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

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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Third International Conference on Language, Linguistics, Literature and Translation: “Connecting the Dots in a Glocalized World” (Oman)

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics, Language, Literature and Translation Conference Dates: November 3-5, 2016 Conference Location: Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman Call Deadline (Early Decision): 14 February 2016. Decision returned by 29 February  Call Deadline (Regular): 11 April 2016. Decision returned by 2 May     Meeting Description: Connecting the Dots in a Glocalized World 2016 will provide a forum for

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Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies (Chinese-English)

Closing Date: 20 October 2015   The Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne seeks to appoint a Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies (Chinese-English).  The appointee will have the responsibility of undertaking independent teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level in the Chinese Studies program and also making a lead contribution to the course design, content and delivery of the new

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The Prefigurative Politics of Volunteer Subtitling in the Egyptian Revolution

Professor Martha Cheung Memorial Lecture, May 2014, Hong Kong Baptist University Mona Baker, Centre for Translation & Intercultural Studies, University of Manchester The idea of prefiguration originally derived from anarchist discourse; it involves experimenting with currently available means in such a way that they come to mirror or actualize the political ideals that inform a movement, thus collapsing the traditional distinction

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The American University of Beirut: Assistant Professor in Translation Studies

The Department of English at the American University of Beirut is seeking to fill a position of assistant professor in translation studies to begin August 15, 2016. Candidates must have a Ph.D. by the time of appointment, in translation studies, comparative literature, or another field of literary study that reflects a clear focus on translation theories and practices. They must

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Edward Said Memorial Lecture

The American University in Cairo School of Humanities and Social Sciences 31 October 2015 “A Settler-Colonialism of Her Own: Imagining Palestine’s Alternatives” Lila Abu-Lughod Professor of Anthropology, Women’s and Gender Studies, Columbia University     Saturday, October 31, 2015 • 6 pm Oriental Hall AUC Tahrir Square   For more information Department of English and Comparative Literature eclinfo@aucegypt.edu • tel 20.2.2615.1628

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Translating Asia: Convention and Invention

Second International Conference on Translation Studies ICTS 21-22 June 2016, University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, Bangkok, Thailand Research in translation studies in Asia has long been fruitful in partnership with the discipline of linguistics and its sub-disciplines such as applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, text linguistics, corpus linguistics, etc.  Moreover, the interdisciplinary research has currently been enriched even more

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3rd International Conference on Non-Professional Interpreting and Translation

NPIT3 Call for Papers Probably the most widespread form of cultural and linguistic mediation, non-professional interpreting and translation has slowly begun to receive the recognition it deserves within interpreting and translation studies. Pushing the boundaries of many definitions of translation and interpreting, it encompasses a dynamic, under-researched field that is not necessarily subject to the norms and expectations that guide

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Undocumented Immigrants in an Era of Arbitrary Law

The Flight and the Plight of People Deemed ‘Illegal’ By Robert F. Barsky © 2016 – Routledge 220 pages The first 25 pages; https://www.book2look.com/embed/9781317534334 About the Book This book describes the experiences of undocumented migrants, all around the world, bringing to life the challenges they face from the moment they consider leaving their country of origin, until the time they are deported back

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