International Conference Announcement and First Call for Papers
'Shifting Paradigms: How Translation Transforms the Humanities'
October 14-16, 2010
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Levis Faculty Center
Organizers:
The Center for Translation Studies of the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign / Université Denis-Diderot, Paris, France
Summary
This conference will convene scholars and practitioners to present
state-of-the-art research on translation and the humanities. In
particular, we seek to assess if, and how, academic disciplines
comprising the humanities consider translation to be constitutive of
their practice.
Translation scholars have called for a paradigm shift in defining the
relationship between translation and the humanities. While it is
acknowledged that a large share of our common knowledge is conveyed
through translation, too little has been said about the way knowledge
itself is built and circulated, particularly in the domain of
interpretive disciplines.
A focus of this conference will be to assess whether and how this
shift is actually taking place, by
reviewing:
a) How the shift of translation theory away from a Eurocentric
perspective may impact the various disciplines in the humanities that
work on and with cultural transfer;
b) The ways in which translation itself transforms the humanities.
The conference will address these questions by focusing on the nexus
of theory, practice, and institutional settings in which translation
takes place. The gathering aims to foster theoretical frameworks
through which to account for the cultural and linguistic determinants
of the various humanistic disciplines, building upon such concepts as,
for instance, the dislocation of culture (H.
Bhabha), the ethnocentric violence of translation (L. Venuti), the
experience of the foreign (A. Berman), and the dissymmetry of cultural
transfer. We are especially interested in papers that bring
theoretical sophistication and historical research to bear on
practical issues of writing, reading, and publishing translations as
well as their uses in academic institutions.
Keynotes and Panel Distribution
Plenary Address:
Catherine Porter, President, Modern Language Association and director
of the 2009 MLA Presidential Initiative, « The Tasks of Translation in
the Global Context. »
Keynote presentations will frame the topics for thematic panels.
Keynote ? A New Geography : Translation and the Dislocation of a
Eurocentric Perspective Speaker : Jean-Noël Robert, professeur à
l'Ecole pratique des hautes études
Suggested topics :
? Language Domination and New Experiences of the Foreign
? Recalling the Leading Role of Translation in the
History of Sciences
? Translation and Popular Culture in an Era of Globalization
? Translation and the Transfer of New Ideas and Concepts
? Between Languages : Anthropological and Psychological
Dimensions of Translation
? Non-European Contributions to Translation Theory
Keynote ? « Genealogies of Theory and Practice : Jerome and the
Institutions of Translation » Speaker : Lawrence Venuti, Temple
University
Suggested topics:
? Changing Relations between Translation Theory and Practice
? Pedagogies of Translation and their Conceptual Bases
? Reading, Teaching and Publishing Translated Texts
? The Institutional Sites of Translation
? Translation as a Transformative Factor of Disciplines
? The Role of Translation in the Understanding of
Cultural Transfers
Preliminary Call for Papers
Proposals are invited from scholars and practitioners of translation,
whatever their discipline and academic affiliation, for individual
papers (30 minutes), 20-minute presentations on panels of three
speakers (90 minutes), and performance events. The conference
languages are English and French.
Conference papers will be published online.
Please send proposals to [log in to unmask] and include:
Name/s and academic or institutional affiliations and titles of
participants Paper or Panel Title Abstract (maximum 300 words) Contact
information (email)
Dates:
Proposal submissions: April 15, 2010
A final conference announcement and program will be published on June 15, 2010
University of Illinois Organizing Committee:
Elizabeth Lowe, Associate Professor and Director, Center for
Translation Studies ([log in to unmask]) Patricia Phillips Batoma,
Lecturer, Center for Translation Studies
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Reinhard Mayer, Visiting Professor, Center for Translation Studies
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Anastasia Lakhtikova, Lecturer, Center for Translation Studies
(Conference Coordinator)
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Scientific Committee:
Nancy Abelmann, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, University of
Illinois Fethi Benslama, Université Paris-Diderot, Professeur, UFR
Sciences humaines cliniques Prof. Antoine Cazé ,Université
Paris-Diderot, Professeur, UFR Etudes anglophones Wail Hassan,
Associate Professor, Comparative and World Literature , University of
Illinois Claire Joubert, Professeur, Université Paris 8 Jean-René
Ladmiral, Professeur émérite, Université Paris X Nanterre Dr. Rainier
Lanselle ,Université Paris-Diderot, Maître de conferences, UFR Asie
Orientale
Jean-Philippe Mathy, Head, Department of Comparative and World
Literature, University of Illinois
Frédéric Ogée, Université Paris-Diderot, Professeur, UFR Etudes anglophones
Rajeshwari Pandharipande, Professor, Departments of Linguistics and
Religious Studies, University of
Illinois
Emmanuel Poisson, Université Paris-Diderot, Maître de conférences,
HDR, UFR Asie Orientale
Joyce Tolliver, Associate Professor, Spanish, Gender and Womens
Studies, University of Illinois
Lawrence Venuti, Temple University
Michael Finke, Professor and Head
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Urbana-Champaign
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