Translation Studies Research Seminar Series 2023 to 2024

A series of free hybrid seminars from guest speakers, postgraduate students and colleagues in Translation Studies.

Each semester, we welcome a fantastic range of guest speakers and colleagues to present a seminar on their work in translation.

Our seminar series is run collaboratively by staff and postgraduate students, enabling our early career researchers to build networks and experience.

Entry is free and everyone is welcome. No booking is required if attending in person but, if you'd like to join us online, please get in touch and ask for a joining link.

Please check individual listings for exact dates and times.

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Join us in-person or online for a free hybrid seminar by PhD students David Hayes, Elisabeth Goemans, Ahmed Alghamdi (University of Edinburgh), and chaired by Emma Dussouchaud.

Join us in-person for a screening of the recently-released film 'Surviving Translation' (dir. Ling Lee, 2023), based off the research of Charlotte Bosseaux (Translation Studies).

Join us in-person or online for a free hybrid seminar by Dr Iryna Odrekhivska (University College London and Ivan Franko University, Lviv) on the politicised nature of translation for Ukrainians in Europe after WW2.

Join us in-person or online for a free hybrid seminar by Dr Kelly Chan (Hong Kong Metropolitan University) on translating Cantonese opera scripts.

Join us in-person or online for a free hybrid seminar by Dr Alexander Bubb (University of Roehampton) on the issues surrounding translating classic Asian literature for the popular audience.

Join us in-person or online for a free hybrid seminar by PhD student Katherine Heller (University of Edinburgh), chaired by Ahmed Alghamdi.

Join us online for a free seminar by Dr Tamara Barakat (University of Strathclyde) on the role that translation plays in building and sharing oral history archives, with a particular focus on examples from Palestine.

Join us in-person for a free screening of the recently-released film 'Louis and Languages' (dir. Aurélien Froment, 2023), based off an examination of the life of Louis Wolfson by Aurélien Froment (Edinburgh College of Art).

Are you interested in Translation Studies at Edinburgh?

Providing excellent teaching and supervision, our postgraduate MSc and PhD programmes are among the UK's most comprehensive and flexible. Our expertise covers a wide range of research areas and many languages, of which you can choose to work with two.