OCCT
The Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation (OCCT) Research Centre, based at @torchoxford2013.bsky.social in the @ox.ac.uk.
Account managed by @maryknewman.bsky.social
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- OCCT and @@lindeneditions.bsky.social are delighted to welcome Mariusz Szczygieł and Antonia Lloyd-Jones to Oxford in conversation about Szczygieł’s new work, Not There. With a drinks reception! 🗓️ 27 Feb 5-6:30pm 📍 Seminar Room 10, St Anne's College Register to attend:
- OCCT and @@lindeneditions.bsky.social are delighted to welcome Mariusz Szczygieł and Antonia Lloyd-Jones to Oxford in conversation about Szczygieł’s new work, Not There. With a drinks reception! 🗓️ 27 Feb 5-6:30pm 📍 Seminar Room 10, St Anne's College Register to attend:
- Reposted by OCCTThe Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators launches TWO WEEKS TODAY! Our national competition will open for entries on Monday 2 February, when students aged 11-18 will have the opportunity to translate poetry, fiction and non-fiction from French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Russian and Spanish 📝
- Join us to celebrate a new translation of A Doll’s House, Men of Honour & When We Dead Awaken, tracing the dialogue between Henrik Ibsen and Laura Kieler. 🗓 19 Jan | 5-7pm 📍 Seminar Room 8, St Anne’s College 🥂 Drinks reception #BookLaunch #TranslationStudies #WomenWriters
- Join us to celebrate a new translation of A Doll’s House, Men of Honour & When We Dead Awaken, tracing the dialogue between Henrik Ibsen and Laura Kieler. 🗓 19 Jan | 5-7pm 📍 Seminar Room 8, St Anne’s College 🥂 Drinks reception #BookLaunch #TranslationStudies #WomenWriters
- Tickets available for International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality (September 11-12, Oxford). A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA. shorturl.at/AdoHA
- Tickets available for International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality (Sep 11-12, Oxford). A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA. shorturl.at/AdoHA
- Tickets available for International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality (Sep 11-12, Oxford). A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA. shorturl.at/AdoHA
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- Calling young translators and teachers! Just 2 weeks left to submit to the #SSTPoetryPrize2025! Translate into English any poem from any language, or a Portuguese poem from the #PortugueseSpotlight booklet! @stephenspender.bsky.social www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spender-prize/
- We have launched an Instagram! Follow us at: www.instagram.com/oc...
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- We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2025 is Jeffrey Zuckerman's translation of Jellyfish Have No Ears (MacLehose) by Adèle Rosenfeld. Many congratulations to to all the short- and longlisted translators!
- In 48 hrs we announce the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize! Attend the prize-giving and an exclusive panel with some of the shortlisted translators and their editors on Saturday 14 June! Panel: shorturl.at/wN6Pr Prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
- We're delighted to showcase 3 poets and self-translators working in Welsh and Gaelic to Oxford Translation Day! Join us to hear from Menna Elfyn, Petra Joana Poncarova, and Mererid Puw Davies ⏰: 14 Jun., 14-15:15 📍: Seminar Rm. 8, St Anne's College 🌐: shorturl.at/L2sgQ
- We're so excited to have three incredible Welsh and Gaelic poets coming to read their work and speak about it at Oxford Translation Day! Remember to register! ⏰: 14 June 2025, 14:00-15:15 📍: Seminar Room 8, St Anne's College 🌐: shorturl.at/ldqYS
- Have you ever wanted to try translating a language you don't know? Give Utsa Bose's Bengali translation workshop a go - no Bengali required! ⏰: 14 June 2025, 09:30-10:45 📍: Seminar Room 7, St Anne's College 🌐: shorturl.at/IOzb7
- Have you ever wanted to try translating a language you don't know? Give Utsa Bose's Bengali translation workshop a go - no Bengali required! ⏰: 14 June 2025, 09:30-10:45 📍: Seminar Room 7, St Anne's College 🌐: shorturl.at/IOzb7
- Just 1 WEEK until we announce the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2025! 🌐 Register for the prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L ⏰ 14/06 @ 6:30pm 📍St Anne's College
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- DPhil in History, Utsa Bose's collection of translated short stories was recently published by Penguin! Come along to his workshop on translating Bengali to learn his approach - no Bengali needed! Register here: shorturl.at/IOzb7
- We're excited to highlight the UK's linguistic diversity with #OxfordTranslationDay. Join us to hear from three eminent poets + self-translators working in Welsh + Gaelic - Menna Elfyn, Petra Joana Poncarova, and Mererid Puw Davies. ⏰: 14/06, 2-3pm 🌐: shorturl.at/zAhy2
- Nervous about applying for a PhD or postdoc in translation studies? We've gathered together 4 ECRs to talk through applications and projects - bring your questions! ⏰: 14/06, 12:30-13:30 🌐: shorturl.at/5yHL1
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- Shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2025! Erminia Dell’Oro, Abandonment (Heloise) translated from the Italian by Oonagh Stransky 🌐 Register for the prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L ⏰ 14/06 @ 6:30pm 📍St Anne's College
- We are so excited to have the incredible Monica Cure at Oxford Translation Day as guest judge for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2025. Register: Prize giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L In Conversation with Polly Barton and Monica Cure: shorturl.at/RRHoM
- There are only a few spaces left if you want to attend Polly Barton's translation workshop! Register here: shorturl.at/Q7GjO
- Check out our full Oxford Translation Day Programme for June 14! You can find more details or and the registration links for all the events at: shorturl.at/zbyby
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- How do poets working in Gaelic and Welsh self-translate? Come hear from three incredible poets: Menna Eflyn, Petra Joana Poncarova, and Mererid Puw Davies! ⏰: June 14 | 14:00 📍: Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre, St Anne's College Register: shorturl.at/ldqYS
- We're delighted to have the incredible translator and writer Polly Barton, speaking at two events on Oxford Translation Day! Register: Translation Workshop: tinyurl.com/a2ncuxx9 In Conversation With Monica Cure: shorturl.at/RRHoM
- We are joined by Menna Elfyn, award-winning Welsh poet and playwright. She's President of Wales PEN Cymru, first woman Professor of Poetry in Wales, Professor Emerita at University Wales Trinity Saint David, and Welsh Children’s Poet Laureate (2002). Register here: shorturl.at/ldqYS
- Join us to hear from two multi award-winning translators and writers - Polly Barton and Monica Cure. Register to attend: shorturl.at/RRHoM
- DPhil in History, Utsa Bose's collection of translated short stories was recently published by Penguin! Come along to his workshop on translating Bengali to learn his approach - no Bengali needed! Register here: shorturl.at/IOzb7
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- We are joined by Georgia Nasseh, Research Fellow in the Literatures of the Global South at King’s College, Cambridge. Register here: shorturl.at/5yHL1
- Are you interested in activism and translation? Join us for a self-manifesto craft session on Oxford Translation Day led by Alyssa Ollivier-Tabukashvili! We'll be scanning and displaying the manifestos on our website! Register here: shorturl.at/K5LBJ
- We are joined by Menna Elfyn, award-winning Welsh poet and playwright. She's President of Wales PEN Cymru, first woman Professor of Poetry in Wales, Professor Emerita at University Wales Trinity Saint David, and Welsh Children’s Poet Laureate (2002). Register here: shorturl.at/ldqYS
