37.1496, Confs: 6th Annual Language Works Conference at Hunter College (USA)

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Subject: 37.1496, Confs: 6th Annual Language Works Conference at Hunter College (USA)

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Date: 18-Apr-2026
From: Julie Tay [jt3361 at hunter.cuny.edu]
Subject: 6th Annual Language Works Conference at Hunter College


6th Annual Language Works Conference at Hunter College
Short Title: LWC-6
Theme: Reinstating Authorship and Agency

Date: 02-May-2026 - 02-May-2026
Location: New York, New York, USA
Contact: Julie Tay
Contact Email: jt3361 at hunter.cuny.edu
Meeting URL: https://forms.gle/HvH4Pn22ZEUw9BcK6

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Sociolinguistics;
Translation

Submission Deadline: 19-Apr-2026

Title: Reinstating Authorship and Human Agency in Translation
Date: Saturday, May 2nd, 2026 | Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Venue: Hunter College's Faculty Dining Room 8th Floor (695 Park Ave,
New York, NY 10065) / Zoom
RSVP: https://forms.gle/UvgmfZuryC6DQefL8
In the face of the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and
automated language production, the question of authorship returns with
urgency. Reinstating human agency in translation means renewing
attention to the social, pragmatic, and ethical dimensions of language
work, to the often fraught and layered human affairs that call for
translators and interpreters to not merely re-verbalize meaning but
actively shape the process of meaning making. In this arena, the
translator may self-source multilingual contents, stretch the limits
of linguistic resources, and inhabit the productive rough edges of
variance.
This conference brings together students, scholars, and practitioners
in the language professions to explore human languaging as creative,
situated, and critical practice. We invite participants to imagine a
trans-paradigmatic turn in which translingual creators amplify voices
otherwise forgotten, uncovering new works and domains worthy of human
translation. In this vision, localization does not flatten differences
but connects  local sounds, textures, problems, and audiences to
global conversations and resources for change.
This is a one-day conference in hybrid mode.



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