Cambridge Scholars Guest Edited Collections
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Modern Design and Construction in Building, Bridge and Dam Engineering
Abstract
The advancement of computational techniques and the increasing utilization of computers have endorsed excessive developments in structural engineering design and construction. Indeed, the orientation and design of many new, modern structures might not have been possible without the employment of innovative computational methods and numerical analysis. The more traditional style of learning from structural failures has disappeared because of the benefits of computational and numerical approaches considering 3D modeling procedures. Innovations in materials and practices have had a huge impact on the engineering world.
Advanced techniques in solving engineering problems such as fatigue, composite materials, fracture mechanics, structural control systems, seismic engineering, and thermal effects on structures and materials have been intensively employed in recent decades. On the one hand, the scale and profundity of knowledge existing today and the growing range of modern and complex structures have led to an increase in the expertise of structural engineers, but, on the other, such state-of-the-art methods might not guarantee a sustainable and environmentally-friendly structure.
This volume discusses such state-of-the-art design and construction methods in the field of civil and structural engineering. It considers the design and construction of civil structures such as buildings, bridges, stadiums, and transmission towers using the most recent engineering tools, technologies and methods, including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence, HoloLens, virtual and mixed reality, building information modelling and management, and performance-based design.
In short, this volume investigates new tools, technologies and methods that are being developed with accurate planning, design, and construction such that they reduce the time and expenses of projects while management, operation quality, and overall sustainability are maintained.
About the Editor
Dr Khaled Ghaedi is the founder and Principal of PASOFAL Engineering Group (https://pasofal.com/), a group dedicating to solving the most complex engineering problems. Dr Ghaedi has worked in both academia and industry for over 16 years, and has provided consultation for major projects such as the MRT Putrajaya Line and Pavilion Damansara Heights in Malaysia, among others. He is the author of several books and papers, and his work has been published in a number of well-known journals in different engineering fields such as earthquake engineering, finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, and damage assessment of buildings. He is currently the Structural Technical Director of an engineering software and solutions provider in Malaysia which supports professional engineers and engineering students in Southeast Asia.
Sustainability 2.0: Discourse and Practice in the Luxury World
Abstract
In 1987, the United Nations defined sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Our Common Future, also known as the Brundtland Report).
In 2013, the luxury, sports, and lifestyle conglomerate PPR rebranded as Kering to signify its transformation and commitment to sustainability. Since then, a discourse about sustainability pervaded the luxury world, raising numerous questions about the compatibility between the two worlds.
The objective of this volume is to define a paradigm for sustainable luxury that takes into account enablers and constraints of the sector.
It will gather together contributions from different academic fields investigating the discursive practices within the world of luxury and its intersection with sustainability. Contributions from practitioners working within this space are also welcome.
About the Editor
Esterina Nervino is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of English and the Department of Marketing at the City University of Hong Kong, where she is also Associate Director of the Sales and Marketing Consulting Unit. She is Junior Adjunct Professor of Intercultural Communication and Language Variation at the Universita’ degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy, and a member of the Research Centre for Professional Communication in English at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and her research interests include social semiotics, multimodality, business communication, luxury studies in relation to art, space, sustainability, and retail experience.
Fear, Risk and Safety: Post-Millennial Cultures of Fear in Literature
Abstract
In an essay on Karl Kraus, Walter Benjamin wrote in 1931 about the press being an instrument of power, which acquires its value through the character of the power that it serves. The proliferation of (social) media and available venues to circulate information in our times has created partisan cultures in which each side creates a narrative in which the other side, overtly or covertly, is dismissed, belittled, discredited, or demonized. Examples of such discursive polarizations include 9/11, Trumpism (MAGA), climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The divided, inimical discursive environment invites a focus on risk, safety, and fear. It is a common human behavior to try to avoid risks to stay safe. When discourses underscore how making the wrong (political, social, or environmental) choice will increase risk and minimize safety, the element of fear is added and complicates matters.
The words “risk,” “safety,” and “fear” have been used to define our contemporary age and they have also been construed as a valid narrative in the human sciences against which most other narratives, imaginative or otherwise, can be read. This volume will bring together original articles studying cultures of fear in literature with a specific emphasis on post-millennial texts and will investigate such subtopics and fields as post-millennial political fiction, post-postmodern rewritings, “the culture of fear,” “world risk theory,” the postcolonial novel, post-humanist writing, trauma narratives, literary disaster discourses, environmental literature, apocalyptic scenarios, and personal apocalypse writing in the 21st century.
About the Editor
Mustafa Kirca is Assistant Professor of English in the Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies at Çankaya University, Turkey. He holds an MA and PhD in English literature from Middle East Technical University, Turkey. He conducts research on translation and comparative studies, the contemporary novel, translation theory and postcolonial criticism. He co-edited Multicultural Narratives: Traces and Perspectives (2018), and Mapping Cultural Identities and Intersections: Imagological Readings (2019).
Adelheid Rundholz holds a PhD in Comparative Literature and in Romance Languages and Literatures (French) from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Her research interests are literature of migration, the novel genre, literary theory, world literature, aesthetics and language, comparative literature, and translation. She is the author of numerous publications, including articles on the graphic novel and cinema. She is co-editor of a forthcoming book on contemporary Lithuanian literature and participates in many conferences both in the USA and in Europe.
“Russia’s ‘National Idea’ (Evolving Self-Identification) in the 21st Century”
Abstract
This collection of essays examines the latest thinking on Russia’s developing national identity in the 21st century by leading Russian and non-Russian social philosophers, political scientists, and cultural figures, as well as the actual effect their thinking has on Russia’s current and future internal and external policies. Special attention is expected to be paid to the cultural aspects of Russia’s “national idea.”
Key words: national identity (“national idea”); cultural codes; culture; civilization; collective memory; historical mission.
About the Editor
Alexander Burak is an Associate Professor of Russian Studies in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Florida, USA. He holds a Master’s in Translation Studies from the Translation and Interpretation Faculty (Division) of the Moscow Linguistic University and a PhD in Sociology from Lomonosov Moscow State University. He has published five books and numerous articles on intercultural communication and Russia’s national self-identification.
Sacred Groves: Culture and Conservation
Abstract
Sacred groves are specific forests usually associated with a presiding deity. As sites of natural resources with traditional knowledge systems, they play crucial roles in biodiversity conservation around the world. This volume focuses on the religio-cultural aspects of sacred groves, and explores the spiritual dimension of the environment in the face of contemporary issues concerning threatened ecosystems and climate change.
About the Editor
Dr Rena Laisram teaches at the Department of History of Gauhati University, India. She is the author of the books Religion in Early Assam: An Archaeological History (2019), Early Meitei History: Religion, Society and the Manipur Puyas (2009), and The Growth and Development of Meitei Nationality: A Historical Approach (1998). Her research interests include religion and society, oral history and community, gender studies, and issues of identity.
A Guide to Global Learning at Small Institutions: Diverse Models and Creative Solutions
Abstract
Small liberal arts colleges face unique challenges integrating international curricula and global learning. However, those same challenges, including limitations on staff, resources, and administration, can often inspire creative solutions. This volume offers models for diverse, effective approaches to providing global learning curriculum, and instruction to undergraduates at small institutions.
About the Editor
Jann Purdy is Professor of French and Chair of International Studies at Pacific University, Oregon. She edited Language beyond the Classroom (2018), a volume addressing service-learning for world language programs at several universities and colleges. Dr Purdy created a program in intercultural communication at Pacific University, and co-developed the Global Scholars Program, a global-learning curriculum.
Key Aspects of Classroom Interaction in ELT
Abstract
In this collection, we will concentrate on classroom interactions when teaching English as a foreign or second language at the primary or secondary school level. There has been a great deal of work carried out in the area of classroom discourse, but this has mostly referred to general classroom discourse with no special emphasis on language teaching and learning. We believe that good quality classroom interaction promotes learners’ language acquisition. As such, this collection will explore classroom interaction in relation to both teachers and learners and investigate its various influences.
About the Editor
Lucie Betáková is an Associate Professor of English and Head of the English Department at the Faculty of Education of the University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic. She has taught ELT methodology to both pre-service and in-service teachers, and is the author of a number of publications, including Discourse and Interaction in English Language Teaching (2010), “Teacher Follow-up Move within Classroom Discourse” in The Impact of Applied Linguistics (2012), and “Supporting Language Acquisition through Teacher Questioning” in Learner Corpora and English Acquisition (A Collection of Studies) (2015).
Re-examining Diversity and Social Justice in the Academy
Abstract
This collection will examine the notions of social justice and diversity and how they positively or negatively affect different areas of academic life. It will favour a critical approach which allows a diverse array of voices to be heard on this issue, from educators to independent thinkers, adopting different perspectives.
About the Editor
Alen Ontl is a writer, translator and independent scholar. His publications include the book A Comparative Analysis of the Great American and Arab Novel. In addition to his work in philology, he is currently working on his second book, a collection of philosophical aphorisms. His main interests include Modernist literature, systems theory, and philosophy.
Sacred Groves: Culture and Conservation
Abstract
Sacred groves are specific forests usually associated with a presiding deity. As sites of natural resources with traditional knowledge systems, they play crucial roles in biodiversity conservation around the world. This volume focuses on the religio-cultural aspects of sacred groves, and explores the spiritual dimension of the environment in the face of contemporary issues concerning threatened ecosystems and climate change.
About the Editor
Dr Rena Laisram teaches at the Department of History of Gauhati University, India. She is the author of the books Religion in Early Assam: An Archaeological History (2019), Early Meitei History: Religion, Society and the Manipur Puyas (2009), and The Growth and Development of Meitei Nationality: A Historical Approach (1998). Her research interests include religion and society, oral history and community, gender studies, and issues of identity.
Sustainability 2.0: Discourse and Practice in the Luxury World
Abstract
In 1987, the United Nations defined sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Our Common Future, also known as the Brundtland Report).
In 2013, the luxury, sports, and lifestyle conglomerate PPR rebranded as Kering to signify its transformation and commitment to sustainability. Since then, a discourse about sustainability pervaded the luxury world, raising numerous questions about the compatibility between the two worlds.
The objective of this volume is to define a paradigm for sustainable luxury that takes into account enablers and constraints of the sector.
It will gather together contributions from different academic fields investigating the discursive practices within the world of luxury and its intersection with sustainability. Contributions from practitioners working within this space are also welcome.
About the Editor
Esterina Nervino is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of English and the Department of Marketing at the City University of Hong Kong, where she is also Associate Director of the Sales and Marketing Consulting Unit. She is Junior Adjunct Professor of Intercultural Communication and Language Variation at the Universita’ degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy, and a member of the Research Centre for Professional Communication in English at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and her research interests include social semiotics, multimodality, business communication, luxury studies in relation to art, space, sustainability, and retail experience.
Digital Innovation to Promote Brain Literacy and Mental Health Awareness
Abstract
Digital innovation can be used as a tool to promote contemporary topics in teaching. As mental health becomes more recognised in the curriculum, ways to approach the topic broaden. This collection specifically looks into the promotion of brain literacy and mental health awareness in education with the help of accessible digital tools.
About the Editor
Maria Mattsson is a neuropsychiatric mentor, focusing on play, emotional awareness and creativity. She holds an MA in Psychology and an MSc in Medical Visualisation and Human Anatomy.
Dr Mallika Punukollu is a Consultant in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Psychiatry in Glasgow. She is also a Senior Honorary Clinical Lecturer at Glasgow University.
Together, they work towards accessible digital health through the Safespot app and website.
Forensic Psychiatry: Clinical and Ethical Approaches
Abstract
This collection includes themes related to the practice of forensic psychiatry in the criminal and civil spheres. Given some ethical peculiarities of forensic practice, which differ from clinical practice, this collection will include both approaches: The forensic practice of psychiatry and the ethical dilemmas that may arise throughout it.
About the Editor
Elias Abdalla-Filho is a clinical and forensic psychatrist, psychoanlyist with a pHd in Health Sciences (Bioethics) form the University of Brazil. He is now a member of the department of Ethics and Psychiatry in the Brazilian Association of Psychiatry.
Key Aspects of Classroom Interaction in ELT
Abstract
In this collection, we will concentrate on classroom interactions when teaching English as a foreign or second language at the primary or secondary school level. There has been a great deal of work carried out in the area of classroom discourse, but this has mostly referred to general classroom discourse with no special emphasis on language teaching and learning. We believe that good quality classroom interaction promotes learners’ language acquisition. As such, this collection will explore classroom interaction in relation to both teachers and learners and investigate its various influences.
About the Editor
Lucie Betáková is an Associate Professor of English and Head of the English Department at the Faculty of Education of the University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic. She has taught ELT methodology to both pre-service and in-service teachers, and is the author of a number of publications, including Discourse and Interaction in English Language Teaching (2010), “Teacher Follow-up Move within Classroom Discourse” in The Impact of Applied Linguistics (2012), and “Supporting Language Acquisition through Teacher Questioning” in Learner Corpora and English Acquisition (A Collection of Studies) (2015).
Languages of Politics
Abstract
Depending on their gender, education, party or other affiliations, politicians tend to develop their “tribal language”, whose usage in the political arena serves to increase polarisation and create ideologically homogeneous neighbourhoods instead of democratically exchanged arguments. This collections explores the different languages spoken by politicians, how partisan neologisms are formed, and the effects of language polarisation.
About the Editor
Dragana Božić Lenard obtained her PhD in Linguistics and MA in English and Croatian Language and Literature from the University of Osijek, Croatia. Her doctoral dissertation dealt with gender differences in speeches made in the 113th United States Congress. Using computational, quantitative, and qualitative analyses, she has published several papers in the field of gender differences in speeches made in political settings. She currently works as an Assistant Professor at the University of Osijek, where she teaches English for Specific Purposes (ESP) courses. Her research interests include ESP, sociolinguistics, and computational linguistics.
Translating Horror: Shadows on the Page and Screen
Abstract
This multidisciplinary volume, through both case studies and wider surveys of literary traditions in dialogue, engages the horror genre as it is transmitted and developed across languages. The second part of the book is particularly focused on ways in which stories and novels are adapted for the cinematic medium.
Translating Horror is interested in particular challenges that may be encountered in interlinguistic environments, for example, in rendering certain genre conventions; in early cinema practices; in more recent cultural economies of cinema remakes; and in how (pseudo-)translation and interpreting can be used as framing devices or become key parts of a plot).
About the Editor
Paschalis Nikolaou is Assistant Professor in Literary Translation at the Ionian University in Corfu, Greece. He has previously edited, among others, Translating Selves: Experience and Identity between Languages and Literatures (2008) and Encounters in Greek and Irish Literature: Creativity, Translations and Critical Perspectives (2020). His study The Return of Pytheas: Scenes from British and Greek Poetry in Dialogue was published in 2017. Most recently, he guest-edited an issue of Synthesis (12. 2019: “Recomposed: Anglophone Presences of Classical Literature”) and contributed essays to Anne Carson/Antiquity (2021) and The Cambridge Handbook to Translation (2022).
Crisis in Contemporary British Fiction
Abstract
This collection of critical essay explores how contemporary British authors engage with the theme of crisis in their fiction (as apparent in novels and short stories by Kazuo Ishiguro, Julian Barnes, A S Byatt, Ian McEwan, Graham Swift, Hilary Mantel, Zadie Smith, Pat Barker, and Martin Amis, among others). ‘Crisis’ can be investigated not only as informing any aspect of fiction involving sociopolitical and cultural systems, but also as a mode of challenge to established power structures and modes of representation across narrative traditions.
About the Editor
Anastasia Logotheti, PhD, is Professor of English at Deree College, the American College of Greece. She has published several articles in The Literary Encyclopedia on Kazuo Ishiguro, Graham Swift, and Ian McEwan. Her most recent publications are the articles “Alterity in E M Forster’s ‘The Other Boat’” in Language and Literary Studies of Warsaw (2021) and “Digital Encounters with Shakespeare” in Research in Drama Education (2020), as well as chapters in the volumes Crossing Borders in Gender and Culture (2018), Reading Graham Swift (2019), and London: Myths, Tales and Urban Legends (2021).
Parallels and Tensions: F. Scott Fitzgerald in Dialogue
Abstract
This collection aims to better understand the lasting significance of F. Scott Fitzgerald's oeuvre and explore possible parallels and tensions between Fitzgerald and other writers and artists through essays that analyse his writings from new perspectives and expand upon connections between his work and other literary and artistic expressions.
About the Editor
Roberta Fabbri Viscardi holds a PhD in English Language and Literary Studies from the University of São Paulo, Brazil. She is a literary translator and literature teacher, and is currently an independent scholar. Her research interests include American realism and modernisms, 20th century artistic avant-gardes, and the relationship between literature and the other arts. She is a member of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Society and a peer-reviewer for literature journals in Brazil.
Marcela Lanius holds a PhD in Language and Translation Studies from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Currently an independent scholar and translator, she has been developing various research works within the field of translation studies, writing about feminist literary criticism, literary translation, American theatre, and English-language modernisms. She is a member of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Society and Assistant Editor of the academic journal Tradução em Revista [Translation in Review].
Violence in the Plays of Sarah Kane
Abstract
Violence is a key aspect of Sarah Kane’s oeuvre. This volume will shed light on her output from different phenomenological, psychological, and social viewpoints, dealing with psychological, physical, verbal, and sexual violence in her plays as a manifestation of a phenomenon that pervades modern society in troubling ways. It will answer why violence pervades the works of Sarah Kane, who, sadly, took her own life in a violent way.
About the Editor
Raad Kareem Abd-Aun received his PhD in English Literature from the University of Baghdad in 2011, and is a Faculty Member at the University of Babylon, Iraq. His main research interests are postcolonial literature and literary theory, modern drama, and Iraqi literature. In 2014, he published a volume of poems.
Translating Horror: Shadows on the Page and Screen
Abstract
This multidisciplinary volume, through both case studies and wider surveys of literary traditions in dialogue, engages the horror genre as it is transmitted and developed across languages. The second part of the book is particularly focused on ways in which stories and novels are adapted for the cinematic medium.
Translating Horror is interested in particular challenges that may be encountered in interlinguistic environments, for example, in rendering certain genre conventions; in early cinema practices; in more recent cultural economies of cinema remakes; and in how (pseudo-)translation and interpreting can be used as framing devices or become key parts of a plot).
About the Editor
Paschalis Nikolaou is Assistant Professor in Literary Translation at the Ionian University in Corfu, Greece. He has previously edited, among others, Translating Selves: Experience and Identity between Languages and Literatures (2008) and Encounters in Greek and Irish Literature: Creativity, Translations and Critical Perspectives (2020). His study The Return of Pytheas: Scenes from British and Greek Poetry in Dialogue was published in 2017. Most recently, he guest-edited an issue of Synthesis (12. 2019: “Recomposed: Anglophone Presences of Classical Literature”) and contributed essays to Anne Carson/Antiquity (2021) and The Cambridge Handbook to Translation (2022).
Fear, Risk and Safety: Post-Millennial Cultures of Fear in Literature
Abstract
In an essay on Karl Kraus, Walter Benjamin wrote in 1931 about the press being an instrument of power, which acquires its value through the character of the power that it serves. The proliferation of (social) media and available venues to circulate information in our times has created partisan cultures in which each side creates a narrative in which the other side, overtly or covertly, is dismissed, belittled, discredited, or demonized. Examples of such discursive polarizations include 9/11, Trumpism (MAGA), climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The divided, inimical discursive environment invites a focus on risk, safety, and fear. It is a common human behavior to try to avoid risks to stay safe. When discourses underscore how making the wrong (political, social, or environmental) choice will increase risk and minimize safety, the element of fear is added and complicates matters.
The words “risk,” “safety,” and “fear” have been used to define our contemporary age and they have also been construed as a valid narrative in the human sciences against which most other narratives, imaginative or otherwise, can be read. This volume will bring together original articles studying cultures of fear in literature with a specific emphasis on post-millennial texts and will investigate such subtopics and fields as post-millennial political fiction, post-postmodern rewritings, “the culture of fear,” “world risk theory,” the postcolonial novel, post-humanist writing, trauma narratives, literary disaster discourses, environmental literature, apocalyptic scenarios, and personal apocalypse writing in the 21st century.
About the Editor
Mustafa Kirca is Assistant Professor of English in the Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies at Çankaya University, Turkey. He holds an MA and PhD in English literature from Middle East Technical University, Turkey. He conducts research on translation and comparative studies, the contemporary novel, translation theory and postcolonial criticism. He co-edited Multicultural Narratives: Traces and Perspectives (2018), and Mapping Cultural Identities and Intersections: Imagological Readings (2019).
Adelheid Rundholz holds a PhD in Comparative Literature and in Romance Languages and Literatures (French) from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Her research interests are literature of migration, the novel genre, literary theory, world literature, aesthetics and language, comparative literature, and translation. She is the author of numerous publications, including articles on the graphic novel and cinema. She is co-editor of a forthcoming book on contemporary Lithuanian literature and participates in many conferences both in the USA and in Europe.
Taking Care in Times of Social and Moral Upheaval
Abstract
“Taking care” is an expression that could refer to the most varied situations of social life: “taking care” of one’s loved ones, “taking care” of oneself, “taking care” of the environment in which we live, “taking care” of life itself and every nuance, as well as “taking care” of those you meet along the way.
According to Heidegger, “care” is the fundamental ontological structure that indicates the original openness of “Dasein”. Care demands a responsibility, which Levinas identifies as “irrecusable”, and which involves conceiving the “other” in his/her “transcendence” since there is intrinsic value in him/her.
After all, ethics is about feeling the feelings of the other, as Edith Stein states, which does not involve looking away from the world. Taking care certainly requires a moral responsibility, both individual and social, the content of which can concern different ways of thinking, such as critical thinking. The emergency scenarios and the frenetic social changes that are before us put a strain on our motivation to take care, turning our attention to solving everyday problems. However, would these scenarios and changes have the power to undo the various sensitivities regarding caring for someone or something else?
Taking care certainly involves reflections, which can be of the most varied nature. For example, if I take care of myself and not others, am I being selfish? If, on the other hand, I take care of others but not of myself, am I inconsistent? Alternatively, if I take care of the climate or the natural environment but not the artistic and cultural works, am I a fanatic? Again, if a government takes care of society, preaching peace, but at the same time finances the war market through the arms trade, would that be hypocritical? The topic lends itself to different theoretical interpretations, which may concern the most varied ethical and social aspects.
About the Editor
Marco Ettore Grasso (Ph.D. in “Philosophy of Law”) is currently collaborating on the subjects of “Theoretical Philosophy” and “Philosophy of Sustainable Development” at the University of Macerata (Department of Humanities). He is the author of numerous publications, including some books on resilience and sustainability ethics.
Rational Use of The Results of Mathematical Modelling
Abstract
Mathematical methods are currently used in almost all areas of human activity. The main obstacle to the successful use of the results of mathematical simulation in practical problems is the discrepancy between the simulation results and experimental data. If the specified correspondence is fulfilled, then we will assume that the simulation results are adequate for the experiment. If there is no adequacy, then the simulation results cannot be of practical value. The problem can be solved by constructing special (adequate) mathematical descriptions of physical processes (AMD). This volume is devoted to methods of constructing AMD.
About the Editor
Yurii Menshykov is Senior Researcher and Associate Professor at Dnipro National University, Ukraine. His research interests include the control systems, differential equations, inverse problems, and mathematical modeling. He is the author and co-author of four monographs and about 400 journal articles. His most recent publication is Synthesis of Adequate Mathematical Descriptions of Physical Processes (2020).
Resilience in Smart Grid Electrical Protection
Abstract
Electrical protection in smart grid is one of the main concerns due to consecutive switching of energy resources. In order to make a self-healing protection compatible with smart grid requirements it is necessary to establish a protection and control center comprising real time simulation, protection design and configuration and online setting adaptation of protective relays. Among this, adaptive algorithms to recognize and distinguish different kinds of abnormalities to control operation of protective relays are also seems to be necessary. The algorithms also communicate with protection simulation and design center to transfer the status and receive a response to make a correct decision to maintain stability and availability of power sources in smart grid.
About the Editor
Salman Rezaei received a B.Sc. in electrical engineering from Mehriz-Azad University, Mehriz, Yazd, Iran in 2010. He has been working in Kerman Combined Cycle Power Plant since 2005. He is an electrical engineer of technical office. His activities include protective relaying, testing electrical devices, generator transformer and protective relays, electrical studies and simulation of distributed resources and electrical projects.
Languages of Politics
Abstract
Depending on their gender, education, party or other affiliations, politicians tend to develop their “tribal language”, whose usage in the political arena serves to increase polarisation and create ideologically homogeneous neighbourhoods instead of democratically exchanged arguments. This collections explores the different languages spoken by politicians, how partisan neologisms are formed, and the effects of language polarisation.
About the Editor
Dragana Božić Lenard obtained her PhD in Linguistics and MA in English and Croatian Language and Literature from the University of Osijek, Croatia. Her doctoral dissertation dealt with gender differences in speeches made in the 113th United States Congress. Using computational, quantitative, and qualitative analyses, she has published several papers in the field of gender differences in speeches made in political settings. She currently works as an Assistant Professor at the University of Osijek, where she teaches English for Specific Purposes (ESP) courses. Her research interests include ESP, sociolinguistics, and computational linguistics.
“Russia’s ‘National Idea’ (Evolving Self-Identification) in the 21st Century”
Abstract
This collection of essays examines the latest thinking on Russia’s developing national identity in the 21st century by leading Russian and non-Russian social philosophers, political scientists, and cultural figures, as well as the actual effect their thinking has on Russia’s current and future internal and external policies. Special attention is expected to be paid to the cultural aspects of Russia’s “national idea.”
Key words: national identity (“national idea”); cultural codes; culture; civilization; collective memory; historical mission.
About the Editor
Alexander Burak is an Associate Professor of Russian Studies in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Florida, USA. He holds a Master’s in Translation Studies from the Translation and Interpretation Faculty (Division) of the Moscow Linguistic University and a PhD in Sociology from Lomonosov Moscow State University. He has published five books and numerous articles on intercultural communication and Russia’s national self-identification.
Digital Innovation to Promote Brain Literacy and Mental Health Awareness
Abstract
Digital innovation can be used as a tool to promote contemporary topics in teaching. As mental health becomes more recognised in the curriculum, ways to approach the topic broaden. This collection specifically looks into the promotion of brain literacy and mental health awareness in education with the help of accessible digital tools.
About the Editor
Maria Mattsson is a neuropsychiatric mentor, focusing on play, emotional awareness and creativity. She holds an MA in Psychology and an MSc in Medical Visualisation and Human Anatomy.
Dr Mallika Punukollu is a Consultant in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Psychiatry in Glasgow. She is also a Senior Honorary Clinical Lecturer at Glasgow University.
Together, they work towards accessible digital health through the Safespot app and website.
Fear, Risk and Safety: Post-Millennial Cultures of Fear in Literature
Abstract
In an essay on Karl Kraus, Walter Benjamin wrote in 1931 about the press being an instrument of power, which acquires its value through the character of the power that it serves. The proliferation of (social) media and available venues to circulate information in our times has created partisan cultures in which each side creates a narrative in which the other side, overtly or covertly, is dismissed, belittled, discredited, or demonized. Examples of such discursive polarizations include 9/11, Trumpism (MAGA), climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The divided, inimical discursive environment invites a focus on risk, safety, and fear. It is a common human behavior to try to avoid risks to stay safe. When discourses underscore how making the wrong (political, social, or environmental) choice will increase risk and minimize safety, the element of fear is added and complicates matters.
The words “risk,” “safety,” and “fear” have been used to define our contemporary age and they have also been construed as a valid narrative in the human sciences against which most other narratives, imaginative or otherwise, can be read. This volume will bring together original articles studying cultures of fear in literature with a specific emphasis on post-millennial texts and will investigate such subtopics and fields as post-millennial political fiction, post-postmodern rewritings, “the culture of fear,” “world risk theory,” the postcolonial novel, post-humanist writing, trauma narratives, literary disaster discourses, environmental literature, apocalyptic scenarios, and personal apocalypse writing in the 21st century.
About the Editor
Mustafa Kirca is Assistant Professor of English in the Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies at Çankaya University, Turkey. He holds an MA and PhD in English literature from Middle East Technical University, Turkey. He conducts research on translation and comparative studies, the contemporary novel, translation theory and postcolonial criticism. He co-edited Multicultural Narratives: Traces and Perspectives (2018), and Mapping Cultural Identities and Intersections: Imagological Readings (2019).
Adelheid Rundholz holds a PhD in Comparative Literature and in Romance Languages and Literatures (French) from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Her research interests are literature of migration, the novel genre, literary theory, world literature, aesthetics and language, comparative literature, and translation. She is the author of numerous publications, including articles on the graphic novel and cinema. She is co-editor of a forthcoming book on contemporary Lithuanian literature and participates in many conferences both in the USA and in Europe.
Re-examining Diversity and Social Justice in the Academy
Abstract
This collection will examine the notions of social justice and diversity and how they positively or negatively affect different areas of academic life. It will favour a critical approach which allows a diverse array of voices to be heard on this issue, from educators to independent thinkers, adopting different perspectives.
About the Editor
Alen Ontl is a writer, translator and independent scholar. His publications include the book A Comparative Analysis of the Great American and Arab Novel. In addition to his work in philology, he is currently working on his second book, a collection of philosophical aphorisms. His main interests include Modernist literature, systems theory, and philosophy.
