Translation and Conflict II
17 - 19 November 2006
International Conference Hosted by University of Salford & University of Manchester, UK Kent State University, USA
Following the success of Translation and Conflict, the international conference hosted by the University of Salford in November 2004, Translation and Conflict II aimed to respond to increased interest in the important role played by translators and interpreters in situations of violent, armed conflict; in shaping perceptions of events and cultures in the run up to such conflict; and in dealing with its aftermath. The conference consisted of presentations by invited speakers, individual presentations in panels, and a series of workshops, and addressed the following themes:
- Armed conflict: the nature and extent of interpreter and translator involvement on the ground
- Mediating in the aftermath of conflict: translating and interpreting for asylum seekers and refugees
- Trainers and trainees: integrating the ethical dimension in translator and interpreter training
- Interrogating scholarly discourses on conflict and neutrality
- Mediating conflict in mainstream and fringe news media
- Mediating multi-modal representations of conflict
- Translating and interpreting for Human Rights organizations
- Translating and interpreting in the process of conflict resolution
- Activist communities of interpreters and translators
- Personal vs. professional ethics
Keynote Speakers
David Johnston (Queen's University, Belfast)
Alet Kruger (University of South Africa)
Maria Tymoczko (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)
Conference Advisory Board
Michael Cronin (Dublin City University)
Pierre Kouraogo (University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
Piotr Kuhiwczak (University of Warwick, UK)
Claudia Monacelli (Libera Università degli Studi S. Pio V, Rome)
Jerry Palmer (London Metropolitan University, UK)
Mahasweta Sengupta (Central Institute of English & Foreign Languages, Hyderbad)
Cecilia Wadensjö ( Linköping University, Sweden)
Conference Organizing Committee
Mona Baker (University of Manchester, UK)
Carol Maier (Kent State University, USA)
Luis Pérez-González (University of Manchester, UK)
Myriam Salama-Carr (University of Salford, UK)
Rebecca Tipton (University of Salford, UK)