Type of Event: Conference
Date: 2007-06-18
Venue: University College London, London (UK)
Event theme(s): The TRANSLATION RESEARCH SUMMER SCHOOL (TRSS), a joint initiative of three British universities, organizes an annual two-week course offering intensive research training in translation and intercultural studies for prospective researchers in the field. The units collaborating in the Summer School are the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies at the University of Manchester, the Centre for Intercultural Studies at University College London (UCL), and the Translation Studies Graduate Programme, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, University of Edinburgh.

Description: Translation and intercultural studies are rapidly expanding and increasingly international disciplines attracting a growing number of researchers. While the opportunities for research become ever more varied, high-quality research training specific to translation and intercultural studies is often hard to obtain.

The Translation Research Summer School fills this hiatus. In bringing together relevant research experience with expertise in teaching translation and intercultural studies at advanced levels, it provides a foundation for conducting research in the field and equips prospective researchers with the intellectual and practical tools to launch their own independent projects.

The Translation Research Summer School aims to:

:: familiarize students with research models, methodologies and techniques
:: provide research skills specific to translation and intercultural studies
:: offer critical assessments of available resources and relevant approaches
:: address current theoretical and research issues in translation and intercultural studies
:: lend individual support in designing and planning research projects

Candidates should normally hold the degree of Master of Arts or equivalent in a relevant subject (typically a humanities subject involving crosscultural studies), should be proficient in English and
should either have started or be actively considering research in translation and/or intercultural studies.



Keynote Speakers: Jan Blommaert (Institute of Education, University of London)
Charlotte Bosseaux (University of Edinburgh)
Sameh Fekry Hanna (University College London)
Theo Hermans (University College London)
Moira Inghilleri (Goldsmiths College, University of London)
Maeve Olohan (University of Manchester)
George Paizis (University College London)
Luis Perez Gonzalez (University of Manchester)
James St. Andre (University of Manchester)
Gaby Saldanha (Imperial College, London)
Marion Winters (University of Edinburgh)

Invited Speaker: Professor Lawrence Venuti (Temple University)

Deadline for submission of proposals:
Registration deadline: 2007-04-30
Contact details: Phrae Chittiphalangsri, ucldpch@ucl.ac.uk
Dorothea Martens, d.martens@ucl.ac.uk

Event website: http://www.researchschool.org