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Below is a selection of some of the conferences, invited speakers, and other events sponsored by UMass Comparative Literature and by the UMass Translation Center since 1997.

2008

Crossroads Conference 2008 Crossroads Conference CFP

The Organization of Graduate Students in Comparative Literature (OGSCL) is welcoming papers for an interdisciplinary conference held at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on October 11th and 12th.

The 2008 Crossroads Conference envisions a student dialogue on the extraordinary outcomes of cultural encounters, national and ideological borders, disciplines in interaction, the overlapping of distinct historical periods, the interweaving of literary genres, the symbiosis between academics and social change, and the foreplays between rhetorics of war, freedom, memory, and silence.

Graduate students at any stage are welcome to participate. Your research can be presented in the form of a paper, a research proposal, thesis and dissertations chapters, or an outline. In addition, undergraduates from the five-college consortium are encouraged to participate as well.

Please e-mail your 250 word abstract or any questions regarding the conference to umasscrossroads@gmail.com Abstracts must be received by July 30, 2008. Abstracts must include the participant’s name, institutional affiliation, email, and phone number.

For more information, see the conference web site.

Conference organizers may be reached via email at:
Antonia Carcelén-Estrada: antoniac@acad.umass.edu
Matthew Goodwin: matthewg@complit.umass.edu
Rhona Trauvitch: rtrauvitch@complit.umass.edu

 

2008 Amherst-Binghamton Translation Studies Conference 4th Amherst-Binghamton Translation Studies Conference

May 3-4, 2008—Herter Hall 301
The Amherst-Binghamton Translation Studies Conference aims to promote a productive exchange among Translation Studies graduate students. The conference focuses on interdisciplinary areas and provides a forum for the exchange of ideas as well as an environment for examining research projects under the guidance of more experienced peers, accomplished scholars, and senior experts.

Saturday, May 3, 3:30pm: "Ethics and Translation Discussion Panel" with the following distinguished international scholars working on different aspects of translation and ethics: Rosemary Arrojo / Edwin Gentzler / Moira Inghilleri / Carol Maier / Francoise Massardier-Kenney / Maria Tymoczko.

For more information, see the conference web site. Conference organizers may be reached via email at: amherstbinghamton2008@complit.umass.edu.

2006

Luz María de la Torre Amarguaña lecture "The Indigenous Movement in Ecuador" organized by Comparative Literature graduate student estheR Cuesta in partnership with the Smith College Department of Spanish and Portuguese

2005

Prof. Myriam Watthee-Delmotte, Université catholique de Louvain (1 lecture)
OGSCL New Faculty Lecture Series

2004

Prof. Chantal Zabus, Universities of Paris (1 lecture)
Dr. Nawal El Saadawi, Cairo (1 lecture)
Prof. Jean Perrot, Universities of Paris (3 lectures)
Prof. Jeremy Yudkin, Boston University (1 lecture)
American Translation Studies Association international conference

2003

Prof. Chantal Zabus, Universities of Paris (6 lectures)

2002

Texte, Image, Imaginaire/ Imaginary, Image Word: International Conference

2001

OGSCL Lecture Series "Dialogues in Cultural Studies." Faculty from related departments.

2000

Prof. Jacques Carion, Université catholique de Louvain (1 lecture)
Prof. Veronique Plesch, Colby College (1 lecture)
Prof. Vitaly Chernetsky, Columbia University (1 lecture)
Prof. Myriam Watthee-Delmotte, Université catholique de Louvain (1 lecture)

1998

Prof. Jean-Louis Tilleuil, Université catholique de Louvain, (6 lectures)
Prof. Bernd Dolle-Weinkauff, University of Frankfurt (6 lectures)
Prof. Lin Kenan (2 lectures)
Prof. Maria Nikolajeva, Stockholm University, lecture (1 lecture)

1997

Prof. Lin Kenan, People's Republic of China (2 lectures)
Prof. Rui Yang, Dickinson College, lecture (1 lecture)

 

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