Theme of the Conference
With Translator Studies (Chesterman 2009) emerging as a new and vibrant field within Translation Studies, the attention has moved from product to producer and the translator has been brought into sharp focus. The death of the author, with the assumed birth of the translator, and the cultural, cognitive, creative, and sociological turns within the discipline have acted as strong catalysts for this new interest in the translator. So far, researchers have been particularly interested in the translator’s habitus, in translatorial cognition, in the translator’s cultural and historical rootedness, but few attempts have yet been made to integrate the different perspectives.
It is the aim of this conference to set an interdisciplinary stage to discuss theoretical and methodological challenges that come with studying the literary translator, bringing together diverse approaches and multiple perspectives, such as cognitive science, sociology, psychology, creativity studies, identity studies, gender and queer studies, etc. Contributions are welcomed that focus on the literary translator, who, traditionally, tends to remain in the wings, shedding new light on psychological, emotional, physical, social, and cultural facets of the translator’s persona and identity.
Suggested topics
This international conference on literary translators is open to a large variety of topics and approaches. Contributions may discuss translators as individuals or as a collective from diverse perspectives, making use of various methodological instruments. Topics could, for example, include the following:
Theorizing the literary translator
Methods of researching the literary translator
The literary translator’s self and identity
The literary translator’s discourse and voice
The literary translator’s professional trajectory
The literary translator’s body
The literary translator’s habitus
Feminist/queer literary translators
The literary translator’s diasporic experience
The literary translator’s perception of his/her role and/or agency
Psychological, emotional, cognitive, etc. facets of the literary translator’s personality
With diverse papers and multifaceted discussions on the featured topics, we hope to foster new perspectives, promote cooperation and stimulate integrated research efforts.
Abstracts and Deadlines
Scholars are invited to submit 200-300 word proposals (with 3 keywords) for papers by 15 November 2017 to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstracts should be attached to your e-mail as a WORD document [titled: authorname.doc]. Please include your contact information in the body of your e-mail, not in the file.
Presentations will be 20 minutes in length, followed by a discussion. There will be sessions on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Date of notification of acceptance of abstracts: 15 December 2017.
Further details: http://translit2018.univie.ac.at/home/
