International Symposium
Transcultural mediations in Iberoamerican spaces
Languages, literatures and translation
Département de littératures et de langues modernes – Section d’études hispaniques
Université de Montréal
May 20-22, 2010
We are pleased to announce that the International Symposium “Transcultural mediations in Iberoamerican spaces – Languages, literatures and translation”, organized by the Modern Literatures and Languages Department of the University of Montreal, will be held from May 20 to May 22, in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Referential framework
Current reality confronts us with the problems of diversity, life in society and survival on the planet. The imperative need to give adequate and effective answers to such challenges leads us to rethink the modality of the exchanges that arise in the organization of space and human interactions. To this end, we propose to explore three spheres of transcultural mediations: namely those related to languages, literatures and translation. This exploration will consider mediations produced in Iberoamerican spaces characterized by the presence and contact of different cultural horizons (mainly Amerindian, European-Criollo and Afro-descendant).
- Languages: Spanish in contact with other languages; history of Spanish in America; teaching of Spanish as a second language.
- Literatures: Genre and canon building; orality/literacy interaction; electronic and print medias, publicity.
- Translation: Intervention or agency of the translator (adaptation, appropriation, rewriting); cultural and symbolic representation of the Other; conceptualization of translation according to cultures.
Academic program
- Plenary sessions: several plenary sessions will take place with well known keynote speakers from the three fields referred to above.
- Papers (30 min. including 10 min. for questions): A two folio (4000 character including spaces) abstract and a 1000 character summary should be sent to the symposium secretariat (medtrans@littlm.umontreal.ca) . Decisions by the scientific committee will be communicated in December 2009.
Organizing Committee: Georges L. Bastin (University of Montreal), Juan Carlos Godenzzi (University of Montreal), Enrique Pato (University of Montreal) and Catherine Poupeney Hart (University of Montreal).
Scientific Commitee: Juan Ennes (Universidad de la Patagonia Austral), Carlos Garatea (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú), Gastón Lillo (University of Ottawa), Angelita Martínez (Universidad de Buenos Aires), Andrea Pagni (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität), Azucena Palacios (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Stefan Pfänder (Universität Freiburg) and Roberto Viereck Salinas (Concordia University).
Important dates
- Deadline for proposals. Note: each proposal (abstract and summary) must include the following information: name; status (teacher, student, professional); professional affiliation (university, institution); postal and e-mail addresses; details regarding your academic degrees and three major publications.
- Registration: 80 $ for teachers and professionals, 50 $ for students.
For more information, see the official Symposium web page: http://www.littlm.umontreal.ca/medtrans2010.
The official languages of the Symposium will be: Spanish, French and English.
A certificate of attendance and participation will be issued by the University of Montreal.
