IATIS 6th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, 2018

Theme: Translation & Cultural Mobility

The theme of “Translation and Cultural Mobility” may be understood in a broad sense to cover issues arising from the study and practice of translation in its different forms (from interpreting to film adaptation to cultural translation) and in a wide variety of contexts, including those concerning commerce, colonization, exile, emigration, travel and technology. Related thematic areas include, but are not limited to the following:

• Models of mobility in translation and intercultural studies
• Translation and the problematics of nationalism
• Censorship and other barriers to cultural mobility
• Translation and the promotion of diversity, tolerance and respect for difference
• Translation and commerce
• Translation and colonization
• Translation and travel
• Translation and minorities
• Translation between ethnic groups
• Translation, technology and cultural mobility
• Translation and multiculturalism
• Translation and intercultural encounters
• Translation, cultural mobility, and the writing of history
• Interpreting as intervention in intercultural relations
• Innovative practices in cultural translation
• The ethics and politics of cultural translation
• Translation in a multilingual society
• The translator’s roles, identities and networks

The International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS) is delighted to announce that its 6th conference will take place from 3-6 July, 2018 at Hong Kong Baptist University.