Author: Mona Baker

Genealogies of Knowledge: The Evolution and Contestation of Concepts across Time and Space

Other News, Translation

Project Award Announcement The Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies (CTIS) at the University of Manchester has recently been awarded a large Research Grant by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC, standard route). From 31 March 2016, CTIS members Professor Mona Baker (Principal Investigator) and Dr Luis Pérez-González (Co-investigator) will work with Professor Peter Pormann (Lead Co-investigator, Classics and Graeco-Arabic Studies at the University of Manchester) and

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Ethics in the Translation and Interpreting Curriculum

Baker Talks and Interviews, Mona Baker, Publications, Translation

Surveying and Rethinking the Pedagogical Landscape Report commissioned by the Higher Education Academy © Mona Baker, 2013 Contents 1. Introduction 1.1. Accountability 1.2. Professional Engagement with Ethics 1.3 Political Conflict 1.4  Technological Advances 2. Ethics in Translator and Interpreter Education and Professional Codes of Practice 3. Incorporating Ethics in the Curriculum 3.1. Conceptual Tools 3.2  Ethics Themes in Translation and

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CfP: Building Bridges between Film Studies and Translation Studies

Call for Papers, Translation

Journal: inTRAlinea Editor(s): Juan José Martínez Sierra & Beatriz Cerezo Merchán Publisher: http://www.intralinea.org/news/item/cfp_building_bridges_between_film_studies_and_translation_studies Length of Proposals & Deadline for Submission: 15 December 2015. Deadline for submission of abstracts (300 words) Descriptive Summary: Articles can be submitted in English, French, German, Italian, or Spanish. Audiovisual Translation has become a recognized disciplinary area in the last 15-20 years, while the origin of Film Studies

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Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions

BDS News, Palestine

“Be it Resolved”: Full Text of the Proposed AAA Boycott Resolution Posted on October 21, 2015 by anthroboycott Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions has submitted a boycott resolution to the American Anthropological Association (AAA) for consideration at the upcoming Annual Meeting in Denver. The resolution endorses the Palestinian civil society call to boycott Israeli academic institutions until they take concrete steps to end their

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Translating social sciences into Arabic today. The case of Pierre Bourdieu

Articles, Translation

  DOI: 10.1080/13556509.2015.1069042 Richard Jacquemond Published online: 14 Aug 2015 Abstract Through the example of the Arabic translations of Pierre Bourdieu, this article analyses the conditions of the introduction and reception of a sociological thought of French origin in the contemporary Arab intellectual field and, more generally, those of the international circulation of ideas in a postcolonial context. The diachronic analysis

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New Book: Scientific and Technical Translation

Publications, Translation

Routledge is proud to announce the publication of Scientific and Technical Translation By Maeve Olohan Paperback: 978-0-415-83786-6 I September 2015 Hardback: 978-0-415-83784-2 | September 2015 Look Inside the book  |  Request an e-Inspection Copy         Scientific and Technical Translation focuses on texts that are typically translated in scientific and technical domains, such as technical instructions, data sheets and brochures, patents,

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Postgraduate Scholarships in Modern Languages at the University of Birmingham (deadline January 12th, 2016)

Competitions and Awards, Translation

Recruitment for PhD Scholarships at the University of Birmingham is now open. This year, up to 89 fully-funded Scholarships will be awarded across the six Universities involved in the Midlands3Cities consortium, giving prospective postgraduates of Modern Languages at Birmingham a very strong chance of success. The Midlands3Cities consortium is a Doctoral Training Programme that offers students from the UK and

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CairoComix: Excavating the political

Culture, Egypt, Jonathan Guyer, Translating Dissent

12 October 2015, Mada Masr By Jonathan Guyer “All comics are political,” wrote Allen Douglas and Fedwa Malti-Douglas in their seminal 1994 study Arab Comic Strips. But whether for children or adults, the forms of political expression in comics are never straightforward. Translated editions of Superman project cultural imperialism as well as the human need for heroes and villains. A comic advertising Stella beer

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Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor Posts: Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

Job Announcements, Translation

The Department of English Language and Literature at the College of Arts and Social Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, is recruiting academic members of staff in the field of Translation in various academic ranks: Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor. Applicants should meet the following conditions: PhD. in Translation or Linguistics An appropriate record of publications Appropriate teaching

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