Oppression is not a point of view
THE CONFERENCE The Centre for Legal and Institutional Translation Studies (Transius) of the University of Geneva will hold its first international conference from 24 to 26 June 2015. This event is organised in collaboration with the Multicultural Association of Law and Language (MALL) and IAMLADP’s Universities Contact Group (UCG). PROGRAMME The conference will combine keynote lectures by Prof. Susan ŠARČEVIĆ, Prof.
» Read moreTHE FOURTH ASIA-PACIFIC FORUM ON TRANSLATION AND INTERCULTURAL STUDIES CALL FOR PAPERS ORGANIZERS Center for Intercultural Mediation, Durham University, UK Center for Translation & Interdisciplinary Studies, Tsinghua University, China Date: October 23-25, 2015 Venue: Durham Castle, Durham University, UK Language: English KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Sandra Halverson (NHH Norwegian School of Economics) Maria Tymoczko (University of Massachusetts Amherst) Rainier Lanselle
» Read moreThe ARTIS (Advancing Research in Translation and Interpreting Studies) initiative offers training designed to help researchers in the field to improve their research skills and methods, to set up and manage research projects effectively, and to negotiate and apply theoretical models. Building on the long and successful history of the Translation Research Summer School (run by the University of Manchester, University College
» Read moreFriday 3 July 2015, University of Manchester An interdisciplinary postgraduate conference hosted by doctoral students at the Centre for New Writing and the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies at the University of Manchester Conference scope This one day event to be held at the University of Manchester will explore the complex relations between time, freedom and narrative. Themes to be addressed at the conference include,
» Read moreDate: 9-10 July 2016 Venue: Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan Deadline for abstract submission: 15 July 2015 Keynote Speakers: Prof Mona Baker (The University of Manchester, UK) http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/Mona.baker/ Prof Keijiro Suga (Meiji University, Japan) http://www.meiji.ac.jp/cip/english/undergraduate/science/faculty.html This Conference on East Asian Translation Studies (EATS) aims to provide a platform for translators and researchers working in the East Asian context (China,
» Read more26 March 2015 Salle des thèses Bernard Maris, Espace Deleuze Université Paris 8 – Vincennes-Saint-Denis One of the most remarkable accomplishments of the revolutionary spirit in Egypt since January 2011 has manifested itself in an unprecedented production and proliferation of cultural materials, whether written, oral, visual, or performative, all of which have decidedly remapped and redefined not just the contours
» Read moreBy Ahmed Refaat Mada Masr, 15 March 2015 I first heard Mona Baker two months ago in a workshop organized by the Imaginary School Program at Beirut, the art space not the city. It was called: “Prefigurative politics and creative subtitling.” During the three-hour event, Baker briefly summed up what she discusses more elaborately in her research project, “Translating the Egyptian
» Read moreUniversity of Tampere, Finland, 2-3 May 2016 FIRST CIRCULAR AND CALL FOR PAPERS The School of Language, Translation and Literary Studies at the University of Tampere is organising an international conference on legal language, translation and interpreting on 2-3 May 2016. We invite papers on e.g. the following topics Legal translation Administrative translation EU translation
» Read more9 and 10 July 2016 Tokyo, Japan Keynote Speakers: Prof Mona Baker (The University of Manchester, UK) http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/Mona.baker/ Prof Keijiro Suga (Meiji University, Japan) http://www.meiji.ac.jp/cip/english/undergraduate/science/faculty.html Call for Papers Conference Theme: “Constructing/Deconstructing East Asia” This Conference on East Asian Translation Studies (EATS) aims to provide a platform for translators and researchers working in the East
» Read more@ Galway Dance Days Festival 2015 March 27-29 2015 NUI Galway & locations in Galway CONFLICTED BODIES Call for Submissions What is the impact on the body (and dance/performance) of living in conflict environments? What impact can dance/performance have in changing such circumstances? Art about, of and against conflict has always existed, but it is only recently that recognition has
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