[CFP] TSNI Conference 2020
Translation Studies Network of Ireland: 2nd Annual Conference
Friday 16th October 2020
Queen’s University Belfast
A pre-conference music and poetry evening will be held on Thursday 15th October
CALL FOR PAPERS
Constellations, Configurations, Communities
“Stars are made of flaming gas, but constellations are made of stories.” – Rebecca Solnit, Storming The Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics, p 164.
While boundaries and borders are recurrent tropes in translation studies and the humanities, and very real entities in a world that is witnessing a growing shift towards protectionism in international politics, there is also an equally strong trope of connection that draws on the work of thinkers from across the academic spectrum, from the humanities to the natural, chemical and physical sciences. Rhizomes, meshworks, path-making, wayfaring, networks, trajectories, complexity, relation, process, change, symbiosis and ecology are some of the key and powerful concepts being explored to explain, account for and re-imagine the interconnectedness of, and communications between humans, other-than-humans, organic
matter, inorganic matter, place and materiality. Translation and translators are integral to these communications and interconnections. Thus, the theme of the conference is intended to invite reflection, investigation and discussion of ways in which translation and translators, interpreting and interpreters constitute, create and contribute to various and diverse constellations, configurations and communities. We welcome papers on any topic related to translation that addresses this theme in some way.
Abstracts of no more than 300 words in English or Irish are now invited from scholars and practitioners of translation/interpreting working in, and/or with an interest in, the island of Ireland. Your abstract should be sent to tsni2020@qub.ac.uk by 30 April 2020. Please note registration is free for this event.