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Evanston, Ill. – May 19, 2016 – Northwestern University’s Global Humanities Initiative and Northwestern University Press are pleased to announce the establishment of the new Global Humanities Translation Prize. Selected annually by a rotating committee of distinguished international scholars, writers, and public intellectuals, winning translators will receive a $5,000 cash prize. Northwestern University Press will publish the work selected.

by Ken Bruce

In the first of a three-part series, Ken Bruce takes a look at nine translated books from Central and Eastern Europe.

Case Closed, Patrik Ouředník, tr. Alex Zucker

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ALTA is thrilled to have been recommended for funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for an Art Works or Research: Art Works grant!

by Allison Grimaldi Donahue

Call for submissions:  Translation Review
University of Texas at Dallas
distributed by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Translation Review is unique in the English-speaking world. While many literary journals publish the works of international authors in English translation, TR also focuses on the re-creative, cultural, practical, theoretical, and critical aspects of translation.

Call for applications: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Department of Translation
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Call for participants: Translation Studies Summer School / Université d’été en traductologie
24-30 juillet 2016 / July 24-30th 2016
Castello dei Conti Guidi
Poppi, Toscane, Italie
http://www.castellodipop

Organized by la Société Française de Traductologie (SoFT), Université de Paris Ouest-Nanterre-La Défense
http://www.societe-francaise-traductologie.com en partenariat avec la commune de Poppi, Toscane, Italie

by Allison Grimaldi-Donahue

A few spots left in the translation manuscript workshops – apply now!
2nd Annual Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference in Ripton, Vermont
June 3 – 9, 2016
2016 faculty: Esther Allen, Geoffrey Brock, Karen Emmerich, Jennifer Grotz, and David Hinton.

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