EUROPEAN
SOCIETY FOR TRANSLATION STUDIES
6th
EST CONGRESS – LEUVEN 2010
ANNOUNCEMENT
AND CALL FOR PAPERS
Tracks and Treks in TS
23 – 25 September 2010
(New dates)
In the 1960s, it seemed plausible that academic research into
translation would take a linguistic track. Close to half a century later, it is
clear that the discipline of Translation Studies has followed a diversity of
tracks, interacting with neighbouring disciplines and exploring a range of
paradigms and methodologies. At the individual level, many scholars have been
taking long treks from the practice and/or teaching of Translation towards the
acquisition of theoretical and methodological tools with a view to gaining
fresh insights and widening horizons on translation and interpreting.
The
6th EST Congress will be a good opportunity to reflect upon such
tracks and treks in TS. What interesting evolutionary patterns can be
identified in our young discipline, including TS ‘turns’, concepts, theories
and research methods? Can these patterns be identified in the interests and
work of Translation scholars? How has the TS community grown in terms of
demographics, branches and sub-branches? How do they communicate and interact?
What progress has been achieved in the investigation of various aspects of
Translation, including Translation cognition, Translator training, Translation
quality, Translation in its cultural environment and Translation in its social
environment? And what new insights are provided by historical, sociological and
scientometric reviews?
Which
are the new tracks that will lead to successful treks in TS?
Programme
The
congress programme is scheduled to start in the morning of 16 September and end by lunch time on 18 September. It
will include plenary sessions, panels, parallel sessions and posters.
Paper proposals
Abstracts of minimum 300 words with 5 keywords for 20 min. papers and for
posters should be submitted through www.est2010.be.
Please click on “pre-registration”.
Panel
proposals should be submitted by the moderator as a single abstract of minimum 500 words with 5 keywords accompanied by a list of panellists
(names and affiliations). Panels, made up of 4-5 participants, should be
structured around a clearly defined topic and consist of a 90-minute debate on
a pre-determined set of questions, formulated by the moderator.
Congress
languages will be English, French, German and Spanish. Abstracts can be
submitted, and contributions given, in any of these languages. Contributions in
languages other than English should also present their title in English. There
will be no interpreting into English.
Deadlines
The
deadline for submission of abstracts and panel proposals is 1st November 2009.
Pre-registration
forms should be sent to francis.mus@arts.kuleuven.be
The
scientific committee will return its decision around March 1, 2010.
Scientific committee
Barbara Ahrens , Magdalena Bartlomiejczyk, Nadja Grbic, Gyde Hansen (chair), Reine Meylaerts, Christiane Nord, Aline
Remael, Sonia Vandepitte and
Local organizing committee
Elke Brems, Lieven D’hulst, Luc van Doorslaer, Peter
Flynn, José Lambert, Fransiska Louwagie, Reine Meylaerts (chair), Francis Mus
and Heidi Salaets.
Publication
A selection
of contributions will be published as a volume of proceedings.
Further information
- A second circular including
further information and the final registration form will be issued in
March 2010
- A third circular including the
congress programme will be sent shortly before the congress starts.
- Further information will be
made available on the conference website: http://www.est2010.be