Author:
Andero Kalju

PhD research seminar ‘Methodologies in city translation research’

Tartu
30 Sep - 2 Oct 2024

Organized by

Luc van Doorslaer (Translation Studies, UT)
Tiit Remm (Semiotics, UT)
Daniele Monticelli (School of Humanities, TLU)

Monday, 30 September
Venue: Lossi 3, room 326
14.00    Luc van Doorslaer (UT): City translation as a field exemplifying the methodological and conceptual broadening of translation studies
15.00    Sherry Simon (Concordia University, Montreal): Methods in city translation research
16.30    coffee break
17.00    Daniele Monticelli (TLU): Historical and digital approaches to translation and cities

Tuesday, 1 October
Venue: Lossi 3, room 328
09.00   Tiit Remm (UT): Layers and perspectives of meaning making in the urban space
10.00   Irmak Mertens (KU Leuven): How to map city translation research + introduction to the museum visit
10.45   coffee break
11.15   visit of the Tartu City Museum
13.00   lunch
Venue: Lossi 3, room 117
14.30   workshops based on the City Museum case
18.30   PhD seminar dinner

Wednesday, 2 October
Venue: Lossi 3, room 207
10.00   presentations of the workshop results by the different groups + Q&A
12.00   Sherry Simon: concluding reflections related to the seminar and the group works

 

Project "Cooperation between universities to promote doctoral studies" (2021-2027.4.04.24-0003) is co-funded by the European Union.

The PhD research seminar – organised by the Estonian Doctoral School for Humanities and Arts – aims to meet the need of many PhD researchers (in particular, but not only in the humanities) to integrate comparative approaches and historical and digital methods in their research. It will zoom in on city translation, an interdisciplinary field that will be approached from translation studies, semiotics, and historical research perspectives. It will ask to what extent and how diverse transnational and transcultural effects become visible in the contemporary versions and memories of the cities. Its additional aim is that the participants critically reflect on aspects of meaning-making, on historical layers in cities, and how such layers can be applied as methodological reflections in their research.

Besides the faculty members from UT and TLU, the international guest lecturer is Sherry Simon (Concordia University, Montreal), the leading specialist in city translation research over the past two decades.
The program offers several methodological lectures and invites participants to connect similar methods to their PhDs. On the second day, the participants will also visit the Tartu City Museum as a case study for applying the different methods and approaches. In a group workshop, they will present the results of their discussions and enter into a discussion with the staff in a Q&A session.

Application

The application is closed.

Practical

Participation, coffee breaks, and lunch and dinner on Tuesday are free. Accepted participants from other universities than UT will be offered two nights’ accommodation.

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