February 2017, Mona Baker

ARTIS@Bangkok2017: Translatorship

February 25, 2017 Mona Baker Events, Translation

29-30 July 2017 Jointly organised by Chalermprakiat Center of Translation and Interpretation, Chulalongkorn University, and the MA program in English-Thai translation,Thammasat University Call for papers Important dates Provisional programme Accommodation Registration fees 1. Call for papers As a platform for “empowering translators” (Tymoczko 2007), translation studies has developed into a discipline that encourages inclusionary approaches, culturally sensitive

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Translation and/in Periodical Publications

February 25, 2017 Mona Baker Call for Papers, Translation

Special Issue of Translation and Interpreting Studies (TIS) Call for Papers Guest Editor María Constanza Guzmán, Glendon College, York University Periodicals, including magazines, newspapers, and journals, are important sites of translation. As vectors of intellectual exchanges, they are privileged spaces for the circulation of ideas. They are thus key cultural artifacts of the historical archive. Periodical publications have traditionally been considered

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Standing with Syrians: An open letter to an anti-imperialist

February 25, 2017 Mona Baker Activist reflections, Egypt, Philip Rizk, Translating Dissent

tabulagaza (Philip Rizk) Feb 24 2017 14:05 libcom.org Eva is a real person who I have known since 2007, as described in this article. But in this text Eva also stands for many other people, whether outspoken or silent supporters of the Syrian regime and its allies. I will not re-post her photo here. In a world flooded with images,

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Translating Frantz Fanon Across Continents and Languages

February 25, 2017 Mona Baker Publications, Translation

Edited by Kathryn Batchelor, Sue-Ann Harding © 2017 – Routledge 272 pages About the Book This book provides an innovative look at the reception of Frantz Fanon’s texts, investigating how, when, where and why these—especially his seminal Les Damnés de la Terre (1961) —were first translated and read. Building on renewed interest in the author’s works in both postcolonial studies and revolutionary movements in

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Assistant Professor of Translation Studies, Binghamton University

February 14, 2017 Mona Baker Job Announcements, Translation

The Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Translation Studies at Binghamton University seek an Assistant Professor in Translation Studies with interests in the languages and literatures of the Middle East, in particular Arabic. The ideal candidate will have a strong comparatist background or a degree in comparative literature. Teaching responsibilities will include offering graduate seminars and undergraduate courses in Translation Studies

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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, University of Birmingham

February 14, 2017 Mona Baker Job Announcements, Translation

The University of Birmingham is currently advertising six new posts in Modern Languages (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) and would particularly welcome applications from candidates with expertise in Translation and Interpreting – see below for details. The Department of Modern Languages at the University of Birmingham is seeking to make six appointments at Lecturer or (for suitable candidates) Senior Lecturer level. These posts

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The City Always Wins

February 11, 2017 Mona Baker Activist reflections, Culture, Egypt, Omar Robert Hamilton, Translating Dissent

by Omar Robert Hamilton A debut novel that captures the experience of the Egyptian revolution like no news report could Sam’s review History changes as invisibly as the future, though more painfully in having tasted what is lost. The City Always Wins is astonishing, intelligent throughout and alternately inspiring and saddening, a novel of the Egyptian Arab Spring that covers the

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The Materiality of Feminist Texts and Translations

February 8, 2017 Mona Baker Events, Translation

Economy, Production, and Text Second Workshop of the Leverhulme Trust funded International Network ‘Translating Feminism: Transfer, Transgression, Transformation (1945-1990)’ Organised by Dr. Maud Bracke, Dr. Penny Morris and Dr. Kristina Schulz Bern, June 23-24, 2017 The project “Translating Feminism” brings together scholars from three continents wishing to pursue original, interdisciplinary research focused on the global reach of feminist writing and

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IBN TIBBON Translation Studies Doctoral and Teacher Training Summer School

February 7, 2017 Mona Baker Events, Translation

Granada, Spain: 26 June – 7 July 2017 Translation Studies Doctoral and Teacher Training Summer School is a joint initiative of 5 different universities: University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), University of Turku (Finland), University of Tampere (Finland), University of Granada (Spain) and Boğaziçi University (Turkey). Since 2012 the summer school has hosted doctoral students of TS and teachers of translators and

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Funding Opportunity with IATIS

February 7, 2017 Mona Baker Competitions and Awards, Translation

International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies Funding Opportunity The Regional Committee are pleased to announce a recent initiative whereby Routledge and IATIS will co-fund two regional workshops each academic year. A maximum of £750 is available for each workshop. Workshop organizers are expected to source further funding from local funding bodies and organizations to meet the total cost of

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