CFP – Second International Conference Atlantic Communities: Translation | Conflict | Belief | Ideology

Second International Conference Atlantic Communities:
Translation | Conflict | Belief | Ideology

19 – 21 October 2017, Porto

The Atlantic Communities Second International Conference is hosted this year by CETAPS – Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto (Portugal), and, as in its first edition, this conference is jointly coorganized by the University of Porto, University of Vigo and Queen’s University Belfast. This initiative reflects the awareness of a shared space (the Atlantic) and a common interest (translation, both as practice and trope) developed by a group of academics from three universities: Universidade de Vigo, Universidade do Porto, Queen’s University Belfast. Their commitment to a set of common goals includes jointly organised conferences and publications.

Organising Committee: Rui Carvalho Homem (convenor, Universidade do Porto), Teresa Caneda (Universidad de Vigo), David Johnston (Queen’s University Belfast)

Local Executive Committee: Rui Carvalho Homem, Jorge Bastos da Silva, Miguel Ramalhete Gomes, Jorge Almeida Pinho

Confirmed keynote speakers

· Ástráður Eysteinsson (University of Iceland)

· Hephzibah Israel (The University of Edinburgh)

· Jorge Vaz de Carvalho (Universidade Católica, Lisboa)

Conference scope and theme

This conference is the second in a series designed to explore the connections between notions of translation (as practice and object of inquiry, but also as concept and master trope for intercultural dynamics) and the networks of identity that have historically developed around and across the Atlantic. It derives its pretext and rationale from a set of (ostensibly disparate) commemorative opportunities afforded by the year 2017, including:

· the fifth centenary of Martin Luther’s Ninety-five Theses (1517);

· the centenary of the October Revolution (1917);

· the centenary of the US decision to enter the Great War (1917).

Suggested topics

· Wars and words around the Atlantic: translation and emergency/ies

· Conflicts and alliances, Europe and America: translation and (trans)Atlantic geopolitics

· Versions of tomorrow: ideology and utopias in the Atlantic world

· Religion across the Atlantic: verbal transit and human mobility

· Belief and selfhood: translation, contemplation and the Atlantic world

· Public causes: political action, ethics and rewriting in the Atlantic world

· Ideology crises and new beliefs across the Atlantic: Post-human and Post-truth narratives

Submissions

The organisers welcome proposals for 20-minute papers in English responding to these or other topics prompted by the conference’s rationale.

Submissions should be sent by email to atlantic2017@letras.up.pt <mailto:atlantic2017@letras.up.pt%20> Please include the following information with your proposal:

· the full title of your paper;

· a 250 to 300-word abstract;

· name, postal address and e-mail address;

· institutional affiliation and position;

· a short bionote;

· AV requirements (if any)

Deadlines (extended)

· Deadline for proposals: 8 May 2017

· Notification of acceptance: 31 May 2017

· Deadline for Registration: 30 September 2017

Fees

· Registration Fee: 80 Euros