The news from our translation alumni continues to amaze us. All are getting great jobs either in academic teaching languages and translation or in the private sector at excellent firms. I just did a brief survey of our alums in the last decade, and over twenty-four are now teaching at universities in the USA and [...]
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Regina Galasso joins translation faculty
August 25, 2011 – 12:49 pm
We wish to welcome Regina Galasso to the Program in Comparative Literature and MA in Translation Studies Program. She received her PhD in Romance Languages and Literatures from Johns Hopkins in 2008 and has been teaching Spanish literature, literary translation, and Hispanic writers in the United States at BMCC, City University of New York for [...]
Asst. Professor of Interpreting Studies job search extended. New deadline: Aug. 15, 2011
June 13, 2011 – 12:03 pm
The Program in Comparative Literature, which houses a dynamic Translation Studies Program, and is a unit of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, has extended its search for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, now to begin January, 2012, but could also begin September 2012. The successful candidate will teach consecutive [...]
Springfield activists call for better translation services
September 2, 2010 – 1:03 pm
A new coalition of community, labor, and religious groups in Springfield, Massachusetts, is calling for a new city ordinance establishing rules for how the police deal with non- or limited-English speaking citizens. The coalition is called the Pioneer Valley Project, and members met with the Springfield City Council last month.
Springfield is typical of many American [...]
The Year of Translation: 2009-2010
June 4, 2010 – 2:21 pm
Whew! This has been an exciting year for translation studies, with a flurry of conference activity, and, surprise, the field seems to have finally arrived in the United States.
I have been very busy, giving papers at over a dozen venues, from distinguished lectures and keynote addresses to papers on panel discussions. For me, the highlight [...]