Call for Papers: ARTIS@BANGKOK2017, 29-30 July 2017

There's a great-looking event coming up organised under the aegis of ARTIS:

Call for Abstracts

ARTIS@BANGKOK2017

“Translatorship”

  29-30 July 2017

Jointly organised by Chalermprakiat Center of Translation and Interpretation, Chulalongkorn University, and the MA program in English-Thai translation, Thammasat University

As a platform for “empowering translators” (Tymoczko 2007), translation studies has developed into a discipline that encourages inclusionary approaches, culturally sensitive methodologies and agency-focused paradigms which unsettle the traditional author/translator hierarchy. However, this emphasis on the importance of “translatorship” is not always adopted within translator training programmes. We are faced with generations of translators who are not equipped with the ability to reflect critically on themselves and their works.

In this ARTIS event, we offer lectures and workshops that focus on research methodologies and critically engage with the issue of translatorship on both textual and sociological levels. On the textual level, the translator’s presence can be studied, for example, through the translator’s point of view, style, ideology, without a traditional, rigid comparison with the author. On the sociological level, translators are considered influential players in the creation of the social world, as can be seen in Bourdieu’s sociological approach to translation that pinpoints translators as mobilizers of economic and symbolic capitals through their works. Both approaches highlight the significance of the role of translators in the importation and transmission of knowledge, whilst acknowledging that this is not always properly documented, and that it thus tends to be wiped out from public memory.

This two-day ARTIS event is the first of its kind that is specially designed for MA students who are working on their dissertations. We also welcome PhD students and scholars who are interested in starting new research in translation studies. Participants can choose to join public lectures and panel discussions on the first day, or continue to participate in workshops led by our invited speakers on the second day. Workshop participants are required to submit an abstract for poster presentations which will take place on the second day. We invite abstracts that address or are related to the following issues:

•       Translator’s style and ideology
•       Translation as textual intervention
•       The translator’s voice and identity
•       The translator’s agency
•       Sociological aspects of translation
•       Translation as profession
•       The sense of translatorship in translation pedagogy

Please send an abstract of no more than 250 words, together with your name, affiliation and email address, to Dr. PhraeChittiphalangsri phrae.c[at]chula.ac.th by 30th April 2017. Successful applicants will be notified by email no later than 30th May 2017. Please note that MA students need a recommendation letter from their advisor to accompany the application.

“First day only” option
Those who wish to attend the lectures and panel discussions on 29th July 2017 only can send your name, affiliation and contact details (email, and contact number for local participants) to Dr. Tongtip Poonlarp (send your details to both of the following email addresses tongtip.c[at]chula.ac.th and ccti_2010[at]hotmail.com). You will be given instructions on how to make a reservation. A registration fee must be paid in advance to guarantee your place.

Lecturers and workshop leaders:
•       Professor Jeremy Munday (University of Leeds, UK)
•       Dr. Sameh Hanna (University of Leeds, UK)
•       Dr. Sue-Ann Harding (Queen’s University Belfast, UK)

Organisers:
•       Dr. Phrae Chittiphalangsri (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
•       Dr. Tongtip Poonlarp (Chulalongrkorn University, Thailand)
•       Dr. Sirirat Na Ranong (Thammasat University, Thailand)


Accommodation
Chulalongkorn University is situated in the heart of Bangkok and is well connected to both BTS (sky train) and MRT (underground) networks. The Siam Square area which is adjacent to the campus offers a wide range of accommodations. We recommend our participants to stay at the Pathumwan Princess Hotel, Hua Chang Heritage Hotel or our own International House (CU iHouse). Information regarding accommodation costs and reservation will be available soon.

Registration Fees
Information regarding registration fees and payment options will be available soon.

Important Dates
Deadline for submission of abstracts            30th April 2017
Notification of acceptance                            30th May 2017
Registration opens on                                   1st June 2017
Early-bird rates are applicable until              30th June 2017
Registration closes on                                   21st July 2017

Link to event page on ARTIS website https://artisinitiative.org/events/upcoming-events/artisbangkok-translatorship/

PhD funding for 2016-17 through South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership

It's that time of year again.

The Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership (SWW DTP) offers PhD scholarships for candidates from the UK or EU. For details of translation studies supervision available across the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership, see http://www.sww-ahdtp.ac.uk/subjects/modern-languages/translation-studies/. 

The University of Bristol is one of the eight member universities of the SWW DTP. Candidates wishing to apply for PhD study in the School of Modern Languages at the University of Bristol starting in 2016-17 are eligible to apply for DTP funding.

The School of Modern Languages at Bristol comprises the departments of French, German, Italian, Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, and Russian and Czech, and a cross-departmental Translation Studies section. We also offer supervision for projects with Persian, Arabic and Georgian.
Applications can be made to the DTP from 30 November 2015.  The closing date for applications is 11 January 2016. Details of the application timetable are available at http://www.sww-ahdtp.ac.uk/apply-for-a-studentship/.

If you are planning an application for doctoral research in Translation Studies at the University of Bristol, please contact Dr Carol O'Sullivan. Enquiries relating to projects on theatre and performance should be addressed to Dr Katja Krebs in the School of Arts. You can find more details of individual research specialisms in translation at Bristol at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/2016/arts/phd-translation/.

The University of Bristol also expects to be in a position to offer a number of its own postgraduate research scholarships to outstanding applicants. Students who apply for a DTP scholarship based at Bristol, and who also wish to be considered for a University of Bristol scholarship, will need to make a separate application to the relevant PhD programme by 11 January 2016. 

For updated details of doctoral research funding opportunities at the University of Bristol, keep an eye on http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/gradschool/funding.

Doctoral seminar: Practice-led research in translation, Bristol, 23 June 2015

We are delighted to announce our final translation event at Bristol for this year, which is a doctoral seminar on practice-led research. The emphasis is on translation studies, but the event should also be of interest to PhD researchers and their supervisors in other areas of the Arts and Humanities.

Translation@Bristol presents:

Doctoral seminar: Practice-led Research in Translation 

23 June 2015

2.15-6pm

Lecture Theatre 3

Arts Complex, 17 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UP

(access for external visitors via 3-5 Woodland Road)

Timetable

2.15    Welcome and opening remarks

2.30    Round table on practice-led research in the Arts and Humanities:

     Dr Katja Krebs, Senior Lecturer in Theatre and   Performance, University of Bristol

     Simon Jones, Professor of Performance, University of Bristol

     Dr. Chantal Wright, Assistant Professor of Translation as a Literary Practice, University of Warwick

     Dr. Angela Piccini, Senior Lecturer in Screen Media, University of Bristol               

3.45    Coffee break

4.15    Keynote lecture:

           Professor Jean Boase-Beier, University of East Anglia

            “Theory and Practice in Translation Studies Research”

5.15    Final questions and remarks

5.30    Wine and mingling

  

Speaker bio: Professor Boase-Beier taught Literary Translation, Linguistics, German and Stylistics at UEA since 1991 and set up UEA's MA in Literary Translation in 1993. An Executive Committee member of the British Comparative Literature Association, member of the Advisory Panel of the British Centre for Literary Translation,  and former Executive Committee member of the Translators Association, she is also a translator between German and English and the editor of the Visible Poets series of bilingual poetry books (Arc Publications). 

The event is free and all are welcome. 

For further details, please contact carol.osullivan[at]bristol.ac.uk. 

Translation study day for PhD and postdoctoral students, University of Bristol, 30 January 2015

I'm very much looking forward to our upcoming PhD and postdoctoral study day in translation at the end of the month:

TRANSLATION STUDY DAY

30 January 2015

2pm – 5pm

Arts Complex Room G65 (entrance via No. 3-5 Woodland Road)
Woodland Road, Bristol BS8

Programme

2.00 - 2.30	Mary Frank Tackling the translation-resistant text: a practice-based investigation using a corpus from the German Democratic Republic
2.30 – 3.00	Cathy McAteer Reds under the Beds - How Penguin's Russian Agents Sneaked into our Lives
3.00 - 3.30	Coffee Break and networking
3.30 – 4.00	Roy Youdale  Narratology: a monkey wrench in the translator's toolkit?
4.00 – 4.30	Alice Colombo The transnational mobility of cheap print: British chapbooks in Italy, 1800-1850
4.30 – 5.00	Closing discussion and suggestions for future activities

For further information contact Dr Alice Colombo at alice.colombo at bristol.ac.uk.

How to prepare a good PhD application

The next round of Doctoral Training Partnership funding is coming up, and it's made me think about what makes a good PhD application. Over the years I have seen a lot of PhD enquiries and applications, and it might be helpful to outline what my expectations of a competitive application in my field are. These are just my personal opinions, and are not representative of any institution or organisation, but I hope they may be helpful for readers out there considering applying for PhD funding in Translation Studies.

The thing I can't emphasise enough is groundwork. The PhD application is not the place to submit your initial idea; once you have an idea, you should get appropriate academic feedback on it and begin approaching your chosen institution(s) to scope out supervision possibilities. This should be done well in advance of any application, particularly where funding deadlines are at issue. A good literature review takes time to develop; for archival projects, you might find yourself visiting archives to establish the availability of appropriate primary material - and so on. A competitive funding application is about showing that the project is worth doing and that you are the right person to do it.

Turning your topic into a proposal
What's going to be new about your project? The literature review is an important step in pinning this down. What's been written about the topic? Where is the gap in knowledge that this work can address? What theoretical framework/methodology will you use/draw on/develop? Why is this an appropriate framework/methodology? Your prospective supervisor will look with interest at the bibliography following your research proposal - do you mention the key scholars in this field? Are you familiar with the relevant debates? Where's the evidence of critical thinking in your proposal?

Where are you going to get your data from? Sometimes, a PhD project comes not from the research question, but the other way around, from the discovery of a source of data which invites analysis - the research question might then be a function of what you can usefully ask about that data. If you're looking at a body of texts, what texts are you going to look at, and why?

Your own preparation for doctoral work
Your application will include details about your academic and professional background. A good PhD application explains how this project proposal builds on your existing strengths. It should show that you have enough familiarity with the general field to be reasonably confident about the claims or hypotheses outlined in your proposal. Is there appropriate evidence of the language competence, if any, needed to do the research?

You don't have to have all the research training in advance; good PhD programmes will make training available to you, but you need to have an appropriate background in the subject. And you don't have to answer your research question(s) before you've even begun the PhD, but you do need to be able to show in the proposal that the questions are worth asking, and can be answered within the scheme of work that you propose.

Managing your application(s)
One of the things which helps to make a good narrative for a PhD application is choice of institution. Have you selected an appropriate institution? Do they have the right research strengths? Are they able to supervise in your language pair(s)? Can you tell a good story, not just about how you are the right person to do this project, but about how this is the right place for you to do it?
Have you checked the requirements for the application at your chosen institution(s)? Don't be afraid to ask questions.

Attention to detail
Have you formatted and proofread your application carefully, using clear headers and consistent referencing conventions? Check that you've done all this, then proofread it again.

Timing
Be aware that a lot of funding for PhDs in the UK has deadlines in December or January for the following autumn; for the 2015 round I'd start approaching institutions as soon as possible.

Useful Links
There are lots of more or less helpful webpages out there with advice about applying for PhDs. I thought this one and this one had pretty useful guidance.

UPDATED 23 September 2016 with some style edits and a new title.

Doctoral funding available from the South West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership

The University of Bristol is a member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded SouthWest and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership (SW&W DTP).

The DTP consortium, which consists of eight universities, will award more than 50 scholarships for students commencing doctoral research in 2015-16. 

Applications can be made to the DTP after 26 November 2014. The closing date for applications is 12 January 2015. 

If you wish to undertake doctoral studies at the University of Bristol, and wish to be considered for a DTP scholarship, please make contact with your potential supervisor at Bristol as soon as possible. Candidates are welcome to submit proposals in any field of the arts and humanities with supervision expertise in the University of Bristol. 

The University of Bristol offers supervision in a range of translation studies fields including translation history, literary translation, screen translation, adaptation, interpreting and theatre translation/performance. Languages include Chinese, Czech, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Candidates should contact Dr Carol O'Sullivan in the first instance. For projects in drama translation and performance, please contact Dr Katja Krebs.

The University of Bristol also expects to be in a position to offer a number of its own postgraduate research scholarships to outstanding applicants. Students who apply for a DTP scholarship based at Bristol will also be automatically considered for a University of Bristol scholarship. An application for a place on the PGR programme at the University of Bristol can be made at any time, but only those applications received before 12 January 2015 will be considered for a UoB scholarship.  For more details of PGR funding opportunities at the University of Bristol see http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/gradschool/funding.

PhD studentships at South, West and Wales consortium, including University of Bristol

PhD Studentships at the University of Bristol

The University of Bristol is delighted to invite applications for studentships in the arts and humanities, including translation studies, for September 2014. Approximately 50 studentships will be funded by the AHRC through the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership at the eight universities in the consortium and their cultural partners across the range of arts and humanities subjects. 

The School of Modern Languages at the University of Bristol has a long-standing interest in Translation Studies from the medieval to the modern periods. Languages include Catalan, Chinese, Czech, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Research specialisms include literary translation; translation history; publishing; drama; audiovisual translation. Specialist supervision is available for performance-related translation in the School of Arts.

Information is available at the consortium website and an application form will be available shortly. Informal enquiries can be addressed to Dr Carol O’Sullivan at carol.osullivan[at]bristol.ac.uk. Enquiries relating to translation and performance should be sent to Dr Katja Krebs at k.krebs[at]bristol.ac.uk. Applications will be accepted from mid-December but you are encouraged to make informal enquiries at an early date. Decisions will be made before Easter 2014.

EST Summer School Scholarship (extended deadline)

This grant from the European Society for Translation Studies may interest some of our readers who are working on PhDs in translation; it can be used for any recognised translation research summer school (and there are more of them than you might think!)

Extended deadline: May 15, 2013

http://www.est-translationstudies.org/committees/summer_school/ss_grant.htm

Students who are preparing a doctoral dissertation in the field of translation studies are invited to apply for this scholarship of 1,000 euros.

Applicants need not be EST members at the time of applying, but must become members if their application is successful.

The grant can be for any summer school organized in the field of Translation Studies.

The applications will be scrutinized by the committee, who will base their judgement on the application as a whole, taking into account all information asked for: the technical quality of the project, the applicant's competences and needs, and the relationship between the project and the summer school programme intended to follow.

To apply, please fill in the application form (including the attachments) and send it to Iwona Mazur – imazur[at]ifa.amu.edu.pl. Along with the form, applicants are asked to send a letter of recommendation from their dissertation advisor as a PDF or scanned attachment.

Receipt of complete applications will be acknowledged by e-mail.

The name of the scholarship recipient will be announced on the Society's website in the second week of June each year and notice will also be sent (by e-mail) to each of the candidates.

Extended deadline for abstracts for IPCITI postgraduate conference, November 2012

Received from Dorothy Kenny at Dublin City University:

IPCITI 2012
8-10 November 2012
Centre for Translation and Textual Studies
School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies
Dublin City University, Ireland

Dear colleagues and students, 

This is to inform you that the deadline for submission of abstracts to the 8th International Postgraduate Conference in Translating and Interpreting has been extended to 23rd July 2012.

IPCITI is designed to provide *new* researchers from all areas of translation and interpreting studies with the opportunity to share their research with peers in a supportive and intellectually stimulating environment. Day one of IPCITI is devoted to pre-conference workshops; days two and three are devoted to keynote lectures and parallel conference sessions.

The conference aims to showcase the great diversity of research in current translation and interpreting studies and invites abstracts from all relevant areas. Topics of specific interest to our organising committee include (but are by no means limited to):

Audiovisual translation
Community interpreting
Intercultural aspects of translation/interpreting
Lexicography/terminography
Literary translation
Localisation
Models of translation
'Periphery' cultures and minority languages
Research methodologies in translation/interpreting
Sign language interpreting
Translation of children's literature
Translation/interpreting pedagogy
Translation technology
Translation/interpreting and ethics
Translation/interpreting and media, including social media
Translation/interpreting history
Translation/interpreting process studies
Videogames localisation

Abstract Submission Guidelines
English-language abstracts of 400-450 words should be submitted no later than 23rd July 2012. Information on abstract submission is available at: http://www.ipciti.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=55

Keynote Speakers
Dr Federico Federici, Durham University, UK
Prof Andy Way, President of the International & European Associations for Machine Translation (IAMT & EAMT), Director of Language Technology at ALS, UK
Prof Jenny Williams, Dublin City University, Ireland

Pre-Conference Workshops (8th November)
Mixed Methods Research  Stephen Doherty
2nd workshop to be confirmed

Important Dates
Abstract submission deadline: 23rd July 2012
Notification of acceptance: 13th August 2012
Early bird registration deadline: 8th September 2012
Registration deadline: 8th October 2012

Publication of Papers
Following the conference, some papers may be recommended for publication in the journal New Voices in Translation Studies (http://www.iatis.org/newvoices/).

Registration
Registration information will be available shortly on the conference website at www.ipciti.org.uk. 

Further information, including information on accommodation and transportation to the conference venue, is available at: www.ipciti.org.uk

Enquiries concerning the conference should be directed to: ipciti2012 at dcu.ie

Information about Dublin can be found at www.visitdublin.com

BCLT/NSTS bursary for Nida School of Translation Studies, 2012

Dear all,
This looks like an excellent opportunity for a scholar or early-career researcher in literary translation (details of application requirements and deadline still apparently pending):

The British Centre for Literary Translation (BCLT) and the Nida School of Translation Studies (NSTS) are pleased to announce a joint initiative in the form of a collaborative bursary  for NSTS 2012. The bursary is available to qualified applicants at the advanced PhD candidate, post-doctoral or faculty level who can show a demonstrable financial need. The bursary aims to support emerging literary translation researchers within the UK who would benefit from attending this intensive, international research symposium.

NSTS operates under the auspices of the San Pellegrino University Foundation in Misano Adriatico, Italy. Now in its sixth year, NSTS convenes for two weeks each May, bringing together scholars from around the world, including many of the top names in Translation Studies. In 2012, the Nida Professors will be Anthony Pym (Tarragona) and Musa Dube (Botswana).

For more information, and to apply, please visit: http://nsts.fusp.it/

Doctoral studies summer school, Slovenia

I have just seen a call for participants for a new doctoral training initiative in Slovenia. This seems a valuable addition to the current range of doctoral training schools, and the emphasis on training the trainer is also very welcome:

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

EMUNI Translation Studies Doctoral and Teacher Training Summer School

23 June – 7 July 2012, Portorož, Slovenia

Guest Lecturer 2012: Dr. Michaela Wolf, University of Graz

The more than 300 MA programmes in translation across Europe indicate that there is both a great need to provide high-level doctoral study for prospective teachers and a pressing need to continuously provide teacher training to existing translation teachers in order to keep them up to date with the latest developments in the field. The EMUNI Translation Studies Doctoral Summer School and Teacher Training Summer School, a joint initiative by 7 different universities (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Boğaziçi University, Turkey; University of Turku, Finland; University of East Finland, Finland; University of Granada, Spain; Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain; and EMUNI, Portorož, Slovenia), responds to this need by focusing, in particular, on contemporary research into literary and non-literary works from a historical perspective.

Participation will be limited to a maximum of 30 individuals; particularly welcome are doctoral students in the early stages of their projects, teachers of translation at MA level or its equivalent and other academics, as well as professionals who are involved in research in translation and interpreting studies or in other doctoral fields where translation, interpreting or intercultural mediation is a focus of interest.

Basic activities at the EMUNI Summer School:

a) Critical discussion of the most current approaches to translation theory, paying particular attention to contemporary research into literary and non-literary works from a historical perspective.

b) Presentation and critical discussion of different methodological approaches in TS, focusing in particular on researching the translation of literary and non-literary texts in historical TS from the perspective of historical and sociological studies, or through the use of ethnological and corpus approaches.

c) A series of lectures by the guest lecturer.

d) Teacher-training in the field of translator training, with a particular emphasis on curriculum and syllabus design, definition of objectives and learning outcomes, trainee and trainer profiles, ICT resources, classroom dynamics and assessment.

e) Tutorials for doctoral students and young researchers.

f) A graduate conference.

Teaching Staff:

Dr. Özlem Berk Albachten, Boğaziçi University, Turkey

Dr. Elisa Calvo, Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain

Dr. Ebru Diriker, Boğaziçi University, Turkey

Dr. Vojko Gorjanc, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Dr. Dorothy Kelly, University of Granada, Spain

Dr. Nike K. Pokorn, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Dr. Kaisa Koskinen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland

Dr. Outi Polaposki, Turku University, Finland

Dr. Sehnaz Tahir-Gürçağlar, Boğaziçi University, Turkey

Dr. Špela Vintar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Publication: participants shall be invited to submit an article to be refereed and published in print and on the EMUNI summer school website.

Expenses: Associates will be responsible for their own airfare and local transportation to and from Portorož. The expected maximum costs for students for 14 days (registration + tuition + accommodation + full board) is 1030 €. All students, but in particular students from the non-EU countries of the Union for the Mediterranean, are eligible for grants.

Application Deadline: March 15, 2012 

Website: For the application procedure and more details of the school please visit the website at: http://www.prevajalstvo.net/emuni-doctoral-summer-school or write to emuni.info at ff.uni-lj.si

places available for Use Your Language, Use Your English

There are some places left for this course, which looks great: 

“Use your language, Use your English”

This project offers training for native Anglophones who have an advanced knowledge of one or more other languages (research students and others) to develop their translation skills under the tutorship of practising professionals: seven translators and an editor. The courses take three forms:

• A Taster Event (8-9 April 2011) at the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies (IGRS), London: classes in French, German, Russian & Spanish - N.B. A few places still remaining.

• Online training, freely available on the London University School of Advanced Study (SAS) VLE, moodle - these courses (Arabic, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish & Editing Skills) will be uploaded in spring 2011.

• A Summer School (18-23 July 2011) at the IGRS, London: classes in Arabic, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish & Editing Skills.

To apply for the Taster Event and/or the Summer School, follow the url below. Please observe the deadlines as places are limited to 80, and UK student subsidies limited to 20, at each event.

Following completion of any of these courses, you may apply to take an examination and, if successful, be entered on a Database of Academic Translators & Editors [DATE], which will be set up in 2011-12. For details and application forms, see http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/postgraduate/use-your-language-use-your-english.html. Applications should be sent to Marcus Erridge, IGRS, Senate House, Malet St., London WC1E 7HU. Frequently Asked Questions can be found at: http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/postgraduate/use-your-language-use-your-english/frequently-asked-questions.html. For any other enquiries, email naomi.segal at sas.ac.uk.

EST summer school scholarship 2011

Support for prospective and new PhD students to develop their research proposals via one of the high-quality translation research summer schools:

EST Summer School Scholarship
Call for applications

Ever since it was founded in September 1992, EST has focused on drawing attention to new research in Translation Studies, and encouraging young scholars to join the collective endeavour. Since 2003, the Executive Board of EST has sponsored one participant per year to attend a research summer school in translation studies.  This year, EST will again sponsor one EST member to attend a TS Summer School.

The sum of the scholarship will be 1,000 euros.

The deadline for submitting applications for the Summer School Scholarship is May 1st, 2011.

The applications will be scrutinized by a committee consisting of Barbara Ahrens, Alexandra Assis Rosa, Gyde Hansen, Iwona Mazur (chair), Franz Pöchhacker and Sonia Vandepitte. They will base their judgement on the application as a whole, taking into account all information asked for: the technical quality of the project, the applicant's competences and needs, and the relationship between the project and the summer school programme intended to follow.

Students preparing a doctoral dissertation in the field of translation studies who are paid-up EST members are invited to apply. To do so, please fill in the electronic application form (including the attachments) and send it to Iwona Mazur – imazur at ifa.amu.edu.pl. Along with the form, applicants are asked to send a letter of recommendation from their dissertation advisor as a scanned attachment.

Receipt of complete applications will be acknowledged by e-mail.

The name of the scholarship recipient will be announced on the EST website in the second week of June 2011 and a notice will also be sent (by e-mail) to each of the candidates.

The application form and further details are available here:
http://www.est-translationstudies.org/committees/summer_school/ss_grant.htm

International CFP: On-line Conference in Translation and Interpreting Studies, 21 October 2011

This looks like an interesting event, and is open to anyone, anywhere:

International On-line Conference in Translation and Interpreting Studies
Translation and Interpreting in the Digital Age: Perspectives on Practice and Research

Friday, 21th October 2011

Centre for Translation, Interpreting & Intercultural Studies, University of Salford, United Kingdom

The aim of the online conference is to bring together international postgraduates from within the various areas of Translation and Interpreting Studies and to give them the opportunity to present papers to their peers.

We are pleased to announce that the keynote speakers for this year’s conference will be:
Dr. Peter Sandrini, Department of Translation Studies, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Professor Francesco Straniero Sergio, SSLMIT, University of Trieste, Italy

Two decades after the emergence of the World Wide Web, the profound changes that the Digital Age has brought into our lives are starting to become ever more apparent. Technology is transforming the way we communicate, work, research – even, some claim, the way we think. As the new media and infrastructure proliferate, research and practice in translation and interpretation and their manifold interconnections with the technical environment invite re-consideration from all quarters of this diverse field.
In fact, the relationship between language mediation – translating and interpreting - and technology has traditionally been close. Whether one agrees with the view that modern translation studies and the quest for machine translation were born in the same instant or not, technology shapes the way translation and interpreting are practised, researched and received, while the spread of information and communication technologies (ICT) depends on these activities as much as they depend on it.

This year's OCTIS conference is dedicated to this relationship and to the various angles and perspectives from which it can be investigated and interrogated, for example:

• The significance of technology for research in translation and interpreting studies, both as a research instrument (data collection, electronic corpora, linguistic analysis) and as an object of study proper
• The role of the information ecology, economy and infrastructure, such as social networks, in translation and interpreting processes, especially with view to collaborative technologies
• Technologies like multilingual video conferences and their impact on the practice of interpreting and the perception of interpreting services
• The impact of language resources and tools on the workplace, practice and evaluation of translators, on and beyond the human aided machine translation – machine-aided human translation continuum
• Describing and evaluating the changing role of technology in translation/interpreting from a socio-cultural and discursive perspective, e.g. with regard to gender, censorship or social impact
• The didactic implications of the growing influence of technology on the development, design and implementation of translating and interpreting curricula

Given the multi-faceted nature of the topic, we are looking forward to attracting these as well as many more differentiated views and varied contributions to translation and interpreting scholarship in today’s digital age.

We invite abstracts for papers to be submitted by Friday, 20th May 2011. Abstracts should be not more than 250 words and should be submitted online. Presentations will be allocated 15 minutes. Successful participants will be notified by Friday, 22nd July 2011.

For further information please see our conference website at http://virtual-doc.salford.ac.uk/octis/.

PhD funding and scholarships for PhD research training

For readers looking for PhD funding in Translation Studies: 

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Portsmouth is currently taking applications for bursaries to support full-time PhD study, starting in October 2011. Translation and audiovisual translation are included in the possible research topics. Candidates may apply for study within any of our Research Centres including the Centre for European and International Studies Research and the Centre for Studies in Literature.

University funding is for three years subject to satisfactory progress. Bursaries include payment of fees, a maintenance stipend (£13,590 in 2010-2011) and an allowance for fieldwork. The bursary agreement includes a requirement to undertake up to 6 hours teaching per week during each semester.

Closing date: 28th February 2011. Interviews will be held in late March. For more information see  http://www.port.ac.uk/fhss/bursaries

There are also PhD studentships available for translation at the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh (see here for more information). Any language combinations may be proposed in any field, but the Department has particular research interests in French, German, Spanish, Chinese, English and minority languages, including Irish Gaelic, Galician and sign languages. Applications are particularly welcome from suitably qualified candidates interested in any aspect of the following themes:

• Language use in the corporate and public sectors;
• New technologies in translation research, practice and consumption;
• Developing identities: the role of history, culture and translation;
• Communication, justice and security.

Deadline is 31 March 2011. For more information on eligibility, please contact Ms Caroline Murray (c.a.murray at hw.ac.uk).
There are also funding possibilities at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Manchester. 
Lastly, two scholarships are available to assist attendance at the  2011 Translation Research Summer School (UK) which takes place in Manchester from 27 June to 8 July and offers intensive research training for prospective researchers in the fields of translation, interpreting and intercultural studies. The scholarships will cover the tuition fee as well as travel and/or living expenses, up to £1,000.  Applicants must be studying for a PhD or must be in possession of an unconditional offer of a place to study for a PhD, to start before the end of 2011. Preference will be given to candidates from countries which come under the UN's classification of Least Developed Countries and candidates from other countries with low GDP per capita.  See the Summer School website for more details and an application form.


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5 fellowships in translation research training: deadline 31 January 2011

This may be of interest to doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in Translation Studies:

TIME (Translation Research Training: An integrated and intersectoral model for Europe)  is offering 4 Early Stage Researcher (ESR) Fellowships (2011-2014) and 1 Experienced Researcher (ER) Fellowship (2011-2013)

Coordinator: Reine Meylaerts (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)

Partners: Yves Gambier (University of Turku, Finland), Anthony Pym (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain) and Christina Schaeffner (Aston University, UK)

Associated partners: Amnesty International Vlaanderen, Lionbridge International, Logoscript and Observatoire social européen

Subprojects

*   Subproject 1: Translation Technologies: For a Humanization of Efficiencies and Usability
*   Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain)
*   Subproject 2: Multimedia and Multimodal Translation: Accessibility and Reception [a+b]
*   University of Turku (Finland)
*   Subproject 3: Translating for the Minorities: Linguistic Diversity and Integration in Europe
*   K.U.Leuven (Belgium)
*   Subproject 4: Transformation through Translation: Media Representation of Political Discourse in Europe
*   Aston University (UK)

Applications for one of the positions should consist of:

·         Reading carefully the criteria for eligibility (http://www.kuleuven.be/cetra/TIME/eligibility.html)
·         Filling in the application form (http://www.kuleuven.be/cetra/TIME/applicationform.html)
·         A letter of motivation
·         A curriculum vitae
·         A letter of recommendation and/or the name and contact details of at least two academic references

You can send your CV, letter of motivation, letter of recommendation and/or the names and contact details of at least two academic references by email to steven.dewallens at hubrussel.be.

Application deadline: 31 January 2011

Further information
Candidates:
·         are invited to visit http://www.kuleuven.be/cetra/TIME/index.html and are asked to read carefully the criteria for eligibility;
·         can contact Reine Meylaerts (reine.meylaerts at arts.kuleuven.be), Yves Gambier (gambier at utu.fi), Anthony Pym (anthony.pym at urv.net) or Christina Schaeffner (c.schaeffner at aston.ac.uk) for further information.

Translation taster, short course and summer school, London 2011

This just came round, and may be of interest. Research students may be able to apply for a subsidy to attend:

We are told that:

This is to announce a new research-training initiative, funded by the AHRC, the School of Advanced Study at the University of London [SAS] and the University of Westminster. It is a collaboration between the Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies [IGRS], Westminster University and the Translators Association of the Society of Authors, UK.

The project offers training for native Anglophones who have an advanced knowledge of one or more other languages (research students and others) to develop their translation skills under the tutorship of professionals in the field: seven translators and an editor. The courses take three forms:

·         Online training, freely available on the SAS VLE, moodle ? these courses (Arabic, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish & Editing Skills) will be uploaded in spring 2011;

·         A Taster Event (8-9 April 2011) at the IGRS, London: classes in French, German, Russian & Spanish;

·         A Summer School (18-23 July 2011) at the IGRS, London: classes in Arabic, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish & Editing Skills.

To apply for the Taster Event and/or the Summer School, follow the url below. Please observe the deadlines as places are limited to 80, and UK student subsidies limited to 20, at each event.

Following completion of any of these courses, you may apply to take an examination and, if successful, be entered on a Database of Academic Translators & Editors [DATE], which will be set up in 2011-12.

For details and application forms, see http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/postgraduate/use-your-language-use-your-english.html.

For a copy of the project poster, email either igrs at sas.ac.uk or naomi.segal at sas.ac.uk.

The editing skills initiative is a particularly good idea imho. 

CETRA translation research summer school

For anyone interested in doctoral research training in Translation Studies:

 

CETRA 2011

Twenty-third Research Summer School

 

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

 

22 August - 2 September 2011

                                     

CETRA Chair Professor:

Christina Schaeffner

Aston University

In 1989 José Lambert created a special research program in Translation Studies at the University of Leuven in order to promote research training in the study of translational phenomena and to stimulate high-level research into the cultural functions of translation. Since then, this unique program has attracted talented PhD students and young scholars who spend two weeks of research under the supervision of a team of prominent scholars, and under the supervision of the Chair Professor, an annually appointed expert in the field of Translation Studies. From 1989 on, the program has hosted participants from Austria to Australia, from Brazil to Burundi, and from China to the Czech Republic.

The list of CETRA professors may serve as an illustration of the program’s openness to the different currents in the international world of Translation Studies: Gideon Toury (Tel Aviv, 1989), Hans Vermeer (Heidelberg, 1990), Susan Bassnett (Warwick, 1991), Albrecht Neubert (Leipzig, 1992), Daniel Gile (Paris, 1993), Mary Snell-Hornby (Vienna, 1994), †André Lefevere (Austin, 1995), Anthony Pym (Tarragona, 1996), Yves Gambier (Turku, 1997), Lawrence Venuti (Philadelphia, 1998), Andrew Chesterman (Helsinki, 1999), Christiane Nord (Magdeburg, 2000), Mona Baker (Manchester, 2001), Maria Tymoczko (Amherst, Massachusetts, 2002), Ian Mason (Edinburgh, 2003), Michael Cronin (Dublin, 2004), †Daniel Simeoni (Toronto, 2005), Harish Trivedi (Delhi, 2006), Miriam Shlesinger (Tel Aviv, 2007), Kirsten Malmkjaer (London, 2008), Martha Cheung (Hong Kong, 2009), Sherry Simon (Montreal, 2010).

Basic activities and components of the Summer Session:

1. Public Lectures by the CETRA Professor on key topics. A preliminary reading list will be furnished and all topics are to be further developed in discussions.
2. Theoretical-methodological seminars given by the CETRA staff. Basic reading materials will be made available in advance.
3. Tutorials: individual discussions of participants’ research with the CETRA Professor and the CETRA staff.
4. Students’ papers: presentation of participants’ individual research projects followed by open discussion.
5. Publication: each participant is invited to submit an article based on the presentation, to be refereed and published on the CETRA website.

For further information:

- please contact Reine Meylaerts: reine.meylaerts at arts.kuleuven.be

- please see our website: http://www.kuleuven.be/cetra/index/

- Application procedure: http://www.kuleuven.be/cetra/Summer_School/applicationprocedure.html

Nida School of Translation Studies, Italy, May 2011

The Nida School of Translation Studies
Misano Adriatico (Rimini), Italy
May 16-28, 2011
Call for Participants

The Nida Institute announces the 2011 Nida School of Translation Studies that will meet May 16-28, 2011 in Misano Adriatico (Rimini), Italy. Two distinguished scholars, Martha Cheung (Hong Kong Baptist University) and Vicente Rafael (University of Washington, Seattle) serve as Nida Professors this year and will develop this year's theme, "Translation and Ideology" in three lectures each.

Deepening and broadening the School's work is a diverse and eminent set of visiting faculty and staff lecturers: Stefano Arduini (Urbino, School co-director), Annalisa Baicchi (Pavia), Roy Ciampa (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary), Edwin Gentzler (UMass-Amherst), Valerie Henitiuk (East Anglia), James Maxey (Nida Institute), John Milton (San Paolo), Siri Nergaard (Bologna), Christiane Nord (Magdeburg), Phil Noss (Nida Institute), Martha Pulido (Medellín), Doug Robinson (Lingnam), Christo van der Merwe (Stellenbosch), Babli Moitra Saraf (Delhi), Paul Soukup S.J., (Santa Clara) Phil Towner (Nida Institute, School co-director) and Lourens de Vries (Amsterdam).

Successful applicants will have an earned Ph.D. (or, a nearly completed one), a strong record of research, and professional experience in translating or interpreting. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2011.

For information on how to apply for admission and a limited number of small bursaries, go to http://www.nidainstitute.org/TheNidaSchool/NidaSchool2011/.

Translation Research Summer School 2011

Graduate students early in their PhD or thinking about doing a PhD might be interested in the 2011 Translation Research Summer School. Next year's summer school takes place from 27 June - 8 July 2011 at the University of Manchester:

The Translation Research Summer School (TRSS) is a joint initiative of three British universities and the Hong Kong Baptist University. Every year TRSS organizes summer schools in the UK and in Hong Kong, offering intensive research training in translation and intercultural studies for prospective researchers in the field.

Specialist theme for TRSS UK 2011: Agency in Translation and Interpreting

Other modules include:
* Theoretical Approaches to Translation Studies
* Research Methods in Translation Studies
* Research Design & Dynamics

The Summer School syllabus is delivered through lectures, seminars and small-group tutorials by core TRSS staff from the partner institutions (University of Manchester, University of Edinburgh, University College London and Hong Kong Baptist University) and invited colleages.

TRSS UK 2011 is delighted to announce that its guest lecture will be delivered by Professor Hélène Buzelin, University of Montreal. Professor Buzelin will also offer a research methodology seminar and tutorials.

Applicants to the Summer School should normally hold the degree of Master of Arts or equivalent, in a relevant subject, should be proficient in English and should either have started or be actively considering research in translation and/or intercultural studies.

Registration fees: 975 GBP for sponsored students, 680 GBP for self-funded students.
Early application deadline: 15 January 2011 (to facilitate funding/visa applications)
Second application deadline: 30 April 2011

More details on course content and application procedures can be found on the Translation Research Summer School website at http://www.researchschool.org/.