Translating Cultures

Official feed for the AHRC 'Translating Cultures' research theme. Administered by the Theme leadership team at the University of Liverpool.

[Andrew Prescott @Ajprescott]

Join us on 25 February 2020 at the British Academy to celebrate a decade of exciting research by the @ahrcpress strategic themes. Free event: https://t.co/OJWTEYP4A2 Please RT!

[Translating Cultures @Trans_Cultures]

Last night we previewed our Final Report, whilst launching several publications with our friends @AHRCDigiTrans. A wonderful and emotional evening celebrating the conviviality of research @charlesforsdick @ahrcpress @MusicABorders @rm_borders @AdrianBlackledg @hunterian

[catrin evans @Evs_C]

Hearing from @charlesforsdick & @MusicABorders about the importance of artists intervening in research - not serving as ornaments of the end result. And importantly fighting against academic gatekeepers #phdchat

[Alison Phipps አሊሰን 🧡🕊️ @alison_phipps]

This evening @ahrcpress @Trans_Cultures celebrated 8 years work & its new report with a lovely reception @hunterian @UofGlasgow. @MusicABorders gave a beautiful reflection on setting free the enslaved Adinkra symbols, & tried out the acoustics! @UNESCOUK @UofGEducation @GRAM_Net

[Prof Andrew Wilson @ProfAndyWilson]

Great showcase and publications launch in Glasgow last night with @AHRCDigiTrans @Trans_Cultures Theme Fellows @Ajprescott and @charlesforsdick Working at the Intersections: The Arts and Humanities Research Council Strategic Themes 2010-2019

[Translating Cultures @Trans_Cultures]

Delighted to be with our colleagues from @AHRCDigiTrans at the beautiful @hunterian to launch several documents reflecting the diversity of the work of the AHRC themes and all their awards @charlesforsdick @ahrcpress @rm_borders

[Translating Cultures @Trans_Cultures]

@inosaar

[Translating Cultures @Trans_Cultures]

Looking back on a wonderfully rich day of ideas & discussion inspired by the UN Decade for People of #africandescent with academics, community partners & activists from around the globe @ahrcpress @charlesforsdick @shawnsobers @drksalt @jenny_douglas1 @brightideasnott @Xosei

[Translating Cultures @Trans_Cultures]

The afternoon kicks off with network reps discussing their work on blackness in Britain, geographies of black protest, African-Caribbean women's mobility and African Union Law @ahrcpress @charlesforsdick

[Translating Cultures @Trans_Cultures]

Network Panel 1 present on varying subjects such as reparations, the diasporic everyday & Ethiopian echoes on the British Landscape. Great to hear from a former student who organised an event about art & expression in the African Diaspora as part of one of the Networks @ahrcpress

[Translating Cultures @Trans_Cultures]

The Introductory Panel at AHRC Networks: UN International Decade for People of African Descent have raised some fascinating points which will be explored throughout the day @ahrcpress @charlesforsdick

[Translating Cultures @Trans_Cultures]

@charlesforsdick

[Translating Cultures @Trans_Cultures]

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: AHRC Research Networks: UN International Decade for People of African Descent. Join us at Resource for London to learn more about the work of the @ahrcpress Networks & to discuss the broader themes & aims of the Decade. Register at: https://t.co/yvBTPrtaAn

[Translating Cultures @Trans_Cultures]

@charlesforsdick @ahrcpress

[Translating Cultures @Trans_Cultures]

'Translating Cultures: lessons, legacies and future directions' As @Trans_Cultures draws to a close, we bring together award holders & partners to reflect on the legacy of the theme. In association with @IMLR_News. 4-5 April, Senate House. REG NOW OPEN: https://t.co/fysGne4efx

[Jen Calleja @niewview]

~SAVE THE DATES~
Excited to be part of these 2 events @BritishLibrary TBA:
18 April: Poet in the Archives - Michael Hamburger w/@KarenLeeder1 + Iain Galbraith
29 April: Plaiting, Knotting, Weaving: The Translator in Motion. A performance by Sophie Seita + Jen Calleja

[Charles Forsdick @cforsdick.bsky.social @charlesforsdick]

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: TLANG2
Languaging in Times of Change
Building on excellent work of @ahrcpress @Trans_Cultures @TLANGProject
26-27 September 2019 (University of Stirling)
CFP here: https://t.co/vlLSsoXn9h

[Alison Phipps አሊሰን 🧡🕊️ @alison_phipps]

Come all ye to @traversetheatre bar for a wee bit of catharsis & a lot of beauty - all proceeds to @scotrefcouncil & including poems from The Warriors who do not Fight & Decolonizing Multilingualism @PopcornFury

[Translating Cultures @Trans_Cultures]

@NinaParish, @charlesforsdick, @drksalt and James Mark leading a discussion to close 2 fascinating days at 'A crisis in 'coming to term with the past'? At the crossroads of translation and memory'. There is much to think about moving forward @Care4theFuture @evaspisiak @ahrcpress

[Translating Cultures @Trans_Cultures]

A fascinating 2nd day continues with Noa Vaisman and Donald K. Maingi looking at issues of law, justice and human rights in Argentina and Kenya @Care4theFuture