Archive of Past Events
2024
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Wednesday, December 4, 2024 Foreign Languages, Cultures, and Literatures Open House
Olin Language Center 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5Meet faculty, students, and staff, learn about new courses, explore study abroad opportunities, and enjoy food and drink at the FLCL Open House! |
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Thursday, November 21, 2024 Han Kang's Literary World Through Translation: 2024 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature
Olin Humanities, Room 205 5:30 pm EST/GMT-5Join us for an illuminating event celebrating Han Kang, the first South Korean writer and also the first Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. This event offers a glimpse into her acclaimed works, with a special focus on their journey through translation. Our guest speaker, Victoria Caudle, will introduce Han Kang’s prize-winning novels, including The Vegetarian and Human Acts. Caudle will delve into the nuances of translating Kang’s works into English, exploring the broader significance of translating Korean literature for global audiences. Selected readings and discussions from Han Kang’s works will add depth to this unique event. |
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024 ANOTHER SURREALISM: The Translated Poems of Joyce Mansour and Meret Oppenheim
A Reading and Conversation with Translators C. Francis Fisher and Kathleen Heil, moderated by Prof. Éric TrudelOlin Humanities, Room 202 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 C. Francis Fisher is the translator of Joyce Mansour’s In the Glittering Maw: Selected Poems (World Poetry, 2024); Kathleen Heil is the translator of Meret Oppenheim’s The Loveliest Vowel Empties (World Poetry, 2022). Joyce Mansour (1928-1986) and Meret Oppenheim (1913-1985) were arguably two of the most important female surrealist figures of the 20th century. Fisher and Heil will be in conversation about their translations on Tuesday, October 1. About the translators: C. Francis Fisher is a poet and translator who received her MFA in poetry from Columbia University. Her work has appeared in The Yale Review, The Brooklyn Rail, and The Los Angeles Review of Books, among others. She has been supported by scholarships from Breadloaf Writers Conference, Brooklyn Poets, and the Vermont Studio Center. Her first book of translations, In the Glittering Maw: Selected Poems of Joyce Mansour, appeared with World Poetry May ’24. Kathleen Heil is an artist whose practice encompasses dance/performance and the writing and translating of poetry and prose. She is the author of the poetry collection You Can Have It All, forthcoming with Moist Books November 2024, and the translator of The Loveliest Vowel Empties, Meret Oppenheim’s collected poems (World Poetry, 2023). Her literary translations appear in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The Threepenny Review, and other journals. Originally from New Orleans, she lives and works in Berlin. |