programs in interpreting and translation

[Russell Valentino]

Quoting Margo Rosen <msr2003 at COLUMBIA.EDU>:

> Columbia also offers an M.A. in translation.
> 
> Best,
> Margo Rosen
> Slavic Dept
> Columbia University

In this connection, let me note last weekend's University of Iowa Translation 
Colloquium and Carnival, organized by graduate students in Iowa's MFA program 
in translation. This was a follow-up to a similar conference held two years 
ago at UCLA (organized by grad students in comp lit. there) More than thirty 
grad students from around the country attended last weekend's events, which 
featured two book launches, roundtables, workshops, and a keynote address by 
Michael Heim. It was quite stimulating and exciting to see so much enthusiasm.

Iowa offers a Master in Fine Arts (MFA) degree in translation and a Ph.D. in 
comp lit with a translation/translation studies emphasis. The program is 
closely coordinated with Iowa's other writing units, in particular with the 
International Writing Program, which is the largest residency program for 
foreign writers in the U.S. -- every fall some 35 writers from around the 
world spend 10-week residencies in Iowa City, writing, translating, 
performing, collaborating. The list of past participants (from Tomaz Salamun 
and Dubravka Ugresic to Viktor Pelevin) sometimes looks like a who's who of 
Slavic and Central/East European lit.

Students in the MFA program regularly work with these writers, and the 
contacts that come from their collaborations are often quite lasting. If 
SEELANGS contributors have students who might be interested in such a program, 
they can send them to me with questions.

Russell Valentino
Associate Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
University of Iowa

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