Third Conference of the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS)
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia - 8-10 July, 2009
The Organising Committee of the 3rd IATIS Conference will be accepting Panel Proposals for a few more days.
New deadline: Sunday 10 February, 2008.
Notification of acceptance of panel proposals: 15 February, 2008.
The theme of the conference is: Mediation and Conflict: Translation and Culture in a Global Context.
Panels are groups of papers organised around a particular theme. Proposals for panels should take the form of one or two paragraphs establishing the rationale for a panel, a succinct statement of the aims of the panel, and a list of specific issues that intending contributors might address. A Panel Proposal Submission Form with further details on the submission procedure, and on the conference theme, can be downloaded from:
[url=http://www.foxevents.com.au/Current-Events/2009-Events/IATIS-Conference/Call-for-Panels/Default.asp]http://www.foxevents.com.au/Current-Events/2009-Events/IATIS-Conference/Call-for-Panels/Default.asp[/url]
The Conference website is available at:
[url=http://www.iatis.org/content/conferences/melbourne.php]http://www.iatis.org/content/conferences/melbourne.php[/url]
Confirmed keynote speakers to date:
MARTHA CHEUNG (Hong Kong)
MICHAEL COOKE, ROSE LAYNBALAYNBA and MERLYN BANDAYNGA (Australia)
FRANCIS JONES (UK)
JEFF MCWHINNEY (UK)
SEHNAZ TAHIR GÜRÇAÐLAR (Turkey)
The Call for Papers will be issued later this month.
Posted by Federico Zanettin on 6th Mar 2008
in Conference Diary