6th EST Congress: “Tracks and Treks in TS”

Leuven (Belgium) from 23 until 25 September 2010

The theme of the congress is the following: In the 1960s, it seemed plausible that academic research into translation would take a linguistic track. Close to half a century later, it is clear that the discipline of Translation Studies has followed a diversity of tracks, interacting with neighbouring disciplines and exploring a range of paradigms and methodologies. At the individual level, many scholars have been taking long treks from the practice and/or teaching of Translation towards the acquisition of theoretical and methodological tools with a view to gaining fresh insights into and widening their horizons on translation and interpreting. The 6th EST Congress will provide a good opportunity to reflect upon such tracks and treks in TS. What interesting evolutionary patterns can be identified in our young discipline, including TS ‘turns’, concepts, theories and research methods? Can these patterns be identified in the interests and work of Translation scholars? How has the TS community grown in terms of demographics, branches and sub-branches? How do they communicate and interact? What progress has been achieved in the investigation of various aspects of Translation, including Translation cognition, Translator training, Translation quality, Translation in its cultural environment and Translation in its social environment? And what new insights are being provided by historical, sociological and scientometric studies and overviews? Which are the new and emerging tracks that will lead to successful treks in TS? Keynote speakers will be Miriam Shlesinger from Bar-Ilan University (Israel) and Luuk Van Waes from Antwerp University (Belgium). The deadline for submission of abstracts and panel proposals is 1st November 2009.