Workshop in Scholarly and Literary Translation from Slavic Languages, June 10-15, 2013

[REEEC <University of Illinois>]

Call for Applications!
Workshop in Scholarly and Literary Translation from Slavic Languages, June 10-15, 2013
Deadline:  April 15th, 2013

The Russian, East European and Eurasian Center (REEEC) at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign is pleased to invite applications for the Workshop in Scholarly and Literary Translation from Slavic Languages.

This workshop offers advanced graduate students and recent post-doctoral scholars an intensive translation experience in Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Yiddish, Czech, Slovak, and Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian.  Immersion into translation will take place under the expert guidance of senior translators, who will mentor students in the language of their interest. The workshop will also offer participants daily meetings with their mentors, presentations by specialists in translation, access to the University of Illinois library sources and bibliographic support from the Slavic Reference Service.

The Workshop in Scholarly and Literary Translation from Slavic Languages takes place as part of the REEEC Annual Summer Research Laboratory (SRL).The SRL provides scholars and graduate students the opportunity to pursue their research interests in the Russian, East European and Eurasian region for eight weeks during the summer months from June 10 until August 2.

For more information and to apply, please visit the REEEC SRL page <http://www.reeec.illinois.edu/srl?utm_source=SEELANGS&utm_medium=listserv&utm_campaign=SRL2013>. To be considered, please indicate your interest in the Translation Workshop, the language you wish to work with and, if applicable, give bibliographical information (author, title, publication date, etc.) about the text you would like to translate. Those selected will receive funding support as well as access to the University of Illinois Summer Research Lab and Slavic Reference Service.

Prospective participants must submit an application by April 15th for the Summer Research Laboratory in order to be considered for admission to the Workshop. Funding for this workshop will be supported in part by the by the Department of Education Title VI grant for the National Resource Centers Program.  The SRL is funded in part by the Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Office of Outreach Title VIII Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and Eurasia (Independent States of the Soviet Union).



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