Association for Translation Studies in Africa

FIRST CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR TRANSLATION STUDIES IN AFRICA (ATSA)

3&4 SEPTEMBER 2016

NAIROBI, KENYA

THEME: Translating and interpreting in developing contexts

ATSA is proud to announce its first two-day conference and call on scholars to submit proposals for papers. In conjunction with the Fourth Summer School for Translation Studies in Africa (SSTSA), we invite abstracts with a focus on developing contexts. To start off, the scope is kept wide as we would not want to limit the nature of contributions. As we are celebrating the founding of ATSA and its first conference, we would however expect participants to focus their papers on the African context in particular or developing contexts in general.

Please send proposals of 300 words to Prof Kobus Marais at jmarais@ufs.ac.za.

Deadline for proposals: 25 July 2016.

FOUNDING THE ASSOCIATION FOR TRANSLATION STUDIES IN AFRICA (ATSA)

During the Third Summer School for Translation Studies in Africa in Lusaka in 2014, participants suggested the founding of an association for translation studies with an African agenda. After much deliberation, we are now at the point where we want to announce our intent to found such an association.

We intend to have a founding meeting during the Fourth Summer School for Translation Studies in Nairobi between 29 August and 1 September 2016. In the meantime, the to-be-founded association will be run by a steering committee, with the official leadership being elected at the first meeting.

With this communication, we invite scholars, students and practitioners who want to associate themselves with translation studies in Africa to join this association. We conceptualise translation studies as wide as possible, including interpreting, intercultural communication, intersemiotic translation, multimodal communication, sociologies of translation and all other forms of rewriting and recreation.

Please visit our web site at https://atranslationstudiesafrica.wordpress.com/ where you will find application forms, the names of the steering committee, a suggested constitution and other relevant information.