Prof. Dr. Tatiana Ivushkina
MGIMO University, Russia

Tatiana Ivushkina is a Professor at Moscow State Institute of Foreign Affairs (MGIMO-University), Russia. She got her Candidate degree (PhD) in Philology from Moscow State University for the thesis "Stylization in Modern English Literature Speech Portrayals"and Doctoral degree (advanced PhD) from Moscow State University for the thesis «Socio-linguistic Aspects of English Speech Development (in speech portrayals of the upper classes of Great Britain in the 19-20th c. English Literature)». Her research interests are social linguistics, stylistics, stylization in speech portrayals, upper-class speech, English & American literature and culture, innovative methods of teaching and intercultural communication. She is an executive secretary and editor of the journal "Philology at MGIMO" and author of articles in refereed journals and international conference proceedings.

Speech Title: The Linguistic Expression of the Authors' Attitudes To the Upper Classes of Society in Modern British Literature

Abstract: The research is aimed at answering the following questions: How are the authors' attitudes to the upper echelons of British society translated in fiction? What categories of words convey the attitudes? What linguistic and stylistic means are used to this end in the novels under analysis? The study draws on the books by modern British writers such as Charles Jennings' People Like Us A Season Among the Upper Classes (1998), Julian Fellowes' Past Imperfect (2008), Jeffrey Archer's A Prisoner of Birth (2008) and Not A Penny More Not A Penny Less (2004), David Nicholls’ One Day (2009), Sue Townsend’ Number Ten (2012), Kazuo Ishiguro’s Remains of the Day (1989). The study has shown that the attitude to the upper echelons of the society varies depending on the social status of a writer − from regret and disappointment caused by their inability to properly adjust to ongoing social changes and at the same time recognition of their learning and distinctive manners of speaking and behaviour on the one side − to ironic attitude caused by their detachment from society, on the other side. In between is a neutral attitude, manifested in the descriptions of their lifestyle, values and manners.

 

Associate Professor Mitsunori Hirogaki
Kyushu University, Japan

Mitsunori Hirogaki graduated with a Bachelor of Science: Commerce from Doshisha University and pursued his Master's Degree in Commerce and Ph.D.: Commerce from Kobe University. Dr. Hirogaki is currently an Associate Professor of Marketing Strategy at Kyushu University, Graduate School of Economics, Department of Business and Technology Management (QBS Business School), where he teaches Marketing Strategy and International Marketing. He also teaches marketing research and consumer behavior at Ehime University.
He has served as an administrator in various capacities at Kyushu University and as one of the professors in various training programs dealing with Marketing in short-term executive programs, an Introductory Education Program for Freshman MBA students, and a regular feature on QTnet "Morning Business School" radio educational program aired by FM Fukuoka, and at Nikkei Business School. As a member of a research group at the Center for the Study of the Creative Economy (Doshisha University), he works with big data analysis to construct systems that identify seeds of innovation. Dr. Hirogaki’s current research focuses on Cross-Cultural Consumer Behavior in international marketing and marketing strategies in mature, developed societies.
He has published numerous papers in international journals such as Journal of Marketing Management; International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management; International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research; International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business; Micro and Macro Marketing; International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation; and International Journal of Business and Globalisation. He is a member of the Japanese Economic Association, Japan Society of Marketing and Distribution, Kyushu Association of Economic Science, and Japan Association for Consumer Studies.

 

Assoc. Prof. Noor Hazarina Hashim
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Noor Hazarina is an Associate Professor Universiti Teknologi Malaysia where she teaches a range of courses at both the graduate and undergraduate level focused on electronic marketing, marketing research and tourism marketing. She researches on how technology influences destination image formation and how technology changes traveler’s behavior. Hazarina’s research has been published in international and local media outlets and in leading tourism and hospitality journals.