Applications are open for a programme to support early-career scholars working in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria or Iraq to publish an academic article in an
Perspectives on Contemporary Translation Roles
Anwaar, 17 February 2026 Interview, following on from the 8th conference of the International Association for Translation & Intercultural Studies, held in Muscat, Oman in
A moment that changed me
A moment that changed me: in the bombed-out ruins of an apartment block, I saw a book I’d translated The sight of my work, torn
Postdoctoral Fellow – Chinese University of Hong Kong
Postdoctoral Fellow – (250001Z6) Description The Department of Translation is recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow. As the first Department of Translation in Hong Kong, our programme
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong Department/ Unit: Department of Translation Closing date: October 31, 2025 Established in 1972, the Department of Translation
New Poetry after Darwish: ‘In Praise of What Is No Longer Ours’
March 13, 2025 The great twentieth-century poet Mahmoud Darwish was born on this day in 1941. Today, author-translator Alaa Alqaisi shares a letter to
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A Palestinian recounts what is now an everyday horror story in northern Gaza: of his futile efforts to dig out his neighbours, a mother and her two young children, trapped under rubble while Israeli snipers fire on him; watching their slow, painful deaths; and then fighting off a…
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Translating Dissent: Voices from and with the Egyptian Revolution
To order a copy, go to https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138929876 Published 2016, by Routledge Discursive interventions in the political arena are heavily mediated by various acts of translation that enable protest movements to connect across the globe. Focusing on the Egyptian experience since 2011, this volume brings together a unique group of activists who are able to reflect on the complexities, challenges and limitations
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Applications are open for a programme to support early-career scholars working in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria or Iraq to publish an academic article in an international journal in the discipline of translation studies. Over two workshops, participants will receive intensive training on key skills for publishing in leading journals as well as broader academic skills. They will also receive individual
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Anwaar, 17 February 2026 Interview, following on from the 8th conference of the International Association for Translation & Intercultural Studies, held in Muscat, Oman in December 2025 Professor Mona Baker, founder and former Director of the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies at the University of Manchester, UK, is a leading scholar in translation and intercultural studies. Her work
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A moment that changed me: in the bombed-out ruins of an apartment block, I saw a book I’d translated The sight of my work, torn and singed but still legible, made me realise the importance of translating and protecting stories – so they remain when everything else falls away Amir Mehdi Haghighat The Guardian Wed 7 Jan 2026
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Postdoctoral Fellow – (250001Z6) Description The Department of Translation is recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow. As the first Department of Translation in Hong Kong, our programme has a long history of excellence in a variety of fields, including but not limited to translation history, translation and technology, digital humanities, translation theory, and practical translation (especially literary). The Department is also home
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong Department/ Unit: Department of Translation Closing date: October 31, 2025 Established in 1972, the Department of Translation of CUHK was the first of its kind in Asia. After years of development, it now offers a full range of BA, MA, MPhil and PhD programmes. Our faculty members are committed to excellence in
» Read moreNew Poetry after Darwish: ‘In Praise of What Is No Longer Ours’
March 13, 2025 The great twentieth-century poet Mahmoud Darwish was born on this day in 1941. Today, author-translator Alaa Alqaisi shares a letter to Darwish and a poem, after Darwish’s “In Praise of the High Shadow.” In Praise of What Is No Longer Ours By Alaa Alqaisi In ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly This poem is in response to
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آلاء القيسي This is a translation by Alaa Alqaisi of her article Translating the Unseen: Gaza’s Sky and Anne Carson’s Vision كانت البداية برسالة إلكترونية وردتني من البروفيسور جيمس هيني، أستاذ الأدب الإنجليزي والدراسات الأيرلندية في جامعة كارلو، يطلب فيها مساعدتي في ترجمة نصٍّ عربيّ لطلابه، يُفترض أن يُرافق دراستهم لكتاب Wrong Norma الذي صدر عام 2024 بقلم الشاعرة
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By Alaa Alqaisi Arab Lit & Arab Lit Quarterly February 10, 2025 It began with an email from Dr. James Heaney, a professor of English and Irish studies at Carlow University, requesting my help translating an Arabic text for his students to accompany their study of Wrong Norma, a 2024 work by Anne Carson. Carson—a poet of immense imaginative
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Encounters Funding Model Public funding, logistical support, and individual donations allow Encounters in translation to adopt a sustainable approach to editing and publishing and to break away from the increased commodification of academic work in the publishing industry, the outsourcing of production services, and the redirection of the costs of production to authors who wish to publish open access. Encounters in translation thus aims to
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LAURA AND NORMAL ISLAND NEWS JUL 21, 2025 Unquestionably the most disturbing aspect of Israel’s genocide has been the outbreak of terrorist grannies across the UK. No one knows why so many grannies resorted to terrorism when Yvette Cooper criminalised opinions she dislikes under the Terrorism Act. I guess we’ll never figure this one out… In
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