Conference: ‘Intercultural Crossings’, University of Glasgow, 14-16 November
2008
**for updated programme see:
http://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/crcees/index.html**
Organised by CRCEES and the Slavonic Studies Section of the School of
Modern Languages, University of Glasgow.
This conference seeks to examine the ways in which 'texts' (understood as
theatrical, literary, musical, theatrical and other works) travel from one culture
into others and impact upon that 'target' culture. By definition it is
interdisciplinary, albeit with attention being concentrated on the cultural
dimension, and comparative. It will, following James Clifford's notion
of 'travelling culture' and Michael Cronin's work (Translation and Identity,
2006), explore the idea of "moving away from the Romantic notion of
an 'original', sui generis national genius... to a notion of literature that is
networked beyond national borders through the intrinsic duality and mutability
of translation". Coincidentally, proceedings will also showcase the contribution
made by a number of leading Hispanic scholars to the field of Slavonic Studies.
The major focus during the Conference will fall on cross-cultural translation:
the invited speakers will investigate the multiple factors - ideological, political,
social, linguistic and cultural, among others - that condition the production
and reception of translated texts over the last two centuries.
Themes addressed at the Conference will include:
i.translation and identity;
ii.translation, travelling and globalization;
iii.literary canons and translation studies;
iv.practice and theory of translation;
v.the history of cultural exchanges;
vi.the present state of cultural exchanges.
This Conference will also provide a scholarly framework for a series of public
events (photographic, architectural, theatrical, cinematic and literary) which,
grouped under the title Winter Festival of Cultures, will take place in Central
Scotland between November 2008 and March 2009. The Conference
programme is available on the CRCEES website (http://www.gla.ac.uk/crcees).
For more information about this event, please contact Dr. Margaret Tejerizo
(Department of Slavonic Studies, University of Glasgow):
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