Upcoming Events

Translation Professionalization Series-- Freelancing with Bela Shayevich

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 2:00pm to 3:20pm
Phillips Hall
Join the Translation Program for a series of talks on professional paths for translators after graduation by specialists in the field. Specifically designed for Translation Majors/minors, but all are welcome to join. Come with your questions!Bela Shayevich is a Soviet American writer and translator. She is best known for her translation of 2015 Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich’s Secondhand Time, for which she was awarded the TA First Translation Prize. Her other translations include Yevgeny...

Webinar: Queering Language across Borders: Trans-Koti-Hijra-Khwaja Sira Languages and Linguistics in India and Pakistan

Thursday, May 1, 2025 8:30pm to 10:00pm
Virtual
Join the University of Iowa (UI) South Asian Studies Program, an International Programs affinity group, as they host a webinar featuring Dr. Enakshi Nandi, sociolinguist and language instructor at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, India, and Tayyaba Rafiq, a professional linguist at the Center for Social Justice in Lahore, Pakistan, who will discuss the clandestine intra-community languages or linguistic codes used by trans feminine communities known as kothi/koti, hijra, and/or...
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