentation to the participants of the conference, which included the goals of the UN on the way to Sustainable Development. At the conference, fifty-three speakers from among the employees of BAAU, as well as various higher educational institutions of Azerbaijan, Institute of Linguistics named after Nasimi, Institute of Literature named after Nizami and Institute of Folklore of ANAS in Azerbaijani science; presented interesting reports on ecolinguistics, ecocriticism and ecotranslation, which is a completely new path in the fields of linguistics, literary studies, and translation studies. According to the program, the conference continued its work with a plenary session in the hall called "Green World" after the opening ceremony. The plenary session was chaired by Professor Mayil Askerov, doctor of philological sciences. Then, the section meetings continued their work in the halls called "Ecolingqvistika", "Ekotangid" and "Ekotarjuma". At the end of the plenary session and each section session, the speakers were awarded with certificates.

The section meeting of the "Ecolingistics" hall of the conference was chaired by the head of the department of theoretical linguistics and Turkish languages, associate professor Zamina Rustambayli, PhD in philology, and the employee of the department, professor Hajar Huseynova, doctor of philological sciences. The section meeting of the "Ekotangid" hall of the conference was chaired by Professor Elmira Mammadova-Kekech, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Head of the Department of Azerbaijan and World Literature, Assistant Professor Saadat Shikhiyeva, Doctor of Philosophy in Philology, Associate Professor of the Department, Associate Professor Gunay Garayeva, Doctor of Philosophy in Philology, an employee of the Nizami Institute of Literature of ANAS. The head of the Department of Translation, Associate Professor Sevda Rzayeva, Ph.D. University students also participated as listeners in department meetings and gained valuable knowledge. The republican conference "Green world in humanitarian sciences: ecolinguistics, ecocriticism, ecotranslation" organized at a high level concluded its work and was remembered with great impressions.