Oppression is not a point of view
First International Research Training Event Organised by the Jiao Tong Baker Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies Shanghai, China 29-30 June 2018 Workshop Leaders Dr Sameh Hanna, University of Leeds, UK Professor Mona Baker, Director of the Jiao Tong Baker Centre for Translation & Intercultural Studies A growing number of studies are now acknowledging the role that paratexts play
» Read moreUniversità L’Orientale, Naples Dipartimento di Studi Letterari, Linguistici e Comparati 8-9 February 2018 2nd Valencia/Napoli Colloquium on Gender and Translation Translating/Interpreting LSP through a Gender Perspective CALL FOR PAPERS The Dipartimento di Studi Letterari, Linguistici e Comparati of the Università di Napoli ‘L’Orientale’ and The GenText Research Group of the Universitat de València organize jointly the second Valencia/Napoli Colloquium
» Read more9th Annual International Translation Conference Translation & Interpreting Institute, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar March 27th – 28th 2018 Call for papers The time is past when digital technology in translation was no more than a supporting tool. The digital revolution is transforming the landscape of translation theory and practice. From translation memory tools to online corpora and databases, to
» Read moreLaunch of Baker Centre for Translation & Intercultural Studies School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China 13-15 October 2017 Invited Speakers and Workshop Leaders Keynotes and Workshops Abstracts Registration (now open) Conference Programme Friday 13 October 2017 08.00-08.40 Registration 08.40-09.15 Welcome Address and Launch of Centre 09.15-10.15 Plenary I Kaisa Koskinen, University of Tampere, FinlandA Conversation across Disciplines
» Read moreDr. Ian Alan Paul (Al-Quds Bard College, Abu Dis, Palestine) 9 June 2017 Martin Harris Building – JOHN CASKEN THEATRE The University of Manchester 14:00-16:00 Ian Alan Paul is a transdisciplinary artist, theorist, and curator. His practice encompasses experimental documentary, critical fiction, and media art, aiming to produce novel conditions for the exploration of contemporary politics and aesthetics in
» Read moreFirst Circular CALL FOR PAPERS 2nd International LARIM Conference Power and Ideology in Interpreter-Mediated Contexts UNINT, 23-24 November 2017 LARIM (Laboratory of Interpreter-Mediated Interactions), a research group on interpreter-mediated interactions set up in October 2012 within the Faculty of Interpreting and Translation (FIT) of UNINT (University of International Studies of Rome), is organizing its 2nd International Conference on 23-24 November
» Read more29-30 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
» Read moreEconomy, 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
» Read moreGranada, 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
» Read more2017 Portsmouth Translation Conference Saturday 4 November 2017, University of Portsmouth Confirmed Keynote speaker: Prof. Dorothy Kenny, Dublin City University. Since Clayton Christensen expounded in his seminal book Innovator’s Dilemma how a small-scale but innovative digital technology can overthrow large established businesses overnight, the idea of digital disruption has been causing both excitement and concern in businesses worldwide, from financial
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