November 18-20, 2009 -
The conference will bring together scholars from around the globe to examine the notion of "foundational texts" in world literature. The keynote speakers are Sandra Bermann (Princeton University), who will speak on "In the Light of Translation: Some Insights from Dante's Commedia," and David Damrosch (Harvard University), who will speak on "Foundational Translations: The Worldly Origins of National Classics." Other participants include Piero Boitani (Università La Sapienza, Rome), Aboubakr Chraïbi (INALCO, Paris), Azadeh Yamini-Hamedani (Simon Fraser University), Stefan Helgesson (Copenhagen University), Paulo Lemos Horta (Simon Fraser University), Efraín Kristal (UCLA), Peter Madsen (Copenhagen University), Ulrich Marzolph (Göttingen University), Wen-Chin Ouyang (SOAS, London), Suzanne Saïd (Columbia University), Evanghélia Stead (Université de Reims, France), Mads Rosendahl Thomsen (Aarhus University), Richard Van Leeuwen (Amsterdam University), and numerous UCSB faculty. All conference events are free and open to the public.
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