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2nd International Conference Atlantic Communities: Translation | Conflict | Belief | Ideology

2nd International Conference Atlantic Communities: Translation | Conflict | Belief | Ideology

Publié le par Université de Lausanne (Source : Jorge Bastos da Silva)

2nd Call for Papers – extended deadline

https://cetaps.wixsite.com/atlantic-communities

Co-org. University of Porto | University of Vigo | Queen’s University Belfast

 

Confirmed keynote speakers:

Ástrá?ur Eysteinsson (Univ. of Iceland)

Hephzibah Israel (The Univ. of Edinburgh)        

Jorge Vaz de Carvalho (Univ. Católica, Lisboa)

 

The conference:

This conference is the second in a series designed to explore the connections between notions of translation (as practice and object of inquiry, but also as concept and master trope for intercultural dynamics) and the networks of identity that have historically developed around and across the Atlantic. It derives its pretext and rationale from a set of (ostensibly disparate) commemorative opportunities afforded by the year 2017.

These include:

* the fifth centenary of Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses (1517);

* the centenary of the October Revolution (1917);

* the centenary of the US decision to enter the Great War (1917).

Suggested topics:

These are some of the general topics that we believe may arise from the above:

* Wars and words around the Atlantic: translation and emergency/ies

* Conflicts and alliances, Europe and America: translation and (trans)Atlantic geopolitics

* Versions of tomorrow: ideology and utopias in the Atlantic world

* Religion across the Atlantic: verbal transit and human mobility

* Belief and selfhood: translation, contemplation and the Atlantic world

* Public causes: political action, ethics and rewriting in the Atlantic world

* Ideology crises and new beliefs across the Atlantic: Post-human and Post-truth narratives

The organisers welcome proposals for 20-minute papers in English responding to these or other topics prompted by the conference's rationale.

Submissions:

Submissions should be sent by email to atlantic2017@letras.up.pt

Please include the following information with your proposal:

* the full title of your paper;

* a 250-300-word abstract;

* name, postal address and e-mail address;

* institutional affiliation and position;

* a short bionote;

* AV requirements (if any)

Deadlines (extended):

Deadline for proposals: 8 May 2017

Notification of acceptance: 31 May 2017

Deadline for Registration: 30 September 2017

 

Registration Fee: 80 Euros

Student fee: 65 Euros

Registration details will be posted online in September 2017

All delegates are responsible for their own travel arrangements and accommodation. Additional relevant information can be found on the conference website –

https://cetaps.wixsite.com/atlantic-communities

 

Host and venue:

The conference will take place at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto, www.letras.up.pt. It will be organised and hosted by CETAPS – the Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, www.cetaps.com – and, within it, by the research group Relational Forms: Intertextual and Interart Dynamics in the Cultures of Ireland and Britain.

The consortium:

This initiative reflects the awareness of a shared space (the Atlantic) and a common interest (translation, both as practice and trope) developed by a group of academics from three universities: Universidade de Vigo, Universidade do Porto, Queen's University Belfast. Their commitment to a set of common goals includes jointly organised conferences and publications.

Organising committee:

Rui Carvalho Homem (convenor; Univ. Porto)

Teresa Caneda (Univ. Vigo)

David Johnston (Queen's Univ. Belfast)

Local executive committee:

Rui Carvalho Homem | Jorge Bastos da Silva | Miguel Ramalhete Gomes | Jorge Almeida Pinho