Baku, November 1 (AZERTAC). A roundtable titled “National Identity in the Postmodern Era” was held as part of the 3rd Baku International Humanitarian Forum.

The first section of the roundtable was moderated by Rectors Samad Seyidov of Azerbaijan University of Languages and Ekran Ibis of Ankara University, as well as Principal of Australian Social Technologies Consulting Dr Frank Kemp Salter.

Editor-in-chief of “Vsesvit” magazine of world literature Dr Dmytro Drozdovskiy delivered a speech on cultural and ethnic discrimination among people and its impacts on the post-modern thinking. Dr Drozdovskiy praised the organization of such events speaking of the importance of the round table.

Dr Drozdovskiy hailed the maintenance of the friendship and solidarity in the world as important.

He also noted different cultures and religious had been developing in Azerbaijan in peaceful manner and praised tolerance of the country.

Dr Samir Hamidov from Azerbaijan University of Languages made a speech on “Socio-political influence of virtual reality”.

He hailed developing significance of the national individuality saying the post-modernism has been exporting to the world by the globalizing, internet and other ways.

Dr Hamidov spoke of the impacts of migration on people during a long period of their adaptation to new cultures and societies.

Representative of the Institute of International Relations of South African Republic (SAR) Mr Thomas Wyckoff-Wheeler addressed the roundtable. He provided an insight into the “Creation national identities in a not so post-modern world”.

Mr Thomas Wyckoff-Wheeler noted people of different nations live all together in the modern world in spite of their races, languages and religions.

Austrian writer Mr Peter Gruber thanked Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev for high level organization of the 3rd Baku International Humanitarian Forum on behalf of participants of the roundtable.

Mr Peter Gruber noted different societies make some impacts on development of national communities anyway.

He added that people have to keep their national identity in spite of mutual influence of the different cultures.

Dr Alessandro Vitale from the University of Milan also made a speech titled “Consciousness, inter-ethic relations and conflict: a psychological approach and international relations theory”.

He underlined the importance of the communication among the youth.

Professor of the Luiss University of Rome Natalio Ronzitti addressed the event on the theme “The OSCE principles, national minorities and the territorial integrity of states”.

Professor of the Luiss University praised peaceful living conditions for the national minorities created in Azerbaijan.

The second section of the event titled “National identity in postmodern literature and contemporary discourse was co-chaired by Professors Luca Verzichelli of the University of Sienna, Hilde Haider of the University of Vienna and Svetlana Jabrailova of Azerbaijan University of Languages.

The section was addressed by Dr Takayuki Yokota-Murakami from the Osaka University on “Deconstruction of nation: A perspective from the history of Russian Jewish Literature”, Prof Azad Mammadov from Azerbaijan University of Languages (AUL) on “Person and media discourse”, First Vice Chancellor of International Academy of Turkic Studies of Kazakhstan, Academician Nur-Akhmet Dosmukhamet on “National identity and state ideology”, Dr Aybaniz Ismayilova from the AUL on “National identity in the English post-modern literature”, as well as Professor of the Minsk Branch of the Russian State Social University Kiril Shevchenko on “Shaping of a Poleshuk ethnic identity in Belarus: Historical context.

The speeches underlined that post-modern state pushes experience to see different cultural values, stimulates integration of the cultures and makes contribution to creation of the whole vision to the world, as well as international culture.

The event heard discussions on motives of conflicts among civilizations, the results of the regional conflicts, as well as main point of the intercultural dialogue and negative results of the political leanings pushed against the multiculturalism.

Moldovan ombudswoman Aurelia Grigoriu told her country signed a number of legal documents and passed decisions to secure rights of national minorities in Europe.

Titled “Cultural code and its transformation in the postmodern era” the last section of the roundtable was moderated by Dr Alessandro Vitale from the University of Milan, as well as Professors Jala Garibova of AUL and Jorge Paulo Ramon Botta of the National University of La Plata.

Professor of M.K.Ammonsov North–Eastern Federal University of Russia Praskovya Sivtseva-Maksimova opened the third section delivering a speech on “Problems of studying poetic genre: Yakutian Classical Poem in the Context of Globalization”.

Then the event heard reports of Professor of the AUL on “Intercultural education in the 21st Century: Problems and Challenges, as well as Dr Misgar Mammadov from the AUL on “Psychological Issues in the Transformation of Cultural Code”.

The reposts touched multiculturalism in Globalizing World and results of the modernization in cultural sphere.

The closing speech at the event was delivered by the Rector of the AUL Samad Seyidov who said the forum would contribute to post-modern culture and expansion of ties in all fronts as well.

The declaration of the 3rd Baku International Humanitarian Forum was adopted at the roundtable.