Vicente L. Rafael lecture, November 8

This Thursday, Vince Rafael (U. Washington) discusses how the politics of language in the American colonial education system in the Philippines escalated to what some see as a war of translation.

Words without Borders: Translation for a Digital Age panel (Translation Mondays Series), November 12

The Translation Mondays Series continues with one more event before the Thanksgiving break. Next Monday (November 12th), we are excited to welcome Susan Harris, editor of the online journal Words Without Borders, who will be joined by panelists Ray McDaniel, Naomi Silver, and Meg Berkobien.

Meanwhile, this Thursday evening, join UM students, faculty, and staff in a storytelling event called Lost in Translation: Stories of Global Experiences. Audience members will get to listen to storytellers share about their international experiences.

Staged reading of Antigonick, a new translation of Sophocles by Anne Carson, November 13

Next Tuesday (November 13th), Anne Carson and friends will read from her new version of Sophocles, entitled “Antigonick,” followed by a booksigning.

Upcoming Events, November 5-13

Translation at Work: Panel on Technical, Legal, and Medical Translation—Part of the North Quad Translation Mondays Series.
Monday, November 5th, 7pm, 2435 North Quad

Censorship in Translation: “Reworking Reader’s Trash” Panel Discussion with Nigel Poor, Christi Merrill, and Patricia Yaeger—in conjunction with “Remainders: the Banned Book Project.”
Tuesday, November 6th, 12:30pm, 2145 North Quad

The War of Translation and the Friendship Among Languages: American English, Colonial Education and Tagalog Slang, 1920s-1970s—A lecture by Vicente L. Rafael (U. Washington).
Thursday, November 8th, noon, 2435 North Quad

The Cultural and Intellectual Life of Northern Morocco during the Spanish Protectorate (1912-1956): Tradition and the Dynamics of a Relative Modernization—A lecture by Jaafar Ben El Haj Soulami (Abd al-Malik al-Saadi University; Tetouan, Morocco). Note: This lecture will be given in Arabic. Part of the lecture series Spain and the Modern Arab World (1492-2012).
Thursday, November 8th, 6pm, 2175 North Quad

Lost in Translation: Stories of Global Experiences—Listen to storytellers share about their international experiences.
Thursday, November 8th, 7pm, 2435 North Quad

Words Without Borders: Translation for a Digital Age—A panel discussion with Susan Harris (editor of wordswithoutborders.com), Ray McDaniel, Naomi Silver, and Meg Berkobien.
Monday, November 12th, 4pm, 2435 North Quad

Antigo nick (sophokles)—A reading and booksigning by Anne Carson and friends.
Tuesday, November 13th, 5pm, The Gallery, Hatcher Graduate Library