Past events
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CTIS Research Seminar - Is Everything Well? Assessing Translator Wellbeing via Self-reported Narratives of Belonging, Esteem and Self-actualisation
14:00 - 15:30 23 October 2025
Most freelance translators get satisfaction from their work. In a survey conducted as part of the BA-funded “Chasing Status” project (2023-24), for instance, 69% of UK freelance translators said they found their job fulfilling (Penet et al. forthcoming). Undoubtedly, the fact that freelance translators continue to find their work fulfilling...
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CTIS Research Seminar - A Triple Book Showcase: Recent Trends in Literary Translation Research
14:00 - 16:00 13 November 2025
This collective seminar will feature three short talks showcasing recent key publications in the field of literary translation: Translation as Creative-Critical Practice (2023) by Delphine Grass; Translations and Copyright in the Italian Book Trade: Publishers, Agents, and the State (1900–1947) (2024) by Anna Lanfranchi; and Translation Multiples:...
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CTIS Research Seminar - Experiencing the Uninhabited Traumascape of a Divided Capital: An Ethnographic Investigation of Nicosia’s UN-controlled Buffer Zone
14:00 - 15:30 20 November 2025
Cyprus and Nicosia, its capital, have been divided since the 1974 war. A buffer zone divides the two communities and is controlled by the UN Peace Keeping Force. It has abandoned buildings scarred from the war and physical borders. All these objects serve as tangible evidence of division and make this space a dystopic traumascape. After 30 years...
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CTIS Research Seminar - Why Creative and Collaborative Arts Matter in (De)preparing Learners for Critical Intercultural Citizenship?
14:00 - 15:30 4 December 2025
This talk takes you into my journey with the arts and critical intercultural communication education. It investigates the dynamic relationship between creative art-based methods, teaching practice, theory, and research to develop a dialectical and dialogical model for (de)preparing learners for critical intercultural communication in the real world....
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CTIS Research Seminar - How Interpreting Gets Used: Decision-Making, Modality Choices, and Systemic Constraints in Maternity Care
14:00 - 5 March 2026
Persistent inequalities and poorer maternal outcomes among women who speak languages other than English (LOTE) in the UK have been identified as being shaped, in part, by inadequate interpreting provision. While video-mediated interpreting (VMI) is often presented as a solution to access barriers, far less attention has been paid to a more fundamental...
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CTIS Research Seminar 3: The Qipao in In the Mood for Love (2000) across intercultural contexts
14:00 - 15:30 23 April 2026
This talk examines the use of the Qipao in In the Mood for Love (2000), a film widely recognised in international cinema, focusing on how the film constructs the garment through its repeated cinematic use in its handling of movement and space. In this context, the Qipao becomes closely associated with the female protagonist Su Li-Zhen in the film. The...
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