Translation Across Disciplines
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
27-28 February 2020
The Conference
Cross-disciplinary Discussions of Translation
“Translation Across Disciplines” highlights cross-disciplinary interest in the field of translation, modern languages and the humanities. The conference is a collaborative event between the following departments and centers at Brown University -- Comparative Literature, East Asian Studies, French Studies, German Studies, Hispanic Studies, Italian Studies, Literary Arts, Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Slavic Studies, Middle East Studies and the Center for Language Studies.
Please join us as we bring together scholars and practitioners from various disciplines and from different parts of the world to learn about and from each other’s work. Panelists and presenters will investigate the various ways by which linguistic exchange occurs in society and across societies. Sessions will focus on literary translation, professional translation, experimental translation, the pedagogy of translation and the politics of interpreting.
Speakers
32
Institutions
10
Languages
15
Sessions
8
Keynote Speaker
Ann Goldstein | Editor, Translator
The Art and Craft of Translation: Language Across Cultures, Generations, and Genres
Keynote Address - 4:00 PM, Thursday, February 27, Lower Salomon
Ann Goldstein is a former editor at The New Yorker. She has translated works by more than twenty writers, among them Primo Levi, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italo Calvino, and Alessandro Baricco. She is the editor of the Complete Works of Primo Levi in English. She is also the translator of Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend and other novels in the Neapolitan series. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and has received awards from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Panelists
Click on each presenter for more information.
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Ann Goldstein, The New Yorker
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Qussay Al-Attabi, Kenyon College
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Stine An, Brown University
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John Cayley, Brown University
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Sophie Collins, University of Glasgow
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Emily Drumsta, Brown University
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Kate Goldman, Brown University
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Katherine M. Hedeen, Kenyon College
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Chloe Hill, Brown University
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Jen Hofer, Antena Aire, Los Angeles
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Moira Inghilleri, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Nikolas Kakkoufa, Columbia University
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Madhu Kaza, Bard College
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Sam Perry, Brown University
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John Keene, Rutgers University
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Zhuqing Li, Brown University
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Rajiv Mohabir, Emerson College
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Kendall Morris, Brown University
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Ourida Mostefai, Brown University
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Sawako Nakayasu, Brown University
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Stéphanie Ravillon, Brown University
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Stephanie van Reigersberg, Diplomatic Interpreter
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Nidia Schuhmacher, Brown University
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Sophie Seita, Boston University
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Zachary Sng, Brown University
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Cole Swensen, Brown University
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Esther Whitfield, Brown University
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Baoli Yang, Brown University
Sponsors
Department of Comparative Literature
Department of Italian Studies
Department of German Studies
Department of French Studies
Department of Hispanic Studies
Department of Slavic Studies
Department of East Asian Studies
Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
Literary Arts at Brown
Mollie B. Mandeville Lectureship Fund, Dean of the Faculty
Cogut Center, Humanities Initiative Programming Fund
Center for Language Studies
Center for Middle East Studies, Islam and the Humanities Initiative
Center for Contemporary South Asia
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Register
*To request special services, accommodations or assistance for this event, please contact
Jane Sokolosky at languages@brown.edu or 401-863-5674 as far in advance of the event as possible. Thank you.