The Comics Research Network is thrilled to announce its next event on the 26^th of April, in collaboration with the Doctoral College and the Italian Research Seminars Series. 

Bridging Translation and Comics

Workshop with ‘Heartstopper’ Translator

Anna Martino 

In conversation with Dr. Anna Lanfranchi (Translation Studies)  

26April 2024

17-18:30

FAB 4.76 (TRC) 

The first part of the session will see in conversation Heartstopper translator Anna Martino and Dr. Anna Lanfranchi from Translation Studies, who will be discussing the intersection of Comics and Translation. In the second part of the session, we will actively translate some passages from the fifth volume of the Heartstopper series from English into various languages. 

To register for this workshop, please complete this form: Bridging Translation and ComicsLink opens in a new window.

We hope you’ll join us for this event! If you have any questions, please email us at comicsresearchnetwork@warwick.ac.uk. 

WEEK 2 - SHOW AND TELL - Tuesday 30th April, 5.15pm (FAB 5.49)

• Dr David Coates (SCAPVC) "The Material Traces of Britain’s Amateur Theatrical Past (1780-1914)"

In this show-and-tell session, David will share his private collection which contains an array of materials that document a history of amateur theatre in Britain pre-1914. It includes playbills, acting manuals, newspaper cuttings, prints and manuscript items. Alongside this he’ll discuss a range of findings from archives and collections across Britain and the USA to highlight the historiographical challenges of using some of this material and of researching the amateur theatrical past.

• Dr Federica Coluzzi (SMLC) "Dante…di giorno in giorno: Family History and Printed Ephemera in nineteenth-century Italy"

In the late nineteenth century, Italian women writers entered the overwhelmingly masculine and fiercely competitive field of Dante studies by authoring a vast and diverse body of works. Along with handbooks, translations, critical studies and creative adaptations, they contributed to the wider popularisation of Dante’s works through printed ephemera such as maps, diaries and calendars launched on the market by major publishes. Eugenia Levi’s Dante…di giorno in giorno presents Dante quotations, translated in French, German and English, for each day. First published in 1893, it went through three consecutive editions with Loescher & Seeber, before being re-issued in a new miniature format in 1903. In this seminar, I will invite participants to engage in a collaborative material study of personal copy of Levi’s book, paying particular attention to the marginalia inscribed in its pages to reflect on its intergenerational uses as a visitors’ book and sentiment album within a family from Trentino Alto Adige.

Wednesday 2 May, 4:00-5:00 pm (UK time) - Online

Dr Eleonora Federici (University of Naples “L’Orientale”). Feminisms across the Atlantic Ocean: translation and dissemination of theories and practices

Dr Elena Giusti (Warwick), 'The Early Modern Re-Invention of Rome's "African Monstrosities"'.

This is an in-person event in FAB1.10

Tuesday 14^th May: 10:00-11:30 – Introduction to ImpactLink opens in a new window

This workshop is delivered by the Research Impact Team and provides a basic foundation of what research impact is and how this is supported at Warwick. The workshop will equip participants with a comprehensive understanding of the UK research landscape and impact within it, alongside practical advice on how best to explore pathways to impact from different disciplines. It will incorporate a presentation from a Warwick researcher who has been involved in impact.

Thursday 16^th May: 10:00-11:30 – Measurement & Evaluation of ImpactLink opens in a new window

This workshop is delivered by the Research Impact Team and provides an overview of how to measure and evaluate activities in order to collect evidence of research impact. It will incorporate a presentation from a Warwick researcher who has been involved in evaluating the impact of their research.

This event will feature a lecture by Professor Francesco Paolo de Ceglia from the University of Bari, focusing on the topics covered in his latest book,  'Vampyr: storia naturale della resurrezione' [Vampyr: Natural History of Resurrection], published in 2023. Following the lecture, there will be a conversation between Professor de Ceglia and Professor Fabio Camilletti, concluding with a Q&A session.

Dr. Sara Miglietti (Warburg), 'Writing Bilingually, 1465-1700: Self-Translated Books in Italy and France'.

Wednesday 12 June, 4:00-5:00 pm (UK time) - Hybrid

Dr Kasia SzymanskaLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window (University of Manchester). Multiple translation: contemporary TS approaches, recent examples and key limitations