PANDEMIC METAPHORS IN LANGUAGE,

LITERATURE AND CULTURE

Sixth ASSE International Conference on

British and American Studies

Organized by the Albanian Society for the Study of English

in collaboration with the Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of
Humanities, University of Vlora “Ismail Qemali, Albania

15 June 2022, Vlora, Albania

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

15 June 2022

08:30-09:00 Registration (Faculty of Humanities),

Room B 215
09:00-09:30 Welcome address and opening remarks

Room
B 215,
Faculty of
Humanities

Google Meet
link:
https://
meet.google.
com/tau-
vpch-rqi
09:30-11:20 Plenary session

Room Chair: Armela Panajoti, University of Vlora “Ismail

B 215, Qemali”
Faculty of
Humanities Keynote speakers:

Google Meet Prof. Marta Degani, University of Klagenfurt,

link: Austria
https://meet
.google.com/ On the role of metaphors in COVID-related
tau-vpch-rqi political communication: an examination of

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 Jacinda Ardern’s discursive approach to the
pandemic

Prof. Daniel Dejica, Politehnica University of

Timișoara, Romania
A process-based overview of translation theory
and practice from St. Jerome to crisis
communication
11:20-11:50 Coffee break
11:50-13:00 Parallel sessions
Room Literary studies/Film studies
B 215, Chair: Elonora Hodaj, University of Vlora “Ismail
Faculty of Qemali”
Humanities István Rácz, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Into the Pandemic and Breaking Out: Paul
Google Meet Muldoon’s “Plaguey Hill”
link:
https://meet Katrin Isabel Schmitt, University of Konstanz,
.google.com/ Germany
tau-vpch-rqi Narrating after the End: Post-Pandemic Language
in Apocalyptic Literature

György Kalmár, University of Debrecen, Hungary

The Metaphorization of the Pandemic in
Contemporary Film and Television
Room Discourse analysis
B 402, Chair: Bledar Toska, University of Vlora “Ismail
Faculty of Qemali”, Albania
Humanities Łukasz Wilkoń, Politechnika Śląska, Poland
Analysis of Pandemic Metaphors in Coronavirus
Google Meet Tweets with Natural Language Processing
link:
https:// Pelin Doğan-Özger,
meet.google. Munzur University, Tunceli, Turkey
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com/mht- Constructing Counter-Discursive Space in the
raej-syz Pandemic: Political Theatre and Digitalisation

Petra Filipova, P. J. Safarik University in Kosice,

Slovakia
Gender, Humor and COVID-19: Superstore and the
Construction of a Pandemic Sensibility
Room Semiotics/Cultural Studies/Translation studies
B 211, Chair: Ilda Kanani, University of Vlora “Ismail
Faculty of Qemali”, Albania
Humanities Jonathan Eddy, University of Prešov, Slovakia
The Pragmatics of Pandemic Signage in the Slovak
Google Meet and British Linguistic Landscapes
link:
https://meet Magdaléna Bilá, Alena Kačmárová, Ingrida
.google.com/ Vaňková, University of Prešov, Slovakia
zfs-cutd-mig Enjoy skiing and follow all COVID-related rules,
please! Covid signage in the linguistic landscape
through the eyes of translation and translator
studies

Armela Panajoti, University of Vlora “Ismail

Qemali”, Albania
Shifting paradigms in COVID semiotics

Ilda Kanani, University of Vlora “Ismail Qemali”,

Albania
Remote simultaneous interpreting: From ABC to
PHD
13:00-14:30 Lunch break

14:30-15:30 Parallel sessions

Room Language studies

B 402, Chair: Dorjana Klosi, University of Vlora “Ismail
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Faculty of Qemali”
Humanities Eva Eddy, University of Prešov, Slovakia
Intensifying the Pandemic: Connotations of the
Google Meet Linguistic Means Used in Covid-Specific Written
link: Discourse as Perceived by Slovak Students of
https://meet English
.google.com/
mht-raej-syz Elonora Hodaj, University of Vlora “Ismail Qemali”,
Albania
The evolution of the language rhetoric during the
pandemics

Adriana Gjika, Dorjana Klosi, University of Vlora

“Ismail Qemali”, Vlora, Albania, Ejona Gjika, Jacobs
University, Bremen, Germany
A new cultural phenomenon in social networks
(the pandemic memes)

Saima Baćičanin, Iza Maljevac-Mihović,

International University of Novi Pazar, Republic of
Serbia,
Who or what is Corona?
Room Discourse analysis
B 215, Chair: István Rácz, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Faculty of
Humanities
Irena Cani, University of Vlora “Ismail Qemali”,
Albania
Google Meet
War Metaphors in Political Communication on
link:
Covid-19
https://meet
.google.com/
Tuğba Zeynep Şen, Boğaziçi University Social Policy
tau-vpch-rqi
Forum, Turkey
Mobilizing Metaphors: The politics of public
health communication

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 Merve Aktar, Ibn Haldun University, Turkey
“It tempered me (like iron) a little:” Pandemic
Metaphors by University Students in Turkey
Room Education/tourism
B 211, Chair: Irena Skëndo, University of Rome “La
Faculty of Sapienza”, Italy and University of Silesia in Katowice
Humanities Özgül Özönder Güçlü, Munzur University, Turkey
Addressing the Void: A Language Advising
Google Meet Program for Enhancing Self-directed Learning
link:
https://meet Bukuroshe Isufaj, University of Vlora “Ismail
.google.com/ Qemali”, Albania
zfs-cutd-mig Continuing education as a fundamental condition
for the education policies of the future

Irena Skëndo, University of Rome “La Sapienza”,

Italy and University of Silesia in Katowice
Tourism Trend during the Pandemic: A Case Study
of an Albanian Accommodation Facility through
the Online Booking System
15:30-16:00 Closing remarks
Room
B 215, Faculty of Humanities
Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/tau-
vpch-rqi

18:30- Walking tour in the Old town

20:00 - Conference buffet (‘Foleza’, Old Town)