Oppression is not a point of view
Hong Kong Baptist University FACULTY OF ARTS Department of English Language and Literature Translation Programme Applications are invited for the following position in the Translation Programme. The Programme was established in 1990 with the aim of training sophisticated cross-cultural communicators to serve the local community and the mainland, and has since become one of the leading such programmes in the
» Read moreLiving Translation EST Congress 2019 9-13 September Stellenbosch University in South Africa Panel Convened by Alexa Alfer, University of Westminster Cornelia Zwischenberger, University of Graz The concept of translation resides not only in Translation Studies but also leads an ever more active life outside of the discipline in, for example, Cultural Studies and the Social Sciences, and
» Read moreHong Kong Baptist University FACULTY OF ARTS Department of English Language and Literature Translation Programme The Translation Programme invites applications for the post of Research Assistant Professor. The appointee is expected to conduct an independent programme of research and pursue initiatives to secure research funding. He/She will also teach two courses per year in the Translation Programme. The position
» Read moreNarratives about American Sign Language-English Interpreting for the Deaf President Now Protest Doctoral Defense, Mark Halley Galludet University 12 November 2018 In 1988, a one-week protest unfolded on the campus of Gallaudet University in Washington, DC as thousands of deaf students and community activists gathered, determined to derail the Gallaudet University Board of Trustees’ decision to appoint a hearing
» Read moreAssistant/Associate Professor Department of Translation, CUHK Applicants should (i) possess a relevant PhD degree in translation or other related fields (ii) specialize in one or more of the following areas: practical translation (including translation project supervision), interpreting, translation studies, literary translation and computer translation; and preferably (iii) have relevant teaching experience and professional qualification(s). Priority consideration will be given
» Read moreGuest Editors: Michela Baldo (University of Hull) Jonathan Evans (University of Portsmouth) Ting Guo (University of Exeter) Special issue of Translation and Interpreting Studies The Journal of the American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association This special issue will focus on the role that translation plays in global LGBT+/Queer activism. It will analyze the practices of translation as part of
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The decision to translate and publish the works of dozens of women authors, without their involvement or approval, points to unethical publishing practices. Hakim Bishara, Hyperallergic September 13, 2018 TEL AVIV — A new book released by the Israeli publisher Resling Books is under fire for publishing a collection of stories by leading Arab women writers without their permission. Editor and
» Read moreHKBU Faculty of Arts emphasizes the contributions of art and culture to society. With five departments (Chinese Language and Literature; English Language and Literature; Humanities and Creative Writing; Music; and Religion and Philosophy), one Programme (Translation), a Language Centre, four research centres (for Applied Ethics; Chinese Cultural Heritage; Sino-Christian Studies; and Translation), and two research institutes (the Jao Tsung-I Academy
» Read moreTenth 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
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