Oppression is not a point of view
Special Issue of Encounters in Translation Deadline Extended to 31 July 2025 Guest editors Professor Mustafa Riad, Ain Shams University, Egypt Professor Tarek Shamma, Binghamton University, New York, USA Languages of submission Proposals may be submitted in French or English. Submissions in other languages may also be considered, subject to confirmation by the editors. Modernity in translation Translation throughout history
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Towards Equitable and Sustainable Ecosystems of Knowledge Production and Dissemination Hosted by Encounters in Translation Journal and Bodies in Translation Project Time and place: Oct. 21, 2025 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM HF12 – 12th floor of Niels Treschow’s Building Add to calendar Registration is FREE for both in person and virtual attendance. The language of the event is English. Please register here. Time and place: Oct.
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Mona Baker Keynote at 11th Asia-Pacific Translation and Interpreting Forum 2025 Abstract Much has been written about activist and volunteer groups of translators and interpreters who have played an important role in promoting a variety of political agendas, at least since the rise of the global justice movement at the beginning of this century. But we are now witnessing
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Watch the 2025 IPAF Ceremony here. ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly May 7, 2025 In conversation with Elena Pare Egyptian author Mohamed Samir Nada’s dystopian novel Prayer of Anxiety won the 2025 International Prize for Arabic Fiction. It is his third novel, although — in this conversation — he reveals an unpublished prolificity, alongside his job as a
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Khadidja Merakchi Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University March 25, 2025 I recently finished a revision of the Arabic translation of guidelines for caregivers (both professional and non professional), on caring for older people, and the process gave me some food for thought—Beyond the painful reminder of the decline that often comes with age, and the comfort in the quiet gratitude
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AUGUST 15, 2017 BY SARAH PEARCE (Or, How To Think Like a Literary Terrorist) It is with absolute glee that I have returned to the literary translation project that I had to shelve 18 months ago in the interest of finishing my work and doing the kind of work that would count towards making me tenurable. Yes, I still have
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Editors, The Black Agenda Review 21 Aug 2024 If you have not yet read Marina Magloire’s stunning essay “Moving Towards Life ,” you should. It is a lucid, eloquent, and fantastically-researched piece on June Jordan, Audre Lorde, and the politics of friendship and Black solidarity with Palestine. Magloire demonstrates in jaw-dropping fashion the efforts of certain so-called progressives to
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17 January, 2025 • Yasmeen Hanoosh, Huda Fakhreddine The Markaz Review We have spent our lives and our entire histories unpacking ourselves culturally and politically for the benefit of an uninterested, arrogant, self-centered other who is often at the same time the oppressor and aggressor who is responsible for our miseries, benefits from them, and
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A recent resolution to condemn scholasticide has brought renewed attention to the term. But what does it mean? And where did it come from? Inside Higher Ed explains. By Josh Moody Last week members of the American Historical Association voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution condemning scholasticide in Gaza amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. The resolution
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Dear Respond Community and Supporters, January 2025 We’re excited to share that we have a few volunteer and staff openings on our team, and we’d greatly appreciate your help in finding the right candidates for these positions. These roles offer meaningful opportunities for individuals who are committed to providing language access to migrants, refugees, and others
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