Dear TRACE/CLIV members,
As you are aware, circumstances recently obliged us to postpone the date of our ‘TRACE/CLIV Research Day no. 2: Exploring New Horizons’, which had been previously scheduled for the afternoon of the 23rd of May 2025. It brings us great pleasure to announce that a new date has been decided upon: the Research Day will now take place on Friday October 3rd, 2025. This Research Day serves primarily to enable better communication about research between the ZAP, postdocs, and PhDs on a relatively informal and amicable basis: concomitantly, it also serves to develop the friendly connections between the TRACE and CLIV research groups.
With this announcement, we would also like to formally reopen our call for papers, in order that those who were not available, willing, or able to in May might have another chance to present their paper. We therefore invite speakers of all levels — whether PhD, postdoc, or ZAP — to share their new ideas or research interests in the form of a 10-minute presentation, with another 10 minutes for questions and discussion. This is the perfect, friendly environment in which to share your plans, concepts, hopes, and even the difficulties that you might be facing in their realisation. All kinds of works-in-progress are welcome, on topics such as translation, literature, cultural transfer, from a national, international, or transnational perspective.
This call will remain open until September 15th 2025.
Practicalities:
The Research Day will take place in Ghent (location Mercator A., A.104.) on Friday 3rd October 2025 from 13.00 (tentatively) to 18.00, with a coffee break. The afternoon will end with a reception.
We invite you to (re)confirm your attendance and/or talk proposal by 15 September 2025 using the attached link (Register here: https://forms.office.com/e/6uv2X6JcGn), with which you can submit your name, affiliation, and, if presenting, the title of your paper — no abstract required! Talk slots are rather limited, so please do not hesitate to respond swiftly. However, there are plenty of places for attendees, so come in great numbers and with great enthusiasm!
With all our best wishes,
The TRACE team,
Jo De Brie, Dominic Bentley-Hussey, Anna Namestnikov, France Schils, Oliwia Napierala, Prof. Lieve Jooken, Prof. Piet Van Poucke, & Prof. Brecht de Groote.