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Translation and Transcultural Studies Seminar Series

Research Seminars

TTS events

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Our Translation and Transcultural Studies research seminars combine on-campus and online events. All are welcome, but registration is necessary. Please follow the instructions for every event.


Summer Term 2024

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

Dr Eleonora Federici Link opens in a new window(University of Ferrara). Feminisms across the Atlantic Ocean: translation and dissemination of theories and practicesLink opens in a new window

Wednesday 12 June, 12:00-1:00 pm (UK time) - Hybrid

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

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Friday 21 June, 11:00-12:00 pm (UK time) - On Campus, OC0.05

Dr Flair Donglai Shi (Shanghai Jiaotong University). On the Untranslatability of Blackness in Chinese, or the Inherent Translationality of Hei 黑Link opens in a new window

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Previous events

Autumn Term 2023

Wednesday 18 October, 4:00-5:00 pm (UK time) - Hybrid

Prof Margaret HillenbrandLink opens in a new window (University of Oxford). Repetition and Revolt: The Poetry of Zheng Xiaoqiong

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Wednesday 6 December, 3:00-4:00 pm (UK time) - Online

Dr Xi Wang (University of Bristol). Investigating Technologies to Enrich Museum Audio Description for Enhancing Accessibility

Wednesday 13 December, 3:30 pm (UK time) - Online

Fuat Sevimay Link opens in a new window(Translator) and Dr Emrah AtasoyLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new win (University of Warwick): Translating James Joyce into Turkish: Finnegans Wake and Ulysses

Co-organised with English and Comparative Literary Studies and the Institute of Advanced Studies

Spring Term 2024

Wednesday 24 January, 11:00-12:00 pm (UK time) - Hybrid

Prof Quan Wang (Beihang University). Translating Nonhuman Agency in The ZhuangziLink opens in a new window

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Wednesday 7 February, 4:00-5:00 pm (UK time) - FAB5.03, Hybrid

Dr Xiaochun Zhang (UCL). AD4Games: Can an audio describer be a gaming buddy?

Wednesday 13 March, 4:00-5:00 pm (UK time) - Online

Dr Claudine BorgLink opens in a new window (University of Malta). A Literary Translation in the Making: A Process-Oriented PerspectiveLink opens in a new window

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The Translation and Transcultural Studies research seminar series is supported by the Humanities Research Centre

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