On October 18 and 19, the MariAntonia Center at USP is organizing the symposium “Exile and Translation,” coordinated by Bruno Gomide, a professor in the Department of Oriental Languages at the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters, and Human Sciences (FFLCH) at USP.
The event, associated with the FAPESP/LinCAr project Exile and Translation: Russian Texts, is free, with no need for prior registration.
Check out the schedule
Wednesday, October 18
2:00 PM
Drifts, diasporas, and displacements: the philosophy of exile in V. Flusser, J. Derrida, and J. Hassoun – Márcio Seligmann-Silva (UNICAMP)
Hubert von Schönfeldt, an activist count translating in Brazil – Mariana Holms (USP)
Words in exile. Language and hospitality – Melanie Strasser (Mecila Maria Sibylla Merian Centre)
4:30 PM
Roberto Schwarz, a translator between groups – César Marins (USP)
Eric Auerbach, exile and translation in Turkey – Munique Peralta (USP)
The rejuvenated language: Gombrowicz and Polish beyond the walls – Pablo Fernando Gasparini (USP)
Translating: writing between languages – Luis Krausz (USP)
Thursday, October 19
2:00 PM
Contours of Boris Schnaiderman’s translational project – Walter Carlos Costa (UFC)
Translations in dispute: Schnaiderman, Rónai, and Pereléchin – Bruno Gomide (USP)
Tatiana Belinky and the translation of Russian literature – Cecília Rosas Mendes (UFRGS)
Nadiéjda Téffi and the place of women in emigration – Raquel Toledo (USP)
4:30 PM
Nadiéjda Téffi’s stories written in exile in Paris: translational aspects – Ana Carolina Barros Vasques (USP)
Exile and the journalistic adventure of A. Herzen – Giuliana Teixeira de Almeida (USP)
Serguei Dovlátov’s suitcase – Daniela Mountian (UFRGS)
Closing lecture:
Translation as Cultural Transfer in Exile: Reflections on Memory Politics and Collective Identity – Arvi Sepp (Vrije Universiteit Brussels)
Service
Symposium “Exile and Translation”
Where | MariAntonia Center at USP
Rua Maria Antônia, 294, Vila Buarque – São Paulo – near Higienópolis Metro Station.
When | October 18 (Wednesday) and 19 (Thursday), starting at 2:00 PM
How much | Free