Call for papers: Translation in Russian Contexts
Julie Hansen
julie.hansen at UCRS.UU.SE
Tue Aug 27 13:06:15 UTC 2013
CALL FOR PAPERS
Translation in Russian Contexts: Transcultural, Translingual and
Transdisciplinary Points of Departure
An International Conference
at the
Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Uppsala University, Sweden
2-7 June 2014
The field of Translation Studies has recently seen a broadening of
geographical perspectives. Attention has shifted from largely
Eurocentric concerns to non-European areas and traditions. However,
only recently has Europe's 'internal Other' - Russia and Eastern
Europe - been recognized as a distinct 'translation zone' of complex
historical and social contexts, transcultural and translingual
mediations and formative processes. Much work remains to be done,
particularly in relation to the vast space successively occupied by
the Russian empire, the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation - a
geographical area that has seen multifaceted, large-scale translation
activities, as well as a long history of sophisticated theoretical
reflection, both of which are little known outside its boundaries.
This blind spot within Translation Studies has its counterpart within
the field of Slavic Studies, where phenomena related to translation
and their significance for cultural production remain understudied.
This conference sets out to fill this gap by focusing on translation
in Russian contexts from a variety of theoretical perspectives.
The conference will also explore the phenomena of translingualism and
transculturality in relation to various practices and theoretical
conceptions of translation. This is of particular relevance due to the
heterogeneous ethnic makeup of authors writing in Russian and to the
successive waves of emigration to the West. On the basis of
Russian-related material, the conference will explore the implications
of translingual literature and transculturality for the field of
Translation Studies.
Keynote speakers
Brian Baer, Kent State University
Alexandra Borisenko, Moscow State University
Katerina Clark, Yale University
Harsha Ram, University of California, Berkeley
Maria Tymoczko, University of Massachusetts
Adrian J. Wanner, Pennsylvania State University
We invite proposals for 20-minute papers dealing with the following
topics related to Russian contexts:
? Translation and Transculturality in Early Contexts
? Translation and Transculturality in the 19th?21st Centuries
? Translating Non-Fiction: Contexts of Science and Philosophy
? Institutional Contexts of Translation (e.g. the roles of publishing
houses, writers' organizations, and translation seminars)
? Translatio Imperii: Contexts of 'Nationalities' Translation
? Contexts of Contestation: Discourses on Translation and Translational Canons
? Diaspora Contexts: Self-Translation and Translingual Russian Literature
? Metacontexts: Transdisciplinary Perspectives
Proposal submission
Abstracts of 200 words and a short bio should be sent to:
julie.hansen at ucrs.uu.se & susanna.witt at ucrs.uu.se. Include your title,
affiliation and email address. The deadline for submissions is 1
November 2013.
After the conference, a volume of articles based on selected papers
will be published.
Conference Co-chairs
Dr. Julie Hansen, Uppsala University (julie.hansen at ucrs.uu.se)
Dr. Susanna Witt, Uppsala University (susanna.witt at ucrs.uu.se)
www.ucrs.uu.se
This conference is made possible by funding from Riksbankens
Jubileumsfond ? The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social
Sciences.
Download this Cfp as a PDF:
http://www.ucrs.uu.se/digitalAssets/171/171252_translationrussiancontextscfp.pdf
*****
Julie Hansen, PhD
Forskare / Researcher
UCRS Uppsala Centrum för Rysslandsstudier / UCRS Uppsala Centre for
Russian and
Eurasian Studies
Uppsala universitet
Box 514
751 20 Uppsala
Sweden
tel. 018-471 16 83
Julie.Hansen at ucrs.uu.se
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