The Faculty of Al-Alsun at Ain Shams University, under the patronage of Prof. Salwa Rashad, Dean of the Faculty, and supervised by Prof. Ashraf Attia, Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, hosted one of the most important linguists in the modern era, Dr. Mona Baker, Director of the Center for Translation and Cultural Studies at the University of Manchester in England, Vice President of the International Society for Translation and Multicultural Studies, and a visiting professor at both the University of Hong Kong in China and Middle East University. in the United Kingdom and the University of Oslo in Sweden, which has many books and studies in the field of translation, at eleven o’clock in the morning on Thursday, January 4, 2024, in the conference hall at the Faculty of Al-Alsun.

Prof. Salwa Rashad, Dean of the Faculty, said that the guest will deliver a general lecture on the topic: “Paratexts: Theory and Methodology,” which will include important topics in the field of translation studies applied to different types of translations, explaining that the lecture comes within the framework of the College’s keenness to host those with high-quality CVs. level to refine the experiences and skills of Al-Alsun students at various levels of study, whether bachelor’s or postgraduate studies, noting that raising the level of scientific research and internationalizing it is the university’s top priority to ensure the university’s presence in international classifications.

For his part, Prof. Ashraf Attia, Vice Dean of the Faculty for Postgraduate Studies and Research, said that Dr. Mona Bakir has a unique and rich scientific school in the field of translation studies and has many important books and studies in this field, including:

Translation and Conflict

Critical readings in translation studies

Critical concepts

Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies

Translation and Context

Text and Technology

Translators on the Battlefield: Stories and Tellers

Reframing the conflict in translation

Issues in translation research and its relationship to professional work

Linguistic repertoire in translation studies: an overview and suggestions for future studies

A review of the methods used in formulating new terms in Arabic.

Linguistic and cultural studies.

Dr. Mona Baker also founded the St. Jerome Publishing House, and she also founded the international magazine The Translator.