The Northern Scholars Lectures: Dr Anja Tröger & Rachel Rankin In brief Date - 29 June 2023 Venue - The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Hope Park Square Speakers - Dr. Anja Tröger (University of Edinburgh) and Rachel Rankin Titles - 'Who is the Narrator? Reading Johannes Anyuru’s 'A Storm Blew in from Paradise' through the Lens of Postmigration and Postmemory' - Dr Anja Tröger 'Commentator, Metapoet, Target-Language Writer: Three Approaches to Poetry Translation' - Rachel Rankin About the event As part of the Northern Scholars Lectures, the University of Edinburgh and The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities are pleased to welcome Dr. Anja Tröger (University of Edinburgh) and Rachel Rankin to deliver two lectures. The first, by Dr. Anja Tröger, is titled 'Who is the Narrator? Reading Johannes Anyuru’s A Storm Blew in from Paradise through the Lens of Postmigration and Postmemory '. The second, by Rachel Rankin, is titled 'Commentator, Metapoet, Target-Language Writer: Three Approaches to Poetry Translation'. Dr. Anja Tröger Title - Who is the Narrator? Reading Johannes Anyuru’s 'A Storm Blew in from Paradise' through the Lens of Postmigration and Postmemory Abstract - Johannes Anyuru’s 2012 novel A Storm Blew in from Paradise presents the reader with a harrowing and violent tale of displacement. I will read the migratory journey of the protagonist P through the different practices and contexts of violence that are depicted in the text, which offers an understanding of violence as cyclical. This reading also grants insight into the effects of trauma on the individual person, particularly in the nexus of migration, violence and power. Looking then at the question of who the narrator is will illustrate the effects that migration can have on an intergenerational level. This, in turn, will allow me to investigate the narrative itself and its structure: how is P’s narrative of displacement actually created? And does this conscious mediation of the past add a new angle to already existing forms and practices of memory production in the context of migration? Rachel Rankin Title - Commentator, Metapoet, Target-Language Writer: Three Approaches to Poetry Translation Abstract - In the introduction to the essay collection Translating Poetry, Weissbort states that “there are as many approaches to poetry translation as there are poetry translators”. My PhD research focuses on three particular approaches to poetry translation that can all be said to fall along the spectrum of (un)translatability, which can otherwise be described as the tension between instrumentalist and hermeneutic approaches to translation as outlined by Venuti in his 2019 polemic Contra Instrumentalism. The three approaches in question therefore dictate not only how any given poem should be translated, but also the role of the poetry translator, with this role differing greatly depending on the approach in question. In this talk, I will outline the three poetry-translation approaches I am exploring in my research, namely the literal approach as championed by Burnshaw and Nabokov, the double-aim approach as championed by Holmes, and the poetically viable approach as championed by Folkart. I will give a brief account of each approach and the subsequent role of the translator before practically illustrating these approaches using the first stanza of the rhyming, metrical poem ‘Septemberkveld’ by Halldis Moren Vesaas (1907-1995). By doing this, I aim to show how the role of the translator – and, by extension, the translation itself – differs according to the translation approach in question as well as outline the value of practice-based research as a method for illustrating academic debates within a Translation Studies context. About the speakers Dr. Anja Tröger Anja Tröger is Teaching Fellow for Norwegian at the University of Edinburgh. She is the author of Affective Spaces: Migration in Scandinavian and German Transnational Narratives (Oxford: 2021). She holds a PhD and MSc in Scandinavian Studies, and an MA in Scandinavian Studies and English Literature from the University of Edinburgh. Read Anja's staff profile Rachel Rankin Rachel Rankin is in the final year of a PhD at the University of Edinburgh, where she is supervised by staff in both Scandinavian Studies and Translation Studies. Her research is practice-based and aims to creatively illustrate a prominent debate within poetry translation scholarship, namely the question of poetic (un)translatability. This project is being carried out with support from the Northern Scholars PhD Scholarship. Rachel also works as a freelance translator and Norwegian language tutor, and she holds the position of Assistant Poetry Editor with Asymptote Journal. Visit Rachel's website How to attend This event is free and open to all. No registration is necessary. About the Northern Scholars The Northern Scholars Scheme was established at the University of Edinburgh in 1956. Its role is to foster co-operation between scholars of Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, and colleagues in the University of Edinburgh. Mutual areas of interest include aspects of linguistics, and historical and other cultural studies which are common to these countries and to Scotland. Each year, the Northern Scholars Scheme Committee sponsors visits by scholars of the member countries to Edinburgh, during which time they give departmental seminars and public lectures. Find out more about the Northern Scholars Are you interested in Scandinavian Studies at Edinburgh? We are the only university in Scotland, and one of only two in the UK, to offer undergraduate honours programmes in Scandinavian Studies, enabling you to learn modern Danish, Swedish or Norwegian in the context of Scandinavian culture, past and present. We also welcome candidates for postgraduate research degrees (MSc by Research and PhD) in various aspects of Nordic languages, literature, history, culture and society. Find out more about Scandinavian Studies at Edinburgh Jun 29 2023 15.00 - 17.00 The Northern Scholars Lectures: Dr Anja Tröger & Rachel Rankin Join us for an in-person lecture from Dr. Anja Tröger (University of Edinburgh) and Rachel Rankin as part of the Northern Scholars Lectures series. The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities 1-5 Hope Park Square EH8 9NW Find the venue
The Northern Scholars Lectures: Dr Anja Tröger & Rachel Rankin In brief Date - 29 June 2023 Venue - The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Hope Park Square Speakers - Dr. Anja Tröger (University of Edinburgh) and Rachel Rankin Titles - 'Who is the Narrator? Reading Johannes Anyuru’s 'A Storm Blew in from Paradise' through the Lens of Postmigration and Postmemory' - Dr Anja Tröger 'Commentator, Metapoet, Target-Language Writer: Three Approaches to Poetry Translation' - Rachel Rankin About the event As part of the Northern Scholars Lectures, the University of Edinburgh and The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities are pleased to welcome Dr. Anja Tröger (University of Edinburgh) and Rachel Rankin to deliver two lectures. The first, by Dr. Anja Tröger, is titled 'Who is the Narrator? Reading Johannes Anyuru’s A Storm Blew in from Paradise through the Lens of Postmigration and Postmemory '. The second, by Rachel Rankin, is titled 'Commentator, Metapoet, Target-Language Writer: Three Approaches to Poetry Translation'. Dr. Anja Tröger Title - Who is the Narrator? Reading Johannes Anyuru’s 'A Storm Blew in from Paradise' through the Lens of Postmigration and Postmemory Abstract - Johannes Anyuru’s 2012 novel A Storm Blew in from Paradise presents the reader with a harrowing and violent tale of displacement. I will read the migratory journey of the protagonist P through the different practices and contexts of violence that are depicted in the text, which offers an understanding of violence as cyclical. This reading also grants insight into the effects of trauma on the individual person, particularly in the nexus of migration, violence and power. Looking then at the question of who the narrator is will illustrate the effects that migration can have on an intergenerational level. This, in turn, will allow me to investigate the narrative itself and its structure: how is P’s narrative of displacement actually created? And does this conscious mediation of the past add a new angle to already existing forms and practices of memory production in the context of migration? Rachel Rankin Title - Commentator, Metapoet, Target-Language Writer: Three Approaches to Poetry Translation Abstract - In the introduction to the essay collection Translating Poetry, Weissbort states that “there are as many approaches to poetry translation as there are poetry translators”. My PhD research focuses on three particular approaches to poetry translation that can all be said to fall along the spectrum of (un)translatability, which can otherwise be described as the tension between instrumentalist and hermeneutic approaches to translation as outlined by Venuti in his 2019 polemic Contra Instrumentalism. The three approaches in question therefore dictate not only how any given poem should be translated, but also the role of the poetry translator, with this role differing greatly depending on the approach in question. In this talk, I will outline the three poetry-translation approaches I am exploring in my research, namely the literal approach as championed by Burnshaw and Nabokov, the double-aim approach as championed by Holmes, and the poetically viable approach as championed by Folkart. I will give a brief account of each approach and the subsequent role of the translator before practically illustrating these approaches using the first stanza of the rhyming, metrical poem ‘Septemberkveld’ by Halldis Moren Vesaas (1907-1995). By doing this, I aim to show how the role of the translator – and, by extension, the translation itself – differs according to the translation approach in question as well as outline the value of practice-based research as a method for illustrating academic debates within a Translation Studies context. About the speakers Dr. Anja Tröger Anja Tröger is Teaching Fellow for Norwegian at the University of Edinburgh. She is the author of Affective Spaces: Migration in Scandinavian and German Transnational Narratives (Oxford: 2021). She holds a PhD and MSc in Scandinavian Studies, and an MA in Scandinavian Studies and English Literature from the University of Edinburgh. Read Anja's staff profile Rachel Rankin Rachel Rankin is in the final year of a PhD at the University of Edinburgh, where she is supervised by staff in both Scandinavian Studies and Translation Studies. Her research is practice-based and aims to creatively illustrate a prominent debate within poetry translation scholarship, namely the question of poetic (un)translatability. This project is being carried out with support from the Northern Scholars PhD Scholarship. Rachel also works as a freelance translator and Norwegian language tutor, and she holds the position of Assistant Poetry Editor with Asymptote Journal. Visit Rachel's website How to attend This event is free and open to all. No registration is necessary. About the Northern Scholars The Northern Scholars Scheme was established at the University of Edinburgh in 1956. Its role is to foster co-operation between scholars of Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, and colleagues in the University of Edinburgh. Mutual areas of interest include aspects of linguistics, and historical and other cultural studies which are common to these countries and to Scotland. Each year, the Northern Scholars Scheme Committee sponsors visits by scholars of the member countries to Edinburgh, during which time they give departmental seminars and public lectures. Find out more about the Northern Scholars Are you interested in Scandinavian Studies at Edinburgh? We are the only university in Scotland, and one of only two in the UK, to offer undergraduate honours programmes in Scandinavian Studies, enabling you to learn modern Danish, Swedish or Norwegian in the context of Scandinavian culture, past and present. We also welcome candidates for postgraduate research degrees (MSc by Research and PhD) in various aspects of Nordic languages, literature, history, culture and society. Find out more about Scandinavian Studies at Edinburgh Jun 29 2023 15.00 - 17.00 The Northern Scholars Lectures: Dr Anja Tröger & Rachel Rankin Join us for an in-person lecture from Dr. Anja Tröger (University of Edinburgh) and Rachel Rankin as part of the Northern Scholars Lectures series. The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities 1-5 Hope Park Square EH8 9NW Find the venue
Jun 29 2023 15.00 - 17.00 The Northern Scholars Lectures: Dr Anja Tröger & Rachel Rankin Join us for an in-person lecture from Dr. Anja Tröger (University of Edinburgh) and Rachel Rankin as part of the Northern Scholars Lectures series.
