International Association for Translation & Intercultural Studies

About the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies

IATIS is committed to the provision of an intellectual forum where scholars from different regional and disciplinary backgrounds can debate issues relating the translation and other forms of cross-cultural communication as they continue to develop in the 21st century. The aims of IATIS as set out in its constitution are to:

• Establish an organizational structure that facilitates the exchange of knowledge, expertise and resources among scholars in various parts of the world, with particular emphasis on enabling scholars in less developed or threatened academic communities to access the resources and expertise available in better endowed scholarly institutions.

• Stimulate interaction between scholars in different parts of the world, with the aim of enriching our understanding of research needs and theoretical traditions, especially given the focus on various forms of cross-cultural communication.

• Encourage scholars from different scholarly backgrounds to explore areas of mutual concern (for example the issue of 'mediation' across various fields of study, including ethnography and translation).

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