[New Publication] Translation and the political: antagonism and hegemony

A research article written by Professor Mona Baker, Director of SISU Baker Centre, together with Neil Sadler (The University of Leeds) and Eivind Engerbretsen (University of Oslo), is now published in Translation Studies. By Neil Sadler, Mona Baker, &Eivind Engebretsen ABSTRACT Interest in the political dimensions of translation is well established. There has been less focus in translation studies, however, […]

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[Resource] Rethinking “evidence” — Eivind Engebretsen and Mona Baker

Dan Banik, Mona Baker, and Eivind Engebretsen discuss what is meant by “evidence”, and why different people arrive at different decisions based on the same sources of evidence. From In Pursuit of Development with Dan Banik This podcast is hosted by Professor Dan Banik from the Centre for Development and the Environment at the University of Oslo. https://in-pursuit-of-development.simplecast.com/

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International Research School for Media Translation and Digital Culture [Early bird deadline: 25 May]

International Research School for Media Translation and Digital Culture  26 June – 8 July 2023   The 3nd International Research School for Media Translation and Digital Culture, organized by the Baker Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies at Shanghai International Studies University, will take place from 26 June to 9 July 2023. The School aims to foster an open and wide-ranging take […]

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[Audiovisual Resource] ‘Narrativity and the Crisis of Evidence’, Translating Illness video podcast 27 September 2022

Professor Mona Baker, Director of the SISU Baker Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies, and Professor Eivind Engebretsen (University of Oslo) had an interview with Dr Marta Arnaldi (University of Oxford) about their recent publication Rethinking Evidence in the Time of Pandemics (Cambridge University Press, 2022). ‘Narrativity and the Crisis of Evidence’, Translating Illness video podcast 27 September 2022, Educational […]

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[New Publication] Unsettling Translation: Studies in Honour of Theo Hermans (Will be available open access in June 2022)

The volume edited by Professor Mona Baker, Director of SISU Baker Centre, is now published with open access. Copyright Year 2022 ISBN 9780367681968 Will be available open access in June 2022 This collection engages with translation and interpreting from a diverse but complementary range of perspectives, in dialogue with the seminal work of Theo Hermans. A foundational figure in the […]

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