Literary Translation Mini-Conference

Program

15:30-16:00  Registration

 

15:45-16:00 Greetings

Prof. Joel Walters, Dean of Humanities, Bar-Ilan University

Prof. William Kolbrener, Chair, English Department, Bar-Ilan University

Prof. Evan Fallenberg, Director of the English Literature MA with a Focus on Literary Translation, Bar-Ilan University 

 

16:00-17:30   The Many Facets of Translation

Dr. Debbie Guth, the Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature

Dr. Hadar Makov-Hasson, Deborah Harris Literary Agency

Dr. Marcela Sulak, Shaindy Rudoff Program in Creative Writing, Bar-Ilan University

Prof. Rachel Weissbrod, Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies, Bar-Ilan University

 

17:30-18:00 Refreshments

 

18:00-19:30      Work in progress: Literary Translators Talk about Their Work

 

Mr. Assaf Gavron – author and translator (English to Hebrew)

Mr. Mitch Ginsburg – journalist and translator (Hebrew to English)

Dr. Sabine Huynh – scholar, author, translator (various languages into French)

Ms. Yael Sela-Shapiro – translator and educator (English to Hebrew)

 

19:45 – 21:00      Translation as Entertainment: The First (Annual?) Bar-Ilan Translation Slam

 

Mr. Assaf Gavron (author and translator) and the students of "The Art of Literary Translation" Seminar at Bar-Ilan University

 

This mini-conference celebrates this year's launching of our new MA in English literature with a focus on literary translation. For more information about the program, click here.

 

The conference is held with the generous support of: The Lechter Institute for Literary Research  The Lewis Family Foundation for International Conferences in the Humanities