IPCITI 2025 Keynote

Pauline Henry-Tierney

Pauline Henry-Tierney Link opens in a new windowis Senior Lecturer in French and Translation Studies at Newcastle University, UK. A feminist translation studies scholar, her research focuses on the translation of contemporary women’s writing in French, in particular transgressive and explicit texts. Recent publications include her monograph Translating Transgressive Texts: Gender, Sexuality and the Body in Contemporary Women’s Writing in French (Routledge, 2023)Link opens in a new window and various peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on the modalities of subjectivity in the translation of works from contemporary feminist authors. Combining feminist phenomenological perspectives on female lived experience with feminist translation theory, Dr Henry-Tierney’s other main avenue of research is the translation of Simone de Beauvoir’s philosophy, with publications including a recent co-edited volume, Translating Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex: Transnational Framing, Interpretation, and ImpactLink opens in a new window (Routledge, 2023). She is an experienced PhD supervisor and currently supervises eight students working on topics relating to feminist translation studies, queer translation studies, poetry translation, audiovisual translation, and translation and disability studies.