Workshops
We will be holding bi-annual workshops, one in Delhi and one in Newcastle, for the duration of the grant (2008-2011).
Delhi Workshop, January 8-11, 2010
Workshop on Translation and Nation-building in South Asia: 1947-1977
The various sessions of this workshop will focus on different aspects of a common question: in what ways did literary translation contribute to the formation of a concept of a “national” literature in the new South Asian nation-states, in the first thirty years after independence? How did it add to debates on the construction of national literary canons in the subcontinent? How did momentous political events, such as the Partition of Pakistan and of Bangladesh, shape and transform national literary identities, and what role did translation play in this? The sessions will look a series of topics related to these questions. These will include: the role of the Sahitya Akademi in acting as an institutional sponsor and facilitator for literary translation in India; a discussion of literary anthologies in shaping an “idea” of nation; a comparison of theories of translation in various South Asian languages; translation and partition(s). The workshop will end with a public seminar featuring a lecture by Professor Susie Tharu on translation and Dalit literature. For a full version of the programme, please click here.
Click here for the seminar programme.
Newcastle Workshop, June 1 & 2, 2009
Workshop on Colonialism and Translation in South Asia
Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
The aim of this workshop is to focus on the ways in which colonialism in South Asia promoted, manipulated, or influenced literary translation. For example, we will look at the use of translations by missionaries; at the translation of genres such as the novel and its impact on the emergence of this form in the indigenous languages of India; on the use of language textbooks and its relationship to translations of autobiographies, non-fiction, and other writings in the colonial period. The workshop will feature papers from all the members of the research network, in addition to external speakers.
Click here for the conference programme and abstracts.
Registration for this workshop is FREE, and includes lunch and a wine reception on June 1. Please contact Victoria Patton by Friday May 22 , if you would like to attend. Please let us know if you would also like to attend the conference dinner on 1 June, for a cost of £30 per head.
NB: There may be some funding available towards travel expenses to Newcastle, for post-graduate students only. Enquiries to Victoria Patton.
Delhi Workshop, January 5-12, 2009
The first workshop was held at JNU campus in Delhi from January 5 to January 9, 2009 and focused on "Multi-Lingualism and Translation". There were a number of language-specific seminars on Tamil, Hindi, and Bengali, as well as a seminar devoted to gender and translation, translation and publishing, and a public seminar. For further details, please download our workshop schedule.
Click here to view reports on the Delhi Workshop, 2009
