DEADLINE CORRECTION!! NEMLA - Montreal 2010 Call for Papers/roundtable "Translation and Identity ..."

[Miriam]

Dear Seelangs friends -- please note the deadline is September 25, 2009  
(NOT Oct)


> NEMLA Montreal 2010 Conference
> 7-11 April 2010
> Montreal, Canada
>
> Call for papers for the 2010 NEMLA Montreal Conference for the 
> following roundtable:
>
>
>
> "Translation and Identity: Transforming the Personal toward the 
> National and the Global"
>
> Translation is often considered a utilitarian skills set, a one-way 
> process of substitution or reproduction of written and oral 
> expression. However, translation is also a creative and communicative 
> process, where transformation and recognition of the self in its 
> social relationships unfold within a greater national and/or global 
> whole.  While translation can emphasize the "differences" between the 
> translated culture and that of the translator, translation as a 
> communicative, two-way process can also foster an understanding of, 
> and empathy between, the two.  On a global scale, identification with 
> the signs, symbols and traditions of disparate communities welcomes a 
> cross-cultural dialogue that bridges international borders.
> This roundtable session will explore translation as a transformative 
> and creative process within personal, national and/or global 
> contexts.  We will discuss the role translation plays in the 
> establishment of identity (one's own and that of the target 
> culture/language), the enhancement of intercultural dialogue, and the 
> promotion of mutual empathy through communicative performance, 
> in-service learning and study abroad experiences, as well as textual 
> translation.  We will also examine the heightened role and new 
> significance of translation within the ever changing global reality. 
> We welcome a variety of perspectives and disciplines to this 
> conversation, including, but not limited to, cultural and ethnic 
> studies, linguistics, literature and gender studies.
>
>
> Please submit 250-500 word abstracts to Miriam Margala 
> (miriam at ling.rochester.edu) and to Dr. Kristine Doll 
> (kdoll at salemstate.edu) by Sept 25, 2009. Please include your name, 
> affiliation, email address, paper title and equipment requests, if 
> any. All submissions will be acknowledged.
>
> For more information, visit the NEMLA web site at: www.nemla.org
>
>
>
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> Thank you,
>
> best wishes
>
> Miriam Margala
>
>

-- 
Miriam Margala, PhD cand
Dept. of English, Dept. of Linguistics
University of Rochester
Rochester NY 14627


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