The University of Manchester Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies is pleased to announce its First International CTIS Postgraduate Conference:
Translation Frames: Gateways and Gatekeeping
Keynote speakers: Dr Moira Inghilleri (University College London)
and Professor Michael Cronin (Dublin City University)
30 June – 1 July 2008, Hulme Hall, University of Manchester
CALL FOR PAPERS
However translation is defined or understood, whether in Eurocentric and modern Arabic ideas of `transferring across', or in terms such as the Hindi anuvad (speaking after, following) and rupantar (change in form), the Igbo tapia and kowa (to break up and tell or narrate differently) or the Chinese fanyi (turning over and
interpreting/ exchanging), the notion of some kind of transformative act seems to be unavoidable. One way of conceptualising these transformative acts is to employ the notion of framing, which has been defined as `strategic moves that are consciously initiated in order to present...a particular position within a certain perspective. ' Yet, framing is a broad concept used in many disciplines, and might also be thought of in other ways.
The aim of this conference is to investigate the idea of transformative frames and practices by exploring what translation as gatekeeping (a term taken from media studies) prevents, restrains, and constrains, and alternatively (or simultaneously) , what translation as a gateway, allows, permits, and conveys. It also aims to consider the practical, social, and geo-political implications of
these `gates'. Papers may address, but are not restricted to, the following topics:
- Translation and interpretation as re-narration or re-presentation
- Translation and interpretation and the negotiation of power/resistance
- Translation, migration, and imagined communities
- Translation and multimodal analysis
- Translation, globalisation, and technology
- Translators and interpreters as agents
- News and media translation, and the roles of translators, interpreters, and fixers
- Translating and interpreting conflict and situations of violence
- Translating social policy and social-political texts
We welcome contributions from doctoral candidates, MA students, and established researchers working in translation, interpreting and audio visual translation. We are particularly interested in work that draws on innovative theoretical approaches to translation and/or investigates distinctive case studies that can enrich and
extend translation theory. We are keen to create a lively, discursive, and progressive forum with sessions and keynote speakers particularly addressed to postgraduate students and questions of research. Speakers will have the opportunity to submit their papers for selection and publication in a special conference edition of the CTIS Occasional Papers.
Please send 400 word abstracts for individual 20 minute paper presentations and a brief (100-150 words) paragraph of your biographical information by March 31 2008 to the conference organising committee at ctis_postgrad_ conference@ yahoo.co. uk.
Successful proposals will be notified of their acceptance by April 30 2008.
Conference Fees (include tea, coffee, and two lunches)
- Students registered at the Translation Research Summer School*: £65
- Early-bird postgraduate student fee (received before May 15 2008): £70
- Standard postgraduate student fee: £75
- Standard fee (non-student) : £95
- Optional Monday night on-site dinner: £15 per head
*16-27 June 2008, University of Manchester
http://www.research school.org
On-site bed and breakfast accommodation is available for an extra £38.50 per person per night. To make a reservation please contact Hulme Hall directly and make a separate payment to them quoting reference number 92539.
Hulme Hall, Oxford Place, Victoria Park, Manchester, M14 5RR
Tel: 0161 275 0210 Fax: 0161 257 3059 hulme.hall@manchest er.ac.uk
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