Translation and Language Revitalisation: Global Kurdish Literature

We are pleased to invite you to join our next panel discussion entitled Translation and Language Revitalisation: Global Kurdish Literature, a conversation with scholars and translators of Kurdish literature into Polish, Italian, French, and English.

The panel, chaired by Professor Michelle Bolduc, Professor of Translation Studies, will discuss:

1- What effect does the market have on the publication of translations?

2- How does translation revitalise such a minority language as Kurdish, and its literature?

As part of our discussion on the second theme, we will translate a paragraph from Mehmet Dîcle's Havîna Evînê (see th eword file attachted). You are welcome to join this experiment and the debate by translating the text into your language of choice.

Participants:

Professor Michelle Bolduc, chair

Dr Joanna Bocheńska, speaker

Dr Farangis Ghaderi, speaker

Dr Clémence Scalbert Yücel, speaker

Dr Francesco Marilungo, speaker

Date/Time: Apr 29, 2021; 03:00 PM London

Please register in advance on the following link. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The seminar is organised in the scope of the project Citizens of the World: Modern Kurdish Literature and Heritagisation as a Means for Transforming and Revitalising the Kurdish Language and Oral Tradition.