The Department of Foreign Language, Literature and Translation Studies at Vytautas Magnus University, together with its partners, the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations (Inalco, France), the West University of Timisoara (Romania), and the University of Pisa (Italy), is pleased to invite you to

                                                             the 10th international academic conference              

                                       PERSPECTIVES ON TRANSLATING ROMANCE LANGUAGE TEXTS

                                                                                 25 April 2024

                                                        Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania

This year’s 10th international conference “Perspectives on Translating Romance Language Texts” aims to bring together translation scholars, researchers, students, and practitioners from Lithuania and other countries. Translation is an intersystemic and intercultural act, which has always encouraged studying about and understanding of the Other in specific historical, political and social contexts: as argued by the French philosopher Paul Ricœur, translation is a practice of linguistic hospitality as it opens the door to learning about the Other and helps build intercultural and transnational bridges. In today’s world, this is more important than ever.

We welcome everyone to share their latest ideas, research, and practical insights into one of the most hospitable human activities, translation.

Proposed conference topics:

• translation theory: historical developments and current issues;
• translations and retranslations in socio-cultural contexts;
• literary translation;
• translation of subject-specific texts and current challenges;
• the intercultural aspect of translation;
• current experiences and challenges in translator training;
• translation and technologies

Conference languages: Lithuanian, English, Italian, and French.

Important dates:

• Proposals as a 150-200-word abstract (in Lithuanian, English, Italian, or French) and a short bio should be submitted by 22 February 2024 to the following email addresses: aurelija.leonaviciene@vdu.lt  and daiva.kielaite@vdu.lt
• Notifications regarding the acceptance of the proposals will be sent out by 1 March 2024.
• The conference programme will be available by 5 April 2024.

Scientific and Organising Committee of the Conference:

Head: Prof. dr. Aurelija Leonavičienė (VMU, Lithuania)

Members:

Prof. dr. Hélène de Penanros (Inalco, France),

Prof. dr. Daniele Montichelli (Tallinn University, Estonia),

Dr. Jurgita-Macijauskaitė-Bonda (VMU, Lithuania),

Assoc. prof. dr. Carmen Caro Dugo (VU, Lithuania),

Assoc. prof. dr. Rūta Eidukevičienė (VMU, Lithuania),

Assoc. prof. dr. Ileana Neli Eiben (West University of Timişoara, Romania),

Kristina Aurylaitė (VMU, Lithuania),

Dr. Adriano Cerri (University of Pisa, Italy),

Daiva Kielaitė (VMU, Lithuania).