The first TRACE/CLIV Research Day will be hosted at Ghent University on Friday 24 May 2024.
For more information on presentations and speakers see the programme. To attend please register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13VIge9XLcdHWEXFzed8CRVF-nrTCri2NsPcE8BaCdX8/edit
Location: campus Mercator, Abdisstraat 1, room A1.04 (Ghent University)
Organisers: Anna Namestnikov, Dominic Bentley-Hussey, Elisa Robbe, Brecht de Groote, Désirée Schyns
The Spanish section of the Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication (Ghent University) announces a vacant position for a full-time assistant.
Deadline for applications: 5 March 2024
More information on the website
On 29 February 2024 (2 pm – 5 pm) the Maison des Sciences Humaines (ULB) hosts a workshop on
Les femmes traductrices dans la presse moderniste. Approches interdisciplinaires et espaces transnationaux 1890-1945
coordinated by Christina Bezari, Eve Filée and James Vliexs (ULB).
More information can be found on the website
On Friday 22 April and Saturday 23 April 2022, The Original in its Metamorphoses will be hosted at Ghent University (De Krook), a colloquium on the history of translation in the long eighteenth century co-financed by CLIV:
The Original in its Metamorphoses Tracing the Translator in the Long Eighteenth Century (1660–1830)
L’original en ses métamorphoses Les traces du traducteur dans le long dix-huitième siècle (1660-1830)
The programma and practical details of the event can be found on the conference website
Organising committee: Brecht de Groote (UGent), Lieve Jooken (UGent), Sonja Lavaert (VUB) and Guy Rooryck (UGent)
CLIV members affiliated to Ghent University and VUB are jointly hosting the symposium The Original in its Metamorphoses: Tracing the Translator in the Long Eighteenth Century (1660-1830) – L’original en ses métamorphoses : sur les traces du traducteur dans le long dix-huitième siècle (1660-1830) on Friday 11 February 2022.
More information can be found in the call for papers: Metamorphoses CFP
The Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication (Ghent University) has a vacancy for a fully-funded four-year position as a doctoral researcher on a project at the intersection of translation studies and Romantic/long-19th-century studies. Research will be conducted under the supervision of Prof. Brecht de Groote. For more information and details of the online application process please visit the e-recruitment page.
With the publication of the Palimpsestes special issue “Retraduire“ in 1990, research into retranslation developed into a serious topic of academic study. Thirty years on, the journal Parallèles will publish a new special issue in 2023, guest edited by Kris Peeters (University of Antwerp) and Piet Van Poucke (Ghent University). For more information and the call for papers:
CFP_Retranslation_Parallèles_en CFP_Retranslation_Parallèles_fr
A Call for Papers for a PMLA special Translation issue was announced in the April issue of MLA News Digest. For more information on submitting a manuscript see the MLA website
In the autumn of 2021, the TRACE research group (Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication, Ghent University) and CLIV jointly organise the Hertmans in Translation symposium. The colloquium will focus on translations of poetry, prose and drama and will also address the role of translators as cultural mediators.
For more information please see the announcement.
