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‘Dictionary of the Revolution': Defining Words in Flux

February 5, 2015 Mona Baker Articles, Articles, Egypt, Translation

BY MLYNXQUALEY on FEBRUARY 4, 2015 On January 31st, A Dictionary of the Revolution launched a kickstarter to boost the project toward its final phase: This fund-raising campaign is focused on building the dictionary a digital text and sound archive for the material that Amira Hanafi and her team have collected in the past year. Through one-on-one interviews, leaping off from particular hot-button words, “A Dictionary of the Revolution makes space for viewpoints that

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Amira Hanafi

CALL FOR PAPERS: Women in Translation

February 2, 2015 Mona Baker Call for Papers, Translation

TransCulturAl: A Journal of Translation and Cultural Studies A lot of research has been done on women in translation since Lori Chamberlain wrote “Gender and the Metaphorics of Translation” in 1988 and argued that writing was marked “to be original and ‘masculine’ and translation “to be derivative and ‘feminine’” (254). Women’s work as translators has been revalorized, women writers are

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gender

Palestine: A Nation of Translators

January 27, 2015 Mona Baker Articles, Culture, Palestine, Translation

Monday, 26 January 2015 by Mahmoud Al-Hirthani One field in which Palestinian intellectuals and writers have invested heavily, particularly since the Nakba in 1948, is translation. Interestingly, translating from Russian preceded translation from English due to the early exposure of Palestinian intellectuals to Russian literature, disseminated in Palestine via Russian schools and missionaries during the 19th century. Translation from English started to

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history of translation, Mahmoud Al-Hirthani, Palestine

Historic Debate with Foucault and Chomsky: In English, with Arabic Subtitles

January 25, 2015 Mona Baker Translation, Videos

Debate in English, with Arabic subtitles Human Nature, Justice, Against Authority Published on Jan 11, 2015 الترجمة العربية الكاملة لمناظرة ميشيل فوكو ونعوم تشومسكي حول [الطبيعة البشرية: العدالة ضد السلطة]. عُرِضَت هذه المناظرة في التلفزيون الهولندي عام 1971 ويدير النقاش أستاذ الفلسفة الهولندي فونز إلدرز. كلاً من فوكو وتشومسكي لديه أفكاراً تركت أثراً كبيراً في حقول الدراسات العلمية

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Arabic, Michel Foucault, Noam Chomsky, subtitles

Edward Said, 1986, Exile

January 25, 2015 Mona Baker Translation, Videos

Published on Apr 5, 2013 EDWARD SAID (1935-2003). Palestinian-born intellectual and world-famous literary critic. Author of ‘Orientalism’ and ‘The Question of Palestine’. Professor of English Literature at Columbia University, NYC until his death. From the BBC series ‘Exiles’.

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Edward Said, exile

The Limits of Satire

January 18, 2015 Mona Baker Translation

Tim Parks The New York Review of Books What does satire do? What should we expect of it? Recent events in Paris inevitably prompt these questions. In particular, is the kind of satire that Charlie Hebdo has made its trademark—explicit, sometimes obscene images of religious figures (God the father, Son, and Holy Spirit sodomizing each other; Muhammad with a yellow

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cartoons, Charlie Hebdo, freedom of expression, Joe Sacco, satire, Tim Parks

Lecturer/Associate Professor in Interpreting

January 15, 2015 Mona Baker Job Announcements, Translation

University of Leeds – Faculty of Arts Location: Leeds Salary: £38,511 to £54,841 Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent Placed on: 5th January 2015 Closes: 20th January 2015 Job Ref: ARTLC1010 Available from 1 June 2015 Principal responsibilities will include convening and delivering teaching on a number of postgraduate modules which provide professional preparation for trainee interpreters. In addition, you

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interpreting, University of Leeds

Conflicted Bodies: Corp_Real International Symposium

January 13, 2015 Mona Baker Citizen Media, Events

@ 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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conflict, dance, flash mobs

Project Narrative Summer Institute: June 8-June 19, 2015

January 13, 2015 Mona Baker Events, Translation

The Project Narrative Summer Institute (PNSI) is a two-week workshop at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH that offers faculty and advanced graduate students in any discipline, from institutions worldwide, the opportunity for an intensive study of core concepts and issues in narrative theory. This summer’s PNSI will run from June 8 to June 19, 2015, led by Project Narrative core faculty James Phelan and Angus Fletcher, with

Asfari Foundation 2015/2016 Masters Scholarships (inc T&I)

January 12, 2015 Mona Baker Competitions and Awards, Translation

Scholarships are available for the 2015/2016 academic year for eligible Syrian, Palestinian and Lebanese applicants for selected taught Master’s degrees at four UK partner universities. Each scholarship includes full tuition fees and a stipend to cover accommodation and living costs. If necessary, the cost of travel to the UK will also be covered. The scholarship will be tenable for one academic year.

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MA Scholarships, University of East Anglia

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