Dr. Alexandra Lianeri (Thessaloniki): Translating Ancient (Border-) Concepts: Explorations of Historical Understanding in a Thick Present
In February, scholars of various disciplines and nationalities come together in Würzburg to discuss their projects and research in the area of Early Modern translations of classical texts. Persons engaged in research in the fields of classical, German and Romance philology present their approaches, projects, and results: Malika Bastin-Hammou, Alexia Dedieu, and Louisa Laj of the Université Grenoble introduce their research on translations of Greek dramas as well as [read more…]
Missionizing is widely perceived as a form of oppressive power-relations: one side is active and hegemonic, while the other is either passive and submissive or entirely oppositional. This all-too-tidy understanding of the relationship between Christian missionaries and their religious others dovetails with the scholarly tendency to adopt a one-dimensional approach, focusing almost exclusively on Christian attitudes towards the objects of their missionary endeavours. [read more…]
The second skin - this is a paraphrase for clothing that illustrates that textiles can provide a shell that protects the body, keeps it warm and shields it from external influences. In addition, clothing often becomes a visual element of self-dramatization, when the dressed person communicates information about his or her self-image through the form, style, color and cuttings of the outfit. [read more…]
Anja Wolkenhauer and Julia Heideklang invite: “Based on our research in context of the DFG project Versio Latina, we aim to decidedly change our perspective and to focus particularly on early modern Latin translations, looking, as Peter Burke once articulated ‚into the wrong direction‘ (Burke 2007). What are their functions? Who translated and for what kind of readership; which expectations were placed on these translations by translators, editors, and printer-publishers? Were they successful, reprinted or overruled by rival products, or was their efficiency augmented by being intermediary versions for translations into other languages? [read more…]
In the first Digital Discussion of the summer semester 2023, Dr. Marília Jöhnk (Frankfurt) is our guest and gives the lecture "Gender and Translation in the Spanish Enlightenment". Those interested can register with Annkathrin Koppers (spp2130@uni-wuerzburg.de).
In her workshop, SPP 2130 Mercator Fellow Dr Yen-Mai Tran-Gervat (Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris) takes comparisons between modern European translation histories and projects as her point of departure for a closer look at fundamental methodological problems – first and foremost structuring decisions. While the Historia de la traducción en España (2004) is structured according to Spain’s three major regional languages (Catalonian, Galician and Basque) and the Oxford History of Literary Translation in English (2005–2010) by source language, [read more…]
Dr. Hephzibah Israel: Archival dea(r)th: tracing the afterlives of translation memory
As part of the lecture series “The Invention of the Modern Religious Bookshelf: Canons, Concepts and Communities“ at the Cluster of Excellence 2020 "Temporal Communities: Doing Literature in a Global Perspective" Katja Triplett (Leipzig / Marburg) gives a lecture: While its narrative plot of the Barlaam and Josaphat legend remained relatively stable throughout centuries of linguistic translation outside of Buddhist India, knowledge of its Buddhist origin became lost in Christian Europe. [read more…]
The official programme of the SPP 2130’s annual conference ‘Gender and Diversity in Early Modern Translation Cultures’, can be found attached, or along with all the latest information on our website. We would like to draw special attention to Thursday evening, when a panel discussion will be held, targeting both the conference participants as well as the interested public: [read more…]
Geographical and anthropological knowledge of both Europe and the non-European world was of particular importance in the long 18th century. Beyond the Enlightenment’s general interest in knowledge, this has to be viewed against the background of political, colonial and trade interests on the one hand, and, on the other hand, with regard to the importance that non-European cultures had for philosophical reflection on the world’s order and on one’s own, European societies. [read more…]
SPP 2130 Mercator fellow Álvaro Bragança (UFRJ) offers a workshop for advanced undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Würzburg: [read more…]
The early modern period was a time of burgeoning diplomatic activity on the European continent characterized by the spread of resident diplomacy and the appearance of peace congresses. Linguistic practices were changing dramatically as well, including Latin, German and Italian progressively overshadowed by French as a pan-European medium of diplomacy. [read more…]