'Cinema and Media Studies in Translation' Call for Proposals **deadline extended to 3 April 2016**

Cinema and Media Studies in Translation
Call for Proposals 2016 (**DEADLINE NOW EXTENDED**)

With courses on World Cinema (generally understood as the films and film industries of non-English speaking countries) and Global Media increasingly included in the curricula of Film and Media Studies departments, there is a need for English-speaking students and scholars to recognize the vast body of critical work published on film and media productions outside the Anglophone world. Many of those texts are written by nationals working in their language, which provide a depth of cultural knowledge and insight impossible to replicate by scholars based in a different culture, and/or who do not speak the language concerned. It is also the case that some of the best theoretical work and critical analyses of film and media are written in languages other than English; it is important that they be made accessible to Anglophone readers.

With these factors in mind, the Translation/Publication Committee of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies invites proposals for the translation of outstanding scholarly texts in languages other than English, for publication in Cinema Journal. Journal articles, book chapters, or self-contained sections of a book that focus on a particular topic in a unified, coherent way can all be appropriate for this purpose.

Proposals should include:

1. The author, title, and publication details of the work being proposed (including the place, press, and date of publication).
2. A statement identifying the significance of the work, and why it might be interesting to film and media scholars and students, SCMS members in particular.
3. A clarification of the copyright status of the original source material.
4. An indication of likely word length.
5. The name and credentials of a prospective translator.

Proposals are welcome for a work published in any language other than English. One grant-in-aid of $1,000 will be paid to the translator. The scholar leading the project should provide an introduction that lays out the importance of the author and the text. The total word count of the introduction and translated text should be between 8,000 and 10,000 words in English. In some cases, shorter projects of 5,000 words (text and translation) will be considered (in which case the grant-in-aid will be adjusted accordingly). Self-nominations will not be accepted.

The due date for the proposals has been extended to April 3, 2016.

The due date for the final submission has been extended to August 14, 2016 (for a 2018 publication date). Subsequent rounds will be announced later in the year.

The proposals should be sent to Nataša Ďurovičová, natasa-durovicova [at] uiowa.edu.

Translation/Publication Committee 2015-6:

Nataša Ďurovičová (University of Iowa), Chair 2015-6
Chris Baumann (Stockholms Universitet)
Robert von Dassanowsky (University of Colorado)
Alistair Fox (University of Otago)
Mattias Frey (University of Kent)

Early Career Fellowships in medicine, medical humanities, society and ethics

These fellowships are potentially open to researchers in medical interpreting, translation & history of medicine, or related topics:

Elizabeth Blackwell Institute Early Career Fellowships 2016/17

The University of Bristol is seeking to support exceptionally talented and motivated researchers who seek to further their career by applying for prestigious, independent, externally-funded fellowships to be held at Bristol.  You must be highly competitive and eligible for externally funded ‘Early Career’ fellowships or similar.  Eligibility for these schemes typically runs from the final year of your PhD up to 6 years post PhD.

We offer a salaried position to enable applications to be made to, and secured from, external funding bodies and for your research vision to be developed along with mentoring by senior academic staff. Applicants should have a very strong publication record, and be seeking to work on a topic aligned to any one of the University of Bristol’s health-related research themes which include: Population health and epidemiology; Neurosciences and psychiatric disease; Cardiovascular science and disease; Biochemistry and cell biology; Infection and immunity; Bioengineering; Cancer; Regenerative medicine; Musculoskeletal diseases; Zoonotic disease. Applicants in the fields of Medical Humanities or Society and Ethics are also welcomed.

Full details and application form:  http://www.bristol.ac.uk/blackwell/funding/early/

Further information: Further details can be obtained from Dr Nina Couzin (ebi-health at bristol.ac.uk)

Deadline:  Applications should be submitted to ebi-health at bristol.ac.uk by 09:00 (GMT) Friday 12 February 2016.

'Tis the Season for Thinking About Summer (Schools)

Recent forays onto the European Society for Translation Studies Facebook page (a good place to lurk, as witness the 7,287 likes at time of writing) suggest that, once again, it is the season for thinking about summer schools.

Three summer schools have announced their lineup for next year (note that all information is taken from the respective websites and no guarantee is made of its accuracy). 

The long-running CETRA Summer School is now in its twenty-seventh year and will be held at the Antwerp campus of the University of Leuven from 24 August to 4 September 2015. This year's visiting professor is Judy Wakabayashi. Two partial scholarships are available. Applications close 2 April 2015.

The fourth annual EMUNI Agricola Translation Studies Doctoral and Teacher Training Summer School will take place from 1 to 12 June 2015 in Turku, Finland. The guest professors will be Yves Gambier and Andrew Chesterman. The summer school is named for the sixteenth-century Finnish translator Mikael Agricola. Applications close 28 February 2015.

The ninth Nida School of Translation Studies, an initiative of the Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship, takes place from 18 to 29 May 2015. The guest professors are Susan Bassnett and Sandra Bermann. It takes place in Misano Adriatico (Rimini), Italy. The website says a limited number of partial bursaries are available on the basis of need and merit. Applications close 31 January 2015.

Edinburgh Interpreting Research Summer School has not yet announced dates but looks as though it is expected to run again in 2015.

The European Society for Translation Studies has an annual Summer School Scholarship with a deadline on 1 May 2015 which contributes 1,000 euro towards the cost of any recognised translation or interpreting summer school. You have to be an EST member at the time of application.


Some readers will have noticed an omission from this list. The Translation Studies Summer School which used to run between Edinburgh, Manchester, UCL and latterly Hong Kong has been discontinued. Many of the staff involved have set up a new initiative, ARTIS (Advancing Research in Translation and Interpreting Studies) which provides academic support for translation and interpreting research training events. These events can be held anywhere in the world; see the website for upcoming events or follow @ARTISinitiative on Twitter for information about the next call for events.

Readers looking for more practically-oriented events, rather than research training, may wish to keep an eye on Translate in the City, the BCLT Summer School, Traduttori in Movimento, the Assises de la Traduction Littéraire or the Giornate della Traduzione Letteraria.

UPDATE 17 December: The long-running translation programme at the University of Ottawa offers two summer schools in 2015: a summer school in Chinese-English translation and interpreting, and a summer school in translation pedagogy for translator trainers. More information here. Application deadline 15 January.

Summer is coming...


Image by Tai on Flickr with warm thanks.

Applications open for European Society for Translation Studies Event Grant

EST Translation Studies Event Grant

The EST Translation Studies Event Grant is awarded annually to help finance Translation Studies events (conferences, symposia, guest lectures, courses, exhibitions). It may be used to cover a wide range of documented expenses such as bursaries, travel, accommodation, or preparation of conference materials.

Deadline: January 31, 2015

Amount: Up to 1000 euros

Rules and procedures

1. At least one member of the organizing or scientific committee must be a paid-up member of the European Society for Translation Studies.
2. The funds have to support a Translation Studies event. This may include symposia, courses, visits of keynote speakers, etc.
3. Applications should explain the circumstances under which the request is made and include details about the specific use of the sum requested.
4. The Event Grant Committee will conduct an evaluation of each application on the basis of: a) the needs demonstrated in the application, b) the importance of the event for the Translation Studies community, and c) compliance of the event with the EST’s general philosophy of making Translation Studies accessible to all.
5. The sum granted will be transferred to the applicant’s account after invoices and/or receipts have been received.
6. Applications should be sent by email to the Chair of the Event Grant Committee, Magdalena Bartłomiejczyk: magdalenabartlomiejczyk[at]hotmail.com. Reception will be acknowledged.
7. The deadline for submitting applications for 2015 is January 31, 2015. The decision of the Committee will be announced at the beginning of March. The grant may thus be requested for events that are planned for between March 1, 2015 and March 31, 2016.

Funded places on translation/transgender workshop, Arizona

Recently circulated, and may be of interest: 

The University of Arizona College of Humanities, Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, and Institute for LGBT Studies seek self-nominations for two funded slots at a small, four-day collaborative workshop and salon on Translating Transgender, January 5-10, 2015, in Tucson, AZ. A 250-500-word Statement of Interest, a current CV, and a translation (or piece of translation / transgender scholarship) pertinent to the topic should be sent to Prof. David Gramling at dgl at email.arizona.edu by June 1, 2014. See workshop description here:

Translating Transgender: A Scholars’ and Practitioners’ Workshop at the University of Arizona

Rationale:

Translation practitioners and scholars know from experience that translating (and being translated) has more to do with the immutable dynamics of translingual betweenness than with the mere accurate rendering of “x” from one language to another. This de-norming and de-substantializing of translation, as well as the productive debates about language(s) that have emerged from these processes over the past two decades, share a great deal with the de-norming of gender, the body, and identity at the heart of Transgender Studies.

Meanwhile, due to the stigma on researching non-normative genders throughout history, few primary and secondary texts about transgender lives and ideas over the centuries have been translated from language to language in any formal or systematic way. Meanwhile, precisely this stigma has meant that queer and transgender thinkers and artists have tended to become translators, travelers, exiles, and multilinguals in greater numbers and velocities than their heterosexual and cisgender counterparts. The result for us today is that the accessible literatures in transgender studies (and related fields like LGBT Studies and Queer Studies) remain more Anglophone, more monolingual, and less translated than they historically ought to be, while the subjects who produced those literatures have often been archetypes of transnational and translingual border-crossing.

The Workshop and Salon:

On January 10-15, 2015, we will assemble in balmy Tucson a small group of national and international scholars and practitioners in the fields of translation studies and transgender studies to explore together the methodological and epistemological relationships between these two domains of inquiry and practice—through semi-structured salons, discussions, and readings. In the evenings, we will open the group up to a more public audience for 'translation slams' and readings in the vibrant Tucson arts community. The atmosphere, we hope, will be informal, collaborative, speculative, and rejuvenating for the upcoming Spring Semester 2015.

In preparation, invited participants would be asked to undertake and circulate among the group a new translation (long or short, from / to any language, in any genre) in the weeks prior to the workshop that explores some aspect of transgender embodiment / enlanguagement, gender variability and transition, etc., and how those phenomena are dynamized or problematized by translation process and practice. This new piece would serve as an entry point for other participants to get to know each others' current work. Ultimately, we would also invite participants to contribute (after the workshop) to a special issue of the Duke University Press journal Transgender Studies Quarterly on "Translation / Transgender"—whether in the form of a scholarly critique / essay or poetic / literary contribution. 

Please send self-nominations (see criteria above) by June 1 to Prof. David Gramling, dgl at email.arizona.edu.

David Gramling, PhD

Director of Graduate Studies & Assistant Professor
University of Arizona  |  Department of German Studies 

Faculty Affiliate, SLAT, CMES, & LGBT Studies
Co-Editor, Critical Multilingualism Studies  |  cms.arizona.edu 

1512 E. First St.  |  301 Learning Services Building
Tucson, AZ 85721  |  520.822.6251  |  www.livelongday.info

Council for British Research in the Levant Arabic scholarships

An opportunity which looks very interesting (plus, you get to visit the wonderful British Institute in Amman) (minus, website which seems slightly incoherent and difficult to find information on): 

Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) Arabic Bursary 

 

The CBRL Arabic Bursary comprises three elements:

• the full cost of tuition fees for the CBRL Academic Arabic Programme at IFPO;
• the reimbursement of one economy class return airfare between the UK and Beirut, Lebanon, up to the limit of £600;
• an accommodation allowance of £650.

Application forms may be obtained from www.cbrl.org.uk/fundingjobs/arabic-language-training or directly from the UK Administrative Secretary cbrl at britac.ac.uk. 

 The deadline for receipt of bursary applications is 18 April 2014.

European Society for Translation Studies Translation Prize

The EST Translation Prize, of 2000 euros, is awarded annually for the most deserving project to translate key texts in Translation Studies (including research on interpreting and localization).

Deadline: June 1, 2013

Rules and Conditions

1. The prize shall be used to assist with the translation, editing and/or publication of a book or group of articles in any of the sub-fields of Translation Studies.
2. The prize may be paid to a translator, group of translators, or academic publisher or journal.
3. The translation may be from any language and into any language.
4. The translation shall not have been published prior to the awarding of the prize (six weeks after the application deadline), since the purpose of the prize is to promote translations that would otherwise not lead to publication.
5. The translation shall be published within two years of the awarding of the grant.
6. All publications and promotional materials associated with the translation shall bear the mention “With the support of the European Society for Translation Studies”.
7. Applications will be evaluated on the basis of: a) potential impact of the project on international Translation Studies, b) feasibility of the project, c) pertinent experience of the translator or translators.

For further details including instructions for applicants, see the relevant page on the EST website. 

Reminder: EST Book Purchase grant deadline is 31 March 2012

Just a quick reminder that the deadline for the European Society for Translation Studies Book Purchase Grant is 31 March. The Book Purchase Grant of c.1000 euro is awarded annually to enable an academic institution to buy Translation Studies publications with a view to building capacity in the discipline. Open to all Universities, faculties, departments and research groups with at least one EST member on the staff.

For more details see the EST website.

European Society for Translation Studies research grants

This is just a quick reminder that the European Society for Translation Studies offers a number of small grants to support translation research.

The deadline is approaching for the Event Grant, which closes this coming Tuesday 31 January. The grant awards up to 1000 euro annually to help finance Translation Studies events (conferences, symposia, guest lectures, courses, exhibitions).

In these times of shrinking library budgets, EST also offers a Book Purchase Grant of up to 1000 euro annually to enable an academic institution to purchase Translation Studies publications. The aim is to enhance translation research in new contexts. 

There is also a Summer School Scholarship to enable doctoral researchers in Translation Studies to attend an appropriate summer school (some of the many options can be found under the Summer School tag on this blog). As with other grants, applicants need to be or become members of the EST.

Anyone with any questions or comments about the EST can contact our indefatigable General Secretary, Alexandra Assis Rosa, here. You can also Follow EST on Twitter and Like EST on Facebook.

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/

European Society for Translation Studies Book Grant deadline 31 March 2011

The European Society for Translation Studies Book Purchase Grant is awarded annually to enable an academic institution to purchase Translation Studies publications. The aim is to enhance translation research in new contexts.

Deadline: March 31, 2011

Amount: About 1000 euros per year

For rules and procedures and a list of previous recipients of the grant please see the EST website.