CfP: Translating Christianities, December 2015
October 2nd, 2015
Conference: Translating Christianities Colloquium
Stirling: 7.12.15
http://www.translatingchristianities.stir.ac.uk/call-for-papers-colloquium-university-of-stirling-7-december-2015-on-translating-christianities/
Sponsor: none
Deadline: 30.10.15
Registration required? Yes sd39@stir.ac.uk
Little work has been done to date on critical approaches to the dominant discourses of postcolonial Western Society, shaped by a colonial heritage which is frequently described as Christian. Therefore this colloquium focuses on issues of translation and particularly the translation of texts, practices and concepts identified as Christian, from one language and (sub)culture into another, reflecting an interest in translation both in its linguistic and in its socio-cultural sense. Colleagues are invited to present work which can comprise a varied range of discourse types and styles, such as written texts, dramatic and ritual performances, visual representations and oral traditions. The principal objective is to discuss multiple perspectives and methodological approaches (religious studies, history, languages and linguistics, anthropology, literary and gender studies, translation studies) in addressing the issue of how cultural contents such as religious canons, beliefs and/or practices found in mainstream, dominant or elite sectors of society both change and are changed in the process of translation into minority, marginalised or subaltern con(-)texts.
Title and abstract (of ca. 150 words): 30 October 2015
Confirmation: 10 November 2015
Papers of 15 minutes duration plus discussion
Contact(s) for more information: Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Alison Jasper Michael Marten
Submission: Michael Marten (Organiser), 2.10.15
