Feminism in Translation:
(In)Visible Women Going Transnational

one-day symposium

Bringing together a range of voices within feminist translation studies, this one-day symposium explores the role translation has played in making women – their work, interests, concerns, and ideas – visible. The event focuses on how feminist knowledge(s) and ideas have travelled through and in translation, allowing for transnational feminist encounters and interactions to occur while challenging patriarchal systems and structures. In placing emphasis on the dynamic interplay between feminism(s) and translation, this symposium aims at stimulating further discussion and debate.

Date

October, 21 2022

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Featured Speakers

Luise von Flotow

Professor
Translation Studies
University of Ottawa, Canada

Feminist Translation and Translation Studies: How ‘gender’ entered translation studies, and where it is going

Hala Kamal

Professor
English and Gender Studies
Cairo University, Egypt

The Journeys of ‘Feminism’ and ‘Gender’ in Translation from English into Arabic

Olga Castro

Associate Professor
Translation Studies
University of Warwick

Translation Studies and Transnational Feminist Activism: A Tale of Two Stories

Eleonora Federici

Associate Professor
English Language and Translation Studies
University of Ferrara, Italy

A European Gender and Translation Geography: A Diversity of Voices for Transnational Dialogues

Emek Ergun

Associate Professor
Women’s & Gender Studies and Global Studies
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, US

Books, Borders, Bridges: Feminist Translation as Transnational Political Action

Alev Bulut

Professor
Department of Translation Studies
Istanbul University, Turkey

Translating Feminist Non-Fiction: Challenges and Examples in English-Turkish

María Laura Spoturno

Associate Professor
Literary Translation and US Literature
Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Translation, Exile, Human Rights and Feminisms

Razieh Araghi

PhD Candidate
Comparative Literature
University of Michigan, US

Spaces of Feminist Creativity Through Translation