Arabic-L:LIT:5th Asian Translation Traditions Conference in the UAE (CFP)

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Date: 25 Jul 2012
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Subject:5th Asian Translation Traditions Conference in the UAE (CFP)

Full Title: 5th Asian Translation Traditions Conference
Short Title: ATT5-Sharjah

Date: 27-Nov-2012 - 29-Nov-2012
Location: Ajman, United Arab Emirates
Contact Person: Said Faiq
Meeting Email: att5 at ajman.ac.ae
Web Site: http://att5.ajman.ac.ae/en.html

Linguistic Field(s): Translation

Call Deadline: 30-Sep-2012

Meeting Description:

5th Asian Translation Traditions Conference (ATT5)
Patronage and Agency in/of Asian Translation Traditions
http://att5.ajman.ac.ae/en.html
27-29 November 2012
Ajman University of Science & Technology (AUST)
Ajman, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

The 5th Asian Translation Traditions Conference (ATT5) will be held at
Ajman University of Science & Technology (AUST), Ajman, United Arab
Emirates (UAE), on 27-29 November 2012.

This conference is a sequel to four previous conferences held at AHRB
Centre for Asian and African Languages in London (2004), the Adivasi
Academy in Tejgadh, India (2005), Boğaziçi University in Istanbul (2008),
and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2012). Like the previous
conferences, the fifth conference aims to explore the richness and
diversity of non-Western discourses and practices of translation.

Registration and Accommodation:

For details, please visit the conference website:
http://att5.ajman.ac.ae/en.html

Call for Papers:

Given the success of the previous four ATT conferences and building on the
rich histories of the Asian translation traditions, Ajman University of
Science & Technology (AUST) invites contributions to the 5th Asian
Translation Traditions Conference (ATT5). ATT5 wishes to explore ways in
which cross cultural exchange is executed and/or constrained by patronage
and agency with a particular reference to the ethics and poetics of
exporting and importing cultural goods through translation. Taking
patronage and agency as the main theme, topics of the conference will
explore the following sub-themes.

Patronage and agents
Agency of the translator
Agency of translation
Agency of texts
Translation and national languages
Agency networks
Political patronage/agency
Social patronage/agency
The discourse of translation
Translation and national memory/identity
Translation and the emergence/rise of canons/paradigms
Translation and divided loyalties
Authority and translation

Deadline for abstracts (extended): 30 September 2012

Please email submissions to the conference email address att5 at ajman.ac.ae.
Include the following information: (1) Author's name(s), (2) postal
address, (3) phone number, (4) fax number, (5) email address, (6) title of
paper, and (7) abstract (maximum of 250 words). For any queries/questions,
please contact the conference convener, Dr Ahmed Ankit (ankit at ajman.ac.ae),
or the co-convener, Dr Said Faiq (sfaiq at aus.edu).

Notification of acceptance: Contributors will be notified of the outcome of
their submissions by 15 October 2012.

Language of presentation: English / Arabic

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