Translation and Transcultural Studies Seminar Series

Research Seminars

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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 2025

Wednesday 30 April, 11:00-12:00 (UK time) - Hybrid, FAB2.31 and Teams

Lihua Qing (visiting scholar).Link opens in a new window Intercultural Interpretation of Early English Translation of Chinese Primer Classic Mingxin baojian and its Impact on Cross-cultural Exchange between China and the West and English Sinology

Tuesday 13 May 2:00-3:30 (UK time) - Hybrid, FAB5.03 and Teams

Translating Female Writers: A Conversation with Nicky Harman and Yan Ge

Monday 19 May 1:00-2:00 (UK time) - Hybrid, OC1.07 and Teams

Dr Will Amos and Dr Gilles Baro. School uniforms and ideologies of harm: transnational perspectives on gender, ethnicity, and class.

Thursday 22 May 1:00-2:00 (UK time) - Hybrid, FAB3.32 and Teams

Dr Javier Moreno-Rivero. Title tbc.

Previous events

Autumn Term 2024

Wednesday 13 November, 3:00-4:00 pm (UK time) - Online via Teams

Dr Gonzalo Iturregui-Gallardo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona).

Translating non-normativity on screen: Queer and feminist perspectives in audiovisual translation and media accessibilityLink opens in a new window.

Thursday 5 December, 3:00-4:00 pm (UK time) - Online via Teams

Dr Yuan Zou (University of Surrey). Link opens in a new window Translating Knowledge: Case Studies on Audiovisual Translation of Open Online Courses.Link opens in a new window

Spring Term 2025

Wednesday 22 January, 3:00-4:00 pm (UK time) - Online via Teams

Dr Corine Tachtiris (University of Massachusetts Amherst) "May the Best Translation Win": Translation, Race, and the Myth of Meritocracy.Link opens in a new window

Wednesday 5 March, 3:00-4:00pm (UK time) - Online via Teams

Dr Joss Moorkens (Dublin City University)Link opens in a new window and Dr Lucía Pintado-Gutiérrez (Dublin City University)Link opens in a new window.

Audio describing football: A case study of Bohemians FC.

Wednesday 12 March, 3:00-4:00 pm (UK time) - Online via Teams

Dr Sui He (Swansea UniversityLink opens in a new window). An Enumerative Approach to Mapping Metaphor Translation Strategies

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

Past seminars

Past Events

See all our past events below

2023-2024 EventsLink opens in a new window

Details on Staff Research Profiles can be found here.

If you are interested in pursuing a PhD with our staff, please check the information on our PhD in Translation and Transcultural Studies.