OCCT Hilary 2017 Events
OCCT is a Divisional research programme supported by TORCH and St Anne's College. Our organising committeeincludes Prof Matthew Reynolds,Prof Adriana X. Jacobs, Prof Mohamed-Salah Omri, Dr Eleni Philippou,Dr Peter Hill,Ms Karolina Watroba,Ms Kate Costello,Ms Valeria Taddei,Dr Kasia Szymanska, Prof Ben Morgan,Prof Patrick McGuinness
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Week 3 – “(Re)writing Fragments”: Reflections on Translating Poetry
Mon. 30 January 2017, 5:15 -7:15pm; Seminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities Building
Speakers: Sarah Ekdawi (Oxford); Yousif Qasmiyeh (Oxford); Graduate Respondent: Spyros Karelas (Athens/Oxford); Chair: Eleni Philippou (Oxford)
Week 3 – Fiction and Other Minds: Modalities of Reading
Wed. 1 February 2017, 5:15 -7:15pm; Seminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities Building
Speakers: Naomi Rokotnitz (Oxford); Renate Brosch (Stuttgart); Chair: Ben Morgan (Oxford)
Week 4 – “Forgotten Europe”: Translating Marginalised Languages
Thurs. 9 February 2017, 5:15-7:15pm; Seminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities Building
Speakers: Peter Mackridge (Oxford); Antonia Lloyd-Jones; Paul Vincent (UCL); Sarah Death; Chair: Kasia Szymanska (Oxford)
Week 5 – Masterclass in Chinese to English Literary Translation
Wed. 15 February 2017, 5:15-7:15pm; Seminar Room 3, St Anne’s College
Speaker: Nicky Harman; Chair: Kate Costello (Oxford)
(No knowledge of Chinese required, to register refer to OCCT website)
Week 6 – Translation as Afterlife
Wed. 22 February 2017, 5:15-7:15pm; Seminar Room 6, St Anne’s College
Speakers: Marcela Sulak (Bar Ilan); Adriana X. Jacobs (Oxford); Chair: Matthew Reynolds (Oxford)
Week 7: Writing an Academic Review
Wed. 1 March 2017, 5:15-7:15pm; Seminar Room 3, St Anne’s College
Speaker: Marilyn Booth (Oxford); Chair: Dennis Duncan (Oxford)
Week 8: Online and Offline Forums for Cultural Production
Wed. 8 March 2017, 5:15-7:15pm; Seminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities Building
Speakers: TBC
Discussion Group
Mondays, 12.45-14.00 in weeks 2,4,6,8 in Seminar Room 3, St Anne’s College. Fortnightly meetings, led by graduate students and early-career researchers. This term’s topic is: What is Good Literature?
An Experiment in Aesthetic Judgement & Implicit Comparison. For preparatory readings and other details, please check on OCCT website or email Karolina Watroba: .
East Asian Working Group
Drawing on a broad range of critical texts from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the greater Sinophone community, we will discuss key theories in East Asian comparative criticism. The working language of this group will be Chinese. Tuesdays, 31 Jan. and 21 Feb. in Seminar Room 3, St Anne’s College. 3:30-5:30pm. For preparatory readings and other details, please check on OCCT website or email Kate Costello at .