Oppression is not a point of view
Tenth Annual International Translation Conference Translation and Interpreting Institute (TII) College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) Doha, Qatar March 26th – 27th, 2019 Call for Papers Translation, by nature, deals with margins. Translators and interpreters still hold a marginal position in society, as they often work in the shadow, and go unseen, despite
» Read moreCo-hosted by Genealogies of Knowledge & Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies, University of Manchester, UK 5-6 September 2019 http://genealogiesofknowledge.net/events/public-intellectual/ A notable feature of intellectual history has been the role of translation in the evolution and contestation of key cultural concepts, including those involved in the negotiation of power. We may think here of the extent to which
» Read morePerugia, 9-10 May/ mai/ maggio 2019 http://home.translationaspoliticalact.net/ International Conference at the University of Perugia, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche in collaboration with the Genealogies of Knowledge project (University of Manchester) Colloque international organisé par l’Università di Perugia, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche en collaboration avec Genealogies of Knowledge Project (University of Manchester) Convegno internazionale organizzato dall’Università di Perugia, Dipartimento
» Read moreArab Lit, 18 September 2018 The scholar of Egyptian and comparative theatre Hazem Azmy is being celebrated this evening by friends and colleagues — both over Skype and in person — as part of the Center for Translation Studies lecture series. Azmy passed away unexpectedly in July in Belgrade, at the International Federation for Theatre Research conference: Based in Cairo,
» Read moreBy Jonathan Cook 15 September 2018 I rarely use this blog to tell readers what they should believe. Rather I try to indicate why it might be wise to distrust, at least without very good evidence, what those in power tell us we should believe. We have well-known sayings about power: “Knowledge is power”, and “Power tends to corrupt, while
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By Aisha Maniar, One Small Window 23 September 2018 The United Kingdom has one of the largest immigration detention estates in Europe. While detention is punitive in nature, the measure itself is administrative and not criminal, for the non-offence of not holding a British passport. In 2017, 27,331 foreign nationals entered the detention estate (immigration removal centres and prisons). Over 5300 European Union
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