| Translation as Afterlife |
In this seminar, Marcela Sulak (Bar Ilan University) and Adriana X. Jacobs (Oriental Studies) will explore the possibility of translation as “afterlife” through a discussion of the Hebrew poets Orit Gidali and Hezy Leskly. |
Marcela Sulak, Adriana X Jacobs |
24 February, 2017 |
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| “Forgotten Europe”: Translating Marginalised Languages |
Looking specifically at Modern Greek, Polish, Dutch, and Swedish, this event interrogates what it means to translate and publish marginalised and minor European languages into English. |
Peter Mackridge, Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Paul Vincent, Sarah Death, Kasia Szymanska |
10 February, 2017 |
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| Between Languages: Working in and out on Translation |
With Adriana X. Jacobs (Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature), Kasia Szymanska (Junior Research Fellow in Slavonic Studies, University College), chaired by Kate Costello (DPhil candidate in Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature). |
Adriana X Jacobs, Kasia Szymanska, Kate Costello |
30 November, 2016 |
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| Literature Beyond Literary Studies: Intermediality and Interdisciplinarity |
With Professor Ben Morgan (Professor of German) and Peter Hill (Junior Research Fellow in Arabic Literature, Christ Church College), chaired by Karoline Watroba (DPhil candidate in German and Comparative Criticism). |
Karoline Watroba, Ben Morgan, Peter Hill |
1 November, 2016 |
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| Comparative Criticism: What Is It and Why Do We Do It? |
Matthew Reynolds and Mohamed-Salah Omri discuss comparative literary criticism. Chaired by Valeria Taddei. |
Matthew Reynolds, Mohamed-Salah Omri, Valeria Taddei |
19 October, 2016 |
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| Intercultural Literary Practices |
Laura Lonsdale (Queen's College, Oxford): 'Barbarisms: Multilingualism and Modernity in Narratives of the Spanish- speaking World’. Respondent: Jane Hiddleston (French/Oxford) |
Laura Lonsdale, Jane Hiddeston |
9 November, 2015 |
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| Fiction and Other Minds |
Peter Garratt (Durham): ‘Mind Bloat and The Lifted Veil’ Helen Small (English/Oxford): 'On the Verification of Mental Experience'. Chaired by Ben Morgan. |
Peter Garratt, Ben Morgan, Helen Small |
9 November, 2015 |
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| Extremist Translation and the Deformation Zone |
Joyelle McSweeney (University of Notre Dame), Johannes Göransson (University of Notre Dame), Dr Adriana X. Jacobs (Oriental Institute), give a talk for the OCCT Translation and Criticism strand. |
Joyelle McSweeney, Johannes Göransson, Adriana X Jacobs |
24 July, 2015 |
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| Lunchtime talk with Italian journalist Antonio Armano |
Cultural journalist and a writer.Antonio Armano in conversation with Valentina Gosetti. |
Antonio Armano, Valentina Gosetti |
23 June, 2015 |
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| Translation and Ekphrasis: Dante and the visual arts |
Ekphrasis finds words for paintings and other visual phenomena; translation finds words for other words. But how secure in this distinction, given that language has visual form, and that the visual arts can employ language-like elements? |
Robin Kirkpatrick, Jas Elsner, Matthew Reynolds, Andrew Klevan |
24 February, 2015 |
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| Intercultural Tales |
Hanan al-Shaykh gives a talk on 'Intercultural Literary Practices', with responses by Professor Marina Warner and Claire Gallien, chaired by Prof. Mohamed-Salah Omri (Oriental Studies). Part of the Intercultural Literary Practices OCCT Strand. |
Hanan al-Shaykh, Marina Warner, Claire Gallien, Mohamed-Salah Omri |
17 February, 2015 |
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| To the Lighthouse |
Laura Salisbury, Sowon Park (English), give a talk about Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse. The chair is Ben Morgan (MML). Part of the Fiction and Other Minds OCCT Strand. |
Sowon Park, Ben Morgan, Laura Sailsbury |
9 February, 2015 |
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| OCCT event - The Creativity of Criticism part four |
Short presentation by Dr Martyn Harry (Music) followed by discussion. |
Martyn Harry |
19 December, 2014 |
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| OCCT event - The Creativity of Criticism part three |
Short presentation by Dr Jason Gaiger (Ruskin School) followed by discussion. |
Jason Gaiger |
19 December, 2014 |
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| OCCT event - The Creativity of Criticism part two |
Short presentation by Dr Matthew Reynolds (English) followed by discussion. |
Matthew Reynolds |
19 December, 2014 |
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| Languages of Criticism - Translation and Comparison part two |
Translation and Comparison. Convener: Dr. Xiaofan Amy Li |
Clive Holes |
17 December, 2014 |
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| Unbuttoning Catullus |
A discussion with Dr Gail Trimble, Prof. Nicola Gardini, Josephine Balmer for the OCCT Translation and Criticism strand. Chaired by Professor Matthew Reynolds |
Gail Trimble, Nicola Gardini, Josephine Balmer, Matthew Reynolds. |
1 December, 2014 |
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| Other Worlding |
A talk given by Peter Hitchcock from the OCCT strand "Intercultural Literary Practises." |
Peter Hitchcock, Katrin Kohl, Mohamed-Salah Omri, Jane Hiddleston |
14 November, 2014 |
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| Kirmen Uribe - Reading and in discussion with Daniela Omlor and Xon de Ros |
A reading and discussion from the Translation and Criticism strand, Cultures of Mind-Reading: The Novel and Other Minds Intercultural Literary Practices. |
Kirmen Uribe, Daniela Omlor, Xon de Ros |
14 November, 2014 |
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| Cultures of Mind-Reading: The Novel and Other Minds - ‘Narrative and/as Heterophenomenology: Modelling Nonhuman Experiences in Storyworlds’ |
Prof David Herman (Durham) on ‘Narrative and/as Heterophenomenology: Modelling Nonhuman Experiences in Storyworlds’ with responses from Dr Emily Troscianko (MML) and Dr James Carney (Social and Evolutionary Science Research Group) followed by refreshments |
David Herman, Emily Troscianko, James Carney |
20 September, 2014 |
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| Cultures of Mind-Reading: The Novel and Other Minds - “Tell Me Who I Am” |
Dr. Marco Bernini (Durham): ‘Parallel Convergence: Cognitive Science Facing Beckett’s “The Unnamable”’, and Dr. Simon Kemp (Oxford): ‘Tell Me Who I Am’: Beckett’s “The Unnamable”. |
Marco Bernini, Simon Kemp |
20 September, 2014 |
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| OCCT event - The Point of Comparison |
The Point of Comparison |
Mohamed-Salah Omri, Elleke Boehmer, Ben Morgan, Nicola Gardini, Nick Halmi. |
20 September, 2014 |
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| Languages of Criticism - Translation and Comparison part one |
Translation and Comparison. Convener: Dr. Xiaofan Amy Li |
Clive Scott |
20 September, 2014 |
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| Languages of Criticism - The Practice of Commentary |
Dr Robert Chard (Oriental Studies) on Commentary and the Confucian Ritual Canon, and Prof Stephen Harrison (Classics) on Commentary and Reception in Classics. |
Robert Chard, Stephen Harrison |
20 September, 2014 |
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| Languages of Criticism - Creatively Critical |
Dr Clare Connors (UEA) and Prof Wen-Chin Ouyang (SOAS) will explore the place of creativity in recent Western and classical Arabic literary criticism. Respondent: Dr Helen Slaney. |
Clare Connors, Wen-Chin Ouyang, Helen Slaney. |
20 September, 2014 |
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| OCCT event - The Creativity of Criticism part one |
Short presentation by Andrew Klevan, followed by discussion. |
Andrew Klevan |
20 September, 2014 |
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| Philosophy of Criticism - Creativity as a Virtue of Character |
Prof. Matthew Kieran (Leeds) |
Matthew Kieran |
20 September, 2014 |
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| Philosophy of Criticism - Malcolm Budd’s “The Intersubjective Validity of Aesthetic Judgements” |
Prof Derek Matravers (The Open University) on Malcolm Budd’s “The Intersubjective Validity of Aesthetic Judgements”. |
Derek Matravers |
20 September, 2014 |
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| Philosophy of Criticism - Creativity, Culture and Tradition |
Prof. Berys Gaut (St Andrews) on Creativity |
Berys Gaut |
20 September, 2014 |
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| Intercultural Literary Practices - Rethinking the Political through Intercultural Aesthetics |
Salim Bachi is author of Le Chien d’Ulysse (2001), Le Silence de Mahomet (2010), Moi, Khaled Khelkal (2012), and other books. He will read from his work (with a translation provided), and discuss the seminar theme. Other speakers are: Patrick Crowley (Uni |
Salim Bachi, Patrick Crowley, Mohamed-Salah Omri, Jane Hiddleston |
20 September, 2014 |
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| Intercultural Literary Practices - Theorising Interculturality |
Dr. Birgit Kaiser (Utrecht), Prof. Peter McDonald (English), and Prof. Elleke Boehmer (English) |
Birgit Kaiser, Peter McDonald, Elleke Boehmer |
20 September, 2014 |
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| Translators and Writers - Translation and Fictionality |
Peter Ghosh and Jonathan Katz on Translation and Fictionality |
Peter Ghosh, Jonathan Katz, Patrick McGuinness |
20 September, 2014 |
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| Translators and Writers - Poetry and the Act of Translation |
Prof Patrick McGuinness (MML) on pseudo translations and Dr Adriana X Jacobs (Oriental Studies) on rogue translations. Respondent: Kasia Szymanska. |
Patrick McGuinness, Adriana X Jacobs, Kasia Szymanska |
20 September, 2014 |
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| Round Table: The Future of Comparative Criticism |
Matthew Reynolds, Laura Marcus, Mohamed-Salah Omri and Terence Cave on the futures of comparative criticism; followed by discussion. |
Matthew Reynolds, Laura Marcus, Mohamed-Salah Omri, Terence Cave |
22 October, 2013 |
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| Tropes of Comparison |
Katrin Kohl on metaphors of comparison, Ami Li on temporality and interpretive contexts, Carole Bourne-Taylor on Michel Deguy. |
Katrin Kohl, Ami Li, Carole Bourne-Taylor |
22 October, 2013 |
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| Comparative Literature, Britain and Empire |
Joep Leerssen on Anglo-Saxon and Celtic Philologists: Comparative Literature between National Ethnicity and Global Empire. |
Joep Leerssen, Ritchie Robertson |
22 October, 2013 |
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| Shaped by the Classics? |
Tania Demetriou on the non-existent classical epyllion; Helen Slaney on dilettante comparatists; Henriette Korthals Altes on dance and text; John McKeane on Sophocles, Holderlin and Lacoue-Labarthe. |
Tania Demetriou, Helen Slaney, Henriette Korthals Altes, John McKeane |
22 October, 2013 |
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| Literature in the World |
Ritchie Robertson on Weltliteratur before Goethe; Wen-Chin Ouyang's response; Sowon Park on world literature and the pan-Asian empire. |
Ritchie Robertson, Sowon Park |
22 October, 2013 |
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