FACT: Food and Culture in Translation

Call for Papers

The Department of Interpreting and Translation (DIT) of the University of Bologna at Forlì presents the First International Conference on Food and Culture in Translation. The aim of this conference is to provide a forum for discussion in a relatively neglected field of research: the translation of food language and culture. The conference will take place from 22nd to 24th May 2014, in the hamlet of Bertinoro, in the hills just above Forlì, Italy.

The Conference will address a range of critically important issues and themes relating to Food as a cultural as well as social phenomenon that travels across languages, across cultures and across time and space. Plenary speakers include some of the leading thinkers in these areas as:

Michael Cronin: Full professor at the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dublin City University.
Joanne Hollows: Reader at the College of Arts and Science of the School of Arts & Humanities, Nottingham Trent University.
Simone Cinotto: Researcher at the University of Gastronomic Sciences at Pollenzo, Bra.
Fred Gardaphe: Distinguished Professor at Queens College, CUNY.

The call for papers is now open, for more information or to submit an abstract please visit the conference website at:

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DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: 15th September, 2013

We are inviting proposals for paper presentations or pre-organized panel sessions, from different disciplines pertaining to the following thematic areas.
Proposal ideas that extend beyond these thematic areas will also be considered.
· Food in translation
· Food in transnational spaces
· Food writing
· Food on film
· Food on TV
· Food blogs
· Food and the new media
· Food in literature
· Food and gender
· Food and society
· Food and migration
· Food and environment
· Food and health
· Food labels
Abstracts should be between 200 and 300 words (excluding references) and should be submitted via the conference website [url=http://fact.sitlec.unibo.it/]http://fact.sitlec.unibo.it/[/url] by September 15th, 2013. If you are interested in submitting a panel proposal, please contact us by the same deadline at dit.fact2014@unibo.it<mailto:dit.fact2014@unibo.it> . For more detailed information visit the conference website at: [url=http://fact.sitlec.unibo.it/]http://fact.sitlec.unibo.it/[/url]

Delia Chiaro and Linda Rossato

 

FACT: Food and Culture in Translation
Department for Interpreting and Translation, University of Bologna, at Forlì, Italy
22-24 May 2014
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Department of Interpreting and Translation
Alma mater studiorum Università di Bologna
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