Mandelbaum, Kostelanetz and other leading writers gather at Stevens November 13 - 15 for International Literary Translation Conference

Writers, translators, critics and other literary scholars will discuss translation theory and the work of ancient and modern works during Stevens Institute of Technology’s "Translations: Priorities, Theory, Practice" Conference Nov. 13 - 15, at the university’s Hoboken, N.J., campus. The media are invited to this event.

The conference will offer sessions for: translators, critics and scholars; readings by writers and/or their translators; and translations workshops in Armenian, Chinese, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hindu, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu and other languages.

The three day series of workshops and lectures will feature a keynote session by Allen Mandelbaum on Nov. 14. Richard Kostelanetz, Chanah Bloch, David Hirsh, Preety Sengupta, Michael Heller (New York University), Robert Fagles (Princeton University), Rika Lesser (Yale University), John High (San Francisco State University), Pierre Joris (State University of New York, Albany), are among the leading writers who plan to participate in this conference. Other sessions will involve:

• Henry Weinfield (Notre Dame)discussing his translations;
• Serge Gavronsky’s (Barnard College) perspectives on Zukofsky;
• Christopher Sawyer-Laucanno’s (Mills College) discussion on his translation of Mallarmé into Spanish;
• Stephen Ratcliffe’s views on Mallarmé’s influence on his own poetry;
• and a plenary session dedicated to Armand Schwerner.

The conference will also offer general sessions on Nov. 13, on various anthologies of contemporary Greek, Turkish, Chinese and Russian poetry in English translation. On Nov. 14, there will be a general session on Katharine Washburn’s new anthology of world poetry in English translations.

For more information, or to register, please call 201-216-5398. Admissions for all three days of the conference is $35 for faculty and the general public; $10 for graduate students.

WHAT: Stevens Institute of Technology’s "Translations: Priorities, Theory, Practice" Conference

WHEN:Nov. 13 - 15

WHERE: Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ (Minutes north of the Hoboken PATH station and across the Hudson River from midtown Manhattan)

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.  

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