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IAS Book Launch: Inclusion, Diversity and Innovation in Translation Education

11 November 2024, 5:00 pm–7:00 pm

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Join us for the launch Inclusion, Diversity and Innovation in Translation Education edited by Alejandro Bolaños García-Escribano and Mazal Oaknín

This event is free.

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Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Institute of Advanced Studies

Location

IAS Common Ground (G11)
ground floor, South Wing, Wilkins Building
UCL, Gower St, London
WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom

This book, which is part of the UCL Press Literature and Translation Series, merges the voices of a diverse group of scholars of various identities and backgrounds in order to expose readers to the latest developments in the fields of translation education and the learning and teaching of modern foreign languages. The contributors revisit how languages and translation are currently taught and explore the relevance of EDI values from an interdisciplinary perspective with a view to increasing a sense of belonging in university classrooms. This is a highly participative event in which the editors and respondents will discuss how the chapters present and engage with best teaching practices and teacher training guidance alongside examples of research-led teaching scenarios, allowing language and translation educators to implement new practices to capitalise on the far-reaching importance of EDI in higher education. Through conversation and by showcasing brief videos on the different chapters, the book launch invites attendees to learn more about pressing societal issues such as (media) accessibility, intersectionality, LGBTQI+ and race, among others, and to embed them in their language and translation teaching practices.

For this launch event, co-editors Alejandro Bolaños García-Escribano and Mazal Oaknín (UCL SELCS/CMII) will be joined by Kathryn Batchelor (UCL Centre for Translation Studies) and Marcella De Marco (London Metropolitan University). The event will be chaired by Olga Castro (University of Warwick/Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona) and will be followed by a wine reception. 


The event is supported by UCL Press, UCL SELCS/CMII and the Centre for Humanities Education.

About the Speakers

Alejandro Bolaños

Associate Professor at UCL Centre for Translation Studies

Alejandro is Associate Editor of The Interpreter and Translator Trainer and Book Reviews Coordinator of HIKMA: Translation Studies Journal. He has edited special issues for several translation journals such as Parallèles and Transletters. His first research monograph (Practices, Education and Technology in Audiovisual Translation) has recently appeared in the Routledge Research in Audiovisual Translation series.

More about Alejandro Bolaños

Mazal Oaknín

Associate Professor (Teaching) and Language Coordinator at UCL Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies

Mazal is involved in different EDI initiatives and research projects and her publications include Literatura política y política literaria en España: Del Desastre del 98 a Felipe VI (Peter Lang, 2015) and Feminism, Writing and the Media in Spain (Peter Lang, 2019).

More about Mazal Oaknín