[MGSA-L] Forwarded Call for Papers and Presenters: Translation and Mediterranean Culture

[Artemis Leontis]

From: Brian Catlos <brian.catlos at mediterraneanseminar.org>
Date: Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 7:08 PM
Subject: Call for Papers and Presenters: Translation and Mediterranean
Culture, 15-16 November, UC Berkeley
To: mailbox at mediterraneanseminar.org


The  *Mediterranean Seminar UCMRP Fall Workshop and Conference* will be
held in conjunction with the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the
Townsend Center for the Humanities at the University of California Berkeley on
Friday and Saturday, November 15 and 16, 2013.
We are currently accepting proposals for conference papers and workshop
presentations.

The theme of the *Conference* (November 15) is *Translation and
Mediterranean Culture*. We are interested in translation as both a social
and a literary practice. Who the translators were; what translation meant
in different historical and cultural contexts; the existence of lingua
francas; translation and the foundation of Mediterranean culture, etc. We
especially welcome presentations that address the role of translation in
Mediterranean Studies.

Confirmed speakers include:
Ellen Finkelpearl, Scripps College
Dan Selden,    UC Santa Cruz
Chris Chism, UCLA
Zrinka Stahuljak, UCLA
David Wacks, University of Oregon

Conference paper proposals should be submitted to
mailbox at mediterraneanseminar.org (
subject line: Fall 2013 Conference Paper) by 15 September 2013, and should
include an abstract  (250-500 words) and two-page CV.

The *Workshop* consists of discussion of three pre-circulated papers and a
talk by our featured scholar, Karla Mallette (Romance Languages, University
of Michigan), "Against translation: The cosmopolitan language as literary
medium." The Mediterranean Studies MRP invites proposals for workshop
papers (articles or chapters in-progress, approx. 35 double-spaced pages)
on the topic “Mediterranean Translations,” which may include works on
Mediterranean methodologies or perspectives, or studies strongly informed
by such. We seek papers in any relevant discipline, especially comparative
or interdisciplinary work that uses the Mediterranean as a frame of
analysis. Priority is given to faculty and graduate students from the UC
system and collaborating institutions, but any North American-based
scholars working on relevant material are encouraged to apply. (Scholars
from further abroad are welcome to apply, but we cannot guarantee full
travel support.) The Mediterranean Seminar/UCMRP will cover travel and
lodging expenses for presenters.

The deadline for workshop proposals is 7 September 2013. Please submit an
abstract (250-500 words) and two-page CV by this date to
mailbox at mediterraneanseminar.org
(subject line: Fall 2013 Workshop Abstract). Please clearly indicate that
the event you are applying to is the "Fall 2013 Workshop." Successful
applicants are expected to submit a 35-page (maximum) double-spaced
paper-in-progress for pre-circulation by October 28.

A separate call for conference and workshop registration will be sent out
on September 21.



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