LINGUIST List 14.1065

Wed Apr 9 2003

FYI: Translation Research; Cognitive Science Society

Editor for this issue: James Yuells <jameslinguistlist.org>

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1. Maeve Olohan, Translation Research Summer School
2. Art Markman, Virtual Colloquium Series/Cognitive Science Society

The Translation Research Summer School is being held again this
year. This is a two-week intensive research training course in
translation studies, aimed at research students and at junior staff
with an interest in research.

The 2003 session will be held at University College London (UCL) from
23 June till 4 July. The Summer School is a joint initiative of UCL,
UMIST and the University of Edinburgh.

The syllabus includes courses on general research methods, theories of
translation and intercultural studies, research methods in translation
and intercultural studies, and a module on literary and historical
translation studies.

Instructors include Daniel Abondolo (UCL), Mona Baker (UMIST),
Charlotte Bosseaux (UCL), Keith Harvey (UMIST), Theo Hermans
(UCL), Maeve Olohan (UMIST), George Paizis (UCL), Yasir
Suleiman (Edinburgh), Seben Susam-Sarjeva (Edinburgh) and
Jeremy Munday (Surrey). Guest speaker on Friday 27 June is
Maria Tymoczko (Massachusetts).

There are still places available on the 2003 session. Visit the
Summer School's website for details of the programme,
accommodation, contacts, fees and discounts:
http://www.umist.ac.uk/ctis/trss 

Virtual Colloquium Series

The Cognitive Science Society is hosting a 2002-2003 virtual 
colloquium series presented live via the internet, with the fifth 
talk given by Lawrence W. Barsalou.

Register now to attend at: http://www.ctaresource.com/CognitiveScience
Friday April 11, 2003
1:00pm US Eastern Standard Time

Presenter Lawrence W. Barsalou

Topic: Situated Simulation in the Human Conceptual System

Further informaiton about this talk and the colloquium series, as 
well as an archive of previous talks, is available at 
http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/colloquium.

Please feel free to pass this message on to your colleagues who might 
be interested.

Sincerely,

-Art Markman
-Executive Officer of the Cognitive Science Society