Oppression is not a point of view
The evolution and contestation of concepts across time and space Professor Mona Baker, University of Manchester 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. From 31 March 2016, CTIS members Professor Mona Baker (Principal Investigator) and Dr Luis Pérez-González (Co-investigator)
» Read moreShanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China 25-27 March 2016 Hosted By: The Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies, School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University **CALL FOR PAPERS** • Draft Programme • Abstracts • Venue • Registration • Organisers Keynote speakers and workshop leaders: Prof. Jens Brockmeier (The American University of Paris, France) Prof. Mona Baker (University of Manchester, UK) Dr. Sue-Ann
» Read moreActivist use of translation to connect with global publics and protest movements Professor Mona Baker, University of Manchester This study examines one aspect of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution which has received no attention in public or academic circles so far, namely, the language-based practices that allow Egyptian protestors to contest dominant narratives of the Revolution and, importantly, to connect with,
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Al Jazeera | 14 August 2005 A five-million-strong US church has rebuked Israel for building a separation barrier along the West Bank, becoming the second major US Protestant denomination to reject policies implemented by the Jewish state. The resolution titled “Peace Not Wall” was adopted on Saturday on a 668-269 vote by members of
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Haaretz | 6 August 2005 A Presbyterian committee accused five companies of contributing to “ongoing violence that plagues Israel and Palestine” and pledged to use the church’s multimillion-dollar stock holdings in the businesses to pressure them to stop. The move Friday follows a vote last year by leaders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) LAURIE GOODSTEIN | The New York Times, Page One of Print Edition | 6 August 2005 The Presbyterian Church U.S.A. announced Friday that it would press four American corporations to stop providing military equipment and technology to Israel for use in the occupation of the Palestinian territories, and that if the companies did not
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Received from UN Information Officer | Relief Web | 13 July 2005 Plan is ‘Navigator’ for Civil Society Actors Committed to Middle East Peace; It Pinpoints Areas for Urgent Action by International Community, Says Chairman GA/PAL/989 (Received from a UN Information Officer.) PARIS, 13 July — Civil society organizations committed to ending the Israeli
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) IMEMC Staff | International Middle East Media Center | 9 July 2005 The General Assembly of the United Church of Christ, (UCC) decided in it 25 convention to selectively divest from companies involved with Israel’s occupation of the west bank and Gaza, the building of the West Bank wall and the Israeli settlements within
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Badil Centre | 9 July 2005 One year after the historic Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which found Israel’s Wall built on occupied Palestinian territory to be illegal, Israel continues its construction of the colonial Wall with total disregard to the Court’s decision. Thirty eight years into Israel’s occupation of
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Fredrick Nzwili | Episcopal News Service | 5 July 2005 [Ecumenical News International] Nairobi — The Anglican Church of Kenya has backed a call from a top committee of the 75 million-member Anglican Communion urging churches to divest from companies whose activities contribute to the occupation of Palestinian land or to violence against innocent
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