Event dates
B.A.S. 33rd Conference on British and American Studies
Timişoara, Romania.
West University of Timișoara, 25-27 April 2024, on site.
Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2024.
The English Department of the Faculty of Letters, West University of Timișoara, is pleased to announce its 33rd international conference on British and American Studies, which will be held on April 25-27, 2024.
Confirmed Plenary Speakers:
- Prof. Jorge Diaz-Cintas, University College, London
- Prof. Ruth Amossy, Tel Aviv University
- Prof. Rareș Moldovan, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
Presentations (20 min) and workshops (60 min) are invited in the following sections:
- Language Studies
- Translation Studies
- British and Commonwealth Literature
- American Literature
- Cultural Studies
- Gender Studies
- English Language Teaching
PANELS
Discourse and civic engagement. Sites, modalities, methods of analysis
Against the backdrop of polarization, disinformation and mistrust, how we engage and are engaged on issues of public concern, in everyday and public discourse(s), are questions of utmost significance in current research. This panel seeks contributions from the field of discourse studies, or from related fields, that explore civic engagement in a range of domains, including, but not limited to, politics, media and communication, culture, translation, education. Our goals will be to identify recent developments in civic participation practices and to discuss how they can be meaningfully studied from discourse-based perspectives.
Convenor: Dr. Irina Diana Mădroane (irina.madroane@e-uvt.ro), West University of Timișoara
At the intersection of corpus linguistics and British and American Studies: language, literature and culture
The panel fosters a scholarly forum for multidisciplinary exchange of ideas between the corpus linguistics approaches and British and American literature and cultural studies. Interdisciplinary dialogues, such as those encompassing political sciences and history, and the incorporation of cutting-edge technologies at the confluence of these disciplines, also fall within the scope of this symposium. Theoretical, experimental and computational contributions are welcome.
Convenor: Dr. habil. Mădălina Chitez (madalina.chitez@e-uvt.ro), West University of Timișoara
ROUND TABLE
Research trends and priorities in Translation Studies
Coordinator: Prof. dr. habil. Daniel Dejica, Politehnica University, Timișoara
WORKSHOPS
Translating for social inclusion: the case for easy-to-read translation (E2R)
The workshop aims to offer answers to questions like: What exactly is E2R translation? What are its main features and underlying principles? Is it even translation ՙproper՚? Who is involved in E2R translation and whom is it for? Participants will also have the opportunity to engage in an E2R translation assignment.
Coordinators: Prof. dr. habil. Simona Șimon, Assoc. prof. dr. Anamaria Kilyeni, Assoc. prof. dr. Marcela Fărcașiu, Politehnica University, Timișoara
Untangling the ropes of audio description
The workshop aims to raise awareness of the importance of audio description as a key mode of intralingual audiovisual translation and to give participants a hands-on approach to its formal constraints.
Coordinator: Assoc. prof. dr. Eliza Filimon, West University of Timișoara
Note:
Participants should indicate whether they would like their papers to be included in one of the two panels and whether they would like to attend the workshop(s) and the round table.
Abstract submission
Please submit 150-word abstracts, which will be included in the conference programme:
- to our registration form: https://forms.gle/ATfgYqGCXNtAvSky5
- or to Dr Reghina Dascăl, reghina_dascal@yahoo.co.uk; reghina.dascal@e-uvt.ro;
Deadline: 15 February 2024
Conference participation fees
- The conference registration fee is EUR 120 or RON 600.
- For RSEAS members the fee is RON 400.
- For PhD students there is a 25% discount, i. e. EUR 90 or RON 450.
- For PhD students who are also RSEAS members, the fee is RON 300.
Conference website: https://bas.events.uvt.ro/
Event website: https://lit.uvt.ro/event/33rd-conference-on-british-and-american-studies/
For additional information, please contact:
- Luminiţa Frenţiu, luminita.frentiu@e-uvt.ro, tel + 40 744792238;
- Loredana Pungă, loredana.punga@e-uvt.ro, tel + 40 763691704
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